Happiest Song/Saddest Song?

[OILFAN #81]

Trying another new idea (the 5 people you want to meet idea worked pretty well as did a few other ones I started).....anyways,

What song pumps you up the most or makes you the happiest and in retrospect what song makes you sad or brings you down the most?

For me the song that pumps me up the most is Boys of Summer by The Ataris.

The song that makes me the saddest is Calling All Angels by Train (beautiful song but that's the song they played at my gf Chantelle's funeral as well as my friends Jen and Angie and it gets me every time).

[Mr. Spector]

Pumped: House of Pain - Jump Around

Sad: I agree with your choice. Calling all angels - Train

[metallicat]

I Will Remember You by Sarah McLaughlin is one song I can't listen to anymore. It was played at my Uncles funeral who was killed in a car accident 8 years ago or so.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Pump Up-Bulls On Parade-Rage Against the Machine
Sad Song-Overcome by Live

[Frank the Tank]

Wow thats a tough one.....

Pumped up: Baba O'Reilly - The Who
Sad: Off He Goes - Pearl Jam

[notoepik]

This dates me :p but the saddest song for me Terry Jacks, Seasons in the Sun. I cannot listen to that song.

[habernac]

She Talks to Angels by the Black Crowes is one that makes me sad. It played right after I took my dog to the vets to be put down. Times Like These by the Foo Fighters makes me both happy and sad. Happy for memories of the Cup run and sad for a very good friend's funeral.

[Nufy]

I remember driving back from my Moms funeral and "Higher" by Damn Yankees was on the radio.

Everytime I hear that song now I instantly flash back to that cold snowy day in NL in 1990.

For some reason "Vent" by Collective Soul makes me turn the knob to 11.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Ghostbusters is my rage pump me up song. Makes me want to fight ghosts!

Amazing grace has got to be the saddest song for me. I have begun associating that song with funerals.

[socalwingfan]

Bubble Toes by Jack Johnson always puts me in a good mood
Circus by Eric Clapton is one of the saddest songs on all time

[Crazy Flamer]

You want a sad and depressing song? Listen to Johny Cash's version of Hurt.

[pope04]

This dates me :p but the saddest song for me Terry Jacks, Seasons in the Sun. I cannot listen to that song.

Yeah, me too. They played that song at the funeral of the little brother of a friend of mine.

I always get an adrenaline rush when I hear the opening lick to the Stones' great tune Start Me Up.

[gordo67]

This dates me :p but the saddest song for me Terry Jacks, Seasons in the Sun. I cannot listen to that song.

That is definetly one of the saddest songs.

[Ford Prefect]

Boy, that's tough ... so many songs come to mind. I'll go with the first couple that pop into my head.

Pumped song: Shooting High Dice, Ronnie Hayward
Sads: Top Of The World, Patty Griffin

[octothorp]

Coming up with a saddest song is easy for me... Ruby's Arms by Tom Waits. It's got some personal relationship stuff tied up in it for me, but even before that, it might have been my pick.

As for happiest, that's a bit more difficult. Maybe Shatner's cover of Common People -- while the subject matter isn't particularly happy, it never fails to put me in a good mood.

[Sample00]

Thunderstruck by ACDC - from the opening licks it just pumps ya up

Hello again - Neil Diamond

[HalifaxDrunk]

Saddest - Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Happiest - Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - Ren & Stimpy

[feartheflames]

happiest: secret hideaway... tennesse chin
saddest: mad world gary roberts

[Dion_Iggy_Kipper!!!]

The song that makes me the saddest is Calling All Angels by Train (beautiful song but that's the song they played at my gf Chantelle's funeral as well as my friends Jen and Angie and it gets me every time).

OK, I have to ask, Jen and Angie who, in 2004 two sister who went to school here in Birch Hills died in a car crash, Jennifer and Angela. Did you happen to live anywhere near Birch Hills, or am I just out in left field here?

[jroc]

I Will Remember You by Sarah McLaughlin is one song I can't listen to anymore. It was played at my Uncles funeral who was killed in a car accident 8 years ago or so.

Definatley a sad song, pretty sure it's been played at every single funeral i've been to...

also another sad song is that damn mad world song that was in the gears of war commercial!

songs that make me happy? Have a nice day by the stereophonix... and of course the sunshine and lollipops song too.

