Songs that make you smile

[Catfood Purrito]

This morning, as I was getting dressed and all that before work, I heard the song Call Me Al by Paul Simon, which, no matter how horrible my mood is, always brings a smile to my face and brightens my day. There's no particular memory attached to the song, it just makes me happy.

What songs make you smile? Is there a memory associated with it that brings joy? Or is it just something about the tune or words or beat that has you grinning like a fool?

Some of mine:

-Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns 'n Roses (As I was driving one day, I went in the ditch whilst rocking out to this song. It wasn't the song's fault, my brakes went out. I continued to rock out in the ditch until the song was over. The guy who saw it happen and stopped to help thought I had sustained some kind of head injury.)

-Every Day is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
-I Would Walk 1000 Miles - The Proclaimers
-Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
-Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
-Fishin' in the Dark - ???

-Love Shack - The B52's (My best friend, her boyfriend, and I always used to sing this at karaoke back when we were in college. That's one of the few things I miss about college, karaoke night with Liz and Mark)

[SwimmingRiddles]

Santa Monica - Everclear
Where is My Mind - The Pixies
Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes (alternately, American Music)
It's the End of the World As We Know It - REM
Under the Bridge - Chili Peppers
Anything by King Missle or Guster

[Jonathan Chance]

Arlington - Emmit Swimming
The World Is Full of Bastards (and I've dated every one) - Mary Prankster
Rock and Roll Lifestyle - Cake
Too High For the Supermarket - The Uninvited
Lousiana Lowdown - Cowboy Mouth
I Can't Stand You Now - Paul Sanchez

Identify all these artists and WIN A PRIZE!

[Typo Negative]

flagpole sitta ...dunno who
lakeside park...rush
highway star... deep purple
whatever didi wants.....nofx

[Ukulele Ike]

Jazz tunes that make me smile (may be performed by anyone, as long as they don't screw up the heads and can solo effectively):

Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce"
Thelonious Monk's "Friday the Thirteenth"
Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring"
Lester Young's "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid"
Horace Silver's "Juicy Lucy"
Eddie Durham's "Topsy"

[ReservoirDog]

flagpole sitta ...dunno who


Pretty sure this is Harvey Danger.

My current choices are:

Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows
Ghost of Stephen Foster - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Dammit - Blink 182
Inside Out - Eve 6 (supercheezy, I know)
Hit 'em Up - 2Pac (not a happy song, but makes me laugh)

[xizor]

"Good Times" by Inxs
"Istanbul" by TMBG
"White Lines" by Duran Duran
"Because the Night" 10,000 Maniacs version (but only because of associated memories)
"The Nations of the World" by Yakko Warner

[Shagnasty]

FYI - Fishin' in the Dark is by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

[Shagnasty]

Jenny Says - Cowboy Mouth
Rosalita - Better than Ezra

[JimmyNipples]

Some of mine:

-Fishin' in the Dark - ???



I'm ashamed I know this....Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


Some of Graeme's fist pumping-make ya grin tunes:

Anything by Devo

Paradise City.....Gun's & Roses

She sells Sactuary...Cult

High...Lighthouse Family

Walk the Night....Skatt Brothers

Gansta's Paradise....Coolio

[jayron 32]

When I'm 64 by The Beatles always gets my smiling.

[jesuslynch]

Fruitcakes - Jimmy Buffett
The Girl's Got Rythm - AC/DC

[JimmyNipples]

Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes (alternately, American Music)




Yeah!!!! What a great tune. It's been years since I've heard it...gotta dig that one out again.


Also, Night Clubbin' Iggy Pop and David Bowie

[Ellen Cherry]

I confess to liking Blister in the Sun too. It's so odd and catchy.

No great work of music, I know, but a song that is infectious in its happiness is "Centerfold" by the J. Guiles Band. I also have good memories associated with it: when it came out a guy I had a crush on liked the song too. We never got together, but when I hear it, I think of him. :)

Mishell, "Graceland" is my favorite album. I adore "Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes."

Other songs I love:
Rosalita -- Bruce
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -- U2 (From Rattle and Hum)
Uncle John's Band -- The Grateful Dead
In the Mood -- Glenn Miller
You Are the Everything -- REM (Green)
Cowgirl in the Sand -- Neil Young

There's really nothing uplifting in the body of work by Pink Floyd, but any time I hear anything from "The Wall" I'm a senior in high school again.

