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Post by ozski on May 31, 2009 14:28:06 GMT -5
Thanks j! That's the best.
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Post by sailor on May 31, 2009 17:08:24 GMT -5
The music of the Baja Marimba Band always makes me happy.
I particulary feel happy when I listen to their cut on "Georgy Girl" and "As Time Goes By".
All the best,
Mike
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Post by gailkate on May 31, 2009 18:06:11 GMT -5
I'm loving all these favorites and how much we all share. But, alas, Mike, what you shared was a bunch of little boxes with those annoying red x's in them. Please try again.
In the meantime, I'm thinking about songs from much earlier - grown-ups' songs that for some reason really struck me as a kid. partly I think it was the ease of learning them and singing along, but there was more to them than that. Does anyone remember "In the cool, cool cool of the evening.."?
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Post by doctork on May 31, 2009 20:57:52 GMT -5
I vaguely remember "In the cool cool cool of the evening," but I couldn't sing it. Maybe it wasn't on Mitch Miller - I think I remember everything from those Mitch Miller sing-along shows.
My grandmother played the piano and we had lots of sing alongs with those parental and grand-parental favorites. Lots of Stephen Foster, Bell Bottom Trousers - all those songs that the Jonesborough Novelty Band does, right Jay?! "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue," "Carolina in the Morning," "If You Knew Susie." And then that one about Sarah picking and packing, and all the rest.
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Post by Jane on May 31, 2009 22:11:25 GMT -5
I'm not much of a music person, but, for some reason, I've always loved "Tennesse Waltz".
Spirit in the Sky.
Eye of the Tiger.
Henry found a song called "Open the Gates and Seize the Day" which he loved, so I found it on YouTube and it's quite bracing! Should have been Obama's campaign song!
Even as an atheist, I've always loved gospel music (probably because it is simple enough for my non-musical self). "I'll Fly Away" etc.
For some reason, I've been humming "That Old Bilboa Moon". Did someone mention it earlier?
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 1, 2009 4:39:15 GMT -5
As I drove to work the other day, jumping from one radio station to another (as I so often do), I heard a rendition of A You're Adorable. My mom used to sing this when I was growing up. Songs like that always make me smile. Mairzy Doats would also fall into that category.
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Post by ozski on Jun 1, 2009 11:32:33 GMT -5
Is there a song magazine cover that makes ya happy? (ATTENTION BOOKY)
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Post by ozski on Jun 1, 2009 11:42:04 GMT -5
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Post by booklady on Jun 1, 2009 17:25:06 GMT -5
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Post by ozski on Jun 1, 2009 18:49:24 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]BOOKLADY - MUST - GO - TO - STORE--------NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/glow] MAY 2009 Issue, Toots!
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Post by booklady on Jun 1, 2009 20:11:41 GMT -5
Hmmm, thanks Oz. I will try to find it!
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 1, 2009 21:06:18 GMT -5
Pssssssst! I'll bet your local library has a copy that you could read.
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Post by joew on Jun 1, 2009 21:22:06 GMT -5
That's a different take on it from what I knew. And deffo happy. |
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Post by booklady on Jun 1, 2009 21:50:46 GMT -5
Pssssssst! I'll bet your local library has a copy that you could read. But I would have to give it back!!  |
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Post by ozski on Jun 2, 2009 17:38:51 GMT -5
This song totally makes me happy.
Introducing, the first "true" loves of my life. ;D
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Post by gailkate on Jun 2, 2009 18:01:08 GMT -5
That's IT, Oz - the era I was remembering, too. The sound is unmistakable and when it changed, nothing was ever the same. Music got better and some of it we still remember as especially happy, but that mid-sixties sound was pure joy. Lord, we were all babes in the wood.
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Post by ozski on Jun 2, 2009 18:26:56 GMT -5
Well, gail, if the song didn't make a person happy those pants certainly should have!!!
(Did you see the Mamma's and Pappa's on Biography last week?)
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Post by Jane on Jun 2, 2009 19:14:39 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but who are those people?
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 2, 2009 20:10:05 GMT -5
You don't recognize The Cowsills?
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Post by booklady on Jun 2, 2009 21:05:37 GMT -5
Well, it's too late to get the Dylan Rolling Stone issue at Krogers.  I may have to resort to the library.  |
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Post by doctork on Jun 2, 2009 21:12:43 GMT -5
I'm sure gailkate could find you a copy on eBay. :-)
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Post by ozski on Jun 2, 2009 22:05:45 GMT -5
The sang about  |
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Post by sailor on Jun 2, 2009 22:06:12 GMT -5
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Post by ozski on Jun 2, 2009 22:16:41 GMT -5
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 3, 2009 2:55:28 GMT -5
How could anyone NOT smile when they hear The Village People sing Y.M.C.A.? (Though the arm motions are best saved for when one is not driving in the car.)  |
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Post by gailkate on Jun 3, 2009 9:21:22 GMT -5
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Post by gailkate on Jun 3, 2009 9:33:43 GMT -5
OK, the very best thing to come out of the 80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjxGKLTADENo way can you stay in your seat! Every track on "Eat to the Beat" was gold, but this one is SUPERGOLD. |
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Post by ozski on Jun 3, 2009 11:32:03 GMT -5
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Post by gailkate on Jun 3, 2009 14:03:27 GMT -5
Good ones, Oz, but I wonder what you inyended for the 3rd one. Looks like a double on the last two. Maybe the parrot whistling the A.G. song?
Later I'm going to do some searching for old westerns. I think we've covered this before, but the Paladin theme was pretty special. A lot of those themes made us happy just because they signaled the start of a happy time with family or sibs gathered around the TV, right?
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Post by doctork on Jun 3, 2009 14:26:19 GMT -5
Is the Paladin theme that one - "Have gun, will travel" reads the card of a man...something about a savage land? Yeah, that was a good one.
Maybe you can find the Sugarfoot one - "Easy loping, cattle roping..."
Then there was James Arness and Miss Kitty. Gunsmoke, right?
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