[return to the red]

pumped up song Firestarter - prodigy & stereo - The Watchmen

Sad songs Colorblind - counting crows, Amazing Grace, Don't take the girl - Tim McGraw

[Flamesguy_SJ]

pumped song: "Praise" by Sevendust or "Iindonga Za Jericho" by the Chicago Children's Choir

sad song: "Two Tear Drops" by Steve Wariner or "It Was Your Song" by Garth Brooks

[skins]

happiest song ever (aptly named): "Walkin on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves

saddest song: "Time of your life" - Green Day

[troutman]

Sad songs:

The River, Bruce Springsteen

Then I got Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

Brick, Ben Folds

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

[Jayems]

Goin up the country (?) - Canned Heat

[bluejays]

Happiest Song - don't know...there are a ton of upbeat stuff out there.
Sad Song - Time of Your Life by Greenday, and IMO, Thief by Our Lady Peace

[fanforever1986]

happy songs:

most all things by jack johnson
dust on the bottle
life is a highway

sad-er side of things...

cannonball by damien Rice

are you sad - OLP

[nieuwy-89]

Brick, Ben Folds
That is a beautiful song but very hard to listen to...

It's always hard for me to pick just one "best this, or worst that", but here goes:

Saddest:

Rites of Man by Spirit of the West - Based on an acquaitance of the band who lost his wife and baby during childbirth

I found my coat
Had trouble with the sleeves
We lifted your box
And bent at the knees
Know what tears the most?
It's the disregard for your holy ghost
You left the world, the world kept going

Now I'm alone
I'm alone
And I don't fit in here in our home
Where nothing tastes the same
With the tip of my tongue
Holding on to your name

Happiest:

Saturday Morning by Eels - a great pop tune re-living the joys of being a kid.

Saturday Morning
And who’s gonna play with me?
Six in the morning, baby
I got a long, long day ahead of me

The parents are sleeping soundly
The neighbors are dead as wood
I’m getting up and coming over
We gotta rock the neighborhood

Nothing’s ever gonna happen ‘round here
If we don’t make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But I got something that I gotta do

[Displaced Flames fan]

Too many happy songs....

Saddest songs...

"That's My Job" by Conway Twitty

I challenge any male who doesn't hate his father to listen to the recording of this song without tearing up.

THAT'S MY JOB
Recorded by Conway Twitty
Writer: Hap Hall?

I woke up cryin' late at night - when I was very young
I had dreamed my father - had passed away and gone
My world revolved around him - I couldn't lie there anymore
So I made my way down the mirrowed hall and tapped upon his door.

And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid!
How would I go on, with you gone that way?
Don't wanna cry anymore
So may I stay with you?"

And he said,
"That's my job, that's what I do
Everything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

Later we barely got along - this teenage boy and he
Most of the fights it seems - were over different dreams
We each held for me ...
He wanted knowledge and learning - I wanted to fly out west
"Said I could make it out there - if I just had the fare
I got half, will you loan me the rest?"

And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid
Theres no guarentee in the plans I've made
And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?"

And he said,
"That's my job, that's what I do
Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

Every person carves his spot - and fills the hole with life
And I pray someday I might - light as bright as he.

Woke up early one bright fall day - read the tragic news
After all my travels, I settled down - within a mile or two
I make my livin' with words and rhymes - and all the tragedies
Should go into my head and out instead - as bits of poetry.

But I say, "Daddy I'm so afraid
How will I go on - with you gone this way
How can I come up - with a song to say, "I love you."

"That's my job, that's what I do
Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

"Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me."

Down In a Hole by Alice in Chains

Layne Staley left his pain on so many songs, but this one really comes through.

[Hanna Sniper]

Happy
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Sad
Gloomy Sunday - Sinéad O'Connor

[Hanna Sniper]

Circus by Eric Clapton is one of the saddest songs on all time
Too bad MTV cut this song out of the UnPlugged cd/dvd. One of the best performances of the night by EC. Sad song indeed

[Azure]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton is also a sad song.

[MolsonInBothHands]

Happy
Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds

Sad
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sand and Water (Funeral related.)
Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle

[GeoffSK]

Sad - Wish You were here - Pink Floyd
Happy - Not sure.

[OilersBaby]

Sad Songs - Stan (Eminem), I Will Remember You (Sarah McLaughlan)

Happiest Songs - 80s music..or Nemo by Nightwish.

[SpitFire40]

Both at once, Times Like These (Acoustic) - Foo Fighters

[YziesGirl]

Happy Song: Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani
Sad Song: Hate Me by Blue October

[feartheflames]

dance with my father again, peformed by Tamyra grey, cried like a baby

[rockstar]

happiest: secret hideaway... tennesse chin
saddest: mad world gary roberts
Hockey on the mind? I thought it was by Gary Jules, not Roberts. ;)

Trout, I agree, Brick is a fantastic tune but very sad. "Evaporated," the last song on that CD, is another sad one, as is "Smoke"...on the other side of the coin are "Kate," "Steven's Last Night in Town," both very jolly tunes. BFF were good for touching all emotions in their songs.