[Jonathan Chance]

Mavpace!

Someone else who's been turned on to the Mouth! The greatest live band in all of history!

GO COWBOY MOUTH!

[RealityChuck]

Nice choices of "Rosalita" and "When I'm 64."

A lot of songs give me a smile:

Honeymoon Hotel (from Footlight Parade)
Adelaide's Lament (Guys and Dolls)
Anything Goes
Always True to You Darling (in My Fashion) (Kiss Me Kate)
Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Ya Got Trouble (The Music Man)
Brotherhood of Man (How to Succeed in Business)
Those Were The Good Old Days (Damn Yankees)
Sing (A Chorus Line)
Cocktails for Two (Spike Jones)
Ali Baba's Camel (Bonzo Dog Band -- anything by them, actually)
Mabel (Procul Harum "Don't eat green meat, it ain't good for you.")
The William Tell Overture
Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 4th movement ("Song of Joy")
Move it on Over (George Thorogood)

[kunilou]

Walkin' In Sunshine -- Katrina and the Waves

Lazy Day -- Spanky and Our Gang

Happiest Girl in the Whole USA -- Donna Fargo

Summer pop RULES!

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

Flagpole Sitta is indeed Harvey Danger. It's a good one.

Mr. Blue Sky by ELO is on my list.
My Maria (god forgive me, I like the "new" version better than the old)

[Ellen Cherry]

Hey Chuck, ya like musicals?? ;)

I've got one to add to your list -- "I Cain't Say No" from "Oklahoma!"

[Spoke]

A big "Amen" to the posters who mentioned these two:
Blister in the Sun- The Violent Femmes
Istanbul- They Might Be Giants

A few others:
[list] Rock and Roll High School- The Ramones
Rock the Casbah- The Clash
Salty Dog Blues- Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
That'll Be the Day- Buddy Holly
You Can't Catch Me- Chuck Berry
Twist and Shout- The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There- The Beatles
Moondance- Van Morrison
Great Balls of Fire!- Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock Lobster- B52s
That's What I Like About You- The Romantics
Turning Japanese- The Vapors
Rock this Town- Stray Cats
Sexy and Seventeen- Stray Cats
Jambalaya- Hank Williams
Hell (In the Afterlife) - Squirrel Nut Zippers
[b]Cannonball- Kim Deal's band after the Pixies (dang it! What were they called?)
Amy- Pure Prairie League
Friend of the Devil- Grateful Dead
Driver 8- R.E.M.

[Spoke]

By the way, I really like the songs listed by Swiddles and ellen. Good taste, y'all!

[Ellen Cherry]

Hey Johnathan -- I'm always trying to win a prize.

Regarding your handle: traffic guy from 790 KABC Radio in Los Angeles ... or an internet crazy? Hmmm?

And thanks spoke- :D

[JavaMaven1]

Cannonball- Kim Deal's band after the Pixies (dang it! What were they called?)


The Breeders. Forgot what they were called, too, but I knew I had the tape somewhere in the trunk of my car. Ran out in my jammies to dig through the tape case to get that because this would have been going through my head for days if I didn't get the answer right away.

Ok, spoke, this is just getting weirder--it's another sign.

I'll have to say that spoke's list is almost exactly like mine, except I have to add a few:

"Blue Suit Boogie" by Indigo Swing
"Saturday Night Fish Fry" & "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan
"Barflies at the Beach" by Royal Crown Revue
"The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
"Wild Wild Young Men" by Ruth Brown
"Debra" by Beck (saw him do this live, he is the funky white soul brother)
"Bottle of Smoke" by the Pogues (just gives me a reason to say f*ck about a hundred times in 3 minutes)
"Jump, Jive & Wail" by Louis Prima

I'll probably think of more later, so I'll add to the list :D

[Spoke]

The Breeders! That's it!

Yes JavaMaven1, it is fate. Especially what with you putting Louis Prima and the Pogues on your list. Couple more Pogues songs that qualify, in my book: Down All the Days and Ghost of a Smile.

And speaking of The Pixies, I cast a vote for Here Comes Your Man.

