Work is seriously, seriously kicking my butt right now. I love both my jobs, but I’m exhausted, and I really need all the help I can get. Starting the day with bouncy music in my car wouldn’t hurt.
I haven’t bought any new albums for … oh, heck, years… so I’m overdue to improve my music collections! I’ve been told the iTunes store may be a better way to go than buying CDs; what’s the general opinion on that? Can you convert their format into playable car cds?
Anyway, what I most importantly need:
Something boppy. The sort of thing you want to sing along to - something a little different. The lyrics don’t really need to be as positive as the music, but they need to not be actively negative. As an example, I just got introduced to Mika’s “Grace Kelly” and loved it. That’s on my list. Another example would be ‘Accidentally Kelly Street’.
An example of ‘too negative’ would be Pink’s “'cuz I can”. “That’s not a negative song!”, you’ll be saying, but being so tired and susceptible to negatives, I don’t want to surround myself with lyrics like ‘I’m so, so sick’ and ‘I talk shit’…frankly, my sub-conscious has no sense of humour at this point, and tends to take that stuff to heart. Yes, I know she doesn’t mean ‘sick’ in terms of illness - but regardless, I figure the less negative affirmations I accidentally make, the better. (It’s fine when I’m rested, but when I’m skirting the edge of exhaustion, not so great.)
I know that’s kind of lame and weird, but hopefully it’ll give an idea of what fits on the ‘not altogether optimistic but acceptable’ list and what would push a song over into ‘unacceptably negative’. Basically anything with an “I” statement followed by a negative is right out.
Give me bouncy. Give me something upbeat, vibrant… even a little crazy is fine. It doesn’t have to be new music - the last time I was really in touch with what was on the radio was in the mid 80’s…and even then, I’m in Australia, so a lot of overseas stuff didn’t come here!
Share the joy. 
YouTube links would be especially appreciated!
