By virtue of their sheer unadulterated, er, cheeriness...
Brian Eno and John Cale [i]Spinning Away[/i] (later covered by Sugar Ray, iirc).
De La Soul [i]A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays[/i].
Opus III [i]It's A Fine Day[/i].
I'm a lucky man - Thunder
Big Bad Bill - Van Halen
And many, many more!
For some strange reason La Roux puts me in my happy place, I wish it wasn't so and it was a well respected classic, but alas no.
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Came on the radio earlier when I was out forgot how easy to listen to it is.
Anything by St Ettienne. Mmmmmmmmmmmm Sarah Cracknall
Alcohol by the Millionaires.
It's possible that you won't have heard of them, or in fact be able to bear the incessant whiny high pitched "singing" of 3 women from the big apple plus over-produced faux disco electronica that passes for a backing track...but trust me, it's funny.
One Day Like This - Elbow
Babylon - David Gray
Day dream believer - The Monkees
Is this the way to Amarillo -
Sorry for the last one, but it just makes me smile. 😳
Warlord of the Turnip Men - Hump the Rock and Stir the Coffee
or
Clamp and Squeeze - Slammin and Spammin
[i]Sorry for the last one, but it just makes me smile. [/i]
You have the nerve not to apologise for the nodding man?
Everybody's Free - Rozalla
I touch myself - the Divinyls (sp!)
Don't hear them very often, but great when you do!
Most Wildhearts stuff including Caffeine Bomb, My baby is a headf***, Vanilla Radio.....etc.
Tom Jones-It's not unusual.
Wham-Wake me up before you go go.
Walking on Sunshine - Catrina and the Waves
+1 for Elbow
you and me song by the wannadies
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One of the greatest albums of all time.
- Ghostbusters theme tune
- Build me up buttercup (though actually if you listen to the words it's not a very positive song!)
- Sun always shines on TV
I'm with WCA on this.
And the 'b' side..."Going down to Liverpool to do nothing!"...sums up my student days!!!! 8)
I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash
Another for St Ettienne tracks, some great stuff but almost anything that Shawn Ryder has been involved in or early Primal Scream stuff.
The Little Boots track 'remedy' is currently doing the same magic.....
Oh, and of course Laura Green with Moonlight, Music & You....guaranteed every time.
Nothing But Flowers - Talking heads
"There was a factory, now there are mountains and rivers"
debaser - the pixies
Flaming Lips - Do you realise?
the piano has been drinking- tom waits
Flowered Up - It's on
Jackie Wilson - Reet petite
Beach Boys - Sloop John B
Gin and Juice - The Gourds
Country cover of Snoop Dogg - Quality!!
+ 1 more for elbow also winter hill by doves you tube the video danny macaskill trials riding, gaz
Johnny Flynn & the Sussex wit
The Pogues
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Pavement (westing)
..and more
cheese...
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Dr Hook - When Your in love with a beautiful Woman
Jonathan Richman - Here Come the Martian Martians
Pink Floyd - Bike
!!!
8)
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Underworld - Born Slippy
Snap - Rhythm is a dancer
Stone Roses - Sally Cinammon
Air - Moon Safari
Which is strange because I'm more of a Jazz/Bles/Metal sort of person normally.
inspiral carpets - saturn 5
Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
See a little light -Bob Mould
The state that I am in - Belle & sebastian
Happy- The Rolling Stones (and the rest of Exile On Main Street isn't bad)
My feel good music would have to include...
Wake up Boo - Boo Radleys
Staying out for the Summer - Dodgy
Good Enough - Dodgy
Pulling Muscles - Squeeze
Sunshine on a rainy day - zoe
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend - The Mr T Experience.
in fact, most things by MTX, Dr Frank has the most ingeniously witty lyrics.
ELO Mr Bluesky 😀 works every time
anything from the Avalanches
Simon K
Baba O'Reilly - The Who
Always reminds me of wakeboarding on a really calm day with the sun out.
or...
Love Like Semtex - Infadels
For some reason, I always associate it with going winching on some dirty, filthy river, getting cold and wet, but still having a superb time with good mates.
Most old Johnny Cash stuff but in particular "Get Rhythm(when you've got the blues)"
Never fails to get me toe tapping.
'****ing Hell! It's Fred Titmus!' by Half Man Half Biscuit every single time.
[i]Oh, Dracula comes from Transylvania
Stevie Nicks books about kleptomania
Johnny looked out of his bedroom window
and shouted to his mum:
'Fred Titmus'[/i]