Another really great song that can be the happiest song in the world at one time, and the saddest another, is "Viðrar Vel Til Loftarasa" by Sigur Ros, probably my favourite song in the world for the last two years.

[Iggy Snipe]

Anytime I hear the Song "ring of fire" by Johnny Cash, it puts a smile on my face.

I guess it could be because they play it at the Flames games all the time, while were winning.

[Eastern Girl]

Happiest would be either Wake me Up by Wham! or Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. They make me smile.

Saddest would be either You Lie by Reba McEntire or Can't Make you Love me by Bonnie Raitt (?)

[Prototype]

:) - Breath - Prodigy
:( - Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton or My Immortal - Evenesance

[the crispy badger]

happiest: secret hideaway... tennesse chin
saddest: mad world gary roberts

Gary Roberts? lol Gary Jules sings that.

[hockeygrl44]

I've got a lot of songs that make me happy, or that get me pumped up. Sad songs though, definately number one on my list is Steve Warriner's Holes in the Floor of Heaven. It gets to me every time and if I dont turn it off, I'll wind up crying for sure. I first heard it around the time of my grandma's death. The Power of Your Love by Rebecca St. James was sang at a friends funeral recently by two of his friends, and it gets to me. Also Robbie Robertson's Shine Your Light. Every time I listen to it I think of the part of Ladder 49 where it was played, and I just think of the sacrifice emergency workers make and how much I appreciate it. Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge.

[the crispy badger]

Life in a Northern town from Dream Academy=a beautiful tribute to the simpler times in our lives..another one is "The Gunners Dream" from Pink Floyd..that is one hell of a moving song.

Happy songs?..Home for a Rest from Spirit of the West..many good memories of being drunk and listening to this.

[Eastern Girl]

Here's a few more... Lovely Day by Bill Withers, Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Picket, Shout by the Isley Brothers, For Once in my Life by Stevie Wonder, Devils Dance Floor by Flogging Molly, Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers, Dancing in September by Earth, Wind and Fire, Oh What a Night by I can't remember who.. all good happy songs.

Sad songs... Everybody Hurts by REM, One More Try by George Michael.

[Nuje]

Sad Song: Probably Stan by Eminem.

Happy/Energy song: Malibu Beach Nightmare by Hanoi Rocks. I LOVE this song, simply because it's got the quintessential hockey beat to it. It's awesome. Finnish band too.

[Ayrahb]

Energy: (not really a song) car chase theme from "The Rock"

Happy: Quite a few dancehall songs (great memories:D)

Sad: In My Secret life (L. Cohen), Hurt (J. Cash)

[StoneCole]

Pump up song without a doubt:

Welcome to the Jungle by GnR

[rockstar]

Also if any of you want some sad, moody music, check out any song from the movie Stay (Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts). Wonderful movie with a phenomenal soundtrack, all original.

[JiriHrdina]

Up by Great Big Sea is a good happy song.

I've always though that "First time every I saw your face" song has a real sad tone to it. You know - the one from the old Oil of Oley commercial. Wait - why do I remember that? Weird.

[Phaneuf3]

Sad: Noir by SaturnusHappy: Me & My Bass Guitar by Victor Wooten

Noir

Tears to fill the despair
dreams to hunt forever
so fill up my cup with emptiness again
and chase those blackenened dreams on
more time

Nevertheless I'm gone

The drone of snow
as i breathe every second of your nearness
so fill my cup with despair again
and dream those blackened dream one
more time

Nevertheless I'm gone

Help me change
change the pain
my sadness never sleeps
I walk the lonely mile
should I forget your face?
and cast away my dreams?
should I walk away?
would I walk forever?

Nevertheless I'm gone


Me & My Bass Guitar:

My name is vic, im guna do a little trick
Im guna play my bass without a usin a pick
travel round the world and back again
just taken my bass out for a spin

and if your ever looking for me
i dont go to far
cause if u really wana find me
youll know where i are
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar

see i try to eat take care of my health
set my self up dont upset my self
cause i improvise, call it adlib
give what you like, a like what you give
if you ever come to my house, ill tell you what youll see, a house full of nothing, just my 4 strings and me

and if your ever looking for me
i dont go to far
cause if u really wana find me
youll know where i are
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar

get up off of that funk, get up off of that... uhh
get up off of that funk, get up off of that... uhh
get up off of that funk, get up off of that... uhh
get up off of that funk, get up off of that... uhh

*yo vic, do that uh.... that uh.... yaaa*

with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar
with me and my bass guitar

jigger bug, jugger bug, ji-ji-jigger bugx??

