What song makes you happy?
 

So many of you seem to be depressing people. So, what zone instantly makes you happy?

A few of mine are:
Flowers on the Wall-Statler Brothers
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows-Lesley Gore
The entire Barney Boogie album-Barney
Collaborations- KJ-52

Most of the stuff I write does it for me, but other than that:
The Pin~a Colada Song - Anal Cunt
Battersea - Hooverphonic
Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine
Kilotin - Fireside
Freetime - Kenna
There's more, but I can't remember em right now.

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1
Slayer - Angel of Death (I just think it's funny, and the song is awesome.)

Yes! Ultimate happy song if you ask me.

Any song by Lucky, Otis, Charles Jr, Lefty, and Nelson.
Bonus points to whoever can figure that group out.

Also alot of Oldies make you just feel awesome. Not the slow, crappy ones, but the nice, fast moving, upbeat, almost rock-and-roll in a way oldies.

"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" by Louise Armstrong. I first heard it in the opening FMV for Fallout 2, and have loved that song ever since.

CityOf Angels, that's my husband's and my song!! :) :) :)

Blind Melon -- "No Rain"

I know it's kind of a sad song, but it always makes me feel good...probably because I'm not a heroin addict.

"Any song by Lucky, Otis, Charles Jr, Lefty, and Nelson.
Bonus points to whoever can figure that group out."

Is that the Highwaymen?

Never My Love - The Association

"Whoever you are" by Geggy Tah

I love that B3 solo in Never My Love.

nope, that'd be the Traveling Wilburys, and I'd have to agree that anything by them would probably put a smile on my face.

One that just came to mind that always seems to make me happy when I happen to catch it on an oldies station: Rick Nelson's "Garden Party"

"But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself"

"Country Pie" by Dylan

the postal service - such great heights
the shins - new slang
goldfinger - 99 red baloons
build me up buttercup
the eels - novacaine for the soul
the dandy warhols - bohemian like you
stroke 9 - little black backpack

New Slang? Kinda sad if you ask me. "I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find."

I'd go with "Turn a Square". Also:

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Crane Takes Flight
- Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
- Me & Mia
Brian Vander Ark - Mileage
- The Place Where I Belong
Super Furry Animals - Play It Cool
- The International Language of Screaming
- (Drawing) Rings Around the World
Wilco - (I Got You) At the End of the Century
Sondre Lerche - Modern Nature
- Two-Way Monologue
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Iggy Pop - Highway Song
Bic Runga - Get Some Sleep
Stew - The Instrument of Pain
The Negro Problem - Lime Green Sweater
The Verve Pipe - She Loves Everybody
The Dismemberment Plan - The Other Side
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
- Interstate Love Song
Belle and Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo
Ben Folds - Fired
- Zak and Sara

Off the top of my head.

Me, too......

Fool In The Rain- Led Zepplin

All of the Pixies' Surfer Rosa ("you're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me")

I'm usually happy listening to ANY song that I like but I see what you're going for here.

Paul McCartney - Let Em In, Uncle Albert
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
America - Sister Golden Hair, Only In Your Heart
Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (great beat)
Billy Swan - I Can Help
Los Lonely Boys - Onda!, Senorita
Mos Def - Mrs. Fat Booty
Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin, Dog Shit
Queen - You're My Best Friend, shit a whole buncha Queen songs now that I think of it.
Silverchair - Across The Night, Luv Your Life (The lyrics of this one aren't really happy though)
Stevie Wonder - SSD(I'm Yours!), FOIML, Superstition
Supertramp - Crazy, Breakfast In America, Put On Your Old Brown Shoes
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Rod Stewart - Ain't Love A Bitch?
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Don Mclean - Everybody Loves Me

Many more..I just can't think right now. Happy Thanksgiving

Asta!!

Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

The light makes me cringe.
Venture forth into the shadows and behold there is a smile on my face

I like weird music
So what most consider depressing music in fact makes me happy.

Slipknot- Left Behind
Static X- Cold
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams
Korn - Falling Away from Me
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Disturbed (Violence Fetish)
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Nirvana - smells like teen spirit
Slipknot - Me Inside
Rammstein - Feuer Frei
(Iam getting lazy now)
(just throw down some more from each band)

Better Now - Collective Soul


The new album, "Youth" is awesome, check it out.

It makes me happy and sad at the same time......
 

