I need some Happy Music Now!

[lazygood4nothinbum]

good call cuppa. i played the bridge over album while driving through the blue ridge mountains. what great album. fortunately it was after season so i didn't disturb anyone with my singing.

happy new age, huh. there's a challenge. if by happy, you mean satisfying, then:

YouTube - Kitaro - Shimmering Light

edit: here's a new age artist who might not make you happy, but maybe help you understand your sadness:

(last posted for music of hilary stagg. i've no idea what those foreign words translate too)

 

[socca]

Barenaked Ladies: If I Had a Million Dollars - catchy tune

YouTube - Barenaked Ladies: If I Had a Million Dollars

 

[lazygood4nothinbum]

verve produced an interesting series of remixes where they matched contemporary dj's to remix old jazz originals.

here's a remix of ella fitzgerald singing "slap that bass".

the world is in a mess
with politics and taxes
and people grinding axes
there is no happiness...

happiness is not a riddle
while i'm list'ning to that big bass fiddle...

YouTube - Ella Fitzgerald - Slap The Bass

here's some more...

 

[Khan]

YouTube - Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels

YouTube - saturday night

YouTube - DUANE EDDY PETER GUNN

 

[calmloki]

Dana Lyons - Cows With Guns (finish your burger before watching... )

http://www.3dweb.no/galleri/stuestolbm/bilder/anim1.swf

Ah yes - We will fight for bovine freedom - Cow Tse Tung

have the book with the CD -

Fine farm humour

 

[Ronstar]

Maybe some Johnny Cash will help:

YouTube - Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue" ORIGINAL

 

[Gumby]

This always makes me smile

YouTube - Tommy Emmanuel - Tall Fiddler

If you go to Youtube, look for a clip of him playing Classical Gas. Amazing

And here is the best Classical Gas rendition by Tommy Emmanuel

YouTube - Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas

 

[Poundkey]

See if this lifts your spirits any........

YouTube - Coast to Coast Way part 3

 

[socca]

YouTube - The Road to Shamballa | music by Three Dog Night

 

[socca]

Classical Gas version I heard on the radio as a kid:

YouTube - MASON WILLIAMS CLASSICAL GAS

 

[Martha]

Maybe some Johnny Cash will help:

YouTube - Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue" ORIGINAL

Oh man, we forgot Shel Silverstein. And Frank Zappa. Where is HFWR?


YouTube - I was stoned and I missed it - Shel Silverstein

 

[BarbaraAnne]

YouTube - "Get Dancin'" by Disco-Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes

 

[Martha]

And here is the best Classical Gas rendition by Tommy Emmanuel

YouTube - Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas

Emmanuel is going to be in Kentucky in February (Tommy Fest). Let's all go. He is past amazing!

 

[harley]

YouTube - Leo Sayer- Long Tall Glasses

YouTube - Love Shack - B-52s

 

[harley]

And since Thanksgiving is here,

YouTube - Arlo Guthrie/Alice's Restaurant

 

[Gumby]

When the young wife and I got married, she had a 1972 Buick Century station wagon. I always think of that car when I hear Love Shack. Good choice for a happy song.

 

[HFWR]

"These are a few of my favorite things..."

YouTube - Titties 'n' Beer - Frank Zappa

 

[Janet H]

YouTube - David Grisman Quartet - E.M.D.

 

[Khan]

The Muppet Show - It's Hard To Be Humble

YouTube - The Muppet Show - It's Hard To Be Humble

 

[maddythebeagle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B62p-dEfUZM&feature=related

 

[Notmuchlonger]

Good old rickroll. I knew you wouldnt let me down

 

[jambo101]

Oldie but goodie YouTube - Shining Time Station 1218 Edition

 

[bright eyed]

This one will get your toe tapping - heck, my daughter has sprained her ankle twice dancing to this one! Well, if anything John Travolta in drag should give you a smile:

YouTube - Hairspray - You Can't Stop the Beat (FULL CLIP!)

I think most stuff from Debussy is beautiful, maybe not toe tapping but makes me pensive in a happy way...and wish I actually practiced when I was younger!

YouTube - Claude Debussy, Reverie (compare with vers. II at mdbownds)

 

[Urchina]

This is one of my all-time favorites, by Travis Tritt:

YouTube - Travis Tritt - Great Day To Be Alive (live)

Feel better soon, Dex. Get outside and get moving in the sun!

 

[HFWR]

YouTube - John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - 1989

YouTube - Fish and Whistle - John Prine