[Mango]

Sad: "I'll Stand By You" - The Pretenders and "Drive" - The Cars

Happy: "Song 2" - Blur and "Breathe" - Telepopmusik

[kermitology]

Saddest.. gotta agree with troutman. Brick is a really sad song. So is Fred Jones Part 2 (both by Ben Folds)

Happiest. For me it's Iron & Wine's version of Such Great Heights.

[feartheflames]

lol, i guess it is gary Jules :)

[Hack&Lube]

Life in a Northern town from Dream Academy=a beautiful tribute to the simpler times in our lives..another one is "The Gunners Dream" from Pink Floyd..that is one hell of a moving song.

Happy songs?..Home for a Rest from Spirit of the West..many good memories of being drunk and listening to this.

Life in a Northern Town...I have a version of that I made up on guitar but it's too happy. I need to make it sad and haunting like the original.

[J pold]

Pumped: MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!

Happy: Soul Mets Body- Death Cab for Cutie
Call me Al/Grace Land - Paul Simon
Girl in the War- Josh Ritter
Galway girl- Steve Earle

Sad: Skin- Rascal Flats
Me and the Eagle- Steve Earle
After the Thrill is gone- The Eagles

[Maritime Q-Scout]

the cover of Angels from Montgomery by the Leslie Spit Treo ~ALWAYS~ puts a smile on my face as the 1993 Cape Breton Oilers used it as their playoff song when they marched onto win the Calder Cup.

While there are a lot of songs that get me down, and lots that pick me up. There is no song that instantly makes me sad.

However, the video for Van Halen's "Right Now" I can't sit through. A few months ago I randomly looked it up on YouTube, it was the first time I saw the video since my dog died. When the scene showing a Golden Retriever rolling over with his tongue out playing came up and the words "God kills moms and dogs every day because he has to" I completely broke down... now if that video comes on TV I change the channel, or leave the room, I just can't take it. (My golden died suddendly a year ago last January, I was REALLY attached to him, and with him only being 7 we all took it hard)

[fredr123]

Sad
Sarah Mclachlan - I Will Remember You: Played at the funeral of more than a few friends and classmates. Plus, Gretzky Junior sang it during that outdoor game when everyone was fussing over the Oilers. Bah.

Happy/Pumped
Tommy James and the Shondells - Mony Mony: Hey M***** Fu**** get laid get fu****. I'd never heard that before until this one time at a junior high dance. Still makes me smile for some reason.

Sweet - Little Willy: Another one that got played a lot at parties and at bars. Forever associated with good times.

[JimmytheT]

Sad: Death Letter by Son House or Tupelo by John Lee Hooker

Happy: Corrina by Taj Mahal [Edit: Also happy; Get Rhythm by Johnny Cash]

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Happy - Perfect Strangers theme song
Sad - How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead

[Otto-matic]

Sad Song-
Here without you - three doors down

I heard of this song on Youtube after watching a Band of Brothers tribute. The lyrics fit great because they didnt know if they were coming home or going home in a box.

Happy-
Johnny Cash- Ring of Fire
ACDC- Shot down in Flames

[Cerebral]

Saddest: Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Happiest: Pavement - Stereo

[OilersBaby]

Hehe my sister's name is Mona and she loves Mony Mony as her pump up song. I wonder why. hehe

[Superfraggle]

Happy Song: In Da Dome - Ghetti (STILL never fails to put a smile on my face)

Sad Song: Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton


Honourable Mention:

Happy: Crazy Game of Poker - OAR (it's not happy, but it puts me in a good mood)

Black Betty - Ram Jam

When the Night Feels My Song - Bedouin Soundclash

Hands Up On the Moon - Red Shag Carpet

Sad: Last Kiss - Pearl Jam (cover)

Hurt - Johnny Cash (cover)

I Hung My Head - Johnny Cash (cover)

Stan - Eminem

Don't Take the Girl - Tim McGraw

Paradise - John Prine

I Was Stabbed By Satan - K'naan

Sad songs are easy...I'm sometimes accused of having a primarily depressing repetoire - it's not true...I just happen to know a lot of good sad songs.