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Post by doctork on May 25, 2009 15:31:38 GMT -5
Is there a tune that no matter what, when you hear it, it makes you feel happy?
I just whiled some time at another website, reviewing about 150 posts from people answering this question. It was a really great thread! In fact, I used that to make my own list so I can load up my iPod. Well, first I have to get an iPod, but so what.
OK - let's hear all your favorites!
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Post by doctork on May 25, 2009 15:47:46 GMT -5
A few of the favorites from that list:
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves What A wonderful World - Louis Armstrong Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger Lots of Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Springsteen One person listed "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" (Well, OK)
My own choices include this half dozen:
Here Comes the Sun - the Beatles (but does anyone else remember when Paul Simon & Geroge Harrison sang this on SNL?) Good Day Sunshine - also the Beatles Brown Sugar - the Rolling Stones Joy to the World - Three Dog Night Sugar, Sugar - the Archies Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
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Post by gailkate on May 25, 2009 19:02:00 GMT -5
Wow, so spooky. My very first thought was "Here Comes the Sun."
This will take some thought, but I can promise the Coke song won't be on my list. Yes, to Springsteen, with Born to Run, Thunder Road and Glory Days tied for #1. Oh gee, they're all so good.....
And Joy to the World, oh yes. And Simon and G doing Cecilia.
My iPod is imaginary, too, but I like developing the playlist.
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Post by doctork on May 25, 2009 23:06:55 GMT -5
Several posters listed Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecelia" too.
And I was astounded that two others besides me listed Gene Pitney's "If I Didn't Have a Dime." He wasn't that well known in the US to begin with, and that is one of his more obscure songs.
No one mentioned Sister Sledge - "We Are Family."
The list (10 pages after I consolidated it!!) has quite a few performers and tunes that were not familiar to me, but then there are many eras represented among the posters.
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Post by doctork on May 25, 2009 23:20:01 GMT -5
Having mentioned that Gene Pitney song, I checked it out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZqquTZBctsThere about 15 or 20 of his albums listed there, of which I have only two! Probably a lot issued in the UK, so I missed them.
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Post by gailkate on May 27, 2009 17:54:10 GMT -5
What a trip down memory lane with that Pitney song, though I don't know that particular song. I didn't even know he wasn't an American - he sure tried hard enough for the quasi-Southern, down home accent. All those album covers, and the back-up and just the voice! What a puller of heartstrings. Ok, here's something entirely different. It's so thrilling and at the same time bittersweet - like GK's Memorial Day song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UELXiuCc3mU&feature=related
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Post by doctork on May 27, 2009 18:42:37 GMT -5
Oh, Gene Pitney was American, but born in Connecticut, so not a Southerner. He even remained popular in the US after the "British Invasion" but for whatever reason, he was much more popular in the UK, especially later in his career. That's why so many of his albums are "imports" if you try to buy them on Amazon.
He was on tour in Wales when he died, but I don't know if he actually ever lived in the UK, or just did lots of his touring there.
The "Bridge Over the River Kwai" theme song is great; so was the movie. I noticed at that YouTube site, there were numerous similar tunes performed by Mitch Miller - boy did that bring back lots of memories from my childhood!
Did you watch the National Memorial Day Concert? I usually watch it, and one year I even took the kids to DC to see it live and in-person. There is always a segment where the band performs all 5 of the military hymns - the USCG one always leaves me teary-eyed.
That show opened with "This Land is Your Land" - always a feel great song for me!
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Post by gailkate on May 29, 2009 9:34:26 GMT -5
We seem to be the only ones into happy songs, k, but I thought of a bunch more. I went to college in 1964, probably the pinnacle of great happy music (much from the British Invasion). It was before we all got much more serious and complex.
Peter and Gordon - "I Go to Pieces," "True Love Ways," just about anything they sang Petula Clark -"DOWNTOWN" oh my, what a song We Five- "You Were on My Mind" Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown, You've got'uh luvly daughter" Dave Clark 5 - "Glad All Over" "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
and then, a bit later in the early dopey days, Lovin Spoonful, who positively owned happy music.
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Post by doctork on May 29, 2009 11:05:23 GMT -5
gk, all of yours are excellent choices! So what if we're the only ones posting - I know that everyone must have favorite happy songs, so we'll post for them!
Here's a few more I've thought of, a baker's dozen:
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers (now back as a TV commercial) Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band YMCA - Village People (must have the hand motions too) Don't Stop Believing - Journey Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (local Richmond girl when I was in med school there) Achey Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus (straight out of my WV mullet & line dance days( Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (one of many of his) She Belongs to Me - Bob Dylan (also one of many) I Feel Good - James Brown (gotta have that one in there!) Almost any Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, but maybe I'd choose iconic Surfin' USA (this is what happens if you spend your formative years in Hawaii and California) Easier Said Than Done - The Essex (this group was 5 Marines from Camp LeJeune!) Live For Today - The Grassroots
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Post by joew on May 29, 2009 22:44:06 GMT -5
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Post by booklady on May 30, 2009 7:58:42 GMT -5
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame." ;D
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Post by BoatBabe on May 30, 2009 10:57:23 GMT -5
Ditto, BL! Good to see you. I've been wondering how you are.
I Can See Cleeear-ly now, the Rain is Gone . . .
Always a smile getter and Sing Along for me.
