Comments on: The 10 Most Uplifting Songs Of All Time

By: sean

sean — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:53:56 +0000

Lenny kravitz song dig in is uplifting. Once you dig in your gonna have yourself a good time.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:20:32 +0000

You’ve probably heard the song many times and just forgot.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:20:09 +0000

Hunter: Thanks for that. I respectfully disagree about “Imagine;” I think the lyric, “imagine no possessions” make it a communist song, along with all the other ideals associated with communism, even if John was never a self-professed communist.

I like Joe Cocker’s version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” a lot too, but the Beatles recorded the original. I first heard the song as the theme song to the TV show “The Wonder Years,” which was an awesome show (at least for the first 2 or 3 seasons). The main characters were the same age as I was and that was cool.

Here is a link to the video from “Forever Young,” by Rod Stewart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHzMCFgTid0

I once saw a mom recite all the lyrics of the song to her daughter at her Bat Mitzvah; it was really nice.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:18:16 +0000

@ Ravi, I guess everyone will have their opinions. I think Joe Cocker’s version was far better than the Beatles’. And while I don’t like Imagine as much as everyone else does, I do like it, and I don’t see it as a communist utopia, but a secular humanist utopia. Sorry, haven’t heard of Forever Young. Feel free to add others later, if you like.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:22:09 +0000

The most uplifting Beatles song: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

I LOATHE John Lennon’s “Imagine”. His ideal world is a communist utopia: no religion, no possessions, no countries, no heaven, no hell, no God, nothing to kill or die for. I would rather die than live in such a world.

How can anybody not know “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart??? Do you have a radio???

One of my favorites: “Back in the High Life Again” by Steve Winwood. “I could not ask for more” by Edwin McCain. “I hope you dance” by Lee Ann Womack.

Sometimes just what the doctor ordered is to listen to a REALLY sad song. As Sir Elton said, it just feels so good to hurt so bad.

If I think of any others, I’ll add them later?

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:27:38 +0000

@ H.P., thanks for the UK grammar tip – appreciate it!

By: H.P

H.P — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:27:36 +0000

I’m a British Dr. of Literature, and I can attest that in UK English (not US English) ‘No religion too’ is perfectly grammatically correct. He means ‘no religion as well’, hence the double ‘o’ in too. If he said ‘no religion either’ the ambiguity would be in whether it was either/or ‘nothing to kill or die for’ rather than both nothing to kill or die for AND no religion.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:16:58 +0000

@ CJ, do you think that a song can’t be uplifting if it doesn’t explicitly tell you to be uplifted? Anyway, several of these songs are in fact about positive messages. Thriller is not one of them, but I still find it infinitely more uplifting than Man in the Mirror. Of course, YMMV.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:37:03 +0000

Sorry but none of these songs have anything to with being uplifted.
For example, Thriller is a great song, but it has nothing to do with empowering yourself. Man In the Mirror would have been better. This entire list has nothing to do with positive messages or uplifting things.

By: catfifty

catfifty — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:50:34 +0000

thank you one and all – i was looking for uplifting songs – have a new playlist. but my recent fav is “bad day” by daniel powter. just the sound of it makes me smile regardless!!