Great List. My spontaneous list would be Neil Young - Rust Never sleeps Love - Forever Changes Beach Boys- PET Sounds Zombies - Odessey and oracles Small Faces - Ogdens‘ nur gone flake King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Stones - Let it bleed Cream - Disraeli Gear Pearl Jam- Live at the Gorge Dream Theater- Images & Words
Yep, Pet Sounds is the official antidote to depressing. One note from any song from this record and you are in heaven. God Only Knows where we would be without the Beach Boys and our favorite music.
Damn, you got Pet Sounds for a dollar from Goodwill? What a deal!!! Whenever I am feeling down, I listen to Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On,’ any Police album, any REM, IRS record (usually MURMUR), the genius of the Cure’s Disintegration album, Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ album, any Smiths album, Talking Heads’ ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ and lastly A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Low End Theory’ album. Any of these albums off the top of my head are my go to albums when I am feeling a little blue. Many of these artists and their works have been a calming force for me during these tumultuous times we are living in. I own all of these records on your list and am a huge fan of all the artists. A cool list and a needed topic. Thanks for doing it!!!
Could you please list the titles next time? In the description? Sometimes I don’t get the names right. Probably because I don’t know it and English isn’t my primary language 🤗
Counting Crows - August and Everything After Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the young soul rebels Joan Baez - From every Stage Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
Led Zeppelin 1, Rolling Stones, Through the Past Darkly, Mott the Hoople, Mott, The Early Beatles, Allman Brothers Eat a Peach, Grateful Dead Europe 72, Captain Beyond 1st Album, Wishbone Ash Argus (Pretty much all Wishbone Ash), The Who Live at Leeds , Grand Funk Survival, appreciate all the cool info.
Hey Dillon, I'm a new fan, my mom got me a starter record player, I'd never spend a lot on a record and spin it on it. However, I've been watching your videos, and you've gotten me into some psych I've never heard before. I think you're a good dude and love your taste. I love a lot of different genres too. I'm big into noise rock and alternative country. My first loves were metal, punk , and grunge and I still love it. Thanks for what you do and how you do it. I've been watching since Xmas time.
Hi Dillon, loved the thread, very thought provoking. Music is made to make us smile. Totally agree on Funkintelechy, that is an album of joy and fun. Angry Records do make you Happy, Sex Pistols always makes me smile. Miles Davis puts me at peace along with some classical. Music soothes our soul. The album can be common, it is about how we relate to it. Great stories as always.
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is my go to album for ANY situation because even if I'm sad it picks me up and I feel better. And if I'm in a good mood then it makes my mood even better.
Some are feel good, a few are mellow but most are pick-me-up, kick my butt into gear. Couldn't stop at ten, and ask me tomorrow, and I might come up with an entirely different list. In no particular order: 1. Yes - Fragile 2. The Doors - Strange Days 3. Allman Brothers - Idlewild South 4. Timbuk 3 - Greetings From Timbuk 3 5. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me 6. Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love 7. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 8. Jeff Beck - Wired 9. The Beatles - Abbey Road 10. Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels 11. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Overnight Sensation 12. Talking Heads - Little Creatures 13. Traffic - Shoot-out at the Fantasy Factory 14. Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers - Damn the Torpedos 15. Van Halen - OU812
A big THANK YOU for sharing your feelings so honestly. I can´t really list my favourite albums, there´s so many and actually ALL my records make me feel good! :) All the best and take care!
Man, Dillon your content just turns my day around man! Love RHCP til the day I die. Love your music taste, and suggestions of new music in past videos.
Thanks, I also love Pet Sounds and American Beauty. Also, Booker T and the MG’s - Universal Language . For Mental Health music, I love anything by Astrud Gilberto- especially Beach Samba or the Astrud Gilberto Album. Also, the Soft Machine Volume Two or Third. For drinking, I have a whole other list!
I have some Booker T and a whole playlist of Astrud. Good stuff. I have a whole shelve full of Bossa Nova (Brazilian, US, Italian, British, German). Bossa has to be the best mood music. beautiful stuff.
Feeling mellow; Bare Trees, Fleetwood Mac. Need to vent anger: Significant Other, Limp Bizkit. Feeling frustrated, New York, Lou Reed. High energy fun, Check Shirt Wizard, Rory Gallagher. Feeling pensive, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan. Wanna dance, Second Wind, Delbert McClinton. In the mood, Moondance, Van Morrison. Puff, puff, give, 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, Spirit. Need to escape, Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower. Gotta drive, Nothin' but the Blues, Johnny Winter. Anytime, anywhere, any RHCP. I could go on for days... and I do. I freakin' LOVE music!
As I mentioned to another VC member, the most excitement we've had in my town in the past few weeks is that a black bear wandered into town. It was tranquilized and relocated. BTW, I find that 70's disco is great music to lift your spirits. Give it a try, spin your disco.
