...even when you want to bite someone's head off and gargle their blood, and spit blood bullets at innocent passersby.
I nominate "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants.
It makes me happy!
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Angry music makes me happy Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
"Good Old Acapella" or "Bop Til You Drop" by the Nylons. I'm in an Acapella type of mood. Also "Another Irish Drinking Song" and "Kingdom in the Sky" by Da Vinci's Notebook. I could go on and on, but I'll stop there. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Here Comes The Sun
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
And "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life".
Oddly enough. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
By The Light
Seperate Ways
Croc Rock
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
The Gnu Song
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (The Pronoun Song from Schoolhouse Rock)
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins
Posted by JenniK (Member # 3939) on :
The "Petunia Duck Song" by...Me!
(It's really silly and has no mention of a duck, it's just something I used to sing to small children [and one 16 year old boy] to get smiles from them when I worked at a family photo studio...I had a rubber ducky on top of the camera that I told them to look at and I called her Petunia.)
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Veggie Tales' "Dance of the Cucumber".
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (The Pronoun Song from Schoolhouse Rock)
WHO brought that rhinocerous on this bus?... and WHAT made that horrible noise? ... and WHICH one of them is getting off first?
Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
quote:Originally posted by Frisco: Here Comes The Sun
I concur. Partly because it reminds me of one of my friends, and partly because it's just a happy song.
~Jane~
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Anything by Stevie Wonder, especially As or Isn't She Lovely.
Anything off the Barenaked Ladies album, Gordon.
Early Michael Jackson (like Workin Day and Night).
Anything with good horns.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong - Against Me!
such a sad sad song with such a bouncy singalong feel.
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Violent Femmes, "Life is an Adventure" Billy Idol, "Dancing with Myself" TMBG, "Dr. Worm" Die toten Hosen, "Steh auf (wenn du am Boden bist)" Harvey Danger, "Old Hat" Tegan and Sara, "Come On Kids"
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
oh yea, and TSR, also by Against Me!
in fact, probably any of their stuff prior to their new record (even though it is remarkably solid as well).
just good stuff...
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
"Happy Together" - The Turtles "Feelin' Groovy" - The Rascals (or was that when they were still The Young Rascals?)
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Anything by Harvey Danger Anything that has lyrics by Roger Clyne
Last Dance by Suburban Legends The Science of Selling Yourself Short by Less Than Jake
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
i second the roger clyne comment.
mekong, is a damn happy song.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Well is it true it's always happy hour here?
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Oh, and The Headstones' "Cemetary" makes me dance every time I hear it. Yes, it's about a guy digging up his dead girlfriend. No, I don't care.
Posted by Pariah (Member # 8773) on :
I've always been kinda partial to Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" but I don't know if that would work for everybody
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
For Today I am A Boy by Antony and the Johnsons.
Olivia, i think you might like this song. in fact you may like the whole record. it's...different...pretty maybe.
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
"Philosophofee" by Ima Robot...makes me wanna dance
also "Boy With A Voice That Could Destroy the World" or "Seeing Serving" by Reception Is Suspected (for the same reason...can't help but start moving)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
"Sweet Betsey from Pike" "Across the Great Divide" by Kate Wolf "Safe at Anchor", also by Kate Wolf "She Rises Like the Dolphin" by... Kate Wolf! Okay, lots of other songs by Kate Wolf (although there are a few that make me sad.) "Leather-Wing Bat" "The Spirit of God" "Scotland the Brave" played by a pipe band "Bringing in the Sheaves" "Willie Taylor" as performed by Deanta "This World is Not my Home" (aka "Gloryland") "Octopuses' Garden" (is that a plural? I'm never sure), the Beatles "Blackbird", also the Beatles I'll echo "Here Comes the Sun"
...and there are a ton more. I respond really well to music. Not hard to see where Emma gets it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(Oh, I can't believe I didn't list "Dragostea Din Tei"... )
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
I second "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (Dee do, dee do dee do dee do!)
And I must say, "Greased Lightning" always makes me smile.
Also, "Dream a Little Dream" Cass Elliott
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Elvira (the giddy-up song)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oh, and how can I forget three favorites by Hank Williams? "Hey, Good Lookin'", "Jambalaya", and the very un-PC but ever so amusing "Kawliga".
And in the same vein, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys-- just about anything by them makes me smile, laugh, and want to dance. *sings* "Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry..."
Posted by Cali-Angel-Cat (Member # 8799) on :
I'd have to say.....
"Orange Blossom Special." "Battle of New Orleans." "Kashmir" by Zeppelin "The Race is On." "Purple People Eater."
Anything off of Chicago 17 & 18, Abba, Little River Band.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
"One Prairie Outpost" by Carbon Leaf (okay, anything by Carbon Leaf, but this especially) "Mexico" by Jump "This Night" by Billy Joel "Them That Got" version by Ben Folds "Bossa Nova USA" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet "Last Stop" by DMB "The View" by Modest Mouse "Anal Thermometer" by the O the entire Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack... and likewise Gladiator both "July July" and "The Legionnaire's Lament" by the Decemberists and anything normally played at a UW football game ("Jump Around," "Sweet Caroline," "Swingtown," the Bud Song, any of the school songs...
