What do you listen to when you need hope?

[quixotic5683]

I've having a really rough time lately and I'm trying to keep up hope but it's difficult. I've been stuck in a sad song funk and I need some music that gives me a little more faith in the world. Any suggestions?

[redfalcon431]

The Starting Line's cd "Say It Like You Mean It" usually gets me in a happy mood.

[screamoutmyname]

set your goals is pretty good positive music.

[a nice person]

switchfoot - this is your life
rob thomas - little wonders
goo goo dolls - let love in
lakes- the heart is an anchor
lovedrug- everything starts where it ends
mat kearney - renaissance
melee- she's gonna find me here
mxpx- you're not alone
nat king cole - smile
rocket summer- do you feel / save
sleeping at last- keep no score
this day & age- second place victory
thrice - come all you weary

[AbbeyCarbs]

Swim - Jacks Mannequin
What About Now - Daughtry
Hallelujah - Paramore
Up and Up - Relient K
Awakening - Switchfoot
Hope - We Shot the Moon
Light Up the Sky - Yellowcard

[PengusNiugnep]

When The Day Met The Night ~ Panic At The Disco

[ert90]

The Bouncing Souls.

[Hamlet]

Coldplay - Fix You
Number One Gun - There Is Hope
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Anberlin - Breathe
Anberlin - The Unwinding Cable Car
Lifehouse - Broken
Waking Ashland - I Am for You
Further Seems Forever - Light Up Ahead
The All-American Rejects - Move Along
Switchfoot - Dare You to Move
Switchfoot - This Is Your Life
Saosin - You're Not Alone
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Eminem - Til I Collapse (feat. Nate Dogg)

[Shoes]

Eminem - Til I Collapse (feat. Nate Dogg)
Great song!

Emimen - Soldier
Emimen - 8 Mile
Brother Ali - Rain Water
Angels & Airwaves - Rite Of Spring
Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Hello Houston - Elephant & Castle
The Movielife - This Time Next Year

[Hyp]

San Francisco - Alkaline Trio

[mutualaddiction]

anything by elliott smith.

I always end up listening to a song or a band that is tied to happy memories from the past, for me blink (to be cliche'). Alkaline Trio, Deas Vail, Bayside, Weezer, Silversun Pickups, The Shins...

A specific album that helped me regain some hope was Circa Survive's On Letting Go, made me realize that change can be a good thing.

[Crimson Reaper]

Flogging Molly
i defy people to not be happy listening to that band

[Broclee]

The entirety of Takk... by Sigur Ros.

[Crimson Reaper]

Also, The Gaslight Anthem. It might not seem straight forward, but there's something about the romanticism of the lyrics that gives me hope in every song.

I hope things get better for you

[nivek87]

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Thrice - Come All You Weary
Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles - Let It Be
Tom Petty - Won't Back Down

just a couple that popped in my head. i'll post more later.

[kaytee688]

Athlete- Wires

[heyxnightmarex]

Four Year Strong usually puts me in a good mood.

[ohheroine]

andrew mcmahon. !!!!

[secretcrowds.]

'The Adventure' by Angels and Airwaves.

Really uplifting, and all about things being okay.

A real song for hope.

[Yagami]

Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come"

[PengusNiugnep]

andrew mcmahon. !!!!
"Swim" by Jack's Mannequin = win.

[ohheroine]

hanson- the great divide.

[forget_december]

definitely gonna go with "swim" by jack's mannequin, along with:

"watch the sky" - something corporate
"whispering" - i can make a mess like nobody's business

[Nick Le]

August Burns Red's Composure has some really good, uplifting lyrics.

[alexa_ATL]

la rocca - non-believer.
i can't fully explain what this song does to me when i hear it. i save it for when i'm at my lowest, it puts things in perspective..

also i'm thinking that lil'wayne songs pick everyone up... am i right? lol (:

[Crimson Reaper]

Brokencyde

purely to laugh at how bad it is

[Metal Now]

When The Day Met The Night ~ Panic At The Disco

Yeah, anything off that album is gold in this case.

[Hamlet]

The Mountain Goats - This Year
"I am gonna make it through this year, if it kills me."

[dianaleslie]

"Count Yourself In" by Ten Second Epic.
i could sing that song all day long.
you don't deserve to be unnoticed, you don't deserve to be treated like thaaaaaaaat ...