Thanks Dillon some great choices there. Here are my top ten in no particular order Beatles: Revolver Happy Monday: Pills thrills and belly aches David Bowie: Hunky dorey Carol King: Tapestry The Blues Brothers: Sound Track Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks Blondie: Parallel lines Duran Duran: Rio Miles Davis: Bitches Brew Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon
Can't stop watching your videos man - we have very similar tastes in music. Constantly filling up my wantlist on Discogs with new ideas after watching your videos too haha also - I used to have an old Ford explorer too and had RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik on heavy rotation (RHCP was my second concert, Stadium Arcadium tour 2006).
I remember being in High school coming home depressed in 10th grade and put in Mothers Milk into my Cd player. It really made me feel better, Especially the song Taste the Pain. That trumpet in it really relaxed me
Mine are: Pixies Doolittle, Pink Floyd Meddle, Neu 75, Dead Can Dance Aion, John Martyn Solid Air, Beatles Abbey Road, Paul Simon Graceland, Bowie Hunky Dory. So there ya go
One that makes me feel good/ puts a smile on my face. Bobby McFerrin: Simple Pleasures. Just a dude and his voice. Don’t Worry, Be Happy ( song corny as father) 😊 but makes me smile.🤷♂️
I don't know why but depressing music makes me feel better. I think reminds me that things could always be worse, which is always true. Maybe that's why I love Pink Floyd. No one does depressing better than Roger Waters. The Final Cut is music to slit your wrist by - but still makes me feel good.
I’ll just say that Axis in stereo is definitely a more engaging experience but the reason the mono is so well loved by some is that the stereo can be a little exhausting. The benefit of the mono on this album is that you can just sorta relax and appreciate the songwriting and you also don’t have to be sitting in one spot to get the effect the songs can have. It’s a luxury secondary option in my mind because I do play this record all the time and I like to have that option.
I see you have Dylan on shelves .....Blood on The Tracks ,Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde been on my rotation over 40 years . I like your choices BTW !!
Hi, Rick from the Netherlands here, enjoy a lot of what you showed; hint for a good feeling from the lowlands: Bettie Serveert - Palomine, always makes my day, you gonna love it
I can completely relate to your time in landscaping. I did that in the summer of '95 and the music I listened to on my walkman got me through mowing all the parks in the region. '95 was a hell of a year for music, too. I listened to a ton of Guided By Voices because the box set of their early albums was released along with Alien Lanes. I also listened to a bunch of Flaming Lips. I played everything they had released and then capped off the summer with Clouds Taste Metallic. The Amps' Pacer was another '95 staple.
I'm so psyched you mentioned the "Freaks & Geeks" scene! In that scene, the main character had gone to a guidance counselor who was kind of an old hippie, and knowing she was having some hard times, recommended that she go home and listen to the Dead's "American Beauty." She goes home and puts it on her turntable and we get to see her reaction, and the sheer joy it brings. Not only did that scene give me even more appreciations for that album than I had before, but it's also one of the very best depictions of what discovering music feels like I've ever seen, whether in a movie or on TV.
We a great post. I have taken refuge in my basement playing records, sippin on a good beer as of late. Some of my mood changing LP's, CSNY Deja Vu, The Wall, Tom Petty's Wildflowers, Perfect Circles 13th Step. Opening my 40th anniversary release of Permanent Waves tonight.
Totally agree with RATM! A few of my go to albums to cheer me up The B52’s - The B52’s New Order - Technique Broken Bells - Broken Bells The Streets - Original Pirate Material CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther Big D & Kids Table - Strictly Rude And of course #BlackLivesMatter
Moondance (Van the Man), Doolittle (Pixies), Hatful of Hollow (The Smiths), Dictionary of Soul (Otis Redding), John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan), "The Brown Album" (The Band), "The Red Album" (The Beatles), "Greatest Hits" (Leonard Cohen), Sail Away Ladies (Tommy Jarrell), "The Black Album" (Planxty) ........ really enjoy your videos!
If you want to go really positive, there's nothing like Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Well, the fourth movement is the Ode to Joy. Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brüder Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt! Yeah, send us some of that, we could sure use it..
Greetings from Gig Harbor, WA Great vid Dillion....thanks for posting. Axis: Bold As Love 👍. Great choice and I totally agree with your stereo vs mono comments....need the stereo for Hendrix! I’m glad you talked about some of the ones that were more sentimental for you....I agree, those are the ones that turn your day around and they are very personal.... For me, I would add the following sentimental choices.... Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Neil Diamond - Moods Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Loved most of your choices, with the exception of Pet Sounds - ugh....I’ve just never got that one....Ok, done with that. Love the videos....keep them coming!!