Hey! What are you doing in your jammies this time of day??? (Not that I don't appreciate the mental image...) ;)

[JavaMaven1]

Hey! What are you doing in your jammies this time of day??? (Not that I don't appreciate the mental image...) ;)


Brief Explanation: I'm a serious night person--I go to bed around 2 or 3 in the morning, meaning I'm usually up around 10 or 11 am. School is from 3:30 pm to 10, I get home about 11. I'm usually doing homework until 2 am. I deserveto be in my jammies at noon. :D

Another song to add to the list:

"That's A Pretty Good Love" by Big Maybell

[Edwardina]

This morning, as I was getting dressed and all that before work, I heard the song Call Me Al by Paul Simon, which, no matter how horrible my mood is, always brings a smile to my face and brightens my day. There's no particular memory attached to the song, it just makes me happy.

What songs make you smile? Is there a memory associated with it that brings joy? Or is it just something about the tune or words or beat that has you grinning like a fool?

Some of mine:

-Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns 'n Roses (As I was driving one day, I went in the ditch whilst rocking out to this song. It wasn't the song's fault, my brakes went out. I continued to rock out in the ditch until the song was over. The guy who saw it happen and stopped to help thought I had sustained some kind of head injury.)

-Every Day is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
-I Would Walk 1000 Miles - The Proclaimers
-Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
-Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
-Fishin' in the Dark - ???

-Love Shack - The B52's (My best friend, her boyfriend, and I always used to sing this at karaoke back when we were in college. That's one of the few things I miss about college, karaoke night with Liz and Mark)




OMIGOD! Is it that "You and me going fishin' in the dark, lyin' on our back and countin' the stars . . ." song? I love that song!

It brings up such cool memories for a girl who grew up in rural town, and has gone fishing after dark . . .

[JoltSucker]

The Bad Touch -- by The Bloodhouse Gang ("You and baby, we ain't nuthin' but mammals/so let's do it like they do it on Discovery Channel")

Let Me Go -- by Cake

Miserable -- by Blink 182 (at least the refrain: you make me come/you make me complete/you make me completely miserable)

Happy, Shiny People -- by REM

I want to be Sedated -- by The Ramones

[Crown Prince of Irony]

"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - the Police

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
(can you tell it makes me giddy?)

[Ellen Cherry]

Ahem, that's "Shiny Happy People" by REM, from "Out of Time."

~Your resident REMophile

[Nacho4Sara]

I second "Flagpole Sitta," "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," and "Blister In The Sun" - these all make me giddy too.

Also:
"With A Little Help From My Friends," The Beatles

"Superstition," Stevie Wonder

"These Foolish Things," Billie Holiday

"Let's Go Crazy," "Raspberry Beret," "1999," "Kiss", Prince

"My Love Is Your Love," Whitney Houston

"I Want You Back," "Bye Bye Bye," "It's Gonna Be Me," "No Strings Attached," *NSYNC (hey, I like them for a reason - they make me happy!)

:) Happy listening, everyone!! :)

[Spoke]

Oh yeah, speaking of Raspberry Beret, there is an absolutely killer cover of this song by The Derailers on their CD Reverb Deluxe. (Imagine if you will a sort of honky-tonk take on the tune.) Seek it out. Talk about a song that will make you smile. You will smile, you will giggle, you will laugh out loud!

[Edwardina]

I want to be Sedated -- by The Ramones


You stole my song! The one song that I thought of, unequivocally, that always fills me with childlike glee! Drat!

Other than that particular one, the ones that make me smile are a whole bunch of silly things that I will not torment the rest of you innocents by listing here. Most could be considered the auditory equivalent of Brendan Fraser; the songs that make me smile are to music what he is to the profession of acting: a good time without a lot of depth.

I guess which songs make me smile also depends on what kind of smile you mean. There are, of course, certains songs which illicit something closer akin to an evil grin. *evil grin* Would those also count?

[Mr. Cynical]

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah. - Alan Sherman

How can you listen to that song and NOT smile?

[DRY]

Years ago, I was listening to the radio--don't remember the station--and they took a call from a syrupy sweet sounding lady that bade the DJ to "play me something romantic". Next thing I heard were the..ahem..mellifluous sounds of the Clash. Still makes me smile just thinking about it.

I posted other songs that made me smile in the "songs that made you cry" thread (they made me cry with laughter). Monty Python's Lumberjack song was one, so was the aborted "I gave my love a cherry" sung by Steven Bishop in Animal House.

There's another piece of music, not actually a song, that makes me laugh: It's one of Tchaikovsky's famous symphonies. Blame the Monty Python "The Farming Club presents the Life of Tchaikovsky" for this: they had a skit where a famous musician was supposed to play the symphony in question: "He will escape from padlocks, two sets of handcuffs and a burlap bag", and Terry Jones comes rolling on stage, trying to simultaneously play the piano and do his escape routine. Hilarious!

