Kerpow Mix! Song Suggestions Needed!

[tarotgal]

This year, my word of the year is going to be "Kerpow!" melydia suggested it (among others) after I mentioned that "get off your butt and make things happen" wasn't exactly a word ;-) But I really like Kerpow! Makes me want to jump up and take action. I've already printed out a few "Kerpow!" graphics and put them on my walls at home and work.

I definitely needed something uplifting to keep me going this week, so I started working on a Kerpow playlist of motivational songs. Songs that say "you're awesome!" and "you can do it!" It's hard to find girl-power motivational songs that aren't about relationships or body image, I'm finding. And I want faster paced ones, too, because those get me moving in a Kerpow kind of way. I thought about Geronimo by Sheppard. I love the chorus but I think it's too relationshipy.

I'm looking for song suggestions, because the majority of music I listen to is fandom music, not mainstream.

So far, I have:
Fight Song by Rachel Platten
F**kin' Perfect by P!NK
Roar by Katy Perry
Great Big Storm by Nate Ruess
We Are the Night by Steve Grand
Proud by Heather Small
Raise Your Glass by P!NK
This is War by Ingrid Michaelson
Born This Way by Lady Gaga
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

Intend to buy to add to this list (once I have Amazon credit for them):
Best Day of My Life by American Authors
Brave by Sara Bareilles

So what song would you suggest I add to my upbeat, motivational KERPOW! Mix?



On an only slightly related note, it wasn't until the Winter Classic that I realized Nate Ruess had solo projects outside of FUN. Instabuy! Thank you, again, hockey! :-)

Comments

[wig-powder.livejournal.com]

Do the songs need to specifically be girl-power based, and/or are the lyrics the material you're most focusing on? Because two songs that I like that definitely fit the "get off your butt and make things happen" theme are more about the music than the lyrics, although the lyrics work for that theme in a certain sense.

Anyway, here's the best I can offer;

Riot, by Three Days Grace (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZDTiXiHsc)

Uprising, by Muse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTDwIN9oLvY)

Good luck! I'm sure you can accomplish a Kerpow kind of year!

[melydia.livejournal.com]

I listen to a lot of techno so this might not be your cup of tea, but these are some songs that get me going:

BT - Never Gonna Come Back Down
Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats
DJ Tiesto - Clockwork Orange
Eiffle 65 - Move Your Body
T.M. Revolution - Invoke
Paul van Dyk - For an Angel

Give 'em a listen on YouTube, or I could make you a mix. But my feelings won't be hurt if none of them end up in your Kerpow mix. :)

[sexualoddity.livejournal.com]

I love this kind of thing! I definitely get motivation from music :)

How about:
Titanium by David Guetta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJiv4tePjvg

And

Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xsVF_XTEs

Also at the risk of looking Very Much Not Cool, I also sing the following to get a 'Kerpow!' feeling (usually while my husband laughs at me), since I'm kind of a theatre/Disney geek:

Whistle A Happy Tune from The King and I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGS029Peq7k

I Can Go The Distance from Hercules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aqpF-MwyUs

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

My friend has an "angry chick music" playlist. I think she has songs like Bitch by Meredith Brooks and You Outta Know by Alanis Morissette. I don't know if those are ones that fit what you're going for, though.

I like:

Fighter by Christina Aguilera

Burn by Ellie Goulding

Extra Ordinary by Better Than Ezra (really anything by them...mostly because they are my favorite band)--this song mentions Barenaked Ladies. :-)

You're Going to Go Far, Kid by The Offsipring

It's My Life by Bon Jovi

[tarotgal]

AH! In the back of my mind, I thought I should add "It's My Life" (that's one of my CRANK IT UP TO FULL BLAST IN THE CAR AND SCREAM THE LYRICS songs) and Van Halen's "Right Now" and then totally forgot. Thank you for reminding me. I'll definitely look the others up (the angry chick mix songs aren't what I'm going for, but that sounds like an awesome playlist of its own!)

Off-topic but urgent

[mashfanficchick.livejournal.com]

Hi tg,

There a (fannish) thing I want to send you, but I can only do it today. Do you have a snail-mail address you'd be comfortable giving me? Let me know!