11 more songs to reset your mood
6/9/202637 min
NPR listeners share the songs they reach for when they need to reset the mood, their day or even their life.
This is a followup to our April episode on songs for starting over. NPR’s Dora Levite joins host Robin Hilton.
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Featured artists and songs:
(00:00) Intro
(01:13) Quincy Jones: “Dead End”
(02:12) Bill Withers: “Lovely Day”
(04:51) Florence + the Machine: “Shake It Out”
(08:06) Jacob Collier: “Something Heavy”
(11:24) Des’ree: “You Gotta Be”
(16:32) Peter Gabriel: “Washing Of The Water”
(19:57) Cat Power: “Nothin But Time”
(23:02) John Denver: “Sweet Surrender”
(27:46) Isley Brothers: “Summer Breeze”
(31:22) Green Day: “Still Breathing”
(34:10) Vienna Teng: “Level Up”
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
On June 11th, the globe's biggest sporting event comes to North America, the FIFA World Cup.
Dora Levite· Guest0:05
The Super Bowl, you might say averages something over 100 million live viewers, but the World Cup final, think, like, five times that much.
Speaker 00:14
The favorites, the underdogs, and the Americanization of the world's game. Listen now to The Sunday Story from the Up First podcast on the NPR app.
Robin Hilton· Host0:23
This episode of All Songs Considered comes to you from the NPR Music podcast. NPR Music, of course, your home for Tiny Desks, but also for Alt Latino. That show goes out in the feed every Wednesday. We've got New Music Friday at the end of every week, and we've got new episodes of this show, All Songs Considered, every Tuesday. This really is the, the best place for you to hang out if you're looking to get as far away from the news as possible.
Dora Levite· Guest0:50
That's what I've heard. Everyone's saying that.
Robin Hilton· Host0:52
So NPR Music also where you will find Dora Levitt.
Dora Levite· Guest0:56
Hi, Rob and Hilton.
Robin Hilton· Host0:58
So Dora, back in April, we did a show with Noah Caldwell all about songs for starting over.
Dora Levite· Guest1:04
Mm-hmm.
Robin Hilton· Host1:04
Specifically, songs that can reset, like, your, your mind.
Dora Levite· Guest1:09
We did that show as, like, a entryway to spring, a spring- Right ... reset.
Robin Hilton· Host1:14
Yeah, clear your head, lift your mood, give you clarity, or, you know, maybe spark even some epiphany that sets your whole life on a, in a, in a new direction. You, Noah, and I played a whole bunch of stuff, but we asked listeners to tell us what do they reach