Come up and see me - Steve Harley Three Little Birds - Bob Marley Ode To Joy - Beethoven Happy People - Yazoo Organ Symphony #3 - Saint Saens House of Fun - Madness Enjoy Yourself - Specials I Feel Good - James Brown Mess Around - Ray Charles Catholic Girls - Frank Zappa
Smile - The Supernaturals (Uplifting chorus but you'd need to cut out the verses)
Wow, thank you all so very much, I sense a big Spotify session coming up. I'm not overly concerned by lyrics and inspirational, just something that passes the dancing in the kitchen test whilst grabbing a coffee - like Leonard Cohen and Mahler ;-)
I am very grateful for your help, back now to 'Good Vibrations'.
depends on his taste - whilst I agree with Off It about the Elbow song, if I had to listen to a CD of Quo, Oasis, Robbie, Queen and Abba then I would want to top myself!
First Picture of You - Lotus Eaters Story Of The Blues - The Mighty Wah! Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 54-46 Was My Number - Toots and the Maytals Israelites - Desmond Dekker Here I Come - Barrington Levy Tonight Is The Kind Of Night - Noah And The Whale Becoming A Jackal - The Villagers Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen What's It In For - Avi Buffalo
Celebrate .. Kool & The Gang Startreckin .. The Firm Arfur Daley (He's aLL RIGHT) .. The Firm Lazy Sunday .. Small Faces Rythmn Stick .. Drury & The Blockheads Disco Inferno .. Trammps I aint Gonna Bop No More .. Joe Tex Show Me .. Joe Tex Roadrunner .. Jnr Walker
Hi Still I would suggest adding a few comedy clips between the tracks - either from Audio Comedy gig CD`s, like Stephen Wright or Bill Bailey - whatever you know floats your friend`s boat, or corny classics like Monty Python Jasper Carrott etc. There are readings available on the Meaning of Happiness by the Dalai Lama too, but that might be a step too far?
Music joy - The Life of Riley - and a few others by the lightning seeds Dont Fence me In - Cole Porter Bare Necessities - Jungle Book Some Fasntastic Placed - Squeeze Accentuate the positive - Bing Crosby Top of the world - the Carpenters The Message - Grand Master Flash - an odd one but I:m told it works Country Girl and Whats so Funny bout peace love and understanding- Brinsley Schwarz The Kids are Allright
The Happening - Diana Ross & The Supremes Motorcycle - The Rumblestrips (Love is like a) heatwave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Superstylin - Groove Armada Foux du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords (never fails to crack me up on my commute into work if it comes on my ipod randomly) A Minha Menina - The Bees Wouldn't it be nice - Beach Boys Nutbush City - Tina Turner
There are too many minor-key songs on this list! Elbow?! hahaha
For pure, unadulterated pop-happiness...
The Nature Anthem - Grandaddy (ex-Coca Cola advert tune but Grandaddy make it cool - this is my commuting song that saves me from going postal).
All My Friends Are Insects - Weezer ("I have a friend and he's an earthworm, sometimes when it rains he come's out and we talk about our day.")
Smile - The Supernaturals (used by any lazy producer for adverts, but an infectiously upbeat pop song with "life's sh1t but you might as well smile" lyrics).
I Like Birds - Eels (Anything from Daisies Of The Galaxy is summery and pleasant, but this is about as happy as a tune gets - "if you're small and on a search, I got a feeder for you to perch on")
Imitation of Life - REM (Again, anything from Reveal is nice and happy and summery)
Afternoons and Coffee Spoons - Crash Test Dummies (how can you not smile during their songs?)
Mary - The Subways (upbeat and fast and kinda quirky "Mary is my best friend, she makes me my tea, she lets me stay around her place when there's nowhere else to be!")
JiMMy85's choice gets my personal jiggin in the kitchin vote but Wet Willie Band is a very strong contender. But now for the hard bit, which tracks to choose for my friend? You're all brilliant, thank you so very much, sometimes people get into very bad places but music can still reach through. Thank you one and all.
