Songs That Make You Happy

[Kury Wagner]

Do you have any songs that when you hear them, you can't help but smile or feel good?

I've a few that just make me feel wonderful while listening to them (odd mix, but eh):

Why Don't You & I - Santana (with Kroeger singing lead)
Knees Of My Bees - Alanis Morissette
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Rainy Days Never Stays - Brilliant Green
It's My Time - Martina McBride
3 x 5 - John Mayer
Natural Woman - Carole King
Rock Show - Blink 182
Get Lost by Troubled Hubble
Hell Yes by Beck
My Doorbell by White Stripes
Paper Bag -- Anna Nalick
Closer -- Nine Inch Nails (ehehe, shush)
My Best Friend -- Weezer
Pump It Up -- Elvis Costello
New World by Round Table
Kiss Wo Shiyou - YUKI

So are there any songs that make you happy?

[Fone Bone]

YMCA always makes me VERY happy. I am also fond of Build Me Up Buttercup, Do The Loco-Motion, and Caribbean Amphibian from Sesame Street.

Beyond the Sea and Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head do it for me too.

[True Noir]

Anything by Morning Musume. Hm...but if I were to pick out one of their specific songs, I'd say "Love Revolution". The video is awesome.

[Elven Moon]

"Pure Imagination" (Willy Wonka or Maroon 5 version)

"You Don't Own Me" or "Slow Boat to China" (Bette Midler)

"Believe" (Josh Groban)

"Singin' in the Rain"

"Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride" (Lilo and Stitch)

[AnimatedSnow47]

Most of the time I only listen to upbeat, optimistic music. I just prefer it. But, songs that always make me truly feel great include:

S Club 7 - Love Train
Myra - Miracles Happen
Yes - Run with the Fox
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Association - Windy
S Club 7 - Bring it All Back
Petula Clark - Don't Give Up
Spongebob Squarepants - Ripped Pants
The Pirates - Spongebob Squarepants Theme (Movie Version)
Hope 7 - I Want Everything
Hampton the Hamster - The Hampter Dance
Essex Green - Everything is Green
Kylie Minogue - I Believe in You

And, during the Holidays, some Christmas songs never fail to make me smile broadly, such as:
Hilary and Haylie Duff - Same Old Christmas
Bob Rivers - All You Need is Elves
Hilary Duff - Santa Claus Lane (North Pole Remix)

[J. B. Warner]

"Any Way You Want It" by Journey always cheers me up for some reason.

[Carlos]

"Baby Got Back" by Sir-Mix-Alot.:cool:

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

Can be just about anything, really, especially if I'm in a good mood to begin with. Even some songs that others might hear and think are just loud and annoying make me happy because I appreciate the instrumental aspect of it so much.

Some that make me happy every time, though are:

"Farm Fiddlin'" by Zakk Wylde
"Ya Yo Gakk" by Steve Vai (can't recommend this one highly enough!)
"Bird Dance" by Borislav Mitic
"Concerto" by Cacophony
"Who Me?" by Buckethead
"Mabel's Fatal Fable" by Jason Becker
Lots of other songs by Santana, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, Racer X, Buckethead, etc, etc...

[ToOn~g@l]

Real world by Matchbox Twenty
Bigger than my body by John Mayer
Any thing by Dave Matthews Band (Usually when he is on the radio I crank it as loud as possible)
Is she really going out with him and Mr Bartender by Sugar Ray
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Swing Swing by the all american rejects
Hound Dog and a little less conversation by Elvis presley

And I know this is not a song but Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin always makes me happy whenever that is on.

[DarthGonzo]

"She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 - that song seems to have been written to describe my relationship with my best friend. I love her more than anyone else in this world.

[Kury Wagner]

Any thing by Dave Matthews BandOoh that reminds me, Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews is one for my list. I have no idea why, as I really don't care for anything else by him, but yeesh I love that song. Also Mad Season by Matchbox 20 (among others that I don't feel like listing right now 'cause I've got a headache).

[Tay the Cat]

The live version of "Bad" by U2.

[Jave]

This song always cheers me up, and no, I'm not kidding. I even recorded it in my MD Player.

