Songs that make you happy.....

[mickill]

While I enjoy the depressing music that's been all the talk lately...I'd like to know what puts you in a good mood (regardless off how much you hate to admit liking it).

Some of these are embarassing but...

Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Just What I needed - The Cars
Kick Out the Jams - The MC5
All Down - The Rolling Stones
Train in Vain - The Clash...any Clash, really
Destroyer - The Kinks
Escape (aka The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Don't Walk Away Eileen - Sam Roberts
Santeria - Sublime
It's Tricky - Run DMC
Flake - Jack Johnson
Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
Tiny Spark - Brendan Benson
Naturals Not In It - Gang Of Four
Don't Believe Thr Hype - Public Enemy
Jeepster - T Rex


I was wrong...quite a few of these are embarassing. Oh well. You shouldn't suppress happy feelings. (y)

[Auton]

hmmm....time for me to compile my list...

[Audielicious]

Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

(y)

Hey Ladies- Beastie Boys
Brand New Jones- Thicke
When I Get You Alone- Thicke
This Love- Maroon5
Sunday Morning- Maroon5
Sleep All Day- Jason Mraz
You And I Both- Jason Mraz
I Just Can't Get Enough- Depeche Mode
Faith- George Michael
Karma Chameleon- Culture Club
Your Body Is A Wonderland- John Mayer
Back To You- John Mayer
Right Here (By Your Side)- JC Chasez
Myself- Kara's Flowers
My Ocean Blue- Kara's Flowers
D'yer M'aker- Led Zeppelin

there's so many more, but these are the ones that are on the CDs nearest to me right now. :o

[robofoo76]

Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You -New radicals

[muddfoot]

Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow
De La Soul- Say No Go
RUN DMC- Mary Mary, It's Tricky

[mickill]

Faith- George Michael



Excellent...I was too embarassed to include that on my list. (y)

I guess I just did, though :o

[Auton]

Ol Dirty Bastard- Brooklyn Zoo
The Rolling Stones- Stupid Girl
The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Flaming Lips- Evil Will Prevail
Pink Floyd- See Emily Play
Beach Boys- All Summer Long
Elvis Costello- Oliver’s Army
Wu Tang Clan- The Jump Off
The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset
De La Soul- Sunshine
T. Rex- Mambo Sun
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
The Dramatics- What You See is What You Get
Barbara Lewis- Hello Stranger
Lou Reed- Vicious
A Tribe Called Quest- Oh My God
Beach Boys- Wonderful (original Smile version)
The Who- Rael
David Bowie- Station to Station
Modest Mouse- Breakthrough
Johnny Cash- Cocaine Blues
Spiral Starecase- More Today than Yesterday

OH and Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Slick Rick, and RZA- The Sun

It really is impossible to list all the songs that make me happy, but these are the ones that came to mind right off the bat

oh yeah, and kudos to mickill for having T Rex on his list

[mickill]

Ol Dirty Bastard- Brooklyn Zoo
The Rolling Stones- Stupid Girl
The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Flaming Lips- Evil Will Prevail
Pink Floyd- See Emily Play
Beach Boys- All Summer Long
Elvis Costello- Oliver’s Army
Wu Tang Clan- The Jump Off
The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset
De La Soul- Sunshine
T. Rex- Mambo Sun
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
The Dramatics- What You See is What You Get
Barbara Lewis- Hello Stranger
Lou Reed- Vicious
A Tribe Called Quest- Oh My God
Beach Boys- Wonderful (original Smile version)
The Who- Rael
David Bowie- Station to Station
Modest Mouse- Breakthrough
Johnny Cash- Cocaine Blues
Spiral Starecase- More Today than Yesterday

OH and Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Slick Rick, and RZA- The Sun

It really is impossible to list all the songs that make me happy, but these are the ones that came to mind right off the bat

oh yeah, and kudos to mickill for having T Rex on his list

And Kudos to you for including Modest Mouse and Johnny Cash. Funnily enough, I was deciding between Jeepster and Mambo Sun...no joke. All of Electric Warrior is incredible anyways.

