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Top 7 Songs that Alter your Mood (PVT)
PA Tribune | 8/1/06 | Rev. Al Pissant

Posted on 08/01/2006 12:20:52 PM PDT by pissant

For whatever the reasons, some songs have an innate ability to alter ones mood from the moment the first chords are strummed (or blasted as the case may be).

Likely, they are tied to distant memories or romances, but it is the song istelf that holds sway. No matter how many times I've heard and enjoyed the Beatles' I Wanna Hold your Hand or the Stones' Honky Tonk Women, they do not set off a chemical reaction in my head to alter the landscape in front of me.

But other songs, especially if driving by yourself, with no distractions, can take you to another time and place and completely subdue all current thoughts and temperments and change your mood for the rest of the day.

So here are the top 7, as detemined by meticulous scientific research:

7. Time - Pink Floyd: Yes, all Floyd music has an ethereal quality to it, but Time is downright depressing. Brings back memories of listening to it when you were stoned or depressed. Can literally ruin your day.

6. Maggie May - Rod Stewart: Brings back those memories of being in love with a girl who decided to treat you like poop, but you just could not get over her.

5. La Grange - ZZ Top. No matter what the stress of the day, hearing this classic Top blare out from the radio makes you need to find the nearest biker or cowboy bar and tip back a few cold Buds....even if it's 9:00 AM.

4. Dust and Diesel - Bruce Cockburn. If this does not make you feel like you should be driving on a dirt road in the Australian outback or in rural Texas, nothing will.

3. The End - Doors. Along with Pink Floyd, no one can cause you to listen to depressing suicidal music like Jim Morrison. As much as you try, you cannot turn the station and subject yourself and your day to this psychosis.

2. Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues. Not sure how they came up with their name, but boy did these guys live up to it. Lilting melodies with haunting lyrics. Another downer of course. Turns a sunny summer day into a hazy mess.

1. Tnagled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan. has the same effect as Maggie May, just multiplied by a factor of 10. Lost love and the yearning to get it back. The good news is that it is a great song as well.


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1 posted on 08/01/2006 12:20:55 PM PDT by pissant
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"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones


2 posted on 08/01/2006 12:23:39 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

I missed that "classic". LOL


3 posted on 08/01/2006 12:24:42 PM PDT by pissant
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"The National Anthem" (when sung properly) and "The Marine's Hymn" always get my juices flowing!


4 posted on 08/01/2006 12:24:53 PM PDT by Howie66 ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.")
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Oh yeah. I should have limited it to pop songs, because most patriotic music has no competitors.


5 posted on 08/01/2006 12:26:05 PM PDT by pissant
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"Saturday in the Park" -Chicago
"That Small" -Lynyrd Skynyrd
Can't You See?" - Marshall Tucker Band
6 posted on 08/01/2006 12:26:40 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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"Rockaway Beach" - The Ramones - always puts a smile on my face and makes me crank up the stereo


7 posted on 08/01/2006 12:26:50 PM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: theDentist

Good ones. I'd take Old Days over Saturday in the park, but I get your drift.


8 posted on 08/01/2006 12:27:38 PM PDT by pissant
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

That has a similar effect as ZZ Top then for me.


9 posted on 08/01/2006 12:28:09 PM PDT by pissant
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2. Tuesday Afternoon

Like this one, though I am rather partial to #6. ;)


10 posted on 08/01/2006 12:28:26 PM PDT by maggief
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These are great selections..... TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAGGIE MAY....


11 posted on 08/01/2006 12:28:31 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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I am quite certian there is more than one guy who gets weepy out there when he hears #6, and remembers YOU. LOL


12 posted on 08/01/2006 12:30:07 PM PDT by pissant
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From Rush's show today, #1 1963

Save Target as for Sukiyaki mp3
13 posted on 08/01/2006 12:30:27 PM PDT by Vision (“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me" Philippians 3:14)
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COME ON EILEEN by Dexy's Midnight Runners.....


14 posted on 08/01/2006 12:30:55 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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It is just weird how those songs can effect you.


15 posted on 08/01/2006 12:31:06 PM PDT by pissant
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Night Moves, Bob Seger. (It's kinda personal...;-))
Son of Sailor, Buffett

many more to come...

16 posted on 08/01/2006 12:31:14 PM PDT by Hatteras
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"The Laws Have Changed" by The New Pornographers


17 posted on 08/01/2006 12:31:35 PM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Vision

LOL. What the hell was that?


18 posted on 08/01/2006 12:32:12 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Ok, maybe a couple. :oD


19 posted on 08/01/2006 12:32:15 PM PDT by maggief
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"MacArthur Park" makes me hungry.


20 posted on 08/01/2006 12:34:08 PM PDT by tje (Cold hearted orb, that rules the night....)
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