When the way of the world has got you down and you wanna end your life,
Bills to pay, a dead-end job, and problems with the wife,
But don't throw in the towel 'cause there's a place just down the block,
Where you can drink your misery away...

At Flaming Moe's (Let's all go to Flaming Moe's)
When liquor in a mug, can warm you like a hug,
Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away,
Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away.

Boy, am I weird. :p

[Chrono1995]

"Digital Love" by Daft Punk, "The Spiderbite Song" by the Flaming Lips, and ANYTHING by Earth Wind and Fire never fail.

[Mittenz]

Ladies and gentlemen, the happy soundtrack of Motorpsycho!

Dance Nation "Sunshine"
Armand Van Helden "Hear My Name"
Fictivision "Escape"
Dutch feat. Crystal Waters "My Time"
Ferry Corsten "Rock Your Body Rock"
Alice Deejay "Better Off Alone"
Hard In Tango "This Is My DJ"
Technotronic "Move This"
Seal "Love's Divine (The Passengers Radio Mix)"
System F "Out of the Blue"
Veracocha "Carte Blanche"
Arctic NRG* "Full Power"
Sarina Paris "Look At Us"
Galleon "So I Begin"
Outkast "Hey Ya"
Lustral "Everytime"
Gina G. "Ooh Aah (Just A Little Bit)"
La Bouche "Sweet Dreams"
Moby "In My Heart"
DJ Miko "What's Up?"
Amber "One More Night (Hani Radio Edit)"
Paul Van Dyk "We're Alive"
Van Halen "Jump"
Van Halen "Dreams"
Ace Of Base "The Sign"

*He's a friend of mine that I know personally.

[Patchwork]

"Omobolisire" - Prozzak

"Digital Love" - Daft Punk

"Gotta Knock a Little Harder" - Cowboy Bebop

"After All" - Metropolis

"Songbird" - Oasis

"The Bards Song (in the forest)" - Blind Guardian

"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Reel Big Fish

"Rio" - Durran Durran

"Peacekeeper" - Fleetwood Mac

"All I Ever Wanted" - The Prince of Egypt

"City of Light" - The Brave Little Toaster

"Our Time Has Come" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - Cats Don't Dance

Fraggle Rock theme

"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" - Meat Loaf

"Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen

"Freewill" - Rush

"Sir Duke", "Made to Love Her" and "Part Time Lover" - Stevie Wonder

"Help!", "Hey Jude", and Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles

"Change the world" - Inuyasha

"Hardware Store" - Wierd Al

"Tobacco Island" - Flogging Molly

"Signal in the Sky (Let's Go)" - The Apples in Stereo

"Puttin on the Ritz" - They Might Be Giants

"For the Longest Time" - Billy Joel

[Delthayre]

Most jazz tends to make me happy, but there are a few particularly uplifting songs. Besides those, an ecclectic set of uplifting pieces follows.

Poor Edward -Tom Waits (I know, it should have the opposite effect, but somehow, this one all ways cheers me up)

You're Innocent When You Dream (Barroom version) -Tom Waits

Clap for the Wolfman -The Guess Who

Mississippi ******* -Nina Simone

Four Women -Nina Simone

Pirate Jenny -Nina Simone or Lotte Lenya

Mack the Knife -Nick Cave or Bertolt Brecht

Move -The Miles Davis Nonet

Venus de Milo -The Miles Davis Nonet

Hear me Talkin' to Ya -Ella Fitzgerald

It's Only a Paper Moon -Ella Fitzgerald

Night in Tunisia -The Jazz Messengers or Dexter Gordon

Body and Soul -Coleman Hawkins

I Love Paris -Coleman Hawkins

Under Paris Skies (Sous le ciel de Paris) -Coleman Hawkins

Autumn Leaves -Cannonball Adderley

Tank! -The Seatbelts

Ask DNA -Raju Ramayya

Rush - The Seatbelts

Piano Bar One -Mark Soskin

You Can Leave Your Hat On -Joe Cocker

Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball -Doctor Hook

Cover of the Rolling Stone -Doctor Hook

Acapulco Goldie -Doctor Hook

White Rabbit -Jefferson Airplane

Gavotte in D Major -Jacques Loussier

[guinaevere]

