Help me flist, you're my only hope!

[sholio]

I need music recs! (It's for a vid.)

Can people rec me some fun, bouncy pop music, preferably 80s music or something with that general kind of style (light pop with a brisk beat) with a friendship/"working together"/"having fun"/"people doing stuff together" vibe to the lyrics? The big problem I'm having is, it's not that I can't come up with plenty of that kind of thing, it's that coming up with ones that aren't love songs is difficult, and I need something that isn't a love song. It can even technically be a love song, as long as it's not so obviously a love song that you couldn't make a gen vid to it.

I have some ideas already but I'd love more ideas for songs that I overlooked, haven't heard, or just didn't think of.

Comments

[muccamukk]

I don't suppose Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun will get you anywhere? There's got to be other Cindi Lauper that's not love songs though.

[sholio]

It was one of the ones I'd thought about but didn't really work for this project, but yeah, basically that kinda thing.

[recessional]

How cheesy are you wanting/not wanting?

[sholio]

A fairly broad range of cheese, I guess, mostly centered around "moderately cheesy" (like, of the Bryan Adams/Taylor Swift variety). I don't want to narrow it down too much because I don't want to miss suggestions for what might be The Perfect Song just because it's a little more or less serious than what I was thinking of. If it's a fairly up-tempo pop or pop-ish song, feel free to suggest it!

[madripoor_rose]

Jefferson Starship "We Built This City"?

https://youtu.be/K1b8AhIsSYQ

[sholio]

That is EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm looking for, yes. :D

[leesa_perrie]

Or (forgive me here) this version of We Built This City that was the UK's Christmas number one this year!!

https://youtu.be/8iEB8bfP7wE

(Yes, yes, I know, but it was for charity and we Brits do like a good silly song for Christmas, lol!!)

[sholio]

LOLLLLLL, amazing. XD

[leesa_perrie]

It's fun, isn't it?! Not sure it would work for your video though! :D :D

[madripoor_rose]

Hee! Digging through some Billy Joel stuff but keep running into love songs, not 80s, or not quite the vibe you're describing. There is "You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy,' tho

https://youtu.be/Jo9t5XK0FhA

[sholio]

Ooh! That's another good one and also one I hadn't thought of.

Non-80s is fine; it can be from any musical era as long as it has the right kind of sound. I was looking at, say, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift as well.

[madripoor_rose]

Dangit, I have to go strap into my leg brace for an hour/ didn't realize it was after 7 here...you might want to look at Genesis and Huey Lewis And The News, too.

[sholio]

Oh, those are great suggestions - thanks!

[starwatcher]

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That reminds me... also Billy Joel, "This is my Life". (I think that's it: sold his shop, now he gives them a standup routine in LA...)

Barbra Streisand, "Don't Rain on my Parade"?

I'm so behind on music, and don't know eras at all; just trying to think of catchy stuff.

"You've Got Elegance" from Hello, Dolly. (Had a lot of fun with that one in choreography workshop.)

Petula Clark: Downtown, or "Round Every Corner" or "I Know a Place".

[lynnenne]

A few 80s groove tunes:

"Funky Town" by Lipps Inc.
"How Bizzare" by OMC
"Electric Youth" by Debbie Gibson
Pretty much anything by Madonna from that era, but probably the least love-songy is "Into the Groove"

And some non-80s suggestions:

"Single Ladies" by Beyonce
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga
"Groove is in the Heart" by Dee-Lite. The video has 30 seconds of talk up front and at the end, but if you download the song from iTunes this doesn't exist.
"Tik Tok" by Kesha
"I've Got a Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas
"Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry (featuring a sax solo by 80s cheesemaster, Kenny G)
"Till the World Ends" by Britney Spears
"Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars)
"Ray of Light" by Madonna

Hope this helps. And Happy New Year!

[leesa_perrie]

Working Nine to Five? Does that work (can't remember verse lyrics offhand)?

Or Walk Like An Egyptian?

Okay, the fireworks are going. Guess it's New Year here!! So, happy New Year!! :D

[sholio]

Happy New Year!! Oh, 9 to 5 is a good one. :D

[leesa_perrie]

:D

[naye]

Not sure about the 80's feel, but here are a couple of mine off my current everything-I-love playlist - I'll link to Genius so you can see the lyrics and play a clip, and if you like anything you'll hopefully be able to find the full version!

Wild "Here We Go"
Zayde Wolf "Higher than Higher
Banners "Someone to you"

[sholio]

Oooh! Thank you! I don't think I've actually heard any of those so I'm off to find a place to listen (not gonna lie, I was also hoping to come out of this with some recs for music I haven't heard XD).

[naye]

Let me know if you liked them, and if you're still looking for recs (whether for vidding or similar music). :D

[musesfool]

Dancing in Heaven by Q-Feel?

[sholio]

Hmmm, I'll check it out; thanks!

[yalumesse]

It is SO HARD to find any songs that aren't about romance. I keep meaning to make a playlist just so I can be sure there ARE any.

Here's some that meet a few of your criteria; I don't think any meet all. Practically none are 80s but the beat is kinda there. Maybe you can make some work. Very roughly in order of most to least useful:

Justice Crew: Que Sera

Keith Urban: Wasted Time

Keith Urban: Days Go By

Keith Urban: Gone Tomorrow (Here Today)

Keith Urban: Worry 'Bout Nothin'

Justin Timberlake: Can't Stop the Feeling!

Helen Shapiro: Walking Back To Happiness

Little Mix: Wings

Taylor Swift: Long Live (very high school)

Taylor Swift: 22


Will probably only work for female friendship:
Meghan Trainor: Woman Up

Sugarland: Down to Mississippi (Up to No Good)

Shania Twain: Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

From the 9 to 5 musical:
Shine Like The Sun (probably way too much dialogue to be useful)

Change It

[mific]

I’ll be There for You - the Rembrants

Count on Me - Bruno Mars

:)

[gwyn]

I went through this myself a few years ago when I needed a song for some Happy Endings vids for festivids and Club Vivid. I got a few suggestions, I can look them up and see if there's anything that might fit. One of the better suggestions was for Dragonette--they definitely have that '80s vibe, and bouncy, and I was pleasantly surprised. (One that I used for the vid was We Rule the World, and if you're interested in hearing what they're like it's probably in my vidding tag on my DW.)

Actually ,durr, I'm such a dumbass, I always forget about AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/2215512

[xparrot]

For any groups that travel together, "Life Is a Highway" isn't blatantly romantic...

[sholio]

Haha, I actually vidded SPN to that, a long time ago! I don't think it's online anymore, but one of the things I wanted to eventually do is get some of my old vids back up and that was going to be one of them, because I'm still fairly proud of it; I think it's a pretty good vid. (It was season one only. OMG. That was a long time ago.)

[xparrot]

Heeee, I've had thoughts of doing a SPN vid to it myself! Somehow not surprised you'd have beaten me to it ^_^

[sholio]

Ohhhh, you should though! Don't let me stop you! I mean, it's a vid I made in 2006 with S1 footage, and it's SUCH a perfect song for it; you should definitely do it.

*cheerleads*

[xparrot]

Haah, I've only ever made one vid, and it was on a different computer so I'd need to install software and whatnot...so probably not, but it is still the perfect song for it ^_^