[TheKaleidoscope]

I HIGHLY recommend: "Non Believer" by La Rocca

[TheKaleidoscope]

la rocca - non-believer.
i can't fully explain what this song does to me when i hear it. i save it for when i'm at my lowest, it puts things in perspective..

also i'm thinking that lil'wayne songs pick everyone up... am i right? lol (:

ahh too weird! i just saw this after the fact. it goes without saying, but i agree :] (la rocca)

[caLLmEnOoNe]

Cartel- this is who we are

[aloeverayou]

I'm so glad I found this thread! I've been feeling this way too.
I can't explain exactly why, but Lightning Storm by Flogging Molly always picks me up.

[JJJ]

August Burns Red's Composure has some really good, uplifting lyrics.

hell yea.

[redsoxguy676]

Great song!

Emimen - Soldier
Emimen - 8 Mile
Brother Ali - Rain Water
Angels & Airwaves - Rite Of Spring
Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Hello Houston - Elephant & Castle
The Movielife - This Time Next Year

do you mean houston calls?

[Hamlet]

John Rzeznik - I'm Still Here

[SockMonkeyRiot]

Bomb The Music Industry - Syke! Life Is Awesome!

[PengusNiugnep]

Cinematic Sunrise ~ Pulling A Piano From A Pond

[sajamie81]

Bomb The Music Industry - Syke! Life Is Awesome!

Definitely a great song of hope!

[michelle182]

"Count Yourself In" by Ten Second Epic.
i could sing that song all day long.
you don't deserve to be unnoticed, you don't deserve to be treated like thaaaaaaaat ...
I second that. TSE is excellent.

Voices by Saosin
and High of 75 by Relient K ALWAYS makes me happy.

[KillyourIdols88]

New Found Glorys new album!!!!

[EmotionalJack]

check these albums:
Matt Nathanson - At The Point (Live)/Some Mad Hope
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit/The Glass Passenger
Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants & Jacket
Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper/I-Empire

..they always put a smile on my face

[deadwrong188]

the gaslight anthem

[JustAHomeBoy]

The Resolution - Jack's Mannequin is usually enough to bring me back to a good mood, but Rite of Spring - Angels and Airwaves really hits a chord.

[wheresadalia]

eh, this is kinda an old thread, but if anyone still needs a song about hope
Kiros- The Reprise

[briankohl]

Jack's Mannequin - Swim
Set Your Goals - Echoes
Big D and the Kids Table - Noise Complaint (it's just really fun to dance to over and over again)
and pretty much everything off the 59 Sound

[amo.]

faith - george michael

dead-ass serious.

[prefix-core]

The Bouncing Souls.

This band. Ad nauseum. See also? My avatar. Haha.

[billyboatkid]

Now I really wanna listen to The Starting Line - Say it Like You Mean it.

[JoeForPresident]

The entirety of Takk... by Sigur Ros.
this.

[Kevward]

The entirety of Takk... by Sigur Ros.

Yes! Takk always gets me out of the dumps. Also their new album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. The first half of that album is like a party in your headphones, it'll cheer you right up. Sigur Ros is out of this world amazing.

[chasew2213]

Any thing by The Format especialy First Single and Tune Out
The Gaslight Anthem-Great Expecations
American Diary- We Could Be Heros

[cauterize_this]

Anything off of Mhmm by Relient K. They all make me feel better.

[Jaybar]

The Starting Line's cd "Say It Like You Mean It" usually gets me in a happy mood.
Agreed

[bleach]

Watch The Sky - Something Corporate
Hammers & Strings - Jack's Mannequin
Swim - Jack's Mannequin
How to Save a Life - The Fray
You Found Me - The Fray
Keep Breathing - Ingrid Michaelson
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
You Are My Sunshine - Frank Turner
Even If It Kills Me - Motion City Soundtrack
Bowl of Oranges - Bright Eyes
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
I Still Care For You - Ray LaMontagne
Something to Believe In - Aqualung
Claire De Lune - Debussy
Keep on Trying - Poco
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Smile - Robert Downey, Jr
Love Will Come Through - Travis

The album Plans by Death Cab.
Anything Andrew McMahon, really.

[YoMusicSoFat]

Retreat! Retreat by 65daysofstatic and Snow and Lights by Explosions in the Sky.

[MADSTA]

Blink usually cheers me up.

[J.L.]

Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Blu & Exile - Coldhearted
Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic)
Foo Fighters - Stranger Things have Happened

[NativeRokkr]

Brand New Day - Fireflight

Anything by [New Years Day]

Six Feet Under The Stars - All Times Low

No More Days To Waste - Aloha From Hell

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

I Don't Care - Fall Out Boy

Anything by [Hey Monday]

Reflections - Linden

Make Our Mark - The Maddigan's

Misery Business - Paramore

Stand In The Rain - Superchick

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[HereItGoes182]

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I still remember hearing this speech for the first time.

[Schmidty Says]

Halfway Home - Big D & the Kids Table
or
Halfway Home - Sean P. Rogan (Guitarist for Big D & the Kids Table)

[ppt4895]

I am just gonna say it. Dog Problems by The Format trust me on this one. It WILL cheer you up.

[iamyourgodnow]

blessthefall - higinia
the maine - ho ho hopefully

[SimplyChaotic17]

Jack's Mannequin-Swim

[MikeTheManR]

I am just gonna say it. Dog Problems by The Format trust me on this one. It WILL cheer you up.

I second this. Also, I feel like the Fun record will also fit into this category. August can't come soon enough.

[CP_Ree]

I listen to my Jason Mraz library of 300 songs, live and random full lengths.

[YoMusicSoFat]

You could watch Trainspotting. Always give me this overwhelming feeling of hope. Or you could listen to I Get Knocked Down by Chumbawumba.

[sodamnclever]

You, Me, and Everyone We Know always lightens up my day, so does the Academy Is...

[murrich]

Stand By Me - Blind Boys of Alabama

[NativeRokkr]

blessthefall - higinia
the maine - ho ho hopefully hey is blessthefall a christian band

[NativeRokkr]

Fireflight

[sodamnclever]

I'm also going to add in We Shot The Moon, not sure if anyone mentioned it yet.

[GoWaitInTheCar]

Also, The Gaslight Anthem. It might not seem straight forward, but there's something about the romanticism of the lyrics that gives me hope in every song.

I hope things get better for you

I agree with this.

[starfallxxx]

Jack's Mannequin-Swim
thats such a good song

and its corny but hope by we shot the moon

[samsara]

Jimmy Eat World and the Killers-Hot Fuss.

[squared82]

Copeland's From Under the Medicine Tree is a pretty somber album, but the last track "When Finally Set Free" really ends it off with a really hopeful note - everything's going to be okay.

[Misstamara]

Your Guardian Angel-The red jumpsuit appartus..

[Tead42]

appartus..
Now that's just funny.

[Indoor Living]

A Mark. A Mission. A Brand. A Scar. - Dashboard Confessional. Cheers me up everytime, unlike the rest of their albums.

[rainyray]

anything by The Rocket Summer does the trick for me. Mainly the latest album "Do You Feel." I would start out with the title track and "So, In This Hour"

[CalRahhh]

Season Song (Yeah) by Brand New's lyrics and overall feel has lifted me up a few times, despite being a bleak sounding song.

[AMAAS]

The Starting Line's cd "Say It Like You Mean It" usually gets me in a happy mood.

I agree with this, I would also say anything by New Found Glory, Punchline, Valencia, and The Audition ...my favorite pop-punk bands always seem to cheer me up

[AMAAS]

anything by The Rocket Summer does the trick for me. Mainly the latest album "Do You Feel." I would start out with the title track and "So, In This Hour"

also a solid choice, I get choked up every time I sing "Save", I was a fan of his other 2 albums when they came out too, but every new album he puts out is always better than the last

[SouthernCross40]

Explosions in the Sky - "First Breath After a Coma"

[redfalcon431]

I agree with this, I would also say anything by New Found Glory, Punchline, Valencia, and The Audition ...my favorite pop-punk bands always seem to cheer me up
Yes definitely Valencia i have been so into them lately

[AMAAS]

Season Song (Yeah) by Brand New's lyrics and overall feel has lifted me up a few times, despite being a bleak sounding song.

Sowing Season (Yeah)*

[CalRahhh]

Sowing Season (Yeah)*

crap, yeah, thats it. It was like, 3 in the morning and I wasn't concentrating lol.

[katiebaima]

send me on my way - rusted root. the matilda song!

[MADSTA]

Jack's Mannequin - Swim

[crushlustcrash]

Jack's Mannequin - Swim

wow i adore your avatar <3

i always listen to believe by the red jumpsuit apparatus when i need faith.

"and i still believe/there is more love than hate/there's more heart than ache"
cant beat that.

[heyguys123]

bouncing souls - kid

[sean-reid]

First of all good idea for a mixtape, I'll admit I get times lik this when I look to music to lift me up. Some good reccomendations.