Bonnie Raitt's "Let's Give'em Sumthinn' to Talk About," is a good one, too.
I tend to run to The Blues.
When Emmy Lou sings, "Poncho and Lefty," I love it.
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Post by doctork on May 30, 2009 16:06:30 GMT -5
You betcha! Looks like they recorded it in the high school library - they certainly should get extra credit for that. I let YouTube run after they finished, and guess what showed up next? Bruce Willis singing lead in T shirt, jeans and sneakers along with the Temptations in their lame' suits!! He was really good - who knew John McClane could sing! I think he was even better than the original Drifters.
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Post by doctork on May 30, 2009 16:10:36 GMT -5
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame." ;D At the seventh inning stretch of course! And BB, Johnny Nash and I Can See Clearly Now - definitely a great tune, perfect for when you start to come out of the hole from some romantic disaster. Or any other time too. My favorite Emmy Lou song is " Boulder to Birmingham," but all of hers are good.
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Post by doctork on May 30, 2009 16:18:31 GMT -5
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Post by booklady on May 30, 2009 17:01:44 GMT -5
You know, even though it has "blue" in the title, I get happy when I hear "Tangled Up in Blue." I just love the drumming in that, plus the verses are just so great. And then there's Bob's voice. ;D
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Post by BoatBabe on May 30, 2009 19:14:36 GMT -5
Great picks. Another for me is Keb Mo. Pretty much anything he sings, but especially one off his first album . . . the name escapes me . . . it's about the girl dancing alone, and having a great time.
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Post by BoatBabe on May 30, 2009 19:16:50 GMT -5
You know, even though it has "blue" in the title, I get happy when I hear "Tangled Up in Blue." I just love the drumming in that, plus the verses are just so great. And then there's Bob's voice. ;D BL, dawlin', there's no accounting for taste. And if it makes you happy, you go, Girl!
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Post by booklady on May 30, 2009 22:15:51 GMT -5
BB, you sound just like these Vicksburg ladies with your "darlin'"! Actually, the men say it too! I get called darlin', baby, sugar and all kinds of other endearments, often by nearly perfect strangers. I like the darlin' the best.
I don't know Keb Mo. What's he (?) sing?
Somebody mentioned the Lovin Spoonful and I've been singing You Didn't Have to Be So Nice all day!
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Post by liriodendron on May 31, 2009 6:47:35 GMT -5
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Post by ozski on May 31, 2009 10:28:12 GMT -5
Some GREAT songs, kids. My contribution: Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard...Simon and Garfunkel
Joker....Steve Miller Bank
Wahbash Cannonball.....ala Dizzy Dean (Booky
Ring of Fire.....Johnny Cash
Brown-Eyed Girl......Van Morrison
End of the Line...Travelling Wilbury's
Lime in the Coconut....Harry Nilsson
Uncle Albert.....Paul McCartney and Wings
Tiny Dancer........Elton John
What a Wonderful World (Don't know much about history)...Sam Cooke
Respect....Aretha
Somewhere Over the Rainbow.....Brother Iz www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q
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Post by ozski on May 31, 2009 10:47:12 GMT -5
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Post by hartlikeawheel on May 31, 2009 11:01:54 GMT -5
With BoatBabe in mind, "Singing with You," sung by Ronnie Gilbert and Holly Near. I got out my pix of you and I at the piano the other day and remembered what a special moment that was in my life. Harmonizing with someone you care about is one big connection!
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Post by doctork on May 31, 2009 11:30:32 GMT -5
OH! This is so why I asked the question!!!
Everyone brings up great tunes I would have inadvertently left off my list if you hadn't reminded me. Ozki every single one of the songs you list is one I would include too, if I'd only thought of them.
And hart - I didn't remember the song Singing with You, so I immediately had to go look it up, found it on an Arlo Guthrie album I love, and now I remember the tune! Your reminiscence is also touching - so then I had to go find my photo of you at the piano, which you sent me a while back.
Our back pages! They are wonderful aren't they?
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Post by jspnrvr on May 31, 2009 11:58:33 GMT -5
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Post by jspnrvr on May 31, 2009 12:17:51 GMT -5
This one is special for this crowd.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JztkEBZWI For some of us it is more special.
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Post by liriodendron on May 31, 2009 12:29:44 GMT -5
Um, The Witch Doctor. You know. Ooo Eee Ooo Ah Ah...
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Post by BoatBabe on May 31, 2009 12:35:39 GMT -5
With BoatBabe in mind, "Singing with You," sung by Ronnie Gilbert and Holly Near. I got out my pix of you and I at the piano the other day and remembered what a special moment that was in my life. Harmonizing with someone you care about is one big connection! Anja, I didn't remember that you had pictures of us singing at the piano. Irving Berlin: Won't you play a simple melody, like my Mother sang to me . . . With the duet: Musical demon, set your Honey a dreamin', won't you play me some rag . . . Fun Times!
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Post by BoatBabe on May 31, 2009 12:37:46 GMT -5
And thanks to everyone who posted music. I just pulled out the speakers and plugged them in. Killer!
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Post by BoatBabe on May 31, 2009 12:42:50 GMT -5
Keb Mo: She just wants to dance
If I were as clever as you all, I could post a hot link. But I'm not. GOOGLE is your friend.
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