Being a big Who fan usually one of those or Pete Townshend album can change my mood. Screaming with songs while driving is good too. 1. The Who Quadrophenia 2. Arc Angels self titled 3. Beatles Revolver 4. Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke 5. Genesis self titled 6. Billy Joel The Stranger 7. Van Halen self titled 8. The Smithereens Green Thoughts 9. Squeeze Argybargy 10. Stone Temple Pilots Purple Some of my picks but not all on vinyl.
Nice video again. My album for relaxing is Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping or Self titled album by 70's aussie band The Dingoes. I hope once Australian borders open again I will get to NC and call into your shop, looked it up on website, looks like a comfortable shop, not cluttered. Like it. Enjoy the music.....
we all need to escape and music can do that for us , your not alone i live in so. calif and the politics are everywhere , just know others are going threw this mess but it will pass 70 some years ago boys were dying today in an attemp to free the world from Hitler, so thinking of D-DAY should give us hope. I saw bobmarley maybe 5 times and he was as captivating as you might imagine everyone was on there feet. stay safe
No particular order, but here is the kinda stuff I'd put on to try to cheer me up a bit -- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses. Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. Thin Lizzy - Chinatown. Woody Guthrie (he gives me hope), or maybe even some Arlo. Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction. Low Fidelity Allstars - How to Operate With a Blown Mind. Sultans of Ping - Casual Sex in the Cineplex ("Where's Me Jumper", what a fun song). The Frank and Walters, whatever album or EP suits me at that moment. Bob Marley - Babylon By Bus (but there's also other LPs of Bob's I'd could listen to in that mood). The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me They are by no means necessarily my favourite LPs at all. I don't really normally listen to music to really cheer me up. I'm just not looking to be that happy a person ! Actually at the moment I'm finding myself listening to - Dave "Black". Please... everybody should watch / listen to this amazing tune - czcams.com/video/mXLS2IzZSdg/video.html KRS One "Sound of da Police" N.W.A. "Fuk Da Police" Almost any songs by Anti-Flag etc., etc. Racists Don't Love Music, Music is Multi-Cultural Anti-Racist, Anti-Sexist, Anti-Fascist
Hi from london England great video a few of my go to albums in no order lynyrd skynyrd Street survivors , van morrison astral weeks , rolling stones let it bleed , marvin gaye i want you , love forever changes , Floyd meddle , funkadelic maggot brain , zeppelin 3 , small faces ogdens nut flake jimi hendrix axis bold as love and I know its later but crash landing , Mike oldfield tubular bells corny I know but it still lifts me up and takes me away and thats the beauty of music
Loved this video bud! My mood changers Angels & Airwaves - LOVE Pt 1 Refused - Shape Of Punk To Come Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want NOFX - Punk In Drublic Matchbox 20 - Mad Season Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Blink 182 - Enema Of The State Josh Ritter - Sermon On The Rocks
The Roches - The Roches Snarky Puppy - Sylva Fozzy - Judas Toby Keith - Bus Songs Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert Alfred Brendel Plays Bach Brad Paisley - Play ELO - Eldorado / Out of the Blue Duke Ellington - Private Collection Vol. 2 Junkyard - High Water
Great selection Dillon. There are far too many for me to choose but the best of Motown, Chicago 2, Love, any RUSH or The Guess Who albums and any of The Who as well. Peace to everyone.
In no particular order after the first one: The Fortunes- (1st LP) Hollies- Hear! Here! Byrds- Younger Than Yesterday (minus Mind Garden) Rockin' Horse- Yes It Is Kinks- Face to Face/Something Else Fourmyula- Green B Holiday Mary McCaslin- Goodnight Everybody Beach Boys- Surf's Up Scott Walker- Aloner (Scott in UK)
Hello Dillon, I picked up Bugs Henderson and Ice both are fantastic albums Thank you for telling us about them also I remember when Chris (Tunefromthemancave) got that Jimi Hendrix box set haha good old days.
When I'm down these are what help: Jewel "Pieces of You" "Room with a View" soundtrack Big Audio Dynamite "Tighten Up Vol. '88" Les Wampas "Simple et Tendre" Weezer's blue album The Lemonheads alternate 3 or 4 depending on mood Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive Marshall Crenshaw self titled 10,000 Maniacs "Our Time in Eden" Duran Duran "Rio" Kinks "Village Green Preservation Society" REM "Out of Time" Van Halen "Diver Down" Television "Live at the Old Waldorf" 6/29/78 Plastic Bertrand "Ca Plaine Pour Moi"
Hi Dillon, Quality video, great feel good music, many of which i own and love. Coming from and oldish hippy like me, we certainly need more peace love and understanding. Andy H
My go to when I'm down or angry are: Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic Any Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave album Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast Faith No More - The Real Thing Lamb of God - Sacrament Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (Stereo US Tracklist) Deep Purple - Machine Head Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, and Echos DIO - Holy Diver Bob Marley - Legends
Love this vid, Dillon! Your passion for music and vinyl is so awesome, but I totally get it. Just got Hendrix “live at winterland” 2xLP set in the mail today, and it’s so killer. I also love any RHCP up to BSSM (got a German press), and own all 1st pressings of their albums up to that one. I’ve got a mono press of Axis, but NEED the stereo UHQR copy! D’you happen to have an extra? I’ve got some pretty rare records I could trade. 😉 My happy music is Pixies, Bad Brains, Morphine, The Dead, MM Bosstones, Coltrane, Hendrix, and a few more.
