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Pervomartovtsi
January 26, 2008, 05:35 PM
please help me...



(and please don't get existential askin "dude what happiness means?", everybody that has seen the lion king film, knows whats sadness and happiness means)

Girl Unafraid
January 26, 2008, 06:06 PM
Css! :D

nowherefast944
January 26, 2008, 06:06 PM
please help me...



(and please don't get existential askin "dude what happiness means?", everybody that has seen the lion king film, knows whats sadness and happiness means)

stay away from the Smiths... they depress the life from me... :rolleyes:


i've always had a thing for The Boy Least Likely To, Architecture in Helsinki, and The French Kicks.

they're all pretty happy

nowherefast944
January 26, 2008, 06:07 PM
and Thunderbirds are Now!

Piss Me Off
January 26, 2008, 06:44 PM
I'm listening to The Replacements at the moment, cheering me up a bit :)

My Balloon
January 26, 2008, 07:42 PM
What I play when I need cheering up is the wonderful Innervisions album by Stevie Wonder or a 60's ska compilation.

EPbabe
January 26, 2008, 07:55 PM
Painted bird by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Ask by the Smiths

Flax
January 26, 2008, 08:09 PM
Here is a GOOD happy album for you:

Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

http://musique-deluxe.com/assets/images/ANTONY___THE_JOHNSONS_-_I_Am_A_Bird_Now.jpg

stephk817
January 26, 2008, 08:14 PM
Nothing lifts the spirits like Jimmy Buffett!

nowherefast944
January 26, 2008, 08:15 PM
also Born Ruffians young band from Toronto which are pretty good IMO

Pervomartovtsi
January 27, 2008, 05:51 PM
thanks i'll check out

osiris
January 27, 2008, 07:54 PM
Check out The Apples In Stereo. They are a great band. Try either the New Magnetic Wonder album or The Discovery Of The Moon Outside album.:D

nowherefast944
January 27, 2008, 08:09 PM
Check out The Apples In Stereo. They are a great band. Try either the New Magnetic Wonder album or The Discovery Of The Moon Outside album.:D

or Velocity of Sound


i forgot about them!

TILTNGO
January 28, 2008, 07:18 AM
Madness is the group you should listen to.

A flavor of Madness here:

http://only-good-music.blogspot.com/search/label/Madness

anthony
January 28, 2008, 07:48 AM
i found most of the album 'finally we are no one' by MUM, to be quietly happy... definitely not in a chirpy way...

MunchyBrain
January 28, 2008, 07:56 AM
and Thunderbirds are Now!


:eek:I thought I was the only one that liked them!:D

nugz
January 28, 2008, 08:00 AM
like i said in another thread, I'm in a Cure listening mood tonight. "Why Can't I Be You" and "Doing the Unstuck" always make me ridiculously happy.

gperkins151
January 28, 2008, 04:31 PM
please help me...



(and please don't get existential askin "dude what happiness means?", everybody that has seen the lion king film, knows whats sadness and happiness means)

The Beatles

Mozart

Stevie Wonder

Beach Boys

World Party

Not Right in the Head
January 28, 2008, 04:38 PM
Marshall Crenshaw's self-titled debut.

nowherefast944
January 28, 2008, 06:05 PM
:eek:I thought I was the only one that liked them!:D

not at all! i LOVE them!

Abrahan
January 28, 2008, 06:35 PM
download ANYTHING by BEULAH.

stephk817
January 28, 2008, 07:08 PM
Jack Johnson makes you want to go surfing and chill on a beach.

TrueToYou
January 28, 2008, 07:42 PM
Listen To This Man :
http://www.engelfriet.net/Alie/Gastenboek/georgemetbajo.jpg

oscillate wildly
January 28, 2008, 09:44 PM
Broken Social Scene make me a happy young lady.

especially Cause = Time and Windsurfing Nation and 7/4 (Shoreline).

Corrissey
January 28, 2008, 10:00 PM
The B-52’s!!

and

Poi Dog Pondering

(who I saw open for B-52’s on a New Years Eve –wow, was I SO freakn happy =o)

Well, PDP shoulda/coulda ‘gone big’ –but they are huge in Chicago & Austin (& my heart)

In looking for a quick description for PDP, I came across this…note ‘similar artists’.

http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16074589&menu=bio

Interesting, since I’ve never really ‘compared’ the two, but can say there are a few Moz songs where the instrumentals remind a lot of Poi.

Check out Volo Volo (1991), Pomegranate (1995), and Liquid White Light (1997). And Poi does a great cover of N.O.’s Love Vigilantes –found on their ‘Best of’ CD.

