Happiest song ever?
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Topic: Happiest song ever?
Posted By: stonebeard
Subject: Happiest song ever?
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:14
Internal Exile by Fish 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:16
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As far as subject matter- Frank Zappa (Ti**ies and Beer) AMEN ------------- |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:27
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E fiesta by PFM maybe ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:46
In Dulci Jubilo by Mike Oldfield  with second best Celebration by PFM.
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Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:47
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hmm... quite a few options
Some that come to mind...
(Prog) "Bike" - P.Floyd (
)(prog-related) "Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO
"Good Day Sunshine" - Beatles
(non-prog) "Do You Believe In Magic" - Lovin Spoonful/
"Street-corner Serenade" - Wet Willie ------------- 
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 19:36
| Harmonium - 'Dixie' comes to mind |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:29
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The Flower Kings - Chicken Farmer Song Most modern symph. prog is really cheery, which is good depending on my mood. The cheesiness really doesn't bother me usually... ------------- 
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:30
Dixie is the one song I can't stand on Si On Avait, the rest of the album is mindblowing, but Dixie is almost too happy.
------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Zitro wrote:Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:30
------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:31
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Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros
most of the others that I thought of we already said
might as well mention Harold the Barrel by Genesis. It's happy and ironic -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:36
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Louis Armstrong's what a wonderful world is hard to top ------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: Prometheus
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:17
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Sigur Ros's "Saeglopur" is my personal favorite for happy songs (but untitled #8 makes me happier) honorable mentions: Sigur Ros -- "Glosoli" "Hoppipolla" "Se Lest", "Staralfur" The Decemberists -- "We Both Go Down Together", "July, July" Explosions in the Sky -- "First Breath After Coma" Animal Collective -- "You Could Win A Rabbit", "Leaf House", "Sweet Road" wow..this is really hard...i never realized just how little of my music is actually happy (technically speaking, the Decemberists are not even happy, given the lyrics...) ------------- "Tell me why world, unfathomable and good, The beauty of everything is infinite and cruel." --Kayo Dot |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:22
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Dundrets Fröjder by Samla Mammas Manna.
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:23
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The latest Animal Collective release is actually a party. If those guys are not happy, there is no hope for the rest of us.... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: YouLovett
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:25
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Nike Drake - Northern Sky
------------- Practice, Practice, Practice. |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:28
That's so true with so many of their songs. Actually, most of Her Majesty really cheers me up. For example, Billy Liar (about a lazy pervert), Song for Myla Golberg (ok this one doesn't seem depressing lyrically), The Chimbley Sweep (sort of a downtrodden guy)
However the one that tops them all is O Valencia which is an intricate Romeo and Juliet-esque murder love story but is one of the happiest songs I can think of. ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:31
On the contrary, I find it incredibly depressing. I love the song by the way, it's an all time favourite. The reason it's depressing? It's because It's not a wonderful world. Happy songs... ooh, most stuff by Caravan. Childlike Faith in Childhood's End by VdGG always makes me smile too.  As does Still Life.Yes I'm weird. -------------   
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 23:29
Ghost of pedition- Opeth!
Wonderous stories -Yes ------------- 
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Posted By: Inverted
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 23:29
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In the Land of the Grey and Pink [Caravan], The Chicken Farmer Song[The Flower Kings], The Flower King / The Magic Circus of Zeb [Roine Stolt], Beyond the End [Relayer] My top four ------------- Prog... It's good. |
Posted By: NotSoKoolAid
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:10
| It's gotta have something to do with Moon Safari. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:12
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Also: Refugees by VDGG, certainly one of their better songs ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:23
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Space Dye Vest or Hurt ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:28
^Hurt's not prog though, but yes,it's the essence of happiness. Almost everything by GG and Yes is too damn happy. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:28
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Caravan - Golf Girl
Genesis - it MMEB - Joybringer Stackridge - Anyone for Tennis / Do the Stanley Robert Wyatt - Soup Song Soft Machine - Hope for Happiness / We Did it Again Kevin Ayers - The Clarietta Rag ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:44
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a tie between 'All Together Now' and 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:46
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My happy anthem: http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Caravan/Headloss.html - Caravan - Memory Lain, Hugh/ Headloss ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:56
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Another one is Free Hand - Gentle Giant. That songs is amazingly happy. ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 03:56
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Sunna Zarioki - Koenjihyakkei That songs kinda.. Aggressively Happy, "im the happiest i've ever been and i'll make you feel the same way even if it kills us both "! ------------- 
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 05:47
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'Happy Together' - the version from Live at Fillmore East?
