I think it's only sad inasmuch as it makes me reflect on how young Marc Bolan was when he died. I sometimes get lost in thinking about the alternate reality where he never died, and all the songs and albums that never came to be.

There's a Pokemon first album song that inspires me.  Billie Piper's Making My Way Any Way that I Can.  Yes, rose from doctor who sang it.

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almost any song on doolittle by pixies, such a cheery album :cheesy2:

You really think so? It always had the opposite effect for me. I just get very emotional listening to some of those songs. I once spent an hour or two walking around an old local cemetery with the song "Here Comes Your Man" stuck in my head. I felt like I could almost cry. Shit was intense. I'm a miserable cunt, though.

As I was leaving the cemetery, I happened to notice a caved-in sarcophagus-like structure (not sure of the technical term for it, but it was like a cement cap over a burial plot, I guess) near the edge of the cemetery with a dead opossum pinned between the broken pieces of cement. That sort of killed the mood.

Happy songs… Happy songs... I tend to like stuff that evokes a lot of bittersweet, intense, spine-tingling feelings in me. Calling the effect "happy" seems like a gross oversimplification. More like "overwhelming". But some songs songs I simply consider cheery and energizing without tacking on a lot of excess emotional baggage would be:
The Aislers Set - My Boyfriend Could Be a Spanish Man
Henry's Dress - Winter '94
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
A shitload of Sparks songs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… (on and on). Sparks cheer me up like no other!

And, before anybody calls me a mindless sycophant, I liked those last two for years before I knew Morrissey was a fan.

…always brings a smile!

Song and dance video…

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Putting this post together–looking for the names of the twin girls and the guy dancing with one of them--I was introduced to 555 95472…5 for short–and the twins, his sisters…3 and 4!

Here’s a link for the details and background of 3, 4 and 5…

http://mentalfloss.com/article/27954/10-peanuts-characters-you%E2%80%99ve-probably-forgotten

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Let’s Go Fly a Kite–movie clip and soundtrack recording…

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I Love to Laugh–movie clip and soundtrack recording…

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Lollipop by Mika (most of the songs of his debut album too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md5RSnVUuo

Listen to the Man by George Ezra (the music video is a plus, bc Ian McKellen is in it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0WvzRVByg

Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn_YodiJO6k

Don't Tell Me by Madonna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYZX5e0AkkE

Taxi Taxi by Cher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_bS8G9u98A

Play by Jennifer Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuw-YZaTNo

Listen My Son by The Unseen Guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2acngwW2YY

It's Good To Be Alive by Imelda May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq2YUEFELLc

Pop Goes the World by Gossip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFLWfj_r7kY

Etc… etc...  

Marc Almond: Bitter Sweet
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Marc Almond: Tears Run Rings
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And then there's my favorite duo:

Erasure: Weight Of The World
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Erasure: Yahoo!
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If you're feeling down, any or all of these songs should make you feel better.  :laugh: