Musak For the People

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Having a rough patch? Feeling like you want to choke a bitch? Or just so goddamn happy that you could bottle it and sell it on the black market? Whatever your state at the moment, I've got some music for you, because no matter how crap things are, it's always a good day to be alive...

The Happy to Be Alive Mix

1. Silversun Pickups 'Lazy Eye'
2. David Bowie 'Jean Genie' <-- Yes, my Life on Mars love is strong
3. Prince 'Pop Life' <-- How can you go wrong with classics?
4. Ian Ball 'Failure' <-- The lead singer from Gomez
5. Robyn 'Konichiwa Bitches'
6. Joe Purdy 'Blue in the Sky'
7. Apollo Sunshine 'Today is the Day'
8. Mos Def 'Sun, Moon, Stars'
9. Dixie Chicks' Long Time Gone' <-- Adrian Pasdar's Baby Mama!
10. Propellerheads 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' <-- Guaranteed to blow your mind
11. The Wedding Present 'Spider-Man on Hollywood'
12. Don Henley 'Boys of Summer' (acoustic) <-- More classics!
13. Coldplay 'Viva La Vida'<-- Yes, that iPod song.
14. Hole 'Malibu'
15. The Beatles 'It Won't Be Long'
16. Akron and the Family 'I'll Be on the Water' <-- This is absolutely gorgeous
17. Louis Armstrong 'A Wonderful World'
18. Elbow 'On A Day Like This' <-- Guy Garvey is one of my original Baby Daddies
19. Lupe Fiasco f/ Matthew Santos 'Superstar'

Can be downloaded here. Enjoy!

Comments

[dessert-first.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous. I am so clueless about music beyond "Oooh, catchy!" that it never fails to amaze me how you can put together a mix that *says* something, and makes me *feel* something. This really does make me feel happy to be alive!

Oh, and I don't know if I commented on this (if not, so sorry!) but I dl'd your first and third Petrelli mixes, both of which I loved. My reaction to the first one as a whole is stronger, and to the third one more on the individual level of many of the songs. I've listened to "Set Fire to the Third Bar" by Snow Patrol approximately eight bazillion times by now, and it always sweeps me up and amazes me; I don't think it will ever get old. Thank you so much for sharing all this.