You can’t help but smile and dance to this fun, energetic band!! ‘Enjoy’ if you check ‘em out!

Not Right in the Head
January 28, 2008, 10:12 PM
The B-52’s!!

Oh, yes, definitely. They put on an awesome live show, even if they are practically in wheelchairs & diapers.

raincoated lover
January 28, 2008, 10:17 PM
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop

Meh, Youtube it!

Bassist-In-A-Tutu
January 28, 2008, 10:18 PM
please help me...



(and please don't get existential askin "dude what happiness means?", everybody that has seen the lion king film, knows whats sadness and happiness means)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFYtUJFYVE

This will work - I promis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMVc42oR1g (You should play this realy loud!!!)

These are two songs off the greates album in the world! :D

:guitar:

stephk817
January 28, 2008, 11:12 PM
Earth Wind & Fire is great if you want to get your groove on.

Sufjan Stevens always makes me happy.

drifter
January 29, 2008, 01:41 AM
ima guessing, sense you asked, youd like samples also, i know i would

Corrissey, i knew i liked you for a reason. this is one of the albums ill be buried with. i cant tell you how many summers while laying in the sun at the beach or pool that i had this playing on my walkman.
heres the full cd 4285 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=106FEQHS thank you jesus

heres a sample to listen instantly now.[dont judge them by this one song, they have many flavors] sense there was no audio of this cd on the Poi Dog Ponderings Site http://mozzbozz.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cdf3a7625fcb8f00e398d7235f0002.html

and heres corrisseys version, of pois versions of new orders version, of the song of LOVE VIGILANTES, listen NOW http://mozzbozz.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cdf3a7625fcb8f00e398d733030004.html


now for something more to the rock side, a group who has the baddest womans rock voice, and i mean EVER http://mothersfinest.com/ THE album to get you wet would be 'Another Mother Further'. dont let the date scare you. music is forever. check the biography to see who 'baby jean' has played with. it all started with 'baby love'

play this fucking loud or theres no point http://mozzbozz.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cdf3a7625fcb8f00e398d728f00002.html

so sense i brought them up heres the Mothers Finest album http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M0O29Q9G

DRIFTER - steppin on my collection PRODUCTIONS;)

joey
January 29, 2008, 01:59 AM
Broken Social Scene make me a happy young lady.

especially Cause = Time and Windsurfing Nation and 7/4 (Shoreline).


Good call. I would suggest Almost Crimes from them.


I'd say give a listen to Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, and The Walkmen are pretty good too.

Corrissey
January 29, 2008, 02:00 AM
:sweet:, drifter ... my insta-friend :D

thanks for posting some links. I love these guys. Throw a few CDs in my coffin too :) Do you have a lot of their stuff? I have it all :rolleyes:

They have a new album coming out in March!! I've seen these guys over 20 times -what a great live act. I've met Frank and the band in the last couple of years thanks in part to my GF's husband -plays rhodes, clavinet, organ & synth :cool: :D :cool: :D

Corrissey
January 29, 2008, 02:12 AM
Oh, yes, definitely. They put on an awesome live show, even if they are practically in wheelchairs & diapers.

pishahh :mad: :rolleyes: they rawk dood :guitar:

stephk817
January 29, 2008, 05:18 AM
Marc Broussard will definitely lift a funk.

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Ryan.
January 29, 2008, 10:03 AM
But Not Tonight by Depeche Mode.

snowfallsoon
February 13, 2008, 05:30 PM
The Go! Team, Of Montreal, New Order....

MadameChaos
February 13, 2008, 05:38 PM
Stereolab always cheers me up.

The Stokes too, The Bravery and Maximo Park.

Skinner
February 13, 2008, 05:39 PM
Silverchair's latest album "Young Modern" is full of pep and happy. Namely songs like "Straight Lines", and "If You keep Losing Sleep".

I highly recomend it

Oh and the B52's. Duh! How could forget them?!

dom
February 13, 2008, 05:42 PM
please help me...



