{"id":6688,"date":"2025-09-12T17:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:44:03","slug":"parsons-playlists-hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2025\/09\/parsons-playlists-hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Playlists: “Hope is the thing with feathers …”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to\u00a0Parsons Playlists<\/a>! Today\u2019s playlist is curated by Music Library Associate Melanie and features some songs that make her feel hopeful.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Hope is the thing with feathers\u00a0 …\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things can feel pretty overwhelming (especially lately) so we have to find things that can help us get through.\u00a0 Music is often good for that, so here’s a playlist of some songs that make me feel hopeful on bad days. (The title of this playlist was taken from an excellent Emily Dickinson poem<\/a> that’s worth a read, btw.)\u00a0 What would YOU add to this playlist?<\/p>\n

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Paul McCartney – “Hope of Deliverance”<\/a><\/p>\n

Moon Taxi – “Say”<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnny Nash – “I Can See Clearly Now”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bill Withers – “Lovely Day”<\/a><\/p>\n

New Radicals – “You Get What You Give”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Beatles – “Here Comes the Sun”<\/a><\/p>\n

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Impressions – “Keep On Pushing”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Stone Roses – “Waterfall”<\/a><\/p>\n

Des’ree – “You Gotta Be”<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackie Wilson – “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher”<\/a><\/p>\n

Billy Joel – “The River of Dreams”<\/a><\/p>\n

Sting – “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”<\/a><\/p>\n

Labi Siffre – “My Song”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen – “Hungry Heart”<\/a><\/p>\n

Ella Fitzgerald – “Blue Skies”<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Folds – “Still Fighting It”<\/a><\/p>\n

Nat King Cole – “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”<\/a><\/p>\n

Stevie Wonder – “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Traveling Wilburys – “End of the Line”<\/a><\/p>\n

Electric Light Orchestra – “Mr. Blue Sky”<\/a><\/p>\n

Sly & the Family Stone – “Stand!”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Beatles – “Dear Prudence”<\/a><\/p>\n

Fred Astaire – “Pick Yourself Up”<\/a><\/p>\n

Simon & Garfunkel – “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)”<\/a><\/p>\n

Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love”<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube:\u00a0https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zex3pi–z07ZHsysqvGRHKpE&si=H6l2GX5-sUsVraBm<\/a><\/p>\n