I was 17 when VS came out. I waited in line all night at the record store to get the CD when they opened. Too bad I didn't buy the vinyl. I have a reissue now. Great album! I saw them later that year. Sick show!
good to see that we share some favorite up-lifting albums. Bon Iver s/t and Blood Sugar Sex Magik are big favorites of mine. a little Jason Mraz thrown in the mix doesn't hurt either lol.
Great vid... (LOVE Freaks and Geeks! I bought that album... my ONLY Grateful Dead album, based on that beautiful scene in F&G!!) My list of albums that make me feel good would include: BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (Totally agree) THE ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle THE CHILLS: Submarine Bells (Martin Phillipps is the greatest song writers nobody's ever heard of... or the New Zealand Bob Pollard) MENOMENA: Friend and Foe DE LA SOUL: 3 Feet High and Rising KRAFTWERK: Autobahn XTC: English Settlement (Classic album from my generation's Beatles) THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR: 25 O'Clock (speaking of XTC... has there ever been a better 60s album created in the 80s? Genius.) ROBERT POLLARD: From A Compound Eye (so many great songs!) THE WONDER STUFF: Eight-Legged Groove Machine (WHAT a debut!) THE SUGARPLASTIC: "Bang The World Is Round" (Can't keep a smile off my face when listening to this) ...and if that doesn't do the trick, just listen to France Gall doing "Laisse Tomber Les Filles"... which might be the happiest sounding song I've ever never, ever gotten sick of... czcams.com/video/3Qjlfy0uLIw/video.html
Moondance - Van, Everything is Everything - Donny Hathaway, Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder, All Things Must Pass - George Harrison, Manassas - Stephen Stills. Thanks for the Colemine video I've been diggin Monophonics.
Anything by Townes. Notably “Our Mother the Mountain” or “High Low and In Between”, John Coltrane “A Love Supreme”, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott “Young Brigham”, Cracker “Kerosene Hat”.
My top 10: The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) A Night at the Opera (Queen) Abbey Road (The Beatles) As Quatro Estações (Legião Urbana - band from Brazil) Gold (ABBA) Music from the Elder (KISS) IV (Led Zeppelin) Aloha from Hawaii (Elvis) Animals (Pink Floyd) Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts C. B. (Beatles)
Pretty much anything by the Beatles cheers me up.
Paul Simon - Graceland always puts me in a good mood.
I don't consider myself to be a Paul Simon fan but that album is fantastic
This video made me feel good and put a smile on my face. Great albums.
I could listen to this guy for hours
Great List. My spontaneous list would be
Neil Young - Rust Never sleeps
Love - Forever Changes
Beach Boys- PET Sounds
Zombies - Odessey and oracles
Small Faces - Ogdens‘ nur gone flake
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Stones - Let it bleed
Cream - Disraeli Gear
Pearl Jam- Live at the Gorge
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Yep,
Pet Sounds is the official antidote to depressing. One note from any song from this record and you are in heaven. God Only Knows where we would be without the Beach Boys and our
favorite music.
I find it the opposite. It's Brian Wilson losing his grip and the lyrics and arrangements reflect that.
Thank you, Dillon - you’re a blessed and beautiful man. 🙏🏻👊🏻
Damn, you got Pet Sounds for a dollar from Goodwill? What a deal!!! Whenever I am feeling down, I listen to Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On,’ any Police album, any REM, IRS record (usually MURMUR), the genius of the Cure’s Disintegration album, Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ album, any Smiths album, Talking Heads’ ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ and lastly A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Low End Theory’ album. Any of these albums off the top of my head are my go to albums when I am feeling a little blue. Many of these artists and their works have been a calming force for me during these tumultuous times we are living in. I own all of these records on your list and am a huge fan of all the artists. A cool list and a needed topic. Thanks for doing it!!!
Could you please list the titles next time? In the description? Sometimes I don’t get the names right. Probably because I don’t know it and English isn’t my primary language 🤗
My top feel good LP would be Imagine, Ziggy Stardust or The Stranger.
LOVE Imagine, great LP
The La's by The La's. A beatles-like jangly celebration of being free and skint on a sunny day. A a joyous masterpiece!
