following on from the sad songs thread, what about the songs that really give you a boost, put a smile on your face, a spring in your step, and pick you up when you're feeling down.....

for me, just a few suggestions....

Carly Simon singing 'nobody does it better'
INXS singing 'Heaven Sent'
Kaiser Chiefs 'I predict a riot'
Iggy Pop singing 'Lust for Life'

and loads more, its too hard to pick the ones that make me smile, because there are just too many of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwXSqWVXACE
Shiny happy people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTCW4oxS6I
Groove is in the heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZADbubu0Y
Jump Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Bs9_k3kVc
Henrietta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFSYf-sgBIw
Reptillia
And
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tuvX_X7Rlw
Last nite
Laid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqIHWAMSJ4
Changing man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKL9HVCi2c
Spend some time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcL91Ut6-gY
Superstition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
I am the resurrection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QnK0yql8s
Bartender and the thief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99xdadrB4fk

I like music.

Always makes me laugh - Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTW8oUV8Aq0

Confetti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS_5Tw9oCUY) by the Lemonheads.

In fact, anything by the Lemonheads...

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream - from Bringing it all back Home.
He 'loses' it a bit and it makes me laugh my head off.

So many - just a selection below. I'm including songs that make me feel elated and good about life, as well as making me smile

Only Ones "Another Girl, Another Planet" - simply makes the spirit soar

Boo Radleys "Wake Up Boo" - so full of the joy of just being alive

Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK" - like being hit in the face with a bucket of cold water - in a good way...

Blur "Park Life"

Blur "Charming Man"

Manics "Stay Beautiful"

Buzzcocks "Boredom" - it's that "be dum be dum" that always does it for me :)

Suede "So Young"

Lush "Ladykiller"

The Smiths "Sheila Take a Bow"

Midnight Oil "Beds are Burning"

Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict a Riot"

Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger"

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - "Delilah"

Proclaimers "I would walk 500 Miles"

Toy Dolls "Nellie the Elephant" - heard this for the first time in years this week - and it was glorious!

So many more...

StarSparkle

Charlie Chester's Somebody always has to be the Onion (speeded up to 78 to sound like Pinky and Perky)

Miserable Lie & Sweet and Tender Hooligan by The Smiths
Special Brew and Lip Up Fatty by Bad Manners
Rat Race by The Specials
Living Doll by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones (Comic Relief)
Hole In My Shoe by neil
Bodies by the Sex Pistols
Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me by The Goodies
.....................etc.......................

I've been watching this video on Youtube a bit lately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Sm4jMjJEM

There's a song by The Feeling Fill My Little World

Bluetones - after Hours

Midnight Oil "Beds are Burning"[/B]


That song always makes me cringe, I don't know why.

That song always makes me cringe, I don't know why.

I think that's probably because the lyrics are just a bit embarrassing and crap - they're well-meant, but do come over a bit naive and over-earnest today. When it was first released, I don't think we were all quite as sophisticated (or cynical?) as we are now, so it worked better.

But it's a cracking tune :)

StarSparkle

Hero by Enrique Eglaisies cos mi daughter hates me singing to it
Alice Alice who the **** is Alice (frigg knows who sang it)
Cars by Gary Numan (am a massive fan)
Everday is like sunday by the Smiths (love mi sundays)
Fairytale of New York
Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris (sad i know)
Does Your Mother Know by Abba (only record mi nan ever bought me)

Miserable Lie & Sweet and Tender Hooligan by The Smiths
Special Brew and Lip Up Fatty by Bad Manners
Rat Race by The Specials
Living Doll by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones (Comic Relief)
Hole In My Shoe by neil
Bodies by the Sex Pistols
Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me by The Goodies
.....................etc.......................

Yeah, "Rat Race" by the Specials is another one that should be on my list. As is "Free Nelson Mandela" - another glorious life-affirming song

OMG, I forgot one of the very best - "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones. How could I forget? In fact, pretty much anything by The Undertones could be on the list.

And "Alright" by Supergrass - shut up now, Sparkle! :P

StarSparkle

These take me back to the early eighties when things seemed a lot better!

Lambrettas - D-a-a-ance
Detroit Spinners - Cupid
The Body Snatchers - Do Rock Steady
Blondie - Atomic
The Jam - Going Underground
Frank Wilson - Do I Love you (OK, It's not the 80's, but It brings back good memories for me)

And finally this one from 1978, It's a very moving song from a young man who's relationship with his girlfriend has ended, It would bring tears to a glass eye, It really is very emotional,... Jilted John.

These take me back to the early eighties when things seemed a lot better!

Lambrettas - D-a-a-ance
Detroit Spinners - Cupid
The Body Snatchers - Do Rock Steady
Blondie - Atomic
The Jam - Going Underground
Frank Wilson - Do I Love you (OK, It's not the 80's, but It brings back good memories for me)

And finally this one from 1978, It's a very moving song from a young man who's relationship with his girlfriend has ended, It would bring tears to a glass eye, It really is very emotional,... Jilted John.