Mack the Knife -Nick Cave or Bertolt Brecht Love the original by Bobby Darin. And I love Nick Cave. But I can't say that I've ever popped on one of his tunes as Happy Music. :sweat:

Off the cuff happy tunes:
Smile -Vitamin C
Everything to Me -Rockapella
Romeo & Juliet -Dire Straits
Take a Chance on Me- Abba
Buzz Buzz Buzz - Hollywood Flames
Such a Night - Elvis Presley
Double Shot of My Baby's Love - Swinging Medallions

[Delthayre]

Love the original by Bobby Darin. And I love Nick Cave. But I can't say that I've ever popped on one of his tunes as Happy Music.
Well, considering that the first song I listed is about a man born with a physical deformity who commits suicide, I think I established a twisted emtional set from the get-go.

And to be pedantic, the Bobby Darin version, which I don't terribly like myself, wasn't the original, the Brecht version, which sounds delightfully like a cranky old German man on a carousel, is probably the original. I probably should have listed it seperately as Die Moritat von Mackie Messer.

[Gatomon41]

"One Week" - gotta love those references
"Intergalaticplanetary", Moby's "Southside", Werid Al's "The Saga Begins", The Star Wars theme, the Star trek movie theme, any song written to the tune of ODE TO JOY.

Oh yes, Stephenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride"

[Marklar]

Weezer - Keep Fishin'
The Ramones - Suzy Is a Headbanger, Oh Oh I Love Her So and a bunch more
Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun
Toots & The Maytals - Sit Right Down
Bob Marley - One Love
The Clash - Stay Free, Train in Vain (Even though it's not really a happy song)

[RD!]

I believe that since the singer (Tycho from PennyArcade, e-mail him about the great music he stopped making) of the band has told me himself in an e-mail that he doesn't own his own music and got them from mp3.com, I can post this here:
The Fine Print - Strawberry Jam (http://textfrown.net/music/Aria/04%20The%20Fine%20Print%20-%20Strawberry%20Jam.mp3)

[Nik Jam]

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees and Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes were so beautiful to me that listening to them made all my pain go away..

They don't do that anymore cause I've listened to them too many times.

Songs that make me happy because they are happy...
The Cure - Doing the Unstuck
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (well musically it is..)
Bright Eyes - Road to Joy

[guinaevere]

And to be pedantic, the Bobby Darin version, which I don't terribly like myself, wasn't the original, the Brecht version, which sounds delightfully like a cranky old German man on a carousel, is probably the original. I probably should have listed it seperately as Die Moritat von Mackie Messer. : banging head on desk: And me, a fan of the Threepenny Opera.

Vielen Dank! Ich bin alt und vergessen viele. :sweat:

[ToOn~g@l]

I have more that make me happy that I forgot to mention. Watch out some of them are country

Drive by Alan Jackson
Rodeo by Garth Brooks
Suds in the bucket (forgot the womans name)
Jump by Van Halen
Brand New Day By Sting
American Girl by Tom Petty
Down Under by Men at work

I think thats all now.

[pabcool]

Almost anything by the Flaming Lips, particularly "Do You Realize!?" and "The Spark That Bled"


also Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" and The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" and a bunch of songs I can't even recall right now.

[CyberCartoon]

1st ending song of Inuyasha and Kingdom Hearts Theme.

[Delthayre]

Here's two I nearly forgot, somehow:

Alabama Song - David Johansen/Ellen Shipley/Bob Dorough/Ralph Schuckett

Flying Teapot - Emily Bindiger


: banging head on desk: And me, a fan of the Threepenny Opera.

Vielen Dank! Ich bin alt und vergessen viele. :sweat:
Sie sind verziehen. Ich bin jünger, als Sie und ich mehr vergessen!

[Tenku]

Several. :cool:

Daft Punk - Robot Rock, Digital Love
DJ Taka - .59 (Dunno why, but it does.) Absolute, Logical Dash
McVaffe - IceCapped
Shintani Sanae - White Lovers (It just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.)
Strike911 - Oceania Robotica
Moby - Porcelain, Next To The E
FinalOffset - Twin Bee ~Generation X~
Yoma Komatsu - ever snow
anything by Ayumi Hamasaki
DJ Simon - air, 321 Stars
ZZ - The legend of max
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (Oakenfold Vocal)
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
Bassic - Excaliber Theme (Remix)
any DJ Tiesto song (especially Adagio for Strings)
Rob Dougan - I'm Not Driving Anymore

think that's it...

