THE HAPPIEST SONGS YOU KNOW.

[Nothing_but_books]

Name any happy songs.

[Starrlight]

It’s Friday I’m In Love 😍 by The Cure

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Starrlight]

That's a new on on me. Thanks! I'm off to give it a listen.

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Starrlight]

Terrific!

[Nothing_but_books]

"Good Morning Starshine"- Oliver

"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - Simon & Garfunkel

"Come Dance With Me" - Frank Sinatra

"Buttons and Bows" - Dinah Shore

"Rain on the Roof" - Lovin' Spoonful

[mrmonk]

"Ong Ong" by Blur

"Let's Dance to Joy Division" by The Wombats

"We Are Having A Hootenanny" by The Magnetic Fields

"Shiny Happy People" by REM

"Good As Hell" by Lizzo

"Don't Stop" or "You Make Loving Fun" by Fleetwood Mac (RIP Christine McVie)

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

I remember "Hootenanny"! Yay!

Lotsa new ones for me there too.

Yes. RIP. I was shocked she was 79 (!) when she died. People stay young in our mind, but the years steal away anyhow.

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

"Ong Ong" Fabulous video and hap-hap-happy music! Of course I'm stuck ID-ing the boids. It's a blast!

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

Amazing list! I love "Let's Dance to Joy Division". Manic, nuts. I'm there.

[just_keep_swimming]

Happy by Pharrell Williams

[Nothing_but_books in reply to just_keep_swimming]

Wow! I'm bouncing!

[EndUser13]

'Komm, süsser Tod' by Arianne Schreiber

[Nothing_but_books in reply to EndUser13]

Thanks for sharing.

[EndUser13 in reply to Nothing_but_books]

I mean, it sounds cheerful! 😁

[Nothing_but_books in reply to EndUser13]

I saw lots of comments on the YouTube agreed. I don't know, it feels melancholy to me.

[EndUser13 in reply to Nothing_but_books]

It is 🙂

okay how about an alternative... mmmm... "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees (or any of the amazing covers out there)

[Nothing_but_books in reply to EndUser13]

I love it. Beautiful. 🎵

"Sounds cheerful" and "It is" melancholy? Hmm. You got some 'splainin to do. 😄

[EndUser13 in reply to Nothing_but_books]

Sometimes entropy can be beautiful too, that's all 😉

[Nothing_but_books in reply to EndUser13]

That's a new one on me. I'll have to think about it.

[Hidden in reply to EndUser13]

Wow! That Bee Gees song takes me way back to a really happy time in my teens. Going to listen to it now. Thanks for reminding of a great song and great memories. 🎵🎧👍

[Nothing_but_books]

"A Couple of Swells" - Fred Astaire; Judy Garland

"Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson

[Nothing_but_books]

“The Kids Are Alright” - The Who

[Nothing_but_books]

"All Day and All of the Night" - The Kinks

[mrmonk in reply to Nothing_but_books]

Happy Kinks songs...hmm...

"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy"

"Autumn Almanac"

"Better Things"

[Nothing_but_books]

"Back In Baby's Arms" - Patsy Cline

Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day (My baby's 🦜 favorite song, she always screams along)

Nice To Be Here - The Moody Blues

[WantToBeGood]

I'm alive - Celine DionSunrise - Norah Jones

Secret Garden - Oh My Girl

Hope you like it ☺️

[Nothing_but_books in reply to WantToBeGood]

I do. "Secret Garden" is peaceful.

[Isinatra]

I Can See Clearly Now……Jimmy Cliff

High Hopes….Ol’ Blue Eyes

Get Up Offa That Thing….James Brown (Yow!)

Rhythm is Gonna Get You…..Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…..that guy with the funky sweater

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Isinatra]

Wow what a collection! More than happy -- ecstatic.

I can't believe I missed "High Hopes". I can see the video in my imagination. Is my memory right... did he give one of the kids a fish-eye?

I guess I'm a weird-o, the sweater guy always grated on me. Almost as bad as the "I love you" dinosaur. I heard there was a "Kill Barney" game out there at one time. Yup, I get it.

[Isinatra in reply to Nothing_but_books]

Gosh..I don’t know if Frankie gave the fish eye. Why am I thinking he did? I’ll give it a look see.