And the dialogue is utterly true to life :)

StarSparkle

Any hair metal song from the 80s always gets me smiling, especially if there is an air guitar solo to be taken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1pXsJp_go&feature=related :)

This gentleman always makes me laugh, trouble is, once Ive heared the song I cant get it out of my head for days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v694rpQ1QWQ

This gentleman always makes me laugh, trouble is, once Ive heared the song I cant get it out of my head for days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v694rpQ1QWQ

Jabber, they guy has to be you singing, that's just how I imagine you, you have a lovely voice , your OH should be proud :)

Jabber, they guy has to be you singing, that's just how I imagine you, you have a lovely voice , your OH should be proud :)

Hes way too skinny and hairless to be me! :D

Don't Worry. Be Happy. can't remember the singers name.
Summer Holiday, Cliff Richard.
It doesn't Matter Anymore. Buddy Holly
Bless Your Beautiful Hide, Howard Keel.
Any Lonnie Donegan songs.
Gonna Build A Mountain, Sammy Davis Jnr.

Boo Radleys "Wake Up Boo" - so full of the joy of just being alive
Not sure about that one, the music is happy and jolly but the song is quite dark as is the album.

Anyway this works for me http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvpeYiQwss frank wilson

even if things end up a bit heavy...:) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLkC8l3nJro)

miaooooooooooooooooow...:love: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EeZRBStMNQ)

everyone knows it's windy...(?):confused: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8vOQNvd3c&feature=related)

old favourite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVLhoIHggbw&NR=1)

you're the one for me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-q7-lH8cbs)

great guitar solo at the end (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPFg_bOyZk)

I'm very bored...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0DNQMzpG_s

This a nice 1.:)

Boo Radleys "Wake Up Boo" - so full of the joy of just being alive
Not sure about that one, the music is happy and jolly but the song is quite dark as is the album.


Don't quote me on this, but I'm sure I read somewhere (might even have been on here) that "Wake Up Boo" is apparently a technically perfect piece of music to induce feelings of happiness in the listener.

StarSparkle

Don't quote me on this, but I'm sure I read somewhere (might even have been on here) that "Wake Up Boo" is apparently a technically perfect piece of music to induce feelings of happiness in the listener.

StarSparkle

That is true. I mentioned that to you and i read it somewhere but i forget where. Sure you could trace it on the internet.

That is true. I mentioned that to you and i read it somewhere but i forget where. Sure you could trace it on the internet.

Cheers, Edna! Great minds think alike :)

Sparkle

Don't quote me on this, but I'm sure I read somewhere (might even have been on here) that "Wake Up Boo" is apparently a technically perfect piece of music to induce feelings of happiness in the listener.

StarSparkle

Don't get me wrong, it's a song and album I love but there is a real undercurrent of sadness in the lyrics.

This one makes me smile because it so reminds me of me in one of the local boozers here in the inbred wilds of rural Leicestershire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgOdjpWZYdc

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw

Boo Radleys "Wake Up Boo" - so full of the joy of just being alive
Not sure about that one, the music is happy and jolly but the song is quite dark as is the album.


I've always preferred Wishin' I Was Skinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0VAe1C6GAk) myself!

Summer Holiday

Agadoo

Hit me with your rhythm stick

House of Fun

Baggy Trousers

I'm Too Sexy for my Shirt

My favorite video, is "The Adventures of Cuddle Cubbie" Would you like to see my favorite video?
w*w.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYotExbWiM
what you think about it & help me to find more videos of similar type.
:wow:

Main title of happy tree friend and crazy frog make me simle

Agree... Boo Radleys. Always puts a smile on my face.

Pretty Ricky - On The Hotline

you need a bit of disney to make you smile!

the bear neccesaties and king of the swingers from jungle book, if they dont make you smile your dead inside...

another one. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4&feature=related)

Although this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYEM68HIm0Y) makes me cry lots, in a weird way it makes me kind of smile too. There are memories attatched to this song:)

Loads:

Van Morrison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JeDXKUOJjI).

Jackie Wilson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2_zhLs_T4).

Lightning Seeds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwzc30glWac).

The Wonder Stuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmzS9mjz_I&feature=related).

Again, but with Vic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQgeMe3HaSI).

Dirty Dancing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSuCtebBT0).

Which reminds me of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZQKqju2Trg).

James (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol-KrTTta4g).

Erasure (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NKpY9DAFT4).

Steve Harley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5cCWbzz15c).

Billy Bragg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqH_xqh0eVw).

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw
Love that one! I hadn't seen that video before either.

Reminds me of this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=69cR9J-V-Qg) (can't find the original verson).

Almost forgot this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=54eNjLgImLs) one.

OK, two more...
Break my world (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rN7U--IFhGA) and heroes. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YYjBQKIOb-w)

The Intro and the Outro from the 60's by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band always makes me smile. The team from 'Do not adjust your set' on TV also did a cover version which was equally as funny. Both on Youtube I think.

So far the songs that have made me smile are:

Here comes the sun - beatles
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Stand by me - temptations
Hallelujah - some girl

Nothin' but a good time ...Poison
Wild Child ...W.A.S.P
Midlife Crisis...Faith no more
Ricochet..Faith no more

Also , the album 'Kalgoorlie Love Songs' by Kevin Bloody Wilson always make me laugh , in particular the track "She's a good 'un "