(and please don't get existential askin "dude what happiness means?", everybody that has seen the lion king film, knows whats sadness and happiness means)

- Barenaked Ladies
- The Hidden Cameras
- Lighthouse Familly
- Secret Garden
- Super Furry Animals
- um... Steps (?) :D

fuckfrankie
February 13, 2008, 06:45 PM
Beck, Beastie Boys, The Hives and a lot of Misfits tunes cheer me up: Astro-Zombies, Hate Breeders, (how ironic) Last Caress...

esheh195
February 13, 2008, 07:01 PM
-Jack Johnson
-Beck- "Odelay"
-Sublime
-No Doubt
-G. Love and the Special Sauce
-early Dave Matthews Band (Any album up to and including 'Before These Crowded Streets" will do)
-Violent Femmes
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Talking Heads
-alot of R.E.M. soungs
-and alot of classic rock tunes...too many to mention but some that I heard on the radio in the past few days have been Styx "Renegade", Journey "Wheel In The Sky", Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son", Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running (Without Love), Allman Brothers "Rambling Man", Bachman Turner Overdrive "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", Joe Walsh "Rocky Mountain Way", Joey Ramone "What A Wonderful World", Motorhead "Ace of Spades" or "Please Don't Touch". Sorry, they play 104.3 in my office...so I've been in classic rock mode all week:o

slubacca
February 15, 2008, 04:56 AM
-chris murray
-final fantasy
-france gall
-islands
-lily allen
-m.i.a.
-most serene republic
-nana mouskouri
-nerd
-smoosh
-the unicorns
-nwa
-yeah yeah yeahs

snowfallsoon
February 16, 2008, 03:18 PM
Have you heard 'Sunshine Day' by The Brady Bunch...?

Coiffeur_En_Flame
February 16, 2008, 03:39 PM
Jack Johnson makes you want to go surfing and chill on a beach.

Jack Johnson makes me want to choke on my own vomit.


No, really...


Coiff.

stephk817
February 16, 2008, 04:00 PM
Jack Johnson makes me want to choke on my own vomit.


No, really...


Coiff.

That's the beauty of music. What makes some choke makes others smile and vice versa. ;)

AndrewGMooney
February 18, 2008, 10:03 PM
Any music that 'temporarily' releases me from the ordeal of my mind into the libidinous pleasures of the body makes me happy, if it's the soundtrack to some serious shagging.

Moroder. Barry White. Marvin Gaye. Anjani. Sade.

Candles. Incense. etc:horny:

FDR
March 25, 2008, 04:41 AM
A catchy, upbeat song by Les Rita Mitsouko


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3GCANAR3

Dave
March 25, 2008, 06:18 AM
The song Psychic Hearts by Thurston Moore makes me happy.

If I made a happy mixtape it would have that, some dinosaur jr, things like that, if I wanted to hear some guitars.

MuteWitness616
March 25, 2008, 06:29 AM
Being happy, makes me unhappy

nugz
March 25, 2008, 06:29 AM
Being happy, makes me unhappy

yeah, being happy is soooo not cool these days. :rolleyes:

jdbabz
March 25, 2008, 03:06 PM
Pure sugary pop-tastic madonna -Holiday live at the hacienda
This is my silly happy song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHW7Sy1ZV0

This is my fuck it i'm happy song-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBikNb5oEcU

Corrissey
March 25, 2008, 03:38 PM
The 1900's :guitar: :)

http://www.myspace.com/1900s

modrevolve
March 25, 2008, 04:07 PM
I always found Spirea X quite uplifiting

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mick ransommich
March 25, 2008, 04:13 PM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOJziRZXIM

For all the welsh... :rolleyes:

A Protest Singer
April 16, 2009, 11:49 PM
Foster Sylvers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgrr-H4-4H0
Jackson Five:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-iW51idC0&feature=PlayList&p=ED531CF9B37913B8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=37
Small Faces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPCYlYWO6w
The Move:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7oUwPIWCYI
Squarepusher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzs7yhlGu8
ELO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFM0pYyUcY

I could go on...

Morning Star
April 17, 2009, 12:41 AM
CSS and BIS make up-beat electro pop that always gives me a smile.

nugz
April 17, 2009, 02:38 AM
I see ELO up there. "Mr Blue Sky" makes me ridiculously happy :guitar:

oh and the end of "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire. I mean, I like the whole song, but at the end where it gets all peppy?? yeah, i love that. wish it would go on longer.

ok i keep thinking of things

Weezer's "Green Album"
that Vampire Weekend album

"The Sound of Settling" by Death Cab
"Denis Denis" by Blondie

ok ill stop

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 02:49 AM
I see ELO up there. "Mr Blue Sky" makes me ridiculously happy :guitar:

oh and the end of "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire. I mean, I like the whole song, but at the end where it gets all peppy?? yeah, i love that. wish it would go on longer.

ok i keep thinking of things

Weezer's "Green Album"
that Vampire Weekend album

"The Sound of Settling" by Death Cab
"Denis Denis" by Blondie

ok ill stop


Yes!!!!!!!!!

nugz
April 17, 2009, 02:54 AM
Yes!!!!!!!!!

omg, we agree on something!!! :eek::D

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 02:59 AM
omg, we agree on something!!! :eek::D

hah, yes! Especially the Vampire Weekend album, its really good.

