Saturday, February 6, 2016

Lyrics Matter

I've always known that the lyrics of songs that we listen to can have a big impact on our behavior and mood even if we are not consciously paying attention. So this week I created my own hand picked list of songs and gave up Pandora and other radio sources that would take far too much effort to screen the filth that is so popular right now. I found that I listened to more music, got more work done, and had a more positive outlook on my day then before. It took several hours to find good, fun, clean songs that would keep me going, but I definitely think it was worth it. So I realize my taste in music may not be for everyone, but just in case it helps just one other person I'll list some of them below.

All the songs I'm listing are available on Amazon Prime Music so I'm missing some really good songs, but these are enough to keep me going. Listed alphabetically by song title.


TitleArtist
1,000 Ships-Rachel Platten
53 Steps-Rachel Platten
All Star-Smash Mouth
Best Day Of My Life-American Authors
Brave-Sara Bareilles
Brighter Than The Sun-Colbie Caillat
The Cello Song-The Piano Guys
Close Your Eyes-Michael Bublé
Count On Me-Bruno Mars
Crazy Love-Michael Bublé
Everything-Michael Bublé
Fallin' For You (Album Version)-Colbie Caillat
Feeling Good-Michael Bublé
Fight Song-Rachel Platten
Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")-Pharrell Williams
Head Over Feet-Alanis Morissette
I Choose You-Sara Bareilles
I Do-Colbie Caillat
I Like It, I Love It-Tim McGraw
Just To See You Smile-Tim McGraw
Just the Way You Are-The Piano Guys
Keep Holding On-Avril Lavigne
Keep Your Head Up-Andy Grammer
Little Moments-Brad Paisley
Love Love Love (Let You Go)-Andy Grammer
Lovin' What You Do-Becky G
Marry Me-Train
Miss Independent-Kelly Clarkson
My Wish-Rascal Flatts
Night Changes-One Direction
Nothing Ever Happens-Rachel Platten
On Top Of The World-Imagine Dragons
Real World-Matchbox Twenty
Sadie Hawkins Dance-Relient K
She's Everything-Brad Paisley
Smile-Uncle Kracker
Soldier-Gavin DeGraw
Speed Of Sound-Coldplay
Stand By You-Rachel Platten
Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)-Gym Class Heroes
Still Fallin-Hunter Hayes
Tattoo-Hunter Hayes
Then-Brad Paisley
I Can Only Imagine-MercyMe


Some that are not available on Amazon Prime Music, but that are some of my favorites are:

TitleArtist
A Good Man-Emerson Drive
Shower-Becky G
A Thousand Miles-Josh Vietti
1,2,3,4-Plain White T's
A Thousand Years-Christina Perri
Tip Toes-Jayme Dee

2 comments:

  1. Spencer, thank you for this list of positive music titles. I'm excited to read the lyrics and listen to some of your favorites! And, good for you for choosing to change your listening habits to enjoy more uplifting music at all times!

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  2. Thanks for making this list. I've listened to a lot of these songs, and I'm excited to listen to the one's that I haven't heard before. I think you have great taste in music!

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