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the young soul rebels
Joan Baez - From every Stage
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
Led Zeppelin 1, Rolling Stones, Through the Past Darkly, Mott the Hoople, Mott, The Early Beatles, Allman Brothers Eat a Peach, Grateful Dead Europe 72, Captain Beyond 1st Album, Wishbone Ash Argus (Pretty much all Wishbone Ash), The Who Live at Leeds , Grand Funk Survival, appreciate all the cool info.
Greetings from rainy London England. Axis Bold as Love is THE BUSINESS imho 😊 Love Pet Sounds too. My copies are original pressings of both.
Hey Dillon, I'm a new fan, my mom got me a starter record player, I'd never spend a lot on a record and spin it on it. However, I've been watching your videos, and you've gotten me into some psych I've never heard before. I think you're a good dude and love your taste. I love a lot of different genres too. I'm big into noise rock and alternative country. My first loves were metal, punk , and grunge and I still love it. Thanks for what you do and how you do it. I've been watching since Xmas time.
My number one feel good LP is The Who - Tommy.
For some reason (and I never do this) but I've been listening to Tommy on repeat for the last 2 days. 👌
Hi Dillon, loved the thread, very thought provoking. Music is made to make us smile. Totally agree on Funkintelechy, that is an album of joy and fun. Angry Records do make you Happy, Sex Pistols always makes me smile. Miles Davis puts me at peace along with some classical. Music soothes our soul. The album can be common, it is about how we relate to it. Great stories as always.
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is my go to album for ANY situation because even if I'm sad it picks me up and I feel better. And if I'm in a good mood then it makes my mood even better.
Some are feel good, a few are mellow but most are pick-me-up, kick my butt into gear. Couldn't stop at ten, and ask me tomorrow, and I might come up with an entirely different list. In no particular order:
1. Yes - Fragile
2. The Doors - Strange Days
3. Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
4. Timbuk 3 - Greetings From Timbuk 3
5. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me
6. Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love
7. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
8. Jeff Beck - Wired
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
11. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Overnight Sensation
12. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
13. Traffic - Shoot-out at the Fantasy Factory
14. Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers - Damn the Torpedos
15. Van Halen - OU812
A big THANK YOU for sharing your feelings so honestly.
I can´t really list my favourite albums, there´s so many and actually ALL my records make me feel good! :)
All the best and take care!
Man, Dillon your content just turns my day around man! Love RHCP til the day I die. Love your music taste, and suggestions of new music in past videos.
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman and /or Teaser & The Firecat
MIKE GLOEGE wild world
Thanks, I also love Pet Sounds and American Beauty. Also, Booker T and the MG’s - Universal Language . For Mental Health music, I love anything by Astrud Gilberto- especially Beach Samba or the Astrud Gilberto Album. Also, the Soft Machine Volume Two or Third. For drinking, I have a whole other list!
I have some Booker T and a whole playlist of Astrud. Good stuff. I have a whole shelve full of Bossa Nova (Brazilian, US, Italian, British, German). Bossa has to be the best mood music. beautiful stuff.
Feeling mellow; Bare Trees, Fleetwood Mac. Need to vent anger: Significant Other, Limp Bizkit. Feeling frustrated, New York, Lou Reed. High energy fun, Check Shirt Wizard, Rory Gallagher. Feeling pensive, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan. Wanna dance, Second Wind, Delbert McClinton. In the mood, Moondance, Van Morrison. Puff, puff, give, 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, Spirit. Need to escape, Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower. Gotta drive, Nothin' but the Blues, Johnny Winter. Anytime, anywhere, any RHCP. I could go on for days... and I do. I freakin' LOVE music!
Learned about American Beauty the exact same way. Completely changed my life.
As I mentioned to another VC member, the most excitement we've had in my town in the past few weeks is that a black bear wandered into town. It was tranquilized and relocated. BTW, I find that 70's disco is great music to lift your spirits. Give it a try, spin your disco.
Thanks Dillon some great choices there.
Here are my top ten in no particular order
Beatles: Revolver
Happy Monday: Pills thrills and belly aches
David Bowie: Hunky dorey
Carol King: Tapestry
The Blues Brothers: Sound Track
Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks
Blondie: Parallel lines
Duran Duran: Rio
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon
Can't stop watching your videos man - we have very similar tastes in music. Constantly filling up my wantlist on Discogs with new ideas after watching your videos too haha also - I used to have an old Ford explorer too and had RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik on heavy rotation (RHCP was my second concert, Stadium Arcadium tour 2006).
I remember being in High school coming home depressed in 10th grade and put in Mothers Milk into my Cd player. It really made me feel better, Especially the song Taste the Pain. That trumpet in it really relaxed me
My copy of VS. arrives today. Can’t wait to spin that one. Great stuff, Dillon! ❤️
Grateful Dead Cornell 77 always sets me right. It's almost impossible for me to not feel good during that Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain
that dancin' in the streets tho.......