A Little Enough - Angels and Airwaves

[Iwudstilldie4u]

Everything by The Morning Of
Relient k's Mmhmm
Waking Ashland - "I Am for You"
Relient k - "The Best Thing," "Must Have Done Something Right"
Definitely look for some Christian pop-punk, even if you're not Christian

[quixotic5683]

Just want to thank you guys for your recommendations. Got some good new bands to listen and remembered songs I hadn't heard in a long time. I'm doing much better now =)

[happie]

we shot the moon- sway your head

[Dempsey]

Circa Survive, Old Saosin. Anthony's voice just brings out the optimist in me. Cant say ive had that with any other band or genre before.

[nick19]

MxPx - Secret Weapon

[Alex DiVincenzo]

The Wonder Years - When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

or anything by TWY, really. "Head above water this year, boys"

[Burn_Burn_Burn]

When I need hope, introspection is key for me. Throw ( ) by Sigur Ros on the turntable. After introspection, Jack's Mannequin is great, but mostly The Glass Passenger. Everything in Transit is more pure uplifting, while The Glass Passenger is more about recovery and hope.

[zac_montucky]

This band. Ad nauseum. See also? My avatar. Haha.

Gooood how I love that logo.

When I get my first tattoo, I'm seriously considering getting it.
Even if I hated Bouncing Souls (which I don't by any means) I'd want it. It's just so damn cool

[prefix-core]

Gooood how I love that logo.

When I get my first tattoo, I'm seriously considering getting it.
Even if I hated Bouncing Souls (which I don't by any means) I'd want it. It's just so damn cool

Fuck yeah, dude! Haha. I'll be getting it tattooed on myself by the year's end. Love the Souls so much...

[zac_montucky]

Nothing feels better blasting out of my car driving aimlessly in the summer.
plus, manthem is (arguably) the definitive bromance song.

Where are you gonna get inked on you?

[prefix-core]

Nothing feels better blasting out of my car driving aimlessly in the summer.
plus, manthem is (arguably) the definitive bromance song.

Where are you gonna get inked on you?

My right calf. I'm a runner, so it makes sense to be there. Haha.

And the Souls are my quintessential "drive around with the windows down and the stereo cranking" band. Them and Less Than Jake. Perfect for aimless, late-night drives.

[ApricotChick]

Charles Wright- Express Yourself. Turn this up, and just enjoy it. I can't listen to this song and not smile.
The White Stripes- My Doorbell. I don't know why, but this song is always a pick-me up.
Madeliene Peryoux- I'm All Right. This is considered blues/jazz, but she is one of my favourite artists, and I just adore this song.

[zac_montucky]

My right calf. I'm a runner, so it makes sense to be there. Haha.

And the Souls are my quintessential "drive around with the windows down and the stereo cranking" band. Them and Less Than Jake. Perfect for aimless, late-night drives.

Ah, very cool.
And I was actually blasting bouncing souls last night. It makes people think I drive the most pink rock minivan ever haha

[iam_theculprit]

To Whom It May Concert by underOATH.

That song just has some really powerful lyrics that have helped me.

Also Gates by As Cities Burn. Another really powerful one. Although to be honest these both are from Christian themed bands and that is something that I can relate to so that might be why they are so helpful in giving me hope.

[kaoskid]

Brand New - Soco Amaretto Lime (Favorite song of all time)
The Arcade Fire - Wake Up (In the top 5)
The Killers - All These Things That I've Done

[xxemo_kittyxx]

"Anything" by Mae

[pleasedontask]

Hammers and Strings and Swim by Jack's Mannequin are two of the best examples.

[ant1409]

the dangerous summer - good things

[chrisofadown36]

One Ought to See by Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground. just makes me feel really good.

[crimsonandclovr]

Ok, i'm a bit late here, but i just downloaded Parachute's Something to Believe in and it reminded me of this thread.

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[brokenmixtape]

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[crimsonandclovr]

Also, Learning to Breathe by Switchfoot

[brokenmixtape]

Against Me- Bamboo Bones
Jimmy Eat World- A Praise Chorus

[jayton]

Energy for Hope --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-nbXeY8lQ

[acceptance]

Hanson.

The Great Divide.

I find hope and it gives me rest
I find hope in a beating chest

[ohheroine]

Hanson.

The Great Divide.

I find hope and it gives me rest
I find hope in a beating chest



god yes. incredible song.

[anab]

I listen to the musics of some of the particular singers.

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