[sag_2002]

Too many to mention. Just recently, I found out that Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" can put me in a good mood.

[sun]

It is only fair to bring back this thread..........this song is from
Land Before Time...."If We Hold On Together"
Artist - Diana Ross
Music and Words ----James Horner and Will Jennings

It always makes me happy and brings hope into my heart..Stuart

Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith hope and glory
Hold to the truth
In your heart

If we hold on together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears
All away
Worlds are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let them come
Home to stay

If we hold on together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

When we are out there
In the dark
We'll dream about the sun
In the dark
We'll feel the light
Warm our hearts
Everyone

If we hold on together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
As high
As souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I

Maybe we can post as many happy songs, as sad ones?

[Phantasm]

Currently One Week by Barenaked Ladies and Such Great Heights by Postal Service.

[purplehairedwonder]

Ich bin jünger, als Sie und ich mehr vergessen!Das ist schade! Du sollst nich vergessen! Ihr macht mir traurig.

Anyhow, songs that make me happy:

"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" - Vertical Horizon
"Anna ni Isho Datta no Ni" - See-Saw (Gundam SEED ED 1)
"Bokutachi no Kisetsu" - Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei (YYH image song)
"Breathing" - Lifehouse
"California" - Phantom Planet
"Call and Answer" - Barenaked Ladies
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
"Everyone" - Backstreet Boys
"Eye to Eye" - Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei (YYH image song)
"Falling for the First Time" - Barenaked Ladies
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)" - Backstreet Boys
"Get the Party Started" - Pink
"Girl Can Rock" - Hilary Duff
"Hanging by a Moment" - Lifehouse
"I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
"My Will" - Dream (Inuyasha ED 1)
"One Week" - Barenaked Ladies
"Open Road Song" - Eve 6
"Polaris" - Jimmy Eat World
"Ready Steady Go" - Fullmetal Alchemist OP
"Somebody Told Me" - The Killers
"Sweetness" - Jimmy Eat World
"The Answer to Our Life" - Backstreet Boys
"The Authority Song" - Jimmy Eat World
"The Power of Love" - Sailor Moon song
"What Dreams Are Made Of" - Hilary Duff
"Wild Wind" - Kurama, Hiei (YYH song)

A lot of other songs make me happy depending on my mood. If I want kind of a mellow song and I listen to one, I get happy, so, the list is really relative.

[Kurtman]

Almost any upbeat song with an arena rock edge and lots of organ jamming (Like "Smokin" by Boston)! I feel a burst of joy whenever I hear "Holiday" by The Outlaws or "You Who Needs To Know" by 707.
Here is what "You Who Needs To Know" sounds like:
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/707-05.m3u (http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/707-o5.m3u)
It's really an awesome song for a great AOR band!

[Mittenz]

Here's more tunes to my happy soundtrack:

Locust "Aerospace" (Probspot Remix)
Enmass "Beyond Horizon"
Seal "Love's Divine" (Deepsky Remix)
Pounce "Animate"
Barthezz "On the Move"
Kraftwerk "Autobahn"
Kraftwerk "The Telephone Call"
Kraftwerk "Pocket Calculator"/"Dentaku"
Gouryella "Gouryella"
Gouryella "Ligaya"
Nu Frequency "808"
Gabriel & Dresden "Arcadia"
Snagglepulse "Cartoon World"
Peter Martin "Perfect Wave"
Crush "Jellyhead"
Paul Van Dyk "That's Life"
Ronski Speed "E.O.S."
Benny Benassi "Satisfaction"
Groovezone "Eisbaer"
Goldfrapp "Strict Machine"
Mario Piu "Visions"

[Pupmon 4.0]