Excellent list...the only group I'm not too big on is the Flaming Lips, but other than that (y)

[Mary-Kate]

basically anything by Hilary Duff except her slower songs
Pieces of me - Ashlee Simpson
Ch-check it out by Beastie Boys
Fight for your right (to party) - Beastie Boys
Who knows by Avril Lavigne
Don't Go by Fefe Dobson
Shook - Shawn Desman
Dip It Low - Christina Milian
Don't Wanna Think About you - Simple Plan
Girls and Boys - Good Charlotte
Our Lips Are Sealed - Hilary and Haylie Duff

[Mac D]

School's Out For Summer- Alice Cooper
Start Me Up- Rolling Stones
Hey Fuck You- Beastie Boys
To Hell We Ride- Lostprophets

[mickill]

Come on Eileen - Dexie's Midnight Runners
Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
On the Darkside - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Tide is High - Blondie
King Tut - Steve Martin
Try A little Tenderness - The Committments
Treat her Right - The Committments
Time Bomb - Rancid
Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones
Beat on the Brat - The Ramones
Girls and Boys - Blur
Rio - Duran Duran
FAME - Irene Cara
Two Turn-tables and a Microphone - Beck
Oh So Quiet - Bjork


I have tons more.....but I wont bore you....

*Yawn* Thanks....

Actually, C'mon Eileen was a real good one (y)

Nice list....everything except for King Tut, that is.

[queen_adrock]

body movin' - beastie boys
hey jude - the beatles
come go with me - the beach boys
hound gog - elvis presley
monkey wrench - foo fighters
stellar - incubus
no woman no cry - bob marley
twist 'n' shout - the beatles
say a little prayer - aretha franklin
my girl - the temptations

[mickill]

Our Lips Are Sealed - Hilary and Haylie Duff

If you like this song, you might wanna give the Go-Go's a try. They did the original version. I'm not telling you that they're the greatest band ever, but they are a step in the right direction for you. (y)

[grooveboy]

heatwave-boogie night
red hot chili peppers-blackeyed blonde
funkadelic-nappy dugout
living colour-glamour boys
bootsy collins-wind me up
sly and the family stone-frisky
herbie hancock-doin` it
jimi hendrix-room full of mirrors
jane`s addiction-ain`t no right
public enemy-give it up
prince- sexy mf
a tribe called quest-description of a fool
spoonie gee meets the sequence-monster jam
bernie worrell-time/events in the elsewhere/

[cedric]

shake your rump -bb
both london calling/rock the casbah-clash
glass onions/both versions of sgt peppers-beatles
both superskunk/bellbottoms-jsbx
both beat to the ryhme/mary mary-run dmc
main theme from a fistfull of dollars
debaser-pixies
summerbabe-pavement
i bet you-funkadelic
titanium exposé-sonic youth
jayou-j5
fools gold-stone roses

[Mary-Kate]

If you like this song, you might wanna give the Go-Go's a try. They did the original version. I'm not telling you that they're the greatest band ever, but they are a step in the right direction for you. (y)

Cool .... I will.

[NicRN77]

Anything from the 80s makes me smile...especially What I like About You, Come on Eileen, Girls Just Want to Have fun, Let's Go Crazy, I really love the cheesy stuff.

[Auton]

Love- Wonder People (I do Wonder)
David Bowie- Boys Keep Swinging
the Rolling Stones- Respectable
Roxy Music- 3 and 9

[ToucanSpam]

Beach Boys-California Girls
Ray Parker Jr.-Ghostbusters
All the Small Things-Blink 182

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

*Denis Leary - Im an asshole
*Tiffany- I think were alone now
*Beastie Boys - Brr stick Em (because Mike D is the sickest MC to ever live (y) )
and Basically anything by Dr. Demento or Weird Al

[cosmo105]

Save Ferris - The World Is New (OLD SKOOL YO)
Travis - Love Will Come Through
The Unicorns - (pretty much anything)
Bjork - anything on Debut, Modern Things, I Miss You, Triumph Of A Heart
when Fry sings I'm Walking On Sunshine on Futurama
A-Ha - Take On Me
Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
Bowie - Heroes
Gorillaz - 19-2000
The Postal Service - Brand New Colony
Doves - (crap what's it called)
Buck o' Nine - My Town
old school Goldfinger and RBF, the whole mid - late 90's local ska scene