Lol…I prefer when Eddie Murphy sang the Neighborhood song on SNL. The sweater didn’t bother me as much. 😉

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Isinatra]

I've gotta see if Google will help me find it! Sounds perfect for me!

My favorite SNL was when Belushi did his Joe Cocker bit. I screamed!

[Isinatra in reply to Nothing_but_books]

OMG! Yes!

[Nothing_but_books]

"Jingle Bells" – Don Charles – The Singing Dogs 🐶💜

[Isinatra]

I know you asked for lists, but I had to slip this video in. It always makes me happy.

youtu.be/hcrkUW4mN7o(Not working as expected?)

[Agora1 in reply to Isinatra]

Thanks Isinatra for the memories xx

[Isinatra in reply to Agora1]

My pleasure,Agora. ☺️

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Isinatra]

Thanks! You can't leave too many tunes for me, but I don't think HU agrees.

[Isinatra in reply to Nothing_but_books]

HU? I don’t understand. It seems a few here and there are ok?

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Isinatra]

I don't understand it, but a few members seem to have been threatened to stop posting songs or else... I don't know... nothing good. It doesn't make sense to me. To me, music seems a wonderful way to support each other.

[Hidden in reply to Nothing_but_books]

Sometimes I read a post on this forum and want to reply but can’t seem to get the right words out. Music speaks to me and I always can think of a song that would convey my support or advice better than my own words. Would love to just send a link to a song that fits the situation as a show of my support. I’d sure enjoy someone doing that for me 👍❤️

[Hidden]

100% agree. 👍❤️

[Hidden]

Fleeteood Mac - “Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow”

[mrmonk]

Oh! And how could I forget...

youtu.be/_zkRjrGmTl4(Not working as expected?)

(video embed should play on site)

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

Thanks mrmonk. That was very thoughtful of you.

You don't happen to know anything about Longines, do you? I'm trying to figure out if it explains a minor obsession of mine from the mid-sixties.

[mrmonk in reply to Nothing_but_books]

I don't know anything about it firsthand, but this is from an annotation on the Genius webpage for the song:

"The Longines Symphonette was a prerecorded classical music program which was recorded and broadcast every day from 1943 to 1949.

The show was sponsored by a company named Longines, who at the time manufactured timepieces. Their company slogan was “It Doesn’t Rest”. Moreover, the Symphonette was what Longines called the clock-radio that they manufactured in in the 1970s."

[Nothing_but_books in reply to mrmonk]

Ya, I found that. Thank you for looking, but it didn't clear up my question.

"Longines" just rang a bell for some unknown reason.

I used to watch a show every Sunday when I was a kid. I remember pop classical music, and at the end of the show there'd be an opportunity to buy the music through the mail. I remember pieces like "l'apres midi d'un faun", Romeo and Juliet. I don't know if Longines was associated with the show, or if it's just a mind glitch. I'd love to know what it really was, and -- wow -- find those LPs I wanted so much when I was little.

[Nothing_but_books]

youtube.com/watch?v=08Nlhjp...(Not working as expected?)

[Nothing_but_books]

Richard Crooks - Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

I've Got You Under My Skin - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Reminds me a lot of Ravel's Bolero)

[MSanon]

This so timely. Today I created a new playlist on Amazon Prime music for songs that I want to sing to. I already have a playlist for music that makes me want to dance, and move.

Purpose : another tool to let sticky thoughts float on by ! To distract, then uplift me !

Btw, if you are on Amazon prime, you can get 90 days free trial. You can create playlists on that.

How about "Man in the Mirror" from Joyful Noise movie? (great movie !)

Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al". Love it ! There is a utube... Here is an article that contains the cool utube. It explains the words in the song from real life situation...americansongwriter.com/you-...

"Amie" by Pure Prairie League.

"I'm Alright" (Theme from "Caddyshack") Kenny Loggins

Of the 8 songs so far, my playlist includes 2 songs already posted by other people above, Happy, and I Feel Good.

Great start !

[Nothing_but_books in reply to MSanon]

"Betty when you call me you can call me Al." I love it!

Thank you for the movie recommendation, and the song list. A couple I don't know yet to give a listen.

May I offer a suggestion for your music to dance and move to list? My favorite get you off your butt song: "Come Dance With Me" by Frank Sinatra.

[MSanon]

Glad you like the Al song ! The movie I found on Vimeo. Plan to rewatch it. :))) Thanks for the dance song suggestion. Nice !