Moondance - Van Morrison. My favorite song
I have so many!
Oldies -
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Hammer to Fall - Queen
Come Sail Away and America - Styx
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (but really anything by Marley other than I Shot the Sheriff)
Anything by the Police
So many many more!
Today -
Sapes Comme Jamais - Gims (really almost anything by Gims). Can’t get enough of that song!
On the classical side, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain is my favorite.
REALLY hard to narrow it down.
If you asked my family what my favorite song is they would say
Two Princes by Spin Doctors. I do love it and the kids grew up dancing to it with me.
Star Full of Skies, Coldplay. Play it at my end of life celebration.
Somewhere Only We know, Keane. Ditto.
You Get What You Give, New Radicals
MANY REM songs. The big hits and also lesser known like Carnival of Sorts.
American Idiot, Green Day
Current song on repeat: Origins, Tennis
I’m a huge Beatle fan but if I had one song to listen to it would be Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
I may get heckled for this, but Boogie Wonderland by Earth Wind and Fire can lift my mood anytime. ![]()
EWF is just the absolute best. I will defend this idea from hecklers ![]()
Mine? God Only Knows, the Beach Boys. Probably a B side because it is so short?
I love so many of those mentioned, love EWF! Saw them in concert last summer at Interlochen ![]()
Love God only knows and Two Princes
@kelsmom last year I started playing Night on Bald Mountain for my preschool class at lunchtime because they were talking about monsters and we ended up listening to it almost every day because they asked for it every day. I never got tired of it
Honestly that’s how I feel about Dion’s Runaround Sue - any time, any where.
My 4 yr old grandson is a connoisseur of all genres. I live with the family and drive him to school, so it’s my prerogative for song choice when I’m driving. Boogie Wonderland came on earlier this week, and as soon as we got home he told my son in law to add it to his Spotify favorites list. My son in law ……..
while looking at me. ![]()
How about Fields of Gold by Sting, and Raise Your Glass by Pink?
I’ve seen Sting sing that in concert twice, and he is so good. Never saw Pink in concert yet, but her song always lifts my spirits.
She’s great in concert, I also think she is inspirational, especially to girls/young women.
She’s absolutely amazing in concert
I saw her a couple of years ago and she was amazing! And her music is so much fun!
Romeo and Juliet and Telegraph Road by Dire Straits
Tom Petty, I Won’t Back Down (pretty much anything by him, TBH)
The Beatles, Hey Jude
Paul Simon, Graceland
If you ask my granddaughter, she will tell you” Dancing Queen” is Mimi’s song. She’s not wrong. Reminds me of good times in college.
Other songs that make me happy are “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “Empire State of Mind” , “New York State of Mind”, and many more including “30/90” ( from the Musical tick..tick…boom, though I loved it way before the movie.
I love “ God Only Knows”. Also “ He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”.
DH made a “ChoatieMom’s Happy Songs” playlist to blast from our TV. “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” are toward the top of that list. I love Queen. There’s no one like Freddie.
Cher’s version of the Shoop Shoop song can also get me going.
Just rewatched Bohemian Rhapsody, forgotten how much I liked Queen!!
We did a bike trip that included France and Switzerland. We had to stop and take pics of ourselves at the Freddie Mercury statue on Lake Geneva. It was a beautiful day - probably one of my favorite on that trip.
ETA a photo, just for fun
I thought of another song that if I hear it, I really have to stop where ever I am, and absorb it - dance if I’m home, fist pump if I’m in the car. ![]()
I am not very religious but this song IS a spiritual experience for me - upbeat, powerful, catchy, celebrating life.
Kyrie, by MrMister