[HEIRESS]

glad all over - Dave Clark Five
hanky panky - Tommy James and the Shondells
hypnotize - biggie smalls
come for a ride - By Divine Right
the reverend - Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff
sunshine superman - Donovan
gimme gimme good loving - Spencer Davis Group/Stevie Winwood (either version)
feeling alright - Joe Cocker
can't get no satisfaction - Rolling Stones (especially when you change every "I" to "*insert name of person sitting next to you here*")
red house - Hendrix
monster mash - Dr Demento
duke of earl - Gene Chandler
love (I love hip hop) - Visionaries
hang on sloop - McCoys

[HEIRESS]

shit I forgot

centerfield (PUT ME IN COACH) - John Fogerty

[Documad]

glad all over - Dave Clark Five

I screamed out loud when I saw this at the top of your list!!! It was the very first song that came to mind. Way before even my time, but it's has always made me unreasonably happy.

This is way to hard but off the top of my head:

The Monkies - Valleri
Sparks - Angst in my Pants
Wings - With a Little Luck
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Prince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Ronettes - I Can Hear Music
Peggy Lee - I'm a Woman
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
The Cookies - Don't Say Nothing Bad About my Baby
Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss
The Crystals - He's Sure the Boy I Love
The Las - There She Goes
The Knack - My Sharona
Beck - New Pollution
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
The Cars - Best Friend's Girl
Claudine Clark - Party Lights
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Anything Earth Wind and Fire
Anything early Beatles (like I Feel Fine), and especially their covers (like Dizzy Miss Lizzy)

[WhoMoi?]

Just What I needed - The Cars

(y)

What's Golden - Jurassic 5
Cannonball - The Breeders
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-lite
She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
God Only Knows - Beach Boys
We Can Work it Out - Beatles
Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest
Hot 4 U - A Tribe Called Quest
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - The Eels
Daydream Believer - Monkees ;)
Why Georgia - John Mayer (don't usually like him, just this song)
And too many Beastie Boys songs to list here...they're usually the first thing I put in if I want to get in a happy mood.

[Documad]

She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
Yes, that one. And also Out of Time.

Frankly, it's difficult to make a bad song that features handclaps or fingersnaps.

Oh, and I'd like to add The Partridge Family - I Woke Up in Love This Morning. Thanks.

[Sandinista!]

The Cars- You Might Think
Pet Shop Boys- Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You), It's Alright, Rent
The Cure- Love Song, Just Like Heaven, Friday I'm In Love, The 13th, Mr. Pink Eyes, Inbetween Days
Electronic- Getting Away With It
Rolling Stones- Honky Tonk Women
Billy Idol- Dancing With Myself
Human League- Louise ("... as if they were still lovers " :o )
David Bowie- Secret Life of Arabia
New Order- Perfect Kiss, Bizzare Love Triangle, Thieves Like Us, World In Motion
Buzzcocks- Everybody's Happy Nowadays (Ignore the irony and it works)
Depeche Mode- Blue Dress

Let's avoid the depressing song list; that's boatloads longer.

[mr_krinkle]

Sparks with Faith No More- This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin'
Faith No More - (Banal I know..) Easy
Portishead - All Mine

there are more..but i can not think of any right now :D

[abcdefz]

There are some great songs in here.

I'll just add one -- one song that is so deliriously, insidiously, bravely happy it almost invariably makes me smile. Can't help it:


ELO - "Mr. Blue Sky"

[cosmo105]

Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
squee!

[ToucanSpam]

My new 'automatic smile on my face' song:

Rock the House-Gorrilaz

[Kid Presentable]

Van Morrison-And it stoned me
Aphex Twin-Windowlicker
Groove Armada-Superstylin
Beach Boys-Wouldn't it be nice?
Guns n Roses-You're Crazy (acoustic)
Van Halen-Jump
Cat Stevens-Peace Train
Del and Dinosaur Jr.-The Missing Link
Frank Sinatra-That's Life
Schooly D-Saturday Night
Run DMC-Sucker M.C's
Dean Martin-Little ol wine drinker me...
Rolling Stones -Jumpin Jack Flash
Motley Crue-Too fast for love


Meh...

[goofball]

"fancy pants"-Ween
makes me smile every time.
its a rather funny song.

