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[luciazephyr]

This is an odd request, but FListers, will you please share your happiest, more hopeful music right now?


I found out that my family's financial problems are even bigger than we thought. That car trouble a few weeks ago fucking gutted us and we have <$400 in the bank. My medical bills are overdue because I don't have the cash for them, and I wasn't able to pay the full mortgage amount this month (I cover the mortgage, Mum tries to cover everything else). We have late bills and

the worst of it is my health insurance, the one that screwed me over to the tune of $2000. They're still taking $100 out of my paycheck a month, and that's $100 I could really fucking use, to put it extremely lightly. I tried to cancel the insurance since it's worthless and I can't even use it to go see a doctor about my knee problems (been just wearing a knee brace, seems to be helping). Apparently, I can't cancel until November, which... I don't even want to think about right now. I've cried enough today already.

So I'm packing up some stuff to sell. That Wii my well-meaning Grandmum got that I've never used, some over things.

Luckily, I'm going to Florida on the 16th. I can make a lot of money there. Maybe I'll stay there until November, even though I loathe the place with every fiber of my being.


Anyway. Happy music, if you got any. Music is how I self-medicate my depression. Feeling agitated? Throw on some Andrew Bird and I mellow out in minutes. Feeling frantic? Some Damien Rice calms me down. Lethargic? Break out the Scissor Sisters.

Now I need happy/hopeful shit. Really bad.


At the moment, this is my cheerful song of choice (also, excellent fanvid of Doctor Who's fifth series, watch for spoilers):

:gets back to packing up stuff:


Probably goes without saying that MoC will be late again. It's hard to focus when financial issues come up.

Comments

[cala_jane]

I'm so very sorry to hear about your financial problems, unfortunately I know all too well what it's like.

So here's the list of songs that make me feel better (I can send you a MU link with a zip file, if you want)

Blood of Cu Chulainn by Jeff Danna from the Boondock Saints Soundtrack
Better (Than Neil) by Nathan Fillion from Dr Horrible's Singalong Blog Musical Commentary
Animal by Chris Colfer and Darren Criss from GLEE
Raise your glass by P!nk
Declaration by David Cook
Lift by Poets of the Fall
Tonight by P!nk
So What by P!nk
The Mistake by American Taxi
This is the Life by Amy MacDonald
All the Same by Sick Puppies (especially when watching this video)
Under my control by Jazmin
I like that by Shane Mack
I'm not a Virgin anymore by... I have no idea who.

I hope at least some of those will help you feel better.

[forestgreen]

I'm very fond of this video, it's not so much my "feel good" video as my "fight" video. When I feel down I look at it, and it gives the strength to keep going.

The fandom is Farscape. I don't know if you're familiar with it. The song is "Bring me to life" by Evanescence and the vidder is Anduranova.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9n30Tul1NI


I think you twitted at some point you didn't like pop (or it was someone else?), so this one might not be up your alley. The fandom is Stargate Atlantis, the vidder crysothemis for the song "Poker face" by Lady Gaga. This is the video that made me like Lady Gaga, because the song is just perfect for the 100 masks and faces that John Sheppard wears. It always makes me smile:

If you want to give it a try: http://www.squidge.org/peja/phpmotion/videos/3/pokerface-sga-mcshep-video

[koneko_otome]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcK7Y9VSs5M

This video always cheers me up.

[schneefink]

I usually "use" happy-making (fan)vids, so have some of those!

Avatar Dance Mix, A:tla

Baba Yetu, civilization 4

Cartoon Heroes, SG-1/SGA

And some silliness:
The Lost button, SGA/Doctor Who

I wish you all the best in resolving your financial problems!

[sophia_sol]

Wow, that all really sucks. I hope things get better soon. And in the interim, some happy-making songs: (all attached to vids because that's how I roll, but the songs are great apart from the vids too)

- Mothership, by Kid Beyond*
- All you need is love, by the Beatles
- Five years' time, by Noah and the Whales
- Float on, by Goldspot
- Happy Working Song, from Enchanted
- Stay close to me, by Take That
- Oh my god, by Lily Allen
- Club can't handle me, by Flo Rida (actually for this one I totally recommend actually watching the vid, because it's a happy fun multifandom dance vid.)
- Ordinary day, by Great Big Sea
- One Girl Revolution, by Superchick
- Smile, by the Supernaturals

Hopefully some of these are up your alley!

[everbright]

OH JEEZE. *hugs* Sorry hon.

um......well Great Big Sea has Lots of great songs, not just the above.

Lukey's Boat - Worth watching the original video even through the quality is terrible. They did it with The Chieftans, which is why they have a zillionty piece band.

Donket Riding - I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS. Maybe donkey = type of boat????? But it's up-beat and catchy as hell.

Cudna Noc (Strange night - This is proof for music being universal. The whole song is in FOREIGN, but it's incredibly uplifting.

Indiana Jones Theme Metal Version by Sylvain Cloux - QUEST MUSIC. If life is an adventure, let's steal our own victory!