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:02 AM
hah, yes! Especially the Vampire Weekend album, its really good.

it is! its just like....so cute. :p

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 03:03 AM
it is! its just like....so cute. :p

Haha, aww man! You had to say that!

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:05 AM
Haha, aww man! You had to say that!

you know it is!!

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 03:07 AM
you know it is!!

Well, it is certainly fun.It makes me wanna dance, but cute?
a girl finds things cute.:p

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:13 AM
Well, it is certainly fun.It makes me wanna dance, but cute?
a girl finds things cute.:p

whateverrrr. you know it's cute. :cool:

oscillate wildly
April 17, 2009, 03:21 AM
April Fools and Between My Legs by Rufus Wainwright. :love:

and Song For Sunshine by Belle & Sebastian.

and Temptation and Age Of Consent by New Order is, too.

kk I'm done.

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:26 AM
April Fools and Between My Legs by Rufus Wainwright. :love:

and Song For Sunshine by Belle & Sebastian.

and Temptation and Age Of Consent by New Order is, too.

kk I'm done.

that song makes me oh so happy.



when we are roommates in NY, we can blast that song all day and all night and there will be happy times forever

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 03:35 AM
Suede's 'Trash' always makes me happy.I love that song.

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:36 AM
Suede's 'Trash' always makes me happy.I love that song.

Incidentally, the NY Dolls' "Trash" makes me happy.

nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:40 AM
oh and "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen


i really like this game.

oye terence
April 17, 2009, 02:52 PM
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nugz
April 17, 2009, 03:32 PM
^^^
Dreaming - yes!

also, the Courteeners album, St. Jude, especially, "No You Didn't, No You Don't." :guitar:

modrevolve
April 17, 2009, 03:40 PM
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo..and Pretty much anything by The Beach Boys
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oscillate wildly
April 19, 2009, 06:31 AM
that song makes me oh so happy.



when we are roommates in NY, we can blast that song all day and all night and there will be happy times forever

I like this idea very much. and it's a really long song, so the fun lasts even longer.

Qvist
April 20, 2009, 03:07 PM
I'm searching for happy music

And you choose to do this on a Morrissey forum? :D

Joke aside, - early Cardigans, and, er.....

Surely there must be more?

cheers

nugz
April 20, 2009, 03:09 PM
I was listening to the Ramones on the way to work this morning. they make me happy.

GirlRacer
April 20, 2009, 09:53 PM
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libby
April 21, 2009, 07:08 AM
Grace Jones Island life.....my jamacan guy is a great tune for cheering me up also newish band Those Dancing Days and Frank Turner.

Oh my god, it's Robby!
June 10, 2009, 01:47 AM
1st of all, i wish Pervomartovtsi still posted :straightface:
now, as for happy music, i play tons of happy music :)
jpop mainly
Tommy february6 has kind of perfected "the happy song" i think
especially with ones like:
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:love:

JeanneDarc
June 10, 2009, 07:24 PM
I think you're on the wrong board!:lbf:

I rarely listen to happy music. When I was a teen I listened to billboard music. They made me feel carefree. I was depressed but I wouldn't allow it to surface so it was a good medicine, then. They made me think problems didn't excist in my life except the lyrics of the songs on the radio.

I'm less 'happy' now but I never miss those times. They meant nothing, just like the songs on the radio. Maybe that's my advice. Turn on the radio..:guitar:

IDrank1ItBecame4
June 10, 2009, 07:55 PM
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole makes me happy and cry-ey all at the same time.

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Head in the Clouds
June 14, 2009, 07:23 AM
- Barenaked Ladies
- The Hidden Cameras
- Lighthouse Familly
- Secret Garden
- Super Furry Animals
- um... Steps (?) :D

Lighthouse family ??! Whatever floats your boat ! Worst band I've ever had the misfortune to hear, soooo glad they've disappeared off the face of planet. Good shout on Super Furry animals though :thumb:

Anything Motown always makes me happy and makes we wanna dance around wherever I am !! Especially Smokey Robinson who has a voice that just makes you melt :love::love:

Buzzetta
June 14, 2009, 07:52 AM
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole makes me happy and cry-ey all at the same time.

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Really? Most of the time I have heard it, it was used for the death scene of someone or their "going away."

For example, it was used when Dr. Mark Greene on E.R. died.

Girl-with-the-Thorn
June 14, 2009, 07:37 PM
Of Montreal are pretty cheery (well in most of their songs anyway), likewise with Tegan and Sara- always make me feel happy :love:

snowfallsoon
June 15, 2009, 05:58 PM
The Go! Team
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