[DroppinScience]

"Home" by Depeche Mode is truly a spirit-lifter. :)

[megadeth]

Gay Bar - Electric 6
You Shook Me All Night Long/Back in Black - AC/DC
Party Hard - Andrew WK
The Fun Palace - Annihilator
Deeper Underground - Jamiriquai (sp?)
We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's
My Sharona - The Knack
Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
Jessies Girl - Rick Springfield
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
Every song by Sugarhill Gang
Causing a Commotion - Madonna
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior (especially the video)
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Every song by The Darkness
Oh No/21 Seconds - So Solid Crew

[Rock]

-Souped Up - Kut Masta Kurt and Kool Keith (I can't remeber what they were calling themselves when they made this)
-Anything by the Meters

[Vladimir]

"make you feel that way" -blackalicious
perfectly captures that feeling of happiness...

[cerveza]

[cerveza]

[Gareth]

-Souped Up - Kut Masta Kurt and Kool Keith (I can't remeber what they were calling themselves when they made this)

masters of illusion

talking heads - this must be the place [naive melody]
notorious big - juicy
pete rock and cl smooth - t.r.o.y

anything with triumphant sounding horns makes me happy.

[mickill]

There's some really impressive lists/suggestions here.

I just wanted to add 'Song To Sing When I'm Lonely' by John Frusicante. If you haven't heard it, download it sometime. Or better yet, check out the album Shadows Collide With People.

[aenema]

Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo? - makes me want to march away smiling on my way to Amarillo, although I've not the foggiest where it is.

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen - I go to this club weekly where they use that as the end song. Every one gets together and dances and sings crazy loud. Good memories go with this song!

The Jam - A Town Called Malice - Why? I don't know. It's a tune. A fantastic one, nuff said.

Madonna - Express Yourself -Hey, hey!

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

.....to name a few.

[Junker]

Well, i gotta a few ones that makes my spirit fly (this looks like Lenny Kravitz...hahaha)

Sure Shot - BEASTIE BOYS
Can`t Trust - Public Enemy
Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine
Screamin' At a Wall - Minor Threat
Walk This Way - RUN DMC feat Aerosmith
Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill
Man or Mouse - Millencolin
Together on the Sand - NOFX
HIP HOP RIO - Planet Hemp (a band here in Brasil)
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Sex Machine - James Brown
So What`cha Want - BEASTIE BOYS
Pass the Mic - BEASTIE BOYS
Chinga Tu Madre - Molotov
Faith - Limp Bizkit (cause George Michael's original version is too gay. But what should i expected, huh???)

I know almost for sure that someone will say something about i have included limp bizkit on this list.

[Dr Deaf]

anything by antibalas afrobeat orchestra.

anti-depressants (http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=antibalas)

[steve-onpoint]

Ween - Flutes of Chi
Ween - Ocean Man
Ween - A Tear for Eddie

[alexandra]

you drive me crazy \ Shakin' Stevens
and
brown eyed girl \ Van Morrison. (this song makes me sad too. :confused: )


i'm not in the mood for thinking.....

[xrocketman]

Run DMC - Rock Box/King of Rock/Raising Hell (theyre all really similar)
The Beatles - Lovely Rita Meter Maid
Wutang Clan - Shame on a Nigga
De La Soul - So No Go
Black Flag - TV Party
Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Weezer - Buddy Holly
PJ Harvey - You Said Something
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
De La Soul - Magic Number


I guess none of them are really embarrassing... the PJ Harvey song is sorta queer, but its stilll uplifting and shit.

[tdot04]

Oooh - De La Soul w/ Redman
Definition - Black Star
Crossover - EPMD
Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest
Me And The Biz - Masta Ace

Happy, happy shit. :)

[sXe Boogaloo]

that's a tough question....
there are a lot of songs that make me happy.
but i gotta say i do always smile when i hear...

"alive" - beasties

"the humpty dance" - digital underground

"hey ya" - outkast
(...shake it, sh-shake it..shake it, shake it...shake it like a polaroid picture!!!) :D

[adrockmelanie]

the kinison: farm & the girls

[Knuckles]

I'm Sorry That I Got Fat - Wesley Willis

[ET]

Right now?

DJ Assault - Sometimes

[jennyb]

The Good Life - Weezer
Gigantic - Pixies
Can't Change the World - Face to Face
So Nice - Bebel Gilberto
Gangsta Gangsta - NWA
Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing
It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork
I Miss You - Bjork
Buddy - BS2000
Green Eyes - Coldplay
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Agenda Suicide - The Faint
Fuck and Run - Liz Phair
The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Unfair - Pavement
Ring Of Fire - Social Distortion
Tokyo Eye - Sonic Youth

And sorry to sound like a total Cheeeeeze Ball, but any track by our beloved Beastie Boys.