[Jonathan Chance]

You're the first person who tried to ID my handle but no luck. It does NOT come from a traffic reporter or an internet crazy. Doesn't mean they're not using it as well.

Anyone else?

[SwimmingRiddles]

Hell, I hereby nominate the entire Sgt. Pepper Album. With the exception of A Day in the Life and She's Leaving Home, that is one damn happy album.

I also nominate Nightswimming by REM. I grew up on a lake, and there are a lot of wonderful memories about floating in the water, which is warmer then the night air. It's so dark you can't tell where the water beings and the air ends. And Michael and the boys hit the nail on the head with that one.

As you can see in the album (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27441) thread, I'm a BIG Paul Simon's Graceland fan.

Good picks, kids.

[Coldfire]

RealityChuck said:

Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 4th movement ("Song of Joy")


Nitpicking is OK when it comes to Beethoven: that would be Ode to Joy ("Ode an die Freude"). And it is also the best piece of music ever written. IMHO, naturally.

A few more happy songs:
Rush - Kid Gloves
Dire Straits - Twistin' by the Pool
Level 42 - Heaven in my Hands
Paul Carrack - Don't shed a tear for me
Poco - Call it Love

OK, that's it. I'm gonna go out and frolic in the sun now.

[ReservoirDog]

Miserable -- by Blink 182 (at least the refrain: you make me come/you make me complete/you make me completely miserable)

Minor correction, JoltSucker. This song is actually by a band called Lit. You know, those blokes who do My Own Worst Enemy (the car is in the front yard, and I'm sleeping with my clothes on, blah, blah, blah)

[Ellen Cherry]

OK Johnathan, I'm on a mission now. Is this (http://www.cascity.com/alias17.htm) you?? What a dude.

Ooo SwimmingRiddles, I'll check out the album thread! When I (finally) got a CD player "Graceland" was the first one I allowed to slip inside. Hey, I'm a rich girl. I don't try to hide it. ;)

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

How can no one have listed "Born to Boogie" by Hank Jr.yet?

Runaround Sue shoulda been on my list. Plus a coupla dozen others you guys have mentioned.

[GreenEyes]

Saved The Best for Last.. by Vanessa Williams

[Ukulele Ike]

Oh yeah..."Fishing Blues." No matter WHO performs it...Taj Mahal, the Holy Modal Rounders, even the Lovin' Spoonful.

And Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo," because my son's named after it.

[xelakann]

I was driving at sunset on some random mountain road about hour out of Missoula, MT. The scenery was breathtaking! I had my radio station on scan, because there was no clear station... then all of the sudden I got some local station and the song on the radio was "Wonderful world" by Louie Armstrong! I just sat there, driving in my car, looking out the window and thinking... "Wow, isn't though!"
:)

[Jonathan Chance]

That's not me! But I'm a bit humbled that there's so many potential people using a name I thought was a bit obscure!

If you need a hint just let me know...

-JC

[Gazoo]

Mentioned already:

-"Call me Al" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" by Paul Simon
-"Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits
-"Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
-"Moondance" by Van Morrison

Others:

-"Ultimately Fine," "Stangest Kind," and "Good Work" by the BoDeans
-"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Werewolves of London," and "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Warren Zevon
-"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" by the Outlaws
-"The Weight" by the Band
-"Heard it in a Love Song" by Marshall Tucker Band (you know the one, everyone always sings it as "Purdy little love song..can't be wrong.")
-"Wild World" by Cat Stevens
- Anything by Louis Jordan
-"Sunday Morning Coming" and "Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash
-"Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh
-"Cracklin's Rosie" by Neil Diamond
-"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen

[Poirot]

I'm a sucker for "I can see clearly now, the rain is gone"
Also "It's getting better all the time"

[xizor]

Dire Straits - Twistin' by the Pool


Is this really Dire Straits? I thought it was Nick Lowe

[Milossarian]

Swiddles: Good calls on Everclear (love that band!) and the Femmes. Ditto on "Sedated."

Can't believe this got so long without these two perfect tunes for this category:

Low Rider by War

Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon.

[jesuslynch]

Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon.


Heard this on the way home last Friday. Yeah, it makes me smile too.