Mine are: Pixies Doolittle, Pink Floyd Meddle, Neu 75, Dead Can Dance Aion, John Martyn Solid Air, Beatles Abbey Road, Paul Simon Graceland, Bowie Hunky Dory. So there ya go
Nice! Thanks for watching! 🙏
Get a hay yeah ,for the pixies.
One that makes me feel good/ puts a smile on my face. Bobby McFerrin: Simple Pleasures. Just a dude and his voice. Don’t Worry, Be Happy ( song corny as father) 😊 but makes me smile.🤷♂️
Shane Barnes
Most excellent, my good sir... 🎶🔊🙂
WAR - “LOW RIDER” puts a smile on my face
Low rider don't use no gas now
Low rider don't drive too fast
I don't know why but depressing music makes me feel better. I think reminds me that things could always be worse, which is always true. Maybe that's why I love Pink Floyd. No one does depressing better than Roger Waters. The Final Cut is music to slit your wrist by - but still makes me feel good.
Hahah I can see that 🤣
And "The Wall" makes you want to shave your hair and eyebrows off 🕋
@@trevordoolan5011 I feel the same. Love Wish You Were Here. Floyd. Just awesome
I’ll just say that Axis in stereo is definitely a more engaging experience but the reason the mono is so well loved by some is that the stereo can be a little exhausting. The benefit of the mono on this album is that you can just sorta relax and appreciate the songwriting and you also don’t have to be sitting in one spot to get the effect the songs can have. It’s a luxury secondary option in my mind because I do play this record all the time and I like to have that option.
I see you have Dylan on shelves .....Blood on The Tracks ,Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde been on my rotation over 40 years . I like your choices BTW !!
Hi, Rick from the Netherlands here, enjoy a lot of what you showed; hint for a good feeling from the lowlands: Bettie Serveert - Palomine, always makes my day, you gonna love it
I just found The Zombies. Odessey and Oracle 1968. Love this album. Just a feel good pop album from that time
I found about them about two months ago through a Noble Records video. Holy crap it’s fantastic!!
I can completely relate to your time in landscaping. I did that in the summer of '95 and the music I listened to on my walkman got me through mowing all the parks in the region. '95 was a hell of a year for music, too. I listened to a ton of Guided By Voices because the box set of their early albums was released along with Alien Lanes. I also listened to a bunch of Flaming Lips. I played everything they had released and then capped off the summer with Clouds Taste Metallic. The Amps' Pacer was another '95 staple.
My favorite feel good album / favorite album is The Clash London Calling played it so many times it no longer plays so many memories
Wasn't *"Pet Sounds"* only released in mono before the phony duophonic later pressings?
I'm so psyched you mentioned the "Freaks & Geeks" scene! In that scene, the main character had gone to a guidance counselor who was kind of an old hippie, and knowing she was having some hard times, recommended that she go home and listen to the Dead's "American Beauty." She goes home and puts it on her turntable and we get to see her reaction, and the sheer joy it brings. Not only did that scene give me even more appreciations for that album than I had before, but it's also one of the very best depictions of what discovering music feels like I've ever seen, whether in a movie or on TV.
Great video !!! And you are so right it is great to tur it up with all that is going on !!!
Just listening to this video put a smile on my face - thanks. My go to song is on the Cyrcle Red Rubber Ball album - Wish you were here.
Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop. Especially I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine.
And Astral Weeks. The best psych album ever. Period.
We a great post. I have taken refuge in my basement playing records, sippin on a good beer as of late. Some of my mood changing LP's, CSNY Deja Vu, The Wall, Tom Petty's Wildflowers, Perfect Circles 13th Step. Opening my 40th anniversary release of Permanent Waves tonight.
Great selections to help you float away! Very positive!
Thanks for sharing these picks. I think the stories really make the records special.
TB
Dr. John live in London makes me feel f-ing fantastic.
Totally agree with RATM!
A few of my go to albums to cheer me up
The B52’s - The B52’s
New Order - Technique
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
Big D & Kids Table - Strictly Rude
And of course #BlackLivesMatter
Moondance (Van the Man), Doolittle (Pixies), Hatful of Hollow (The Smiths), Dictionary of Soul (Otis Redding), John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan), "The Brown Album" (The Band), "The Red Album" (The Beatles), "Greatest Hits" (Leonard Cohen), Sail Away Ladies (Tommy Jarrell), "The Black Album" (Planxty) ........ really enjoy your videos!
If you want to go really positive, there's nothing like Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Well, the fourth movement is the Ode to Joy.
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt!
Yeah, send us some of that, we could sure use it..
Greetings from Gig Harbor, WA
Great vid Dillion....thanks for posting.
Axis: Bold As Love 👍. Great choice and I totally agree with your stereo vs mono comments....need the stereo for Hendrix!
I’m glad you talked about some of the ones that were more sentimental for you....I agree, those are the ones that turn your day around and they are very personal....
For me, I would add the following sentimental choices....