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
"One with the Freaks" - The Notwist "Brick Sh!thouse" - Placebo "Miracles Keep On Playing" - Basement Jaxx "It's Oh So Quiet" - Bjork "Flite" - Cinematic Orchestra "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk "September" - Earth, Wind & Fire "Out of Touch" - Hall & Oates "Table For Glasses" - Jimmy Eat World "I'm Horny" - Madison Avenue "Teardrop" - Massive Attack Pretty much any MJ Cole song "She Wants To Move" - N.E.R.D. "I Want To Ride My Bicycle - Queen "Tattoo of the Sun" - Third Eye Blind
That's what comes to mind from a very quick run-thru of the iTunes playlist.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys I'd Rather Dance With You - Kings of Convenience Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
The last two are probably the only songs in the world that make me want to dance Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Walk Like An Egyptian -- The Bangles Keep Yourself Alive -- Queen Walking On Sunshine -- Katrina and the Waves We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin' -- Simon and Garfunkel Sky High -- Jigsaw A Noun's A Person, Place or Thing -- Schoolhouse Rock. Good Advice -- Allen Sherman
And... strangely enough (and completely uncharacteristic for me):
Go Tell It On The Mountain -- Simon and Garfunkel You Can Tell The World -- Simon and Garfunkel
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
Let it be, Imagine.
Sound of Silence especially, or anything Simon and Garfunkel just for the happy memories around campfires with the family.
But most especially.
Death and the Maiden - Schubert
I turn off the ligths and listen to one of the best quartets ever written and then everything seems a little better.
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
"I'll Cover You" from Rent "Lord of the Dance", especially when sung by Harry O'Donoghue
Posted by Crotalus (Member # 7339) on :
Y'all got some good happy songs there. I wouldn't say anything with Roger Clyne lyrics though, a few songs on those Refreshment albums were downright depressing.
For me:
Bad Time to fall in love - Grand Funk Railroad
Just B4 the evening - Leftover Salmon
Jesse with the long hair - Robert Earl Keen
and I could go on. There are lots of happy songs out there.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
"Hungry Like a Wolf" and "Rio" --Duran Duran "Come On Eileen" --Dexy's Midnight Runners "Brown Eyed Girl" --Van Morrison "Pink" --Aerosmith "Head Over Feet" --Alanis
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
"Ooh La La" - The Faces
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
"Vege-tables" - Brian Wilson
Posted by Dr. Evil (Member # 8095) on :
There is a song call "Coffee Break" by a guitarist named Billy McLaughlin that relaxes me no matter how many times I hear it. Everyone I play it for says, "Wow, that is really a great tune" too.
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
"Title of the Song", Da Vinci's Notebook. Makes me laugh every single time. And I hold the high nooooooooooooooooooooooooote!
"GRADUATION ~Each Tomorrow~", Be For U. A Dance Dance Revolution song. I have no idea what the song is about, given that it's in Japanese, but there's something about it that's... hopeful, and positive, and happy. Always lifts my spirits.
"I Like Chopin (Rainy Daze)", DJK. Incredibly bouncy trance mix that makes me want to MOVE!
I ditto "Walking on Sunshine". That was one of my marathon theme songs.
quote:Elvira (the giddy-up song)
I don't really like this song, but it makes me smile anyway. When I was a kid, we went on vacation every year to a cottage in Hayward, Wisconsin. One year, "Elvira" played on the radio ALL THE TIME. We all got thoroughly sick of it. Hearing it brings back sweet memories of childhood, family, and vacations, though, so yeah, it's a smile song.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
One more vote for "Here Comes the Sun" and Van Morrison's "Bright Side of the Road"
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
"Stress" by Jim's Big Ego used to work for me.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
To add:
I must second "Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin.
And I have to add: "Her Majesty" The Beatles (on the Abbey Road album)
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Good driving songs.
Most Eve 6 and some Green Day Some Guns 'n Roses and Silvertide Some Daft Punk Most Jamiroquai
And, bizzarely, Planet Telex, by Radiohead.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
yet another "Here Comes the Sun" vote "59th Street Bridge Song" --Simon & Garfunkel "Second Hand News" --Fleetwood Mac (OK, not a happy song but what can I say? happy memories! First song on Rumours album!) "Soak up the Sun" --Sheryl Crow
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
"Baby Got Back"
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
OOOH, The Bicycle song by Queen is always good for a giggle.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
"Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride. Everything, everything will be just fine."
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
"Starfighter Pilot" by Snow Patrol.
Andrew's a starfighter pilot, and he can get high in his jet....
-pH
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
"Big Balls" by AC DC (or whatever the actual title of that song is.)
Pretty much anything sung by Richard Cheese.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Ron lets the kids sing along with TNT by AC/DC
That in itself usually amuses me
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I love Creedence Clearwater. Everytime I hear "Bad Moon Rising", "Down on the Corner" or "Up Around the Bend" it makes me smile. Same for just about anything by Journey. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE The Doobie Brothers' "Black Water." My dad and I used to sing that on road trips. But... My favorite happy song right now is "Thank You Mud" by Joe McDermott, a local children's musician. He is just brilliant and there is just nothing more adorable than my two year old singing this song . Thank you mud/ for ending all my stories/ thank you mud/ just when things get boring/if your story needs an ending 'cause your story is a dud/ you can make it better if you add a little mud!
I will someday write a wonderful children's book with a character who falls into the mud and I will thank him in the acknowledgements and send him a copy.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
-Almost any Christmas song, if done well and especially if it's a version i've known since childhood. (ironic, being an atheist!)
-Disney theme park songs, especially One Little Spark (The original, not the new abomination), and When You Wish Upon a Star
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