"To think that I, a long-haired sleeping gnome, could be the star of a hollywood movie. This really blew my mind."

[JoltSucker]

Ellen and ReservoirDog:
Ahem, that's "Shiny Happy People" by REM, from "Out of Time."
Minor correction, JoltSucker. This song is actually by a band called Lit.

Hey, I was having a Senior Moment. After all, I'm a 43 y.o. geezer (not to be confused with the band). I forget these things...

:o:rolleyes::p;);j

[ReservoirDog]

After all, I'm a 43 y.o. geezer (not to be confused with the band).

Um... Weezer?

[Edwardina]

Hey, I just thought of one:

"One Night In Bangkok"

Is that what it's called? Who sings that? Anyway, I just love the lyrics. It's such a weird thing for a pop song to be about. I guess that just goes to show some of the weird things that make me smile . . .

[ricepad]

Almost anything by Elvis Costello...

Oh, yeah...Endicott, by...by...dammit...KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS! That's it...

[ricepad]

"One Night in Bankok" is from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Chess"...and it's by...um...lemme think for a second...

[JoltSucker]

Um... Weezer?

Weezer, Geezer, whatever...

I gotta go put my teeth back in, sonny...

I'm an adult now! [The Pursuit of Happiness]

[Edwardina]

"One Night in Bankok" is from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Chess"...and it's by...um...lemme think for a second...


Now I'm embarrassed. I didn't know there was an Andrew Lloyd Weber musical "Chess." Yeesh.

I just used to hear it on the radio on Eighties at Eight! "I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine!"

[Catfood Purrito]

"One Night in Bankok" is from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Chess"...and it's by...um...lemme think for a second...


Murray Head, whose brother is the guy who plays the Watcher on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think....or I could be smoking crack.

You guys have some great choices! You've reminded me of a lot of songs that I love but I've forgotten about, and my mp3 collection thanks you.

More that I've thought of:

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Levon - Elton John
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Basically anything by Elton John
Lola - The Kinks
Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

I have to second Santa Monica by Everclear, Spill the Wine by Eric Burden and War, and American Music by the Violent Femmes (can't believe I forgot that one!)

[Anti Pro]

"Do You Believe in Magic" by the Lovin' Spoonful
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerron
"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
"Old Time Rock N'Roll" Bob Seger
"Dancing in The Dark" and "Born in the USA" by Springsteen
and OF COURSE in honor of aha, (who's been welcomed by practically EVERYONE!) "Western Union" by The Five Americans

[ricepad]

One more..."Nellie The Elephant", by The Toy Dolls.

[Eve]

Everyone knows my weakness for goofy novelty songs of the 1910s and '20s (and my particular fondness for "Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars").

This one happened to be on my cassette player as I was getting ready this morning:

"I've got a bimbo down on the bamboo isle!
She's waiting there for me, beneath a bamboo tree--
Believe me, she's got the other bimbos beat a mile,
She dances gaily, daily--
She'd be a hit with Barnum-Bailey!
I'll build a bungalo on the bamboo isle,
'Cause when I go again, I'll stay awhile!
I've seen wrecks, plenty of wrecks,
Out on the deep blue sea--
But, by heck, there never was a wreck
Like the wreck she made of me!
And all she wore was a great big Zulu smile--
My little bimbo down on the bamboo isle!"

--They just don't write 'em like that anymore . . .

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

I thought it was by Benny or Bjorn (one of the ABBA guys). Mabe they did it in conjunction with ALW? Or Tim Rice?
This question has to come up on WWTBAM someday. It's a good one.

[Coldfire]

"Chess" was by both Benny and Bjorn, of ABBA fame.

[Saint Zero]

Alice Cooper : Poison
Meat Loaf : Bat out of Hell (I like the storytellers version)

Rush : Subdivisions
The Nylons : Kiss Him Goodbye
Yngwie Malmsteen: Carry On My Wayward Son (his cover of it)

[ricepad]

I stand corrected...Chess was the ABBA guys and Tim Rice.

Cranky, you still hang with that WWTBAM group?

[Saint Zero]

[b]Ellen and ReservoirDog:
[QUOTE]Ahem, that's "Shiny Happy People" by REM, from "Out of Time."
Minor correction, JoltSucker. This song is actually by a band called Lit.

Um... I have no clue which song you're thinking of, but I can distinctly see the video in my head, with Michael Stipe and Whatshername from the B-52's singing it cheerfully. It's REM.

