When you’re feeling down, what music cheers you up?
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This is what cheers me up. Love and hugs. Lisa. xx 🙂
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I can see why this is perfect for you!
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There’s nothing better than music to change any mood.
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That’s true, but it can work the other way: playing sad songs makes me blue.
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Teenage Kicks, The Undertones!
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And I can see why this one is perfect for you 🙂
Impressed by your embedding abilities, by the way.
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Oh, and this. It’s heavenly and makes me feel sad and joyful at the same time!
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I must have heard this but I don’t remember it.
A lot of movie themes are sublime, aren’t they?
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I never heard of Mango Groove before.
The first sounded like the Big Bands ~ Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, etc.. But the other two songs were quite different.
Thanks, Tilly Bud
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They are a South African band; multicultural in a time when it wasn’t a good idea.
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Good choice!
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Ah, so much music, so little time. Van Morrison, James Taylor, Counting Crows, Michael McDonald, Elvis Costello. And this one also brightens my day – listen to it loud! Heather Small, “Proud”.
Sunshine xx
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If I’m not mistaken she’s from Manchester (I am in Greater Manchester, in case you’re wondering what the point of this remark is:) )
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