A spoonful weighs a ton ~ by The Flaming Lips

And though they were sad they rescued everyone
They lifted up the sun
A spoonful weighs a ton
Giving more than they had
The process had begun
A million came from one
The limits now were none
Being drunk on their plan, they lifted up the sun
Forcing it off with their hands
The trap door came undone
Above our heads it swung
The privilege had been won
Being drunk on their plan, they lifted up the sun
Yelling as hard as they can
The doubters all were stunned
Heard louder than a gun
The sound they made was love

Bloodbath - "Eaten"
Death - "Painkiller"
Circle of Dead Children - "Salt Rock Eyes"/ "Bring Her a Mushroom Cloud"
Cattle Decapitation - "Bukkake Tsunami"
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - "The Goat Cobbler Says Ahooey Ahooey"
Crotchduster - "Mammal Sauce"
Exhumed - "No Presents For Christmas"/ "Oozing Rectal Feast"

Just like heaven- The Cure

Anything by Polyphonic Spree

Flagpole Sitta-Harvey Danger
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight-The Postal Service
Breakfast at Tiffany's-Deep Blue Something
Anything off of Sublime-Sublime
Be With You-Mr. Big
Brick-Ben Folds Five (strange, I know)

Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles
the theme song from Angry Beavers
Eric Clapton's Reptile (version from One More Car, One More Rider)
Muse's Butterflies and Hurricanes

Okay I can think of a few more now lol

Bob Welch - Hot Love, Cold World (Was just listening to it)
Rufus Wainwright - Go Or Go Ahead
Pearl Jam - Smile (don't ask me why well..love the chorus), Drifting
Silvertide - Ain't Comin Home
The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love, Love Is Only A Feeling, Growing On Me, Stuck In A Rut, umm..etc. lol
Yes - Close To The Edge
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles
Dobie Gray - Drift Away
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
Pete Rock - Time
Common - Ghetto Heaven, The Light
The Moody Blues - Isn't Life Strange
Jason Mraz - You And I Both, The Remedy (I Won't Worry)
Los Lonely Boys - Velvet Sky, I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash Cover)
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love, Rock And Roll, Black Dog
The Beatles - Hello/Goodbye, Long Tall Sally
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles Cover)
Eisley - Brightly Wound (I get a ridiculous toe tappin grin when I hear this one)
David Bowie - Golden Years, Fame
The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight
Bee Gees - Lonely Days
Argent - Thunder And Lightening, God Gave Rock & Roll To You
Liam Lynch - My United States Of Whateva

Asta!!

Nearly anything Beatles
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Bowling for Soup - 1985
Haddaway - What is Love?
AC/DC - Big Balls, Ride On
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Collective Soul - December
Devo - Whip it
Pearl Jam - Glorified G., Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Kinks - Lola
Talking Heads - Burnin' Down the House
Toto - Hold the Line

Acoustic Alchemy-Mr. Chow
Lynard Skynard-Simple Man and Sweet Home Alabama
Ray Charles-Georgia
3 Doors Down-Kryptonite
Anything by Streetlight Manifesto
Arlo Guthrie-Coming Into Los Angeles
Tenacious D-Wonderboy (always makes me laugh)
St. Germain

I mostly like these songs for the beat more then the lyric.

The Hooters - And We Danced
Ozzy - Crazy Train
Kiss - -Rock and Roll all night
Jimi Hendrix - Angel
Phil Collins - IN the Air Tonight (for the drum portion of it 3:41 seconds into the song)
The Ramones - I wanna be sedated
Queen - Radio GaGa
Whitesnake - Here I go again
Todd Rundgren -- Bang on the Drum
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Marvin Gaye - -Let's Get it On

Folk Implosion - No Need to Worry
Orbital - Halcyon
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (yes, the entire album)

I am always in a better mood when I hear "Summer Time" by Sublime!

All Along the Watchtower recorded by Jimi Hendrix
Us and Them, Pink Floyd
Fortunate Son, CCR
I Never Thought I'd Live to a Hundred (and Million), The Moody Blues
Grace, Too by The Tragically Hip. Preferrably a live recording. =)

nirvana - molly's lips

definitely not like other nirvana songs. real upbeat song that helps me relax where ever i am.

Light and day by the Polyphonic Spree is my ultimate happy song it feels so inspirational and upbeat. I giggle a little whenever i hear it....manly giggle.

Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra was the first thing that came to mind.

Eh?
 

Faget By Korn, obviously my favorite band :)

-MR

John The Whistler - I'm In Love

The ultimate happy song.

The Seeker - The Who

Numb/Encore - Jay-Z and Linkin Park

Mary Jane - Rick James

Just about anything off of 3 Feet High and Rising (De La Soul)

I ask my little nephew what the magic number is, and he says "FWEEE!"

"First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes.

"If I Had a Million Dollars," Barenaked Ladies

Mr Blue Sky by ELO
Light And Day by The Polyphonic Spree
Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed

If I had a Million Dollars by the Bare Naked Ladies is definately a good choice!

They make prewrapped sausages, but they don't make prewrapped bacon...but can you blame them?
Yeah!