'Celebration' by Kool and the Gang
'Disco Inferno' by the Trammps
'Play that Funky Music' by Wild Cherry
'Na Na Hey Hey' by Steam
'Stranded' by Plumb
'Everything You Want' by Vertical Horizon
'Limbo Rock' by Chubby Checkers(?)
'Stop! In The Name of Love' by The Supremes
'Why Should I Worry?' by Billy Joel
'The River of Dreams' by Billy Joel
'Come On Get Happy' by The Partridge Family
'Holiday' by Green Day
'Sinking' by Jars of Clay
'Boogie Wonderland' by Earth,Wind,and Fire/The Emotions
'Hollaback Girl' by Gwen Stefani
'Rich Girl' by Gwen Stefani
'Someday' by LaRue
'Someday' by Sugar Ray
'Lost in Emotion' by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
'Sad Songs(Say So Much)' by Elton John
'Someone Saved My Life Tonight' by Elton John
'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club
'Cool It Now' by New Edition


There are many more cheerful songs that I enjoy,however,I do not care to list them
right now.

[Alex Toon]

which I don't terribly like myself, wasn't the original, the Brecht version, which sounds delightfully like a cranky old German man on a carousel, is probably the original. I probably should have listed it seperately as Die Moritat von Mackie Messer.
Sollen wir einen Faden für deutsche Dinge machen?
Sorry, the only German I know is "Guten tag, kinder schweinen!" But the original does sound rather flegmmy like the man who plays the organ on the sidewalk with the monkey wanting money.

(Some of) Mr. Toon's Songs of Happiness
"Happiness" from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
"Lean On Me"
"We Can Work It Out"- Stevie Wonder (cover)
"Maybe I'm Amazed"- Wings

[Sharklady]

As it happens, on iTunes I've posted an iMix (entitled 'Celebrations!') on this very theme.

Some of the songs:

You've Made Me So Very Happy (Blood Sweat and Tears)
Together Forever (Rick Astley)
Welcome To My Morning (John Denver)
June is Bustin' Out All Over (from 'Carousel')
One Moment In Time (Whitney Houston)
Celebrate (Kool and the Gang)
Up Up And Away (The Fifth Dimension)
Through Heaven's Eyes (from 'The Prince of Egypt')

[the Amanda]

I just love insanely happy music. Sometimes it's all I'll listen to....

Here's some faves:

"Shiny Happy People" (REM)
"Birdhouse in Your Soul" (They Might Be Giants)
"She Blinded Me with Science" (Thomas Dolby)
"It's the End of the World As We Know It" (REM)
"Safety Dance" (Men Without Hats)
"Crush" (Dave Matthews Band) (this one seems a bit out of place...)
"Man It's So Loud in Here" (They Might Be Giants)
"Boys of Summer" (Don Henley)
"One Week" (Barenaked Ladies)
"In Your Eyes" (Peter Gabriel)
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" (Sting)
"And She Was" (Talking Heads)

[The Dork Knight]

Either "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants or "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" from Monty Python's Life of Brian.

[Peter Paltridge]

I didn't read any of the posts in this thread before posting mine, and I doubt any of my selections are repeated.

"Hold On For One More Day"--Wilson Phillips
The Footloose theme
The Chrono Cross soundtrack
That one Barenaked Ladies song where they talk really really fast
99 Luft Balloons
"We Will Be Invincible" by Pat Benatar
Several ethereal-sounding things by the Christian twosome Out of the Grey

Now you know I'm a freak, but at least MY songs are actually HAPPY-SOUNDING.

[Sharklady]

^ '99 Luft Balloons' is a particularly interesting choice, considering it's decisively unhappy subject matter (though a non-German speaker would be unlikely to deduce that from the sound.)

[the Amanda]

^ '99 Luft Balloons' is a particularly interesting choice, considering it's decisively unhappy subject matter (though a non-German speaker would be unlikely to deduce that from the sound.)
I forgot this from my list but it should be there as well. Personally, part of the reason why I love this song is because it's such a happy song about armageddon. :anime:

[Mike Spartz]

Here are a few songs that make me smile.

