plea for help

[fahye]

RIGHT. LJ. I woke up this morning, after a horrific bout of insomnia, with a heavy feeling of complete and total apathy. Towards everything. I despise apathy. I despise not being able to shake it.

Ergo: I need anti-apathy music. I need to bop around my room like a crazyperson for a while.

So far I have "Find Your Grail" from Spamalot and "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" from Mulan. (Just...don't say anything.)

I need suggestions. What do you use to chase away cobwebs and motivate yourself?

Comments

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

Studio 54's cover of "If you could read my mind". Also, Paul Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy, "Faster Kill Pussycat". Moby's "New York, New York".

I'm sure there's more but I'm in a sad song phase myself at the moment, so it's hard to think of them.

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

More thoughts;

"Lemon-Aid" and "Give up the Grudge" by Gob.
"Stadium Parking Lot" by Apollo 440
"Learn to Fly" by the Foo Fighters
"Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen
"Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen (Whaaaat?)
"Tentai Kansoku" by Bump of Chicken
"Rollercoaster" by Machine Gun Fellatio
"Suffer in Silence" by Apoptygma Berzerk (Trust me on this...don't judge it by it's title. It's one of the bounciest songs ever.)
"The Longest Time" and "Matter of Trust" by Billy Joel

Anime opening themes are good for that kind of thing too. I suggest X, Bubblegum Crisis and Angelic Layer's openings.

And that's all that's coming to me.

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

oh! I'm a twit. 16 Military Wives by the Decemberists. Good singing along music.

Strangely enough, I suggest the Grease soundtrack for if you ever want to do housework.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

The only one of those I have is "Under Pressure", but ooh. *adds*

I do housework to nothing but musical soundtracks :D Generally Wicked or Boy From Oz.

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

Really? You are missing some great music that you should have anyway, then.

I started listing the ones that were essential, but that covered just about all of them. So I won't.

But! I will point out that while most songs have people who don't like them, I've yet to find anyone who doesn't like 16 Military Wives. Ditto "Rollercoaster" - even people like myself who don't like MGF like that song.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Don't suppose you could upload those few that are most vital to any good music collection? :D

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

I shall do my best, but it'll take a while since we went over a download limit (Damn you, new series of Scrubs!) so I'm at dialup speed. Bleh.

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

Actually I think it might be best if I email them to you. What's your address these days?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Go with fahye dot diablo at gmail dot com :)

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

Neat!

One more question - do you have "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" by Jet?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed!

[not-in-denial.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I can also suggest "The Distance" and "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" by Cake...but if you're a good person you have those already.

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

. . . I listen to music that reflects my mood, so no. BUT: I can give you a song called "I Started a Blog That Nobody Read," which is hilarious, OR a bunch of music about American politics and/or Washington, D.C.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Yes please! To, uh, both.

I haven't told you about how the new Australian minister for environment and water resources looks exactly like Tritter. It's alarming.

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I Started a Blog That Nobody Read (http://www.box.net/public/7c3tiiatvu), by Sprites. Washington music later tonight!

That is a problem. Be skeptical of him! Put deadly animals into his house!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I am very skeptical. WHAT IF HE STARTS A WITCHHUNT?

[minna.livejournal.com]

I use 'Superdrive' :D Gravitation is great for bouncing, wot.

UR.

'Southern Belles in London Sing' by 'the Faint'

Actually, anything from 'Wet from Birth' or 'Danse Macabre', and I'm not sure WHY this gets me up and awake and motivated BUT THERE YOU GO. Electroclash ftw.

'Sexuality' by 'Billy Bragg'. It's so cute and happy and has silly lyrics and and *squishes it*

;x I've been trying to yousendit some of the songs, but my internet HATES me right now, so you're denied. :(

[minna.livejournal.com]

MWAHAHA turns out it's just yousendit that hates me. SO.

http://www.box.net/public/s93cm9pbx3#main there's southern belles :D

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

...that is SO FANTASTIC. I love electroclash. *grabby hands* Are their albums widely available.

[minna.livejournal.com]

OMG AREN'T THEY I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I'm not sure D: scribewraith already owned it, so I never had to look, mwah. Torrentspy has links for danse macabre and wet from birth, though, and if that doesn't work I may be convinced to upload it somewhere. :O!!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I don't torrent. Mumble. Shun me now.

[minna.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's fair enough. I'm slowly uploading the rest of wet from birth now, natch (http://www.box.net/public/39b47vah02). It's only going up at around 15kps, so it'll take me a bit to get em all up there, but there's two up already. :D

[minna.livejournal.com]

AND ALSO, I FEEL STUPID: http://www.thefaint.com/audio/

[kcdl.livejournal.com]

Hey Pachuco - Royal Crown Revue

[lone-lilly.livejournal.com]

To answer the question and keep it in the vein of musical show tunes, I prefer "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. :D

[nextian.livejournal.com]

Two (possibly more as I think of them) songs sent to fahye at livejournal dot com. If you have "Live it Out" by Metric that's also a winner, but it is password protected so I can't send it over. Oh! Also "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" courtesy of Moulin Rouge.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Thank you.

[skygiants]

Can I say something if it's positive? :D

Like: "I'll Make a Man Out Of You" is the best anti-apathy music ever? *adores it*

(Anything by They Might Be Giants also usually works for me.)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Ooh. TMBG. I only have a couple of their songs, but that's a good idea.

[whatimages.livejournal.com]

Carina Round or Magneta Lane are fabulous and always make me feel like I can take over the world. Metric's 'Old World Underground Where Are You Know?" is excellent bouncing music--it's bizarre and fun and high-energy. The Barenaked Ladies are 100% glee AND awesomely dorky.

