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Old 11-12-2008, 05:19 AM   #20 (permalink)
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... But a quarter to half of those songs are actually what the OP and an attuned listener would classify as "dreary" songs; that'd be like me recommending The Clash's "Spanish Bombs" on the basis that the rhythm & tempo are upbeat, yet I totally disregard the depressing lyrical content and essential meaning of the song being about the devastating effect's of the Guerra Civil in Spain.


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Feist - Mushaboom
Smith - Baby, It's You
Salt N Pepa - Push It
Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
Tone Loc - Wild Thing
A-Ha - Take on Me
U2 - Mysterious Ways
The Beatles - Two of Us, Good Day, Sunshine
George Harrison - Here Comes the Sun
Nina - 99 Red Balloons
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson, If I Had A Million Dollars
Bjork - Oh So Quiet
Cornershop - Brimfull Of Asha
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Divo - Whip It
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (live)
G. Love and Special Sauce - Baby's Got Sauce
Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes, Bubble Toes
House of Pain - Jump Around
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin'
Kayne West - Gold Digger
Keller Williams - Love Handles, Freeker By the Speaker, Kidney in a Cooler, Goofballs.
Madonna - Material Girl, Ray of Light
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Billie Jean, Beat It
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
Rage Against the Machine - Renegaes of Funk, Bulls on Parade
Santana - Oye Como Va
Self - Trunk Fulla Amps, Pattycake
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
Steve Miller - Jungle Love
The Beta Band - She's the One
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
The Police - Every Little Thing She Do is Magic
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Tori Amos - Bouncing Off the Clouds, Cornflake Girl
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic, I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
Wham! - Anything by Wham! Except the one about taking a holiday.
Phish - The Mango Song, Free
Jerry Garcia - Dear Prudence
Rancid - Time Bomb
Paul van Dyk and Ashley something - New York City Night

and of course.... MTV MUSIC - Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

my list keeps going. but it makes me smile.
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