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Neil Diamond - Moods
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Loved most of your choices, with the exception of Pet Sounds - ugh....I’ve just never got that one....Ok, done with that.
Love the videos....keep them coming!!
Thanks, I appreciate your positivity, BR
Being a big Who fan usually one of those or Pete Townshend album can change my mood. Screaming with songs while driving is good too.
1. The Who Quadrophenia
2. Arc Angels self titled
3. Beatles Revolver
4. Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke
5. Genesis self titled
6. Billy Joel The Stranger
7. Van Halen self titled
8. The Smithereens Green Thoughts
9. Squeeze Argybargy
10. Stone Temple Pilots Purple
Some of my picks but not all on vinyl.
Nice video again. My album for relaxing is Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping or Self titled album by 70's aussie band The Dingoes. I hope once Australian borders open again I will get to NC and call into your shop, looked it up on website, looks like a comfortable shop, not cluttered. Like it. Enjoy the music.....
we all need to escape and music can do that for us , your not alone i live in so. calif and the politics are everywhere , just know others are going threw this mess but it will pass 70 some years ago boys were dying today in an attemp to free the world from Hitler, so thinking of D-DAY should give us hope. I saw bobmarley maybe 5 times and he was as captivating as you might imagine everyone was on there feet. stay safe
No particular order, but here is the kinda stuff I'd put on to try to cheer me up a bit --
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses.
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches.
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown.
Woody Guthrie (he gives me hope), or maybe even some Arlo.
Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction.
Low Fidelity Allstars - How to Operate With a Blown Mind.
Sultans of Ping - Casual Sex in the Cineplex ("Where's Me Jumper", what a fun song).
The Frank and Walters, whatever album or EP suits me at that moment.
Bob Marley - Babylon By Bus (but there's also other LPs of Bob's I'd could listen to in that mood).
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
They are by no means necessarily my favourite LPs at all. I don't really normally listen to music to really cheer me up. I'm just not looking to be that happy a person !
Actually at the moment I'm finding myself listening to -
Dave "Black". Please... everybody should watch / listen to this amazing tune - czcams.com/video/mXLS2IzZSdg/video.html
KRS One "Sound of da Police"
N.W.A. "Fuk Da Police"
Almost any songs by Anti-Flag
etc., etc.
Racists Don't Love Music, Music is Multi-Cultural
Anti-Racist, Anti-Sexist, Anti-Fascist
Great to see the Franks and the Sultans het mentioned. Love the Franks!! I guess that you’re also/were Cork based
Matt and Kim- Daylight gets me in a good mood
Hi from london England great video a few of my go to albums in no order lynyrd skynyrd Street survivors , van morrison astral weeks , rolling stones let it bleed , marvin gaye i want you , love forever changes , Floyd meddle , funkadelic maggot brain , zeppelin 3 , small faces ogdens nut flake jimi hendrix axis bold as love and I know its later but crash landing , Mike oldfield tubular bells corny I know but it still lifts me up and takes me away and thats the beauty of music
Awesome! thanks for watching!
Phish is my go to happy music
Loved this video bud! My mood changers Angels & Airwaves - LOVE Pt 1 Refused - Shape Of Punk To Come Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want NOFX - Punk In Drublic Matchbox 20 - Mad Season Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Blink 182 - Enema Of The State Josh Ritter - Sermon On The Rocks
The Roches - The Roches
Snarky Puppy - Sylva
Fozzy - Judas
Toby Keith - Bus Songs
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Alfred Brendel Plays Bach
Brad Paisley - Play
ELO - Eldorado / Out of the Blue
Duke Ellington - Private Collection Vol. 2
Junkyard - High Water
Great selection Dillon. There are far too many for me to choose but the best of Motown, Chicago 2, Love, any RUSH or The Guess Who albums and any of The Who as well. Peace to everyone.
In no particular order after the first one:
The Fortunes- (1st LP)
Hollies- Hear! Here!
Byrds- Younger Than Yesterday (minus Mind Garden)
Rockin' Horse- Yes It Is
Kinks- Face to Face/Something Else
Fourmyula- Green B Holiday
Mary McCaslin- Goodnight Everybody
Beach Boys- Surf's Up
Scott Walker- Aloner (Scott in UK)
Right from the heart. Perfect.
Love the Jason Mraz album!!! He’s from my city great video!!!
I agree with the RHCP album!
Thank you Dylan. THis was a great video and idea. I am going to post my list as a reply cause why not spread something good right now
Hello Dillon, I picked up Bugs Henderson and Ice both are fantastic albums Thank you for telling us about them also I remember when Chris (Tunefromthemancave) got that Jimi Hendrix box set haha good old days.
