Joyful music

[Purron]

Spring is here and the daffodils are blooming! How 'bout some music that lifts the spirits? Here are two pieces of music that make me joyful. Please add your favorites.

YouTube - Leonard Bernstein performs Beethoven's Ode to Joy - Finale

YouTube - JONI MITCHELL - Chelsea Morning (1969)

 

[Notmuchlonger]

some things that make me smile

YouTube - Queen - crazy little thing called love

YouTube - Do Re Mi - Sound Of Music - Julie Andrews



Ya I like Julie Andrews so what

 

[Gumby]

YouTube - What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

 

[haha]

I love that version; also the video. Here's another great version by Joey Ramone. I think he first recorded this not long before he died.

YouTube - Joey Ramone - "What a Wonderful World" Sanctuary Records

 

[CuppaJoe]

YouTube - Happy Easter

 

[Notmuchlonger]

Link broke I guess.

 

[bbbamI]

This gets my groove goin'....

YouTube - Sly & The Family Stone "Hot Fun In The Summertime/Don't Call

 

[Urchina]

Walking on sunshine always lifts my spirits. The funky 80's music video is just icing on the cake.

YouTube - Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves



Also, Morning has broken by Cat Stevens. This is a particularly pretty, Spring video on YouTube:

YouTube - Morning has Broken - Cat Stevens (Spring/Lente)

 

[Martha]

YouTube - Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

 

[freebird5825]

This song has seen me through some pretty tough times...it has a message of hope that has always touched me.

YouTube - FOREVER YOUNG by JOAN BAEZ [@rijit]

 

[HFWR]

YouTube - Little Feat - Texas Twister

 

[TromboneAl]

For something different:

Karrin Allyson doing Joy Spring (30 second clip).

 

[NW-Bound]

YouTube - Music To Watch The Girls Go By

 

[Martha]

I almost forgot my favorite house cleaning song:

YouTube - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

 

[Gumby]

..

 

[TromboneAl]

YouTube - Standing on the Corner (watching all the girls go by)

 

[CuppaJoe]

Glad I'm not the only one who has to reach back a ways to find fun songs.

YouTube - Andy Williams & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Girl From Ipanema

BTW, you can check utube songs in "preview post" to make sure they haven't disallowed embedding.

 

[NW-Bound]

I am sure many have heard this Jewish happy song, Hava Nagila.
Lyrics copied from Wikipedia follows.


Hava nagila הבה נגילה Let's rejoice
Hava nagila הבה נגילה Let's rejoice
Hava nagila ve nis'mecha הבה נגילה ונשמחה Let's rejoice and be happy
(repeat stanza once)
Hava neranenah הבה נרננה Let's sing
Hava neranenah הבה נרננה Let's sing
Hava neranenah ve nis'mecha הבה נרננה ונשמחה Let's sing and be happy
(repeat stanza once)
Uru, uru achim! !עורו, עורו אחים Awake, awake, brothers!
Uru achim b'lev sameach עורו אחים בלב שמח Awake brothers with a happy heart
(repeat line four times)
Uru achim, uru achim! !עורו אחים, עורו אחים Awake, brothers, awake, brothers!
B'lev sameach בלב שמח With a happy heart


YouTube - Hava Nagila -- 1966 (?)

YouTube - Andre Rieu - Hava Nagila

 

[tuixiu]

YouTube - Little Wings - Mark Gormley

 

[jambo101]

Step aside Susan Boyle ,Ed the street musician with electric violin ,WoW
YouTube - Awesome Electric Violin - Ed Busking Chester