My wife is putting together a photo slideshow for some friends of her's that are opening a new store. The store carries refurbished items bought at garage sales, flea markets, etc... She's looking for a good upbeat acoustic song to have in the background of the slideshow. She doesn't want anything that's been played a million times on the radio though. Any thoughts would be great.
You could try City and Colour, I don't think they're played on the radio too much outside of Canada. Sleeping Sickness, The Girl, Body in a Box, and Waiting are fairly upbeat.
I don't listen to acoustic a whole lot, so that's about all I can think of.
@Banky: I sincerely think that the whistle theme ("Life is Beautiful") from the Deadly Premonition soundtrack might work well with your slideshow. I'm not being a sarcastic asshole, I'm dead serious. It's light and breezy.
Thats the only one that comes to mind, it isn't that overplayed in comparison to most other songs. May not be what you meant by upbeat, but it would be ideal for a slideshow.
If you're looking for something without lyrics, I would suggest Kaki King. She's incredibly talented and most of her songs do not have lyrics. Here's one song, but I would suggest checking out her other work too. Her song "Playing With Pink Noise" is really nice too, but maybe a little more complex and technical than what you're looking for.
" Life is Beautiful from Deadly Premonition No Children by Mountain Goats (but the lyrics are ridiculously dark; warning) "
Since you mentioned Mountain Goats and I mentioned Kaki King earlier, I feel I have to post this. It's a nice song they did together, and it even has a video game connection. It's called "Thank You Mario, but Our Princess is in Another Castle."
@nofx4208: Oh wow. I've never seen that episode of Moral Orel. Great use of the song!
Should I get into that show? I've tried watching it a few times and every episode I've seen hit some pretty standard "here's why Christians are dumb and we should laugh at them" beats. I mean, I'm an atheist myself, but the parts of MO I've watched came off as more condescending than funny.
Listen to MTV: Unplugged in New York by Nirvana. Most people on the site don't like the band, so they would not agree with me on this, and the lyrical themes aren't exactly upbeat all the time, considering the bands nature, but you really need to check out the first song on the album; mind blowing! You should also check out Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles, although you probably already know it.
" @nofx4208: Oh wow. I've never seen that episode of Moral Orel. Great use of the song! Should I get into that show? I've tried watching it a few times and every episode I've seen hit some pretty standard "here's why Christians are dumb and we should laugh at them" beats. I mean, I'm an atheist myself, but the parts of MO I've watched came off as more condescending than funny. "
Around season 3, it got into more dramatic and amazingly dark territory. I love the show for that; for taking all risks and not giving a shit, and showing what they want to show. The show is neither atheist or christian. They merely mock and make fun of those who abuse christianty and religion for terrible benefits; basically, hypocrites (one might say ALL christians are hypocrites, but that's one's own opinion.) It's a beautiful show, with amazing writing, directing, and characters. You'll care about them all, even if they are flawed... terribly... terribly flawd.
love it :P I mean the humor isn't for everyone, but it's special
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