------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: ailgun
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:13
| Peter Hammills Happy is pretty happty too :D |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:23
| How about "willow farm" from supper's ready- Genesis |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:24
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No contest, really . Only problem is that its so happy its scary. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=47107837 - Tiny Tim (first track) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:31
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YES - I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:31
::shudder:: ------------- What? |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 06:52
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My own favourite - Nektar's first song from Remember the Future part 1.
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Soundscape42
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 07:09
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Sparkle by Phish---Laugh and Laughing Fall Apart ------------- Listen to the best prog rock new and old at www.thedividingline.com and check out my show Soundscape at www.thedividingline.com/ss. |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 09:26
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Ah, I forgot "Ob-La-DI, Oh-Bla-Da"
Also, even though Pink Floyd's "Free Four" (from Obscured By Clouds) is a rather sad song ("You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom And talk to yourself till you die. Life is a short, warm moment And death is a long cold rest. You get your chance to try In the twinkling of an eye: Eighty years, with luck, or even less."), it's still a very cheerful tune! -------------
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Posted By: Prognancy
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 09:30
"Share It" by Hatfield and the North - it gives me non-stop laughter and dispels disaster!  "Yellow Garden" by Taal "Rattims Friezz" by Koenji Hyakkei ------------- Odd-Time-Signature |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 09:38
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The happiest song ever is unquestionably "Dancing With Myself " by Billy Idol.
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 10:23
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"Bike"
"Emily Play"
My 11 years old daughter also likes these songs very much.!!!!  ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 12:17
Not especially happy though...  -------------
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 13:45
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Yes - I'v Seen all Good People
Yes - Yours is no Disgrace
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 13:46
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I was thinking about Queen's fairy Feller's Masterstroke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0duTMWQMxis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0duTMWQMxis ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: freekske
Date Posted: June 07 2007 at 16:00
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pink floyd - the gnome -------------  Yes it is!!
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: June 08 2007 at 15:51
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The Flower Kings - End On A High Note
I don't usually like 'singalong' songs, but this one is an exception.
(As already mentioned, 'Chicken Farmer's Song' is also very chirpy!)
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 11 2007 at 15:28
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Just about every Horslips song I have (thanks Pete! )
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 11 2007 at 15:41
This is a rather happy number too -- very prog:Happy Happy Joy Joy
Hello, boys and girls, this is your old pal Stinky Wizzleteats. This is a
song about a whale-no! This is a song about being happy. That's right! It's the Happy Happy Joy Joy song! CHORUS Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy joy I don't think you're happy enough. That's right! I'll teach you to be happy. I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs. CHORUS If'n you ain' the graddaddy of all liars. The little critters of nature they don't know that they're ugly. That's very funny! A fly marrying a bumblebee. I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me. Why didn't you believe me? CHORUS Happy happy happy happy Happy happy happy happy Happy happy joy joy joy  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 05:51
Oh, yeah - hit the nail on the head with that choice...
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 06:26
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Samla Mammas Manna's Långt Ner I Ett Kaninhål, definitely. Just listen and see for yourself (wait for the vocals): http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=621 - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=621 ------------- 
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 12:27
YEAH!!! -------------
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Posted By: purplepiper
Date Posted: June 18 2007 at 17:17
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the happiest song ever is 'what game shall we play today?' from return to forever's debut. Believe me, you'll never hear anything happier. ------------- for those about to prog, we salute you. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: June 18 2007 at 17:19
True! I was seen more than once singing that song while walking on the street, with my earphones on ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: progbaby
Date Posted: June 18 2007 at 23:09
| Not necessarily prog but "Happiness Runs" by Donovan!!! |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 18 2007 at 23:40
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Lament by Gryphon.
Seriously, if that song can't make you smile, you are a zombie.