Jump Jump - Kriss Kross (comin off wack) Heaven - The Chimes Molly's Chambers - Kings of Leon Diamond Lights - Glen Hoddle & Chris Waddle (sminky pinky) Disco Baby - The Fast Show World in Motion - Doesnt matter who you are......great tune
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Personal favourite of mine.
Yukky boyband stuff, but the positive message in the lyrics is infectious.
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Ode To Joy - Beethoven
Happy People - Yazoo
Organ Symphony #3 - Saint Saens
House of Fun - Madness
Enjoy Yourself - Specials
I Feel Good - James Brown
Mess Around - Ray Charles
Catholic Girls - Frank Zappa
Smile - The Supernaturals (Uplifting chorus but you'd need to cut out the verses)
I am very grateful for your help, back now to 'Good Vibrations'.
First Picture of You - Lotus Eaters
Story Of The Blues - The Mighty Wah!
Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
54-46 Was My Number - Toots and the Maytals
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
Here I Come - Barrington Levy
Tonight Is The Kind Of Night - Noah And The Whale
Becoming A Jackal - The Villagers
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
What's It In For - Avi Buffalo
Gets everyone up, quality tune.
Startreckin .. The Firm
Arfur Daley (He's aLL RIGHT) .. The Firm
Lazy Sunday .. Small Faces
Rythmn Stick .. Drury & The Blockheads
Disco Inferno .. Trammps
I aint Gonna Bop No More .. Joe Tex
Show Me .. Joe Tex
Roadrunner .. Jnr Walker
I would suggest adding a few comedy clips between the tracks - either from Audio Comedy gig CD`s, like Stephen Wright or Bill Bailey - whatever you know floats your friend`s boat, or corny classics like Monty Python Jasper Carrott etc. There are readings available on the Meaning of Happiness by the Dalai Lama too, but that might be a step too far?
Music joy -
The Life of Riley - and a few others by the lightning seeds
Dont Fence me In - Cole Porter
Bare Necessities - Jungle Book
Some Fasntastic Placed - Squeeze
Accentuate the positive - Bing Crosby
Top of the world - the Carpenters
The Message - Grand Master Flash - an odd one but I:m told it works
Country Girl and Whats so Funny bout peace love and understanding- Brinsley Schwarz
The Kids are Allright
Infectious Grooves - Please excuse this funk up:
Tequila - the Champs
Setting the woods on fire - Hank Williams
Miserlou - Dick Dale
Sorted.
McFadden and Whitehead always gets me up on the move.
Motorcycle - The Rumblestrips
(Love is like a) heatwave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Superstylin - Groove Armada
Foux du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords (never fails to crack me up on my commute into work if it comes on my ipod randomly)
A Minha Menina - The Bees
Wouldn't it be nice - Beach Boys
Nutbush City - Tina Turner
For pure, unadulterated pop-happiness...
The Nature Anthem - Grandaddy (ex-Coca Cola advert tune but Grandaddy make it cool - this is my commuting song that saves me from going postal).
All My Friends Are Insects - Weezer ("I have a friend and he's an earthworm, sometimes when it rains he come's out and we talk about our day.")
Smile - The Supernaturals (used by any lazy producer for adverts, but an infectiously upbeat pop song with "life's sh1t but you might as well smile" lyrics).
I Like Birds - Eels (Anything from Daisies Of The Galaxy is summery and pleasant, but this is about as happy as a tune gets - "if you're small and on a search, I got a feeder for you to perch on")
Imitation of Life - REM (Again, anything from Reveal is nice and happy and summery)
Afternoons and Coffee Spoons - Crash Test Dummies (how can you not smile during their songs?)
Mary - The Subways (upbeat and fast and kinda quirky "Mary is my best friend, she makes me my tea, she lets me stay around her place when there's nowhere else to be!")
JiMMy85's choice gets my personal jiggin in the kitchin vote but Wet Willie Band is a very strong contender. But now for the hard bit, which tracks to choose for my friend? You're all brilliant, thank you so very much, sometimes people get into very bad places but music can still reach through. Thank you one and all.
Heaven - The Chimes
Molly's Chambers - Kings of Leon
Diamond Lights - Glen Hoddle & Chris Waddle (sminky pinky)
Disco Baby - The Fast Show
World in Motion - Doesnt matter who you are......great tune