[Saint Zero]

"One Night in Bankok" is from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Chess"...and it's by...um...lemme think for a second...


Psst.. Murray Head. (love the song!)

[Saint Zero]

Let me add one more... Oak Ridge Boys : Elvira

[Coldfire]

My WinAmp just stumbled across one of the Ultimate Summer Songs:

Men At Work - Down Under

That song, a convertible and a long stretch of road in a summer sunset. Hell yeah.

[yojimbo]

Ok, it's not a song but my ultimate feel good piece of music is Pachelbel's Canon .

I cannot hear it without feeling better about things .

[Scotticher]

Well, it makes me both smile AND cry, but Don Henley's new song "I'm Taking You Home". He wrote it for his newborn daughter, I am told, and I think that is so sweet it makes me smile. And since I am a soggy sap, it also makes me tear up.

Scotti

[Byzantine]

That N'sync song Bye Bye. It makes me smile because I know, very soon, they will. Go bye bye because no one will longer buy buy their albums. Thank Gods! I giggle every time I hear it.

[flikker]

Angie - Rolling Stones
Add It Up - Violent Femmes

[GuyShyGirl]

New Age Girl - Deadeye Dick
Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang
The World is New - Save Ferris
Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks
Mouth - Merril Bainbridge
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
I Do - Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Summer Girls - LFO
All Star - Smash Mouth
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Thong Song - Sisqo
Knock Three Times - Tony Orland & the Dawn

[Monster104]

I second "Add It Up". Another one I like, being a youngster and all is "I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Offspring (And there is nothing wrong with Weezer!! I love Weezer!)

[taddycat]

The Longest Time by Billy Joel
Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes (I liked it in college, but was reminded of how great it is by the show "My so-called life")
Build me up, Buttercup (there's a great punk cover of this and I can't remember who does it)
Almost any early REM (pre-Document)
I Feel Free by Cream (although I am pissed that it is now used in a car commercial)
Happy Together by the turtles
That "fuck you, I won't do what you told me" song by Rage Against the Machine. I can never remember the name of the song but I love to scream it when in the car)
Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen
Gigantic by the Pixies (Just so damn happy)
Rudie can't fail by The Clash (I love a song that uses the word feckless)
Little Boxes by Pete Seeger (Brings out the nonconformist in me)
China Cat Sunflower by The Greatful Dead (Reminds me of those carefree teenage days)
Scarlett Begonias, also by the Dead (I love the line "from the other direction she was calling my eye; might be an illusion, but I might as well try")
Also, some absurd show tunes I am too embarassed to mention

I am now feeling the urge to make a mixed tape. Unfortunately, I am at work for the next six hours. I guess I'll wait until tonight.

[HomeSlice]

My WinAmp just stumbled across one of the Ultimate Summer Songs:

Men At Work - Down Under

That song, a convertible and a long stretch of road in a summer sunset. Hell yeah.


Ok Coldie, why do you really like that song? :D

My pick would have to be anything by Jimmy Buffet.

[Ellen Cherry]

I thought of another one!! "Word Up" by Cameo.


Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen


Does Bruce have a song called Pink Cadillac? I can only think of "Cadillac Ranch," which really is a good-time, feel-happy song.

Regarding "Shiny Happy People" by REM; the liner notes list vocals by one Kate Pierson; would that be that chick from the B52s?

Someone mentioned the Dead Kennedys. Aren't they the ones who put out that soft crooning love song "Too Drunk to F*ck" ?

[Spoke]

ellen wrote:

Does Bruce have a song called Pink Cadillac?

Yes. It was the "B" side on one of his singles ("Dancing in the Dark," I believe). I don't think it ever appeared on an album. You can find the lyrics here:

http://www.mixed-up.com/lyrics/round/pink-cadillac.html

Regarding "Shiny Happy People" by REM; the liner notes list vocals by one Kate Pierson; would that be that chick from the B52s?

Yes. REM and the B52s both hail from Athens, GA (hence the connection). There is another R.E.M./Kate Pierson collaboration on a song called "Fretless" from the Until the End of the World soundtrack.

[Spoke]

Hmmm...

In reading the interpretation of the lyrics to "Pink Cadillac" on that link, I think they screwed up a couple of lines:

1. I think it's "Cruisin' down the street" not "Oozing down the street."

2. It's "Bigger than a Subaru" not "Bigger than a BMW."