I enjoyed the video man!! Its a good time for some good time music. Peace
Do a jazz video please like top 20? Love your videos man stay happy stay healthy
When I'm down these are what help:
Jewel "Pieces of You"
"Room with a View" soundtrack
Big Audio Dynamite "Tighten Up Vol. '88"
Les Wampas "Simple et Tendre"
Weezer's blue album
The Lemonheads alternate 3 or 4 depending on mood
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive
Marshall Crenshaw self titled
10,000 Maniacs "Our Time in Eden"
Duran Duran "Rio"
Kinks "Village Green Preservation Society"
REM "Out of Time"
Van Halen "Diver Down"
Television "Live at the Old Waldorf" 6/29/78
Plastic Bertrand "Ca Plaine Pour Moi"
Hi Dillon,
Quality video, great feel good music, many of which i own and love.
Coming from and oldish hippy like me, we certainly need more peace love and understanding.
Andy H
My go to when I'm down or angry are:
Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Any Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave album
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (Stereo US Tracklist)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, and Echos
DIO - Holy Diver
Bob Marley - Legends
Good records are like visiting good friends.
I recieved PJ VS on cassette. Still love this album. Wish I could find it on wax.
The point! -Harry Nilsson
James Taylor' 1993 "Live" double album is the definitive one for me to make me feel good. The one album I would take with me to a desert island.
Love this vid, Dillon! Your passion for music and vinyl is so awesome, but I totally get it. Just got Hendrix “live at winterland” 2xLP set in the mail today, and it’s so killer. I also love any RHCP up to BSSM (got a German press), and own all 1st pressings of their albums up to that one. I’ve got a mono press of Axis, but NEED the stereo UHQR copy! D’you happen to have an extra? I’ve got some pretty rare records I could trade. 😉
My happy music is Pixies, Bad Brains, Morphine, The Dead, MM Bosstones, Coltrane, Hendrix, and a few more.
Neil Young, The Band, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, and The Beatles can really calm me...
I was 17 when VS came out. I waited in line all night at the record store to get the CD when they opened. Too bad I didn't buy the vinyl. I have a reissue now. Great album! I saw them later that year. Sick show!
Thanks man!
Nice list, including many listed in your comments. Vampire Weekend self-titled is another great one to consider
Great stories... Peace on earth...
good to see that we share some favorite up-lifting albums. Bon Iver s/t and Blood Sugar Sex Magik are big favorites of mine. a little Jason Mraz thrown in the mix doesn't hurt either lol.
Great choices! Also, License To Ill, right over your shoulder!
Great vid... (LOVE Freaks and Geeks! I bought that album... my ONLY Grateful Dead album, based on that beautiful scene in F&G!!)
My list of albums that make me feel good would include:
BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (Totally agree)
THE ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle
THE CHILLS: Submarine Bells (Martin Phillipps is the greatest song writers nobody's ever heard of... or the New Zealand Bob Pollard)
MENOMENA: Friend and Foe
DE LA SOUL: 3 Feet High and Rising
KRAFTWERK: Autobahn
XTC: English Settlement (Classic album from my generation's Beatles)
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR: 25 O'Clock (speaking of XTC... has there ever been a better 60s album created in the 80s? Genius.)
ROBERT POLLARD: From A Compound Eye (so many great songs!)
THE WONDER STUFF: Eight-Legged Groove Machine (WHAT a debut!)
THE SUGARPLASTIC: "Bang The World Is Round" (Can't keep a smile off my face when listening to this)
...and if that doesn't do the trick, just listen to France Gall doing "Laisse Tomber Les Filles"... which might be the happiest sounding song I've ever never, ever gotten sick of... czcams.com/video/3Qjlfy0uLIw/video.html
Moondance - Van, Everything is Everything - Donny Hathaway, Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder, All Things Must Pass - George Harrison, Manassas - Stephen Stills. Thanks for the Colemine video I've been diggin Monophonics.
Those are great picks!
Love the love👍
Great idea for a vid. Bob Marley and Grateful Dead definite feel good albums. 😀
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Hey from Australia! Loving your vids mate
Right as I saw the title of this video I was thinking parliament! Great albums man
Babylon by Bus is my personal favorite live Bob Marley album
Yeah that one is killer too
two of my 'go to' feelgood albums: Respect (Robyn Hitchcock) & Man From Utopia (Zappa)
Anything by Townes. Notably “Our Mother the Mountain” or “High Low and In Between”, John Coltrane “A Love Supreme”, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott “Young Brigham”, Cracker “Kerosene Hat”.
Loved Hendrix too but it was Are You Experienced, especially "Manic Depression" over and over and over....
Nice man... Thank you!
My top 10:
The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
A Night at the Opera (Queen)
Abbey Road (The Beatles)
As Quatro Estações (Legião Urbana - band from Brazil)
Gold (ABBA)
Music from the Elder (KISS)
IV (Led Zeppelin)
Aloha from Hawaii (Elvis)
Animals (Pink Floyd)
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts C. B. (Beatles)