# Songs that never fail to put you in a bouncy mood **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438 "2001-01-23T19:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/1 "2001-01-23T19:29:32Z")
After reading the [sad songs thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56578) and listening to Built To Spill’s “Twin Falls Idaho” (a rather bittersweet song) I HAD to put in “Abbey Road” to snap me out of my melancholia. “Two Of Us” is one of those songs that never fails to make my head bob in rhythm - it’s sweet, catchy, and just **bouncy**. Other songs like that: “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John; “What Is Life” by George Harrison; “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys; “Roller Derby Queen” by Jim Croce; somewhat embarrassingly, “Here and Now” by Letters to Cleo…gimme a C! A bouncy C! Or failing that, a bouncy song! So…do you have any? [sub]And if anyone posts “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” I will be forced to exsanguinate you with a toothpick.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/2 "2001-01-23T19:41:16Z")
“Love Shack” by the B-52s. Actually, just about anything by the B-52s. “Bang, bang, bang, on the door, baby…” ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/3 "2001-01-23T19:48:08Z")
It’s the End of the World (and I Feel Fine) - REM ---
**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/4 "2001-01-23T19:56:09Z")
“I Believe in Miracles” by Hot Chocolate, and, weirdly enough, “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, by Alice Cooper. And that “If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife” song. Oh yeah, & Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car”, if that counts as a song. I’m in a bouncy mood just thinking about these songs!! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/5 "2001-01-23T19:58:17Z")
“The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count” by **The Divine Comedy**. If that one doesn’t put you in a bouncy mood, check for rigor mortis. Also, “Flip Your Wig” by **Husker Du** , “I’m The Only One” by **The Go-Go’s** , “Interesting Drug” by **Morrissey** ,“Can’y Hardly Wait” by **The Replacements** , and “A Little Respect” by **Erasure**. And, just to be a jackass music snob, “Two of Us” is on _Let It Be_, not _Abbey Road_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/6 "2001-01-23T20:03:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\*It’s the End of the World (and I Feel Fine) - REM > \*\* Most definately Sue! Also: Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway INXS - Good Times The Kinks - Hatred ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/7 "2001-01-23T20:07:03Z")
I vote for “Don’t Let’s Start” by They Might Be Giants or No Doubt’s “Just A Girl” never fails to get me bopping around the house. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/8 "2001-01-23T20:20:12Z")
The best song to put you in a bouncy mood has got to be “Jump Around” by House of Pain. Even though I amo probably to get away with it anymore I still like to play loud music in car, boat whatever when I drive by people. And whenever people just hear that song they start to bob their head. Can’t get more “bouncy” than that. So I declare I win this thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/9 "2001-01-23T20:31:55Z")
I agree with **cher3** that just about anything by the B-52’s will snap me out of the worst bad mood. But if my copy of “Cosmic Thing” isn’t readily available, some of my other favorites are: “Beep Beep”-Louis Prima “Jump, Jive and Wail”-ditto “Roller Derby Queen”-Jim Croce “Tequila”-The Ventures “Cadillac Ranch”-Bruce Springsteen “Look At That Cadillac”-Stray Cats “Rapture”-Blondie Any or all of these are guaranteed to make me feel better. Regards, Zappo ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/10 "2001-01-23T21:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > [BAnd, just to be a jackass music snob, “Two of Us” is on Let It Be, not Abbey Road._\* You know, as much of a Beatles fan as I am, every single stinkin’ time I post something Beatles-related on this board I screw it up. Of course you’re right. I was looking at the Abbey Road case sitting on my desk. I humbly apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/11 "2001-01-23T21:14:06Z")
**Wildest Bill** , you RULE!! “Word to your moms, I came to drop bombs, I got more rhymes than the Bible’s got psalms”… …admit it, everybody, you’re bouncing in your seat RIGHT NOW. I know I am. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/12 "2001-01-23T21:17:02Z")
Okay, I know I’m weird… Closer - Nine Inch Nails Dark Entries - Bauhaus Detonation Boulevard - Sisters of Mercy Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde Just about anything by Jimi Hendrix or Thin Lizzy Modern Love - David Bowie Bob Wills is Still the King - Waylon Jennings Sedated - Ramones ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/13 "2001-01-23T21:17:02Z")
Okay, I know I’m weird… Closer - Nine Inch Nails Dark Entries - Bauhaus Detonation Boulevard - Sisters of Mercy Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde Just about anything by Jimi Hendrix or Thin Lizzy Modern Love - David Bowie Bob Wills is Still the King - Waylon Jennings ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/14 "2001-01-23T21:23:07Z")
Sorry about the doubling there ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/15 "2001-01-23T21:53:59Z")
“Life’s Been Good” by Joe Walsh “The Boys are Back in Town” by Thin Lizzy “Jump Jive and Wail” by well, pretty much anyone “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf “Cracklin Rosie” by Neil Diamond “Good Work” by BoDeans “Summer in the Sandbox” by Domestic Problems “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen “Ghost Riders in the Sky” by the Outlaws No particular reasons. These are just songs I play a lot before I head out on the town, or while out on the town. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/16 "2001-01-23T21:57:59Z")
Sorry, couldn’t forget this one - “Coconut” by whoever (it’s on the Resevoir Dogs soundtrck…“you put the lime in the coconut you drink ‘em bot’ up…”) Also, “Flowers on the Wall” off the Pulp Fiction one. And just about anything from the Boomtown Rats. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/17 "2001-01-23T22:05:47Z")
“My Sharona” by the Knack “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina & The Waves and I have to agree with “Sedated”, there, **FallenAngel**! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Hokienautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/18 "2001-01-23T22:10:56Z")
Couple of Jimmy Buffett songs that do the trick for me: One Particular Harbor (preferably the live version) and Love and Luck. His latest live album has both songs on it, so it’s quite the mood enhancer to drive down the highway, windows open and CD blasting. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/19 "2001-01-23T22:16:00Z")
“Many Miles Before I Go” by John Hiatt. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438/20 "2001-01-23T22:47:13Z")
Hm. I was looking over these bouncy tunes and realized that they make me far more depressed than the Saddest of Sad songs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-never-fail-to-put-you-in-a-bouncy-mood/51438.md?page=2)