Most Uplifting Matthew Good Song

[Moonlight_Graham]

happy, cheery, upbeat mood?

 

How 'bout some good old fashion acoustic speed songs:

 

Vermillion

Native Son

Radiobomb

 

Anyone concur?

i agree! It seems LOTGA was pretty much Good's only real "happy" album. Probably why its my favorite.

[S.E. Hardy]

gotta go with 'Hopeless'. no matter how crappy a mood I'm in, that comes on and I can't help but bounce a little lit.

[Poprocks]

I'd have to go with Carmelina. True, it's more anger-laden than anything else, but when I crank the volume up and sing along with it (when no one's around, of course ;)), all of my anger just melts away somehow, probably because I've found at least some way to express myself, if only in a weird and abstract way.

[Maverick]

Yah, how could I forget Generation X-Wing as well...and Under the Influence... I actually tend to think that x-pats gives me a bit of a lift.. because the tempo tends to accelerate a lot, especially in the acoustic.... the acoustic is so similar to "Disarm" by Smashing Pumpkins in that one part though.... scary ;)

[Moonlight_Graham]

i'll give a vote to Hello Time Bomb. The lyrics aren't the happiest, but that song always pumps me up.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

For me, the MGB song that is the most uplifting is Giant(It's K-I-C-K-A-S-S). For MG solo I would have to say Empty Road(Keeps me looking for a place in your heart).

[mg_forlife]

The Truffle Pigs, I say.

[Radiohead]

Fearless for sure

 

"Stay yourself and nothing less, stay fearless" I know the song is partially depressing, but the lyrics always do it for me.

 

That is all.

[Guest acrobate]

Listening to Underdogs puts me in a very happy mood, especially Deep Six, Everything Is Automatic, My Out of Style Is Coming Back, Rico and The Inescapable Us. I also second Giant and Load Me Up.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

I think that Sort of a Protest Song is a happy song from AoB. I've always thought that MG( B ) makes music thats very sad, but also very hopeful. And I wouldnt say WLRRR is sad, it all makes me angry, and then gets me all passionate about stuff, and stuff.

Edited January 12, 2005 by The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King

[leftofnormal38]

hmmm...off the top of my head

 

demos- as long as your mine

mgb- change of season

mg- pledge of allegiance or double life

[WinstonSmith357]

Middle-Class Gangsters.

[derek.]

when he sings "loves not enough" in rat who would be king i dont know if i feel uplifted, but maybe released. probably one of the most powerful things hes ever sang. i also get tingly on "sort of a protest song" when he sings "A Robot heart for a robot boy who dreamed he was a lion Our lives in these empty spaces aside"

[pvnc]

One that hasn't been mentioned and really does it for me is "My Life as a Circus Clown." Damn, that song cheers me up.

[Kitch_Man]

"symbolistic White Walls"..."It's Alright now, Take the world and make it yours Again!!"

and

"Dancing Invisible"...

[Kharmalina]

Hello Time Bomb

Radio Bomb

Generation X-Wing

Change of Season (strange, I know)

Heather's Like Sunday

Carmelina

Raygun

Rico

Coming Out in Purple

Enjoy the Silence cover (also probably quite strange)

Flashdance II (hearing him say "I take my clothes off whenever it suits me"... that does it for me, right there)

Future is X-Rated

Middle Class Gangsters

Parable

The Strangest One of All...

 

but especially

Saturday the 12th

[buzzie]

I definitely have to agree with Kitch_Man on symbolistic white walls (and dancing invisible) and also truffle pigs

[laser30]

Strange as it is I'd have to say, Radio Bomb...its just one of those songs that ya hear and can have a chuckle, Id also have to say that Buffalo Seven and Euphony are good ones too.

[lyuan]

Middle Class Gangsters!!!!

[Dookas27018]

"You Are Here"

[saturnine]

rico

 

(fuck 8 characters)

[rmak]

indestructible

[mrs jesus]

giant makes me happy

 

i dont know, maybe its the cheerleaders

[ghetto-astronaut]

The only songs that uplift me (at least musically) that haven't already been said in this forum so far that I can think of are Put Out Your Lights, Poor Man's Grey, 21st Century Living, Fell in Love with a Bad Idea and strangely enough one that always gets me up is Look Happy, It's the End of the World (that guitar riff intro always pumps me up)

[sedated19]

vermillion

flashdance 2

under the influence