[osiris]

fishheads-barnes and barnes

hello muddah hello faddah-allan sherman

lovely day-bill withers

car wash-rose royce

hot for teacher-van halen

bedtime story-slick rick da ruler

light-common

youre all i need-meth featuring mary j blige

sideshow-blue magic

[Tone Capone]

TWDY- Player's Holiday :cool:
Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby :o
Kool & the Gang- Jugle Boogie (I want that to be my music if I'm ever introduced on a talk show) (y)
Steve Wonder- Isn't She Lovely :)
Warren G- This Is The Shack :cool:
Too $hort- I'ma Player (My anthem) :cool:




to name a few.

[Teh]

De La Soul - Say No Go
Dabyre - Hyped Up Plus Tax
Travis - Turn
Joy Division - Transmission
Beck - Diskobox/Hotwax/Novacaine
The Eels - Flyswatter
GLC - Roller Disco/21 Ounces

Edit: The Beta Band - The House Song/Outside

[abcdefz]

Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry






Really?

They're both great songs, but... Sunday Morning is a song I always associated with regret, and No Woman No Cry is kind of an elegy, sort of, isn't it? I should look at those lyrics again.

[Marjo]

Here comes the sun- The Beatles
Loser- Beck
What's my age again?- Blink-182
Intergalactic- Beastie Boys
The man who sold the world- Nirvana
Would'nt it be nice- Beach Boys

And so much more! :)

[aenema]

There's some really impressive lists/suggestions here.

I just wanted to add 'Song To Sing When I'm Lonely' by John Frusicante. If you haven't heard it, download it sometime. Or better yet, check out the album Shadows Collide With People.
Yeah, I DL'd that, I've heard about 3 songs from that album already, it sounds wicked.

I love this song, it's not on my happy-list, as I need a memory to associate it with, see. It's on my good-list now though.

Cheers.

I'm liking this thread. (y)

Edit: ELO - "Mr. Blue Sky"
Dammit, roosta is going to slay me for not putting that on my list first, he loves the song as much as I do. Yeah anyway, springy tune...type thing. Anyway, I recommend this one, an absolute gem, very upbeat.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

ELO - "Mr. Blue Sky"

(y)

plus

He's On The Beach - Kirsty MacColl
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
You Came - Kim Wilde
Got To Have Your Love - Mantronix
Ain't Nobody - Rufus and Chaka Khan

Jeez - there's some right corkers there! :o :D

[xrocketman]

originally posted by abcdefz

They're both great songs, but... Sunday Morning is a song I always associated with regret, and No Woman No Cry is kind of an elegy, sort of, isn't it? I should look at those lyrics again.

Indeed, Sunday Morning is about regret, (as far as I understand), but I sure as hell don't feel regretful listening to it. After listening to it, I feel as if I was blessed by Jesus. Almost as if I forget my regrets.

and yeah, No Woman No Cry is an elegy. but i wasn't gonna post songs that are full of energy and life, but songs that make me feel... happy.


Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight

[Rancid_Beasties]

Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
The Traamps - Disco Inferno
Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
The Clash - Magnificent Seven
George Clinton - Flashlight

Gettin Funky (y) :cool:

[DandyFop]

Never saw this thread before. A good topic. I'm weirdly depressed today. Easter and not even a call from my parents, I had to call them. They only live two houses away, wtf?

I've mentioned this a billion trillion times, but Shake Your Tail Feather is one of my favorite happy songs. Somehow it got erased from my computer though and now I can't find it :(

Other than that -

Video Killed the Radio Star - the Buggles
My Baby Takes the Mornin Train - Sheena Easton (christ she sounds awful when she sings in a falsetto, it rules)
My Girl Likes to Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy (yeah...that's right...fuck you)
Not Your Stepping Stone - The Monkees
Hey Mickey - whoever that girl group is that redid it for "Bring it On"
Kiss - Prince
Pretty much any Neil Diamond song that I can sing along to
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Working For the Weekend - LoverBoy

and of course - the Ghostbusters theme song

and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song

[HEIRESS]

Working For the Weekend - LoverBoy


yessssssssss
THE KID IS HOT TONIGHT
I might go see loverboy live in a couple weeks
(y)

[Rancid_Beasties]

The whole blues brothers soundtrack makes me happy :D

[Marjo]

The whole blues brothers soundtrack makes me happy :D

Of course!! :D

[DandyFop]

yessssssssss
THE KID IS HOT TONIGHT
I might go see loverboy live in a couple weeks
(y)

This song is my current karaoke fave.

