feel-good.

I have so much to do. I’m stressed and crazy and blahblahblah. So what did I do? I took a good selection of songs from my list of "Greatest Songs Ever", also known as "Feel-Good Music," and made myself a playlist. I made a to-do list (which I’m taking a break from right now) and got started. I feel surprisingly refreshed.

for your enjoyment and mine:

Greatest Songs Ever (the ever-growing and definitely-not-finished list):

1. ain’t no sunshine, bill withers
2. alive, pearl jam
3. all i wanna do, sheryl crow
4. all the small things, blink 182
5. a long december, counting crows
6. already gone, eagles
7. angels, robbie williams
8. baby love, the supremes
9. back in black, ACDC
10. bad moon rising, creedence clearwater revival
11. believe, cher
12. bitch, meredith brooks
13. bittersweet symphony, the verve
14. black balloon, goo goo dolls
15. bohemian rhapsody, queen
16. brown eyed girl, van morrison
17. bye bye blackbird, joe cocker
18. california girls, beach boys
19. can’t buy me love, the beatles
20. chapel of love, the dixie cups
21. closing time, semisonic
22. come go with me, the del-vikings
23. come sail away, styx
24. come to my window, melissa etheridge
25. crash into me, dave matthews band
26. dancing queen, ABBA
27. desperado, eagles
28. do you believe in magic, the lovin’ spoonful
29. escape (the pina colada song), rupert holmes
30. feeling this, blink-182
31. footloose, kenny loggins
32. free bird, lynyrd skynyrd
33. free fallin’, tom petty
34. good golly miss molly, little richard
35. good riddance, green day
36. good vibrations, the beach boys
37. he stopped loving her today, george jones
38. highway to hell, ACDC
39. hit me with your best shot, pat benatar
40. hotel california, eagles
41. how deep is your love, the bee gees
42. hungry eyes, eric carmen
43. hurts so good, john cougar mellencamp
44. i don’t want to wait, paula cole
45. i fall to pieces, patsy cline
46. if you could only see, tonic
47. i’ll be, edwin mccain
48. i’m the only one, melissa etheridge
49. iris, goo goo dolls
50. ironic, alanis morrisette
51. i still haven’t found what i’m looking for, U2
52. knocking on heaven’s door, bob dylan and/or guns n roses
53. let’s get it on, marvin gaye
54. life is a highway, tom cochran
55. like a virgin, madonna
56. losing my religion, REM
57. love is strange, mickey and slyvia
58. love shack, the b-52’s
59. lying eyes, eagles
60. mary jane’s last dance, tom petty
61. me and bobby mcgee, janis joplin
62. meet virginia, train
63. mr. jones, counting crows
64. my girl, the temptations
65. nothing compares 2 u, sinead o’connor
66. no woman, no cry, bob marley and the wailers
67. oh what a night, dells
68. only wanna be with you, hootie and the blowfish
69. one, U2
70. paint it, black, the rolling stones
71. papa was a rollin’ stone, the temptations
72. paradise city, guns n roses
73. piano man, billy joel
74. pictures of you, the cure
75. pink, aerosmith
76. pink houses, john cougar mellencamp
77. proud mary, tina and ike turner
78. purple rain, prince
79. rock and roll all nite, KISS
80. sail away, randy newman
81. scar tissue, red hot chili peppers
82. sex and candy, marcy playground
83. sexual healing, marvin gaye
84. sittin at a bar, rehab
85. slow ride, foghat
86. smells like teen spirit, nirvana
87. somebody to love, jefferson airplane
88. some kind of wonderful, the drifters
89. stairway to heaven, led zeppelin
90. stand by me, the temptations
91. stay, lisa loeb
92. stay, maurice williams and the zodiacs
93. super freak, rick james
94. superstition, stevie wonder
95. sweet child o’ mine, guns n roses
96. sweet home alabama, lynyrd skynyrd
97. tequila sunrise, eagles
98. the dock of the bay, otis redding
99. the freshman, verve pipe
100. the time of my life, bill medley and jennifer warrens
101. the way you make me feel, michael jackson
102. ticket to ride, the beatles
103. tiny dancer, elton john
104. unchained melody, righteous brothers
105. walk this way, aerosmith
106. welcome to the jungle, guns n roses
107. we’ve only just begun, the carpenters
108. what i got, sublime
109. what’s love got to do with it, tina turner
110. when a man loves a woman, percy sledge
111. when i fall in love, natalie and nat king cole
112. when you were young, the killers
113. white flag, dido
114. why do fools fall in love, frankie lymon and the teenagers
115. wonderwall, oasis
116. you can’t hurry love, diana ross and the supremes

Anything you think I should add?