Unrelated specific songs: 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/0qroim) by Louis XIV always makes me happy; First Coffee' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a800h2) by Scandalnavia is hilarious (but crass!); 'Crabbuckit' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/vxdkmw) by K-Os is good fun; 'Sweet Ones' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/8b9tkz) by Sarah Slean; 'I Don't Want To Fall In Love' by She Wants Revenge (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lhvw3y); 'Put Your Records On' by Corinne Bailey Rae always puts me in a good mood; 'Feels Like Magic' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ppmkf2) by Vinylgroover and 'Ooh La La' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a59s45) by Goldfrapp are excellent if you like electronica.

Also, um, while we're talking about showtunes, Hairspray's 'You Can't Stop The Beat' is really great.

That's off the top of my head. I can come up with more if you want. Let me know if you need uploads!

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

* The Betes Noires: My Political Friend (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ddea8t)

* The Lonely Hearts: Love & Politics (http://www.sendspace.com/file/iuxwf6)

* Piebald: American Hearts (http://www.sendspace.com/file/dn275e)

* Hope of the States: George Washington (http://www.sendspace.com/file/qlqay7)

* An Angle: White House (http://www.sendspace.com/file/qsmrfn)

* The Voom Blooms: Politics & Cigarettes (http://www.sendspace.com/file/5gy3d7)

* Death Cab for Cutie: President of What? (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a8hela)

* The Envy Corps: Prisoners of War (http://www.sendspace.com/file/6q3zto)

Mix stolen entirely from this post (http://cpmu.blogspot.com/2006/08/district.html) at Come Pick Me Up.

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

Anything by Lemon Demon.

A lot of things by The Killers, also, including Bones (http://youtube.com/watch?v=dpG03LzdlDA), Sam's Town (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DiFqK4DFrOk), and of course Somebody Told Me (http://youtube.com/watch?v=28TJJ1FY0mE).

Fall Out Boy's This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hp-t4_SW3Hg).

Cobra Starship: Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=A1wMyKQ6jUg), Church of Hot Addiction (http://youtube.com/watch?v=LYrRuP0ixJA), Send My Love To The Dancefloor, I'll See You In Hell (Hey Mister DJ) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=O0aYlegjjPI). Actually pretty much their entire CD, I played it about a dozen times when I drove from KS to NY. Um. That's probably conservative, actually.

The Academy Is...: The Phrase That Pays (http://youtube.com/watch?v=_CFaHPLnD-M). This song is actually kind of sad, in a way, but at the same time it is awesome, and vaguely optimistic, and the video results in a lot of WTF. (Several of these videos do that, actually. You may have noticed that by now.)

Gym Class Heroes: Cupid's Chokehold (http://youtube.com/watch?v=eiiU-Fky18s).

And, of course, the classic song on this list: Simon and Garfunkel's Cecilia (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rL83-ljQiMo).

Um. You could always watch Bob Ross videos? I don't know if they counter apathy, but they're very calming, anyway.

... there's also this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=uBtH2YlNiNc). Now featuring illegal strip clubs! ¬_¬

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

PS Lemon Demon (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=lemon+demon&search=Search) songs.

[kcdl.livejournal.com]

I love lemon demon.

[tiltingheartand]

Bob Ross videos mostly just foster the desire to sit in your chair and smile at the world.

I would put in a vote for this version of Cupid's Chokehold, mostly because I like robots. *shifty face*

Also, a live performance by Rufus Wainwright (In A Graveyard and Complainte de la Butte). And Crawling Towards the Sun, by The Hush Sound, an audio file for which I don't have because it wasn't on the CD I thought it was.

:D?

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I saw The Academy Is live and can't take them seriously. I have more testosterone in a single egg than the lead singer has in his whole body.

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

Oh, William.

(I cannot argue. But I still love them.)

[unravels.livejournal.com]

My ultimate get-off-your-ass/out-of-the-dumps/etc. song is "True Faith" by New Order. Do you have that one? Everyone should have that one. :)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

No, I don't!

[unravels.livejournal.com]

I finally was home long enough to upload this! It is here (http://www.sendspace.com/file/7kww4v). Often, hearing it will lead to me flailing around the house in my pajamas. You have been warned. :D

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

PRINCE ALI MIGHTY IS HE ALI ABABWA
STRONG AS TEN REGULAR MEN, DEFINITELY!
HE'S FACED THE GALLOPING HOARDES
A HUNDRED BAD GUYS WITH SWORDS
WHO SENT THOSE GOONS TO THEIR LORDS? WHY PRINCE ALI!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

LIZZEN. I MISS THE DESERT PILOTS.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

EXCEPT I'M NOT LIZZEN.

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[fahye.livejournal.com]

WHAT THE HELL. This is what I get for relying on icons. I just looked at it and was all OH YEAH ALI -> LIZZEN TRA LA LA. Who knows why. It's Carrie's icon.

In my defense I was/am a little drunk, but that is not an excellent defense.

[(Anonymous)]

The "run lola, run" soundtrack is good when you find that your get-up-and-go got-up-and-went.

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

some Dar? I like "the world is not falling apart because of me" (? I always mess up that title) and "better things". Will upload when not rushing to get ready for work. *hugs*

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I have Better Things, but not the other :)

[genarti]

Yesterday I was trying to write Lan being Extra Stoic and I kept having to pause to chairdance gleefully to "Coin-Operated Boy" by the Dresden Dolls. So I recommend that, even though the lyrics are not totally cheerful.

More if I think of them. I am at work with no music to hand, so I can't scan my iTunes list.

--Oh! "It's The End Of The World As We Know It"? Maybe.