Blues Bros soundtrack = <3

The Notorious LOL doesn't like the Blues Brothers. ATTACK!!

[Rancid_Beasties]

I think he just hasn't seen THE LIGHT!!!
CAN YOU SEE THE LIGHT The Notorious LOL????? :D

Or maybe hes seen blues brothers 2000, enough to put anybody off the whole blues brothers franchise :(

[HellofaSandwich]

Rocket From The Crypt - "Tarzan"
Oingo Boingo - "Little Girls", "Controller", "Nothing To Fear", "Not My Slave",
They Might Be Giants - "Yeh Yeh" (I like their version best), "It's Kickin' In", "Damn Good Times", "I Palindrome I", "Minimum Wage", "Sapphire Bullets of Love"... actually, most TMBG does it for me
Nine Inch Nails - "Sin", "The Hand That Feeds" (:o)
Echo and the Bunnymen - "Heads Will Roll"
Beach Boys - Everything pre-Pet Sounds
The Porkers - "Chemical Imbalance"
Dogs Die in Hot Cars - "Lounger"
The Briefs - "Orange Alert", "Knife"
The Clash - "Wrong 'Em Boyo"
Faith No More - "Epic"
The Dismemberment Plan - "What Do You Want Me To Say?"
Feable Weiner - "San Deem Us Ready"
The Fiery Furnaces - "Tropical-Iceland"
The Dwarves - "Better Be Women"

The Exploding Hearts manage to put me in a good mood... but of course the tragedy that befell that band makes that album too much of a wistful experience to be included in this list.

A lot of third wave ska (Pietasters, Mustard Plug, the Toasters and the Scofflaws come to mind) has a good effect on me, too.

[ET]

Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Queen - Best Friend
Big Pun - Still Not A Player
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Any Journey song
Good crunk shit
Kidz Bop! no.

...on and on.

[Sandinista!]

G'nR's "Get in the Ring" is a great confidence booster (y)

[Kid Presentable]

G'nR's "Get in the Ring" is a great confidence booster (y)

It's a piece of shit you fuckin shoe horn...

[sXe Boogaloo]

*Beastie Boys - Brr stick Em (because Mike D is the sickest MC to ever live (y) )
Yo, "Brr Stick Em" is the illest joint, krist! (y)
and michael sure does keep it poppin' with this "du-du-du-du- du-du..."!!!!

and can i touch on something if i may? anything beck, is a state of happiness for me. "flavor part 1" & "flavor part 2" with beck, mike d. and mario c. .... very groovin' boomin' pieces.
ohhhhh...cuz they gotzta flava!!!

[lionelcrush]

all beatles songs make me happy

[Sandinista!]

It's a piece of shit you fuckin shoe horn...

What? You pissed off cause your dad gets more pussy than you do? Fuck you. Suck my fuckin' dick... You wanna antagonize me? Antagonize me, motherfucker, and I'll kick your bitchy little ass.

[Penny Lane]

Weezer- Island in the sun
The Kinks- Lola
Badly Drawn Boy- Something to talk about
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Beatles- She's a woman
Beatles- I Feel Fine
Beastie Boys- Hey Ladies
Pulp- Common People
Thunderclap Newman- Something in the air
Bob Dylan - I want you
Fiona Apple- Paperbag
John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
Paul Mccartney and Wings- Jet

[Nurse Pointon]

Electric Dreams - Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder
Love is Only A Feeling - The Darkness
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns and Roses
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
The Sweetest Thing - U2
Kiss - Prince
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

[Documad]

Lately it's Sleater-Kinney's Little Babies.

[Lex Diamonds]

Santeria - Sublime
Quality. (y)

Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time?