"Je t'aime tant" - Julie Delpy
"A Waltz for a Night" - Julie Delpy
"An Ocean Apart" - Julie Delpy
"Come Here" - Kath Bloom
"Unchained Melody" - Righteous Brothers
"My Immortal" - Evanescence
"Fallen" - Sarah Mclachlan
"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
"Somewhere over the Rainbow" - Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg
"Anything but Ordinary" - Avril Lavigne
"Dreams" - The Cranberries
"Don't You" - Simple Minds
"A New Day has Come" - Celine Dion
"Just Around the Riverbend" - Judy Kuhn
"Lady in Red" - Chris de Burgh
"May it Be" - Celtic Woman Ensemble
"Ave Maria" - Celtic Woman Ensemble
"Unforgettable" - Natalie Cole
"Downtown" - Petula Clark
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson
"Soak up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow

[Watermelon]

I'm surprised barely anyone has mentioned The Flaming Lips. Even if they were screaming about nuclear explosions, terrorism, death, suicide, or anything, they still have a remarkably uplifting sound that always brings me up. In fact I'm listening to them right now.

[Gatomon41]

"One Week" by the Barenecked Ladies. Strange, humourous, and full of references, the song got me to love music.
Beetoven's 9th Sympohny, 4th Movement, Ode to Joy. Now thats a song that gets anyone happy.

[RD!]

I'm surprised barely anyone has mentioned The Flaming Lips. Even if they were screaming about nuclear explosions, terrorism, death, suicide, or anything, they still have a remarkably uplifting sound that always brings me up. In fact I'm listening to them right now.
"Do You Realize." =[

Happiest song about accepting the fact that all your friends willl all die some day, ever.

I would like to offer up Good Vibrations (both 2004 and original versions) by Brian Wilson, Time of the Season by the Zombies and Jesus Christ Was an Only Child by Modest Mouse.

[atf487]

The Flaming Lips are amazing. Race for the Prize has the best intro ever!

Built to Spill - In The Morning
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer

[Baltofan]

Blymchen:Verrychte Jungs
Chris De Burgh:Lady In Red
Don Henley:Boys Of Summer
Duran Duran:Rio
Enigma:Return To Innoncence
Hand In Hand (From Die Furchtlosen Vier)
Kraftwerk:Autobahn
PUR:Abenteuerland
Through Heaven's Eye
Wilson Philips:Hold On
Wind:Fur Alle
Zdob Si Zdub:Granny Beats The Drum

[Sharklady]

> Beetoven's 9th Sympohny, 4th Movement, Ode to Joy. Now thats a song that gets anyone happy. <

Egads, how could I have forgotten that one? It's probably the happiest piece in classical music!

[sun]

If one listens to this piece, a few times...Honestly, intently, with heart, it is easy to conclude, it is the happiest piece of music ever written, by anyone.

My experience with it, was it was it the ending music of a TV show I saw in 55 or 56.(called" Our Mr. Sun", directed by a minor director, Frank Capra, with some animation, by a little known team from Warners,,Jones and Freeling)

.No I didn't know the name of the writer of the music, all I remember is feeling great about listening to the music. Twelve years later, I found out who wrote that, why, and what it was...
..I too had forgotten about it in this thread..I know very vew few listen to classical, and few would listen to this...It is German, get a translation so you know what they are singing and give it a chance,,Listen a few times.. and you too will fall in love with this composer, his story, and much of his music.And the last movement of the 9th in particlar.....Yea, it is old music,, but it is as new as today.(and it has withstood the test of time.).thank you Sharklady for bringing it up.............Stuart

[Mary_mari]

I'm surprised barely anyone has mentioned The Flaming Lips. Even if they were screaming about nuclear explosions, terrorism, death, suicide, or anything, they still have a remarkably uplifting sound that always brings me up. In fact I'm listening to them right now.
You're always surprised no one's mentioned The Flaming Lips :p . Okay, okay, "She Don't Use Jelly" is a Lips classic that can make any mood happy. Not all of their songs are about the raw realities of the world now, are they?

On a side to supress my jpop sappiness, "True" by Shimokawa Mikuni has such an empowering feel to it. I don't know why, but I really love this corny little song. Then there's the happiness installing "Southern Light Rollerama" by Mujaji. This sweet 3 minute track conveys such a floaty feeling to me**