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Posted By: Hallogallo
Date Posted: June 19 2007 at 00:41
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"If your happy and you know it clap your hands!!" Doesn't get much happier then that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Drekavac/?chartstyle=iTunesFIXED"> 
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Posted By: Hallogallo
Date Posted: June 19 2007 at 00:49
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On a more serious note I'd say: Strawbs - Heavy Disguise Caravan - Magic Man (BTW, all of Caravan songs make me feel very happy) Supersister - Higher Matching Mole - O Caroline Moody Blues - The Morning: Another Morning Yes - Future Times/Rejoice (I love the vocals on this song!) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Drekavac/?chartstyle=iTunesFIXED">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 19 2007 at 04:38
compulsary audience participation - it doesn't get any more depressing than this  ------------- What? |
Posted By: THE_POLE
Date Posted: June 19 2007 at 08:46
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Devin Townsend - Hypergeek Wake up! Joy! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/the_pole/"> 
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Posted By: Soundscape42
Date Posted: June 27 2007 at 11:33
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Hey folks, this was such a great thread that I stole many of your ideas and turned them into a radio show. If you are interested in hearing it check out http://www.thedividingline.com/ss - www.thedividingline.com/ss I had to leave out a lot of cool stuff due to availability but this was a capital idea. Thanks! Cheers,
Woody
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: June 27 2007 at 11:39
It sounds happy but have you listened to the lyrics? ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: June 27 2007 at 23:47
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I'm pretty sure just about anything by the flaming lips. Do You Realize??, Race For The Prize, The Entire Zaireeka Album, Shine on Sweet Jesus, and so on.
On of my favorite songs when I just feel like being amazing happy is this one
The Flaming Lips - Bad Days
Here are some of the lyrics:
You're sorta stuck where you are
but in your dreams you can buy expensive cars
live on mars and have it your way
You hate your boss at your job
but in your dreams you can
blow his head off
in your dreams...show no mercy
And all your bad days will end
and all your bad days will end
YOU HAVE TO SLEEP LATE WHEN YOU CAN!!
AND ALL YOUR BAD DAYS WILL END!!
Damnit....this just makes me want to do nothing for the rest of my life and just have friends, my girl, and music.
Here is the music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpunw66xAY4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpunw66xAY4
I saw the flaming lips in concert not too long ago. That was the greatest experience of my life. It was better than drugs, and better than sex.....it ruled so hard. I was soooo happy. If you ever have a chance to see them GO!!! Even if you dislike the music, the show will win you over.
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 27 2007 at 23:50
I dont know that song pisses me off after the first two lines!  -------------
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:00
Excuse me! The yeahyeahyeah song is so much happier! Also, "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens is pretty happy. As far as prog goes... Eh, "Big time" by peter gabriel? lol. I know thats only prog related, but still! |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:03
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Five Stop Mother Superior rain is incredibly sad. So is You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain).
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:09
nice |
Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:12
I'm listening to Hit To Death... right now...but it wouldnt matter. If you saw them play anything live with all of the giant ballons and the dancers and just the general happy.
The yeah yeah yeah song is pretty happy. They win in the happiness department.
And I was at some show and left and started singing Five Stop Mother Superior Rain and I just thought and it made me happy. The songs don't have to be happy songs to make you happy.
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:15
Who says the general happy  -------------
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Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:16
Man, you just feel it. It is pretty awesome
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 00:20
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Either way, thats funny as hell! -------------
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 03:41
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"Floating" and "Morning: Another Morning" Moody Blues...I think that's what they's called. Both highly underrated songs. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 04:13
This song has helped me through some bad times at work! I saw the Flaming Lips at the Reading Festival in 1994, one of the best gigs I've seen!
Since then though, I've been a bit disappointed with their music. It's OK but a bit too fluffy for me. Ron Jones their guitarist left around this time and took with him a lot of what I liked about the band.
------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 14:19
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"On Reflection" Gentle Giant
"Green River" CCR
"Let My Love Open the Door" Peetr Townsend
"Peace Train" Cat Stevens
"Dreams" The Cranberries
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 15:30
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"Sunshine" from Peter Hammill's first solo album "Fool's Mate". You can't get any happier. When he starts singing "lalala" it is ultimately happy. Here the lyrics: Oh, suddenly things begin to come clear in my mind -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 15:47
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Ian Anderson: Rupi's Dance Marillion: Garden Party Focus: Flower Shower Actually my happiest songs  |
Posted By: Roskisdyykkari
Date Posted: June 30 2007 at 09:05
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Not prog, but check these out: Helloween - Dr. Stein Helloween - Rise And Fall Helloween - Guardians (the chorus )Helloween - Twilight Of The Gods (the opening melody) Helloween - I'm Alive (the melody just before the last pre-chorus) etc etc etc..... "Helloween" is like a synonym with the word "happy". The Beatles also did some very happy music occasionally. ------------- And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction the moral melee. |