[King of Rock II]

Cee-Lo - The art of noise

[SobaViolence]

ATLiens - outkast
that's the way, rock 'n roll and most other led zeppelin songs
almost crimes - broken social scene
clint eastwood - gorillaz
l.a woman - the doors
look over yonder and midnight lightning - jimi hendrix
free fallin' - tom petty
float on - modest mouse
mama anti-fascisto(never surrender) - closet monster
travellin' man - mos def
is that it? and room on fire by the strokes
fix up, look sharp - dizzee rascal
death letter by Son House
why i sing the blues by b.b king

[Mr Films]

"Dandelion" -Audioslave

[zippo]

van morrison - brown eyed girl is the number one make me happy song and in spanish its la mancha de rolando - mago de la lluvia

english

dixie cups-chapel of love
billy joel-my life
sheryl crow-hard to make a stand
modjo-lady
soul asylum-summer of drugs
the cure-inbetween days
rolling stones-shes so cold
rancid-ruby soho
frank sinatra- yes sir, thats my baby, and basically all his uppity songs
beatles-two of us
john lennon-oh yoko
sublime-steppin razor
the crystals-and then he kissed me
cracker-get off this
the archies-sugar sugar
cat stevens-moonshadow and cant keep it in
the kinks-lola
the queers-punk rock girls
rolling stones-shes so cold
tom cochrane-life is a highway
roy orbison-you got it
the byrds-turn turn turn
travis-turn
gorillaz-19-2000 soulchild remix

spanish

juanes-la camisa negra and la paga
alejandro sanz-corazon partio
raimundos-mulher de fases
vicentico-algo contigo
volovan-ella es azul
diego torres-color esperanza (haha si!)
los piojos-ruleta
turf-loco un poco
estopa-fui a la orilla del rio
manu chao-malegria
julieta venegas-oleada



theres so many more though!

[Documad]

^^ nice list (I mean the English-language ones--I'll take your word on the others). I'm embarrassed I don't know the Soul Asylum one because they're local. I've thought of them a couple of times lately for strange reasons. Hmm.

P.S. Jackie Wilson Said, by Van Morrison, is one of the happiest songs ever.

[zippo]

and the song from national lampoons vacation that goes: holiday roooooooaad holiday roooooooaaad
and its got the dog barking at the end

[Documad]

and the song from national lampoons vacation that goes: holiday roooooooaad holiday roooooooaaad
and its got the dog barking at the end
Lindsey Buckingham. :) I can't think how or why, but I must have that on vinyl. Maybe a 45.

Go-Gos - Vacation too. I am sorting through my old stuff.

[monkey]

i think every brown-eyed girl has that song on their list. the first time i heard it was about 10 years ago, when my best friend (then AND now), said "this is your song, from me to you!" and she put it on a mix tape for me <3.

also:
nina simone - i put a spell on you
o-zone - numa numa
the pretenders - brass in pocket
beastie boys - get it together (totally because of the memories of someone actually singing it to me. that's priceless.)
beastie boys- the maestro
brazilian girls - pussy
christina aguilera - dirrty :o
david bowie - space oddity (i know the song is sad, but it just lifts my spirits to listen to it)
jlo - play
pixies - monkey gone to heaven
yo vendo unos ojos negros (old spanish song)
oh and the happiest remix of triple trouble i've ever heard... tpk's. seriously, every person that's heard that in my room starts smiling, even if they dont like the beasties.

there are so many more but i can only think of these right now cause they're on the current "happy" playlist. i make new ones all the time.

[zippo]

^^ nice list (I mean the English-language ones--I'll take your word on the others). I'm embarrassed I don't know the Soul Asylum one because they're local. I've thought of them a couple of times lately for strange reasons. Hmm.

well thanks!

the soulasylum one is actually only on the best of SA:Black Gold album, its a great song and its even got choir type backup singers during the end



edit: oh and i cannot BELIEVE i didnt include- asian dub foundation: rebel warrior
that song really makes me go crazy, in fact, if you dont have it download it right now


pauli rocks

[grooveboy]

living colour-time`s up
body count-b.c. in the house
urban dance squad-grand black citizen
fishbone-shakey ground
sly and the family stone-in time
femi kuti-beng,beng ,beng
jurassic 5-what`s golden
beastie boys-root down
a tribe called quest-description of the fool
parliament-night of the thampasaurus peoples
james brown-hot pants