Also: I will Survive (Cake)
Foxey Lady (Hendrix)
Radar Love (Golden Earring)
Lola (The Kinks)
anything by Outkast
The Party's Crashing Us (Of Montreal)
Hello Operator (White Stripes)
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)

Everytime I need to get in a good mood I pop in "The Beekeeper" by Tori Amos. That album always gets me in a good mood. :)

"The Weight" by The Band...immediately think of Easy Rider when the song is played while the sun is setting while riding their hogs. Beautiful and serene...and the song is beautiful as well.

Mapleview Rag by Arlo Guthrie

Jessica or Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers

and finally... I Like Beer by Tom T. Hall

That is an excellent song. Fun to sing, fun to play..just fun all around.

"Flowers on the Wall" is a good choice as well, but I like the Eric Heatherly cover rather than the original.

Jimi Thing - Dave Matthews
Fishin' in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Both songs have some awfully powerful memories attached to it and they make me happy every time I hear them.

Hands of Time - Groove Armada

Hmm...

"Build Me Up Buttercup" by the Foundations
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham
"Come Sail Away" by Styx

Any song that induces a feeling of 'happiness' for me, needs to be one of the sort in which I can crank up the sterio, roll down the windows on my car, and sing along to while driving down the street.

Anything by the Beatles. That always seems to bring me up when I'm down.

Man, y'all got all mine... but howsabout some "brown eyed girl" and "friday (i'm in love)"? and some tom jones's "not unusual? it usually inspires hysterical laughter with visions of flying panties and hairy chests... and that beat!

and "who the fuck is alice"---- memories...

Pearl Jam- Smile(I love it and it always makes me feel happy), Yellow Ledbetter (as does this one), Down (its one of their newer songs, its on the Lost Dogs album and I think its also a single), Given to Fly (this one probably tops all the other Pearl Jam songs for me), and lastly Oceans

Smashing Pumpkins- Today, Tonight Tonight

Dave Matthews- Everyday, What Would You Say

Steve Miller Band- Space Cowboy(not a huge fan of the band but it is an awesome song and always makes me happy)

Proclaimers- I would walk 500 miles ( :lol: )

Who- Baba O'reily

Beatles- Ive Just Seen a Face

...and thats it for now


**edit**

Missed that on the second page, Sittin on the Dock of the bay is an awesome song, good choice

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus.
I can't even listen to the intro to that song without starting to laugh.

"A Wraith Pinned To The Mist and Other Games" by Of Montreal (Yay, reminds me of the stuff they played for you in kindergarten)
The party boy song on Jackass
"Bedroom Talk" by The Starting Line

500 Miles by The Proclaimers

i'm sitting here bopping to music in my head, you guys are hilarious! i just had to add more to my list.

*good pub renditions of "Alice" and "Whiskey in the Jar".
*"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
*"Sex Bomb"--Tom Jones
i'm really bad with song titles and bands so forgive me if i mess up...
*All I've Got is Insane (?)
*"Way Over Yonder"--Carole King, i think.
*"She Goes On"--Neil Finn
*"Always Take the Weather"--Crowded House
*"Better Together"--Jack Johnson (and "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing", okay, almost anything Jack)
*"Baby's Got Sauce"--G. Love and Special Sauce
*"New Sensation"--INXS

good grief, i'm cheesy. :D

agreed


absinthe party at the fly honey warehouse & thanks for the killer game of crisco twister - minus the bear are both great.

"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
"Procession of the Sardar" by Ippolitov-Ivanov

Beer Song - Reel Big Fish
Moment of Silence - Streetlight Manifesto
Hotel California - Eagles
El Manana - Gorillaz
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Funk 49 - James Gang
All Along The Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix
Freedom - Jimi Hendrix
Children of the Revolution - T Rex

These songs are so awesome to listen to, they seem to give me the pick me up I need when I'm sad, tired, or just bored :)

Need happier songs damn it!

Okay.

Groove is in the Heart - Dee Lite
Atom Bomb - Fluke
Bombs Over Baghdad - Outkast
Money Talks - AC/DC (heck, pick any song by them) :D
Paradice City - Guns & Roses
Hang on to Yourself - David Bowie
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
We Will Still Need A Song - Hawksley Workman
We Repel Each Other - Too Much Guitar
Digable Planets - Cool Like That
Black Tambourine - Beck
Stict Machine - Goldfrap
Big Bang Baby - Stone Temple Pilots
Tank! - The Seatbelts
Common People - Pulp
Song 2 - Blur
Moi Lolita - Alizee


No repeats I hope.

First one I can think of is Mr. E's Beautiful Blues, by the Eels

Goddamn right it's a beautiful aday - aha :D

Wow, great taste in music. I would add...
Sneaker Pimps: 6 feet underground
Poe: Hey Pretty
James: Laid
Most anything by Fountains of Wayne
and yes, I am a little embarrassed but: Tom Petty: American Girl

rise against - swing life away





and anything by bliss

Depending on the mood it can range from Rage Against the Machine, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Tool, Matchbox 20, or Elton John.