Happy music wanted. Nay, needed!
I’m feeling rather down at the moment, for more reasons than I would care to go into.
In order to cure these oh so inconvenient blues I would normally listen to music.
So…
Could any Flutherites recommend any songs that could cheer me up? Be they comedic in nature or just merely upbeat and smiley!
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What’s the problem: heartache, loneliness, apathy…?
Shiny Happy People by R.E.M. feat. Kate Pierson of the B-52’s
Flight of the Conchords is always good :)
Anything by They Might Be Giants.
“Layla” Eric Clapton
“Rosalita” Bruce Springsteen
“Yellow Submarine” The Beatles
“Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison
“Stoned Me” Van Morrison
“Moondance” Van Morrison
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
Celebration – Kool & the Gang
We Are Family by Sister Sledge especially if you picture the scene in the movie Birdcage that it’s used for, with Gene hackman in very bad drag
“Bongo Bong” – Manu Chao
“Sister Kate” – the Ditty Bops
“Pull Shapes” – the Pipettes
“Up to Our Nex” – Robyn Hitchcock
“We’re All in this Together” – Ben Lee
“Toe Jam” – The BPA feat David Byrne and Dizzee Rascall
“Rich Doors” – New Villager
“New York City” – moe.
“Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games” – Of Montreal
“Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby” – Islands
“The Start of Something” – Voxtrot
NMH-Holland 1945
It’s happy musically, but the lyrics, not so much.
Hot Airballoon, by Owl City, it makes you feel happy and bouncy! also, The Bird And the Worm by Owl City, also good one!
“I Can See Clearly Now” – Johnny Nash
“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” – Bob Marley
Blind Melon – No Rain
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I am listening to John Coltrane (The Ultimate Blue Train) right now, and its’ pretty upbeat and snappy. Jazz does that for me, though.
I love Jazz, i use a lot of Jazzy riffs and elements in my Drum & Bass…
Try a tonic by Louis Armstrong. Here
Speaking of jazz, “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck always gets me in a good mood.
If this doesn’t cheer you up, I don’t know what will.
Summer Song-YACHT
Neon Beanbag-Stereolab
Happy up here- Royksopp
Do You Realize?? -Flaming Lips
Also, nearly anything covered by Nouvelle Vague.
A bit pop/cookie-cutter, but happy and upbeat, nonetheless:
Jason Mraz: I’m Yours
Owl City: Fireflies
Train: Hey, Soul Sister
Happy Feet by 8½ Souvenirs. This was the only version I could find that included the words – you’ll just have ignore the phallic chocolate fountain
And this – it’s the best version i could find on the web of Ouverture by la Bottine Souriante, a Quebec band. The original version is on one of their albums, longer and you can hear the horns better. Always give me an uplift when I hear it.
Light of Day/Reach for the Sun by Polyphonic Spree
Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Lights Orchestra
Love Today by Mika
All is Love by Karen O and the Kids (from Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack)
I have just the tonic…..:)
A few years ago, someone introduced me to the songs of Tom Lehrer. He was quite a famous singing comedian/writer/satirist in the 50s and 60’s. He sings and plays the piano and it took me about thirty seconds into his first song to realize,” Did HE just SING that??” It is the funniest musical CD I have ever heard because the songs are witty, silly and extremely well-crafted and others have bits off totally off-the-wall dark humor.
Lehrer, interestingly enough was also a mathematician, graduated from Harvard with a B.A. and M.A. and even worked at Los Alamos…but his fame came through his songs and his writing. In one song called “The Elements” he puts all the elements in the periodical table to the “Major-General’s Song” from “Pirates of Penzance.” It’s something only a songwriter who graduates from Harvard would think of doing, I think and making it really funny, too.
Definitely, if you are down….please give a listen. You will not be in the doldrums after this. He has a lot of CD’s but the one that I have heard is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Concert-Tom-Lehrer/dp/B000026FOX/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258319493&sr=8-9
Also…if you technically want “Happy” songs. Clinique, the cosmetic company came out with a CD called “C’mon Get Happy” about 10 years ago ( if you bought the cosmetics). All the songs on it have “Happy” in the title…like “C’mon Get Happy”...“Make Someone Happy”....“Happy Together”, etc. (With original artists.)
It’s available on Amazon Marketplace for….1 American penny.
Happy Listening!
Ragtime music is pretty happy.
watching this thread just makes me smile:)
Happy Happy Joy Joy from Ren and Stimpy
Girls just wanna have fun by Cindy Lauper
Shine on by Bob Sinclair
Love Generation by Bob Sinclair
Sweat by Inner Circle
Float On by Modest Mouse
Hello Seattle by Owl City
Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
Pretty much anything by Reel Big Fish
@five99one That is about the ONLY Modest Mouse song I’d recommend for the mood of happy.
@Drawkward Yes, I know. Some of their other songs make me happy, but they are not generally happy.
@five99one I’ve heard them described as “music for when you feel like dying”. I still love them though.
@Drawkward Really? That’s how I would describe Radiohead, not Modest Mouse.
@five99one The entire album Lonesome Crowded West feels like bleeding out.
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