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Johnny Nash, yo.

 

EDIT: Wait, Cliff wrote that?

 

Actually, I mistyped. I was thinking J. Nash but typed J. Cliff. Nash, I believe, actually wrote it (the mid-70s version is the one that I'm referencing, anyway). Jimmy Cliff recorded the tune in the late 80s/early 90s, though.

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I also love the songs people write about their dogs - they all seem really happy (but i can't think of any of them right now!!!)

 

"Old Blue" is a traditional (as far as I remember, though it may be credited to a particular person (s)) that's a fantastic song. It has little variations that make it unique to each person covering it, but it retains the same old message of an elegy, of sorts, to a favorite dead dog. I know Ton Russell, The Byrds, JJCale, and a bunch of others have covered it.

 

My favorite version is on the recent Ramblin' Jack Elliot disc, I Stand Alone (which is a fantastic album, all around).

 

I had an old dog, and his name was Blue

Bet your life he was a good dog too

Blue chased a possum up a hollow limb

Possum won, got the best of him

Bye-bye Blue

You good dog, you

Bye-bye Blue

You good dog, you

Blue he died, and he died so hard

He shook the ground in my backyard

We lowered him down with a golden chain

Every link we

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boy howdy, some great songs listed here! just reading "oh yoko" made me start dancing.

 

my pick:

 

"our swingin' pad" by jonathan richman

 

or any of these steller jojo tunes:

 

-"you're crazy for taking the bus"

-"reno"

-"new kind of neighborhood"

 

-"having a party"--sam cooke

 

 

this thread is making me happy! :cheers

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Arcade Fire - Tunnels. That song makes me pretty damn happy. :music

 

I love that song, and yeah, there's a certain something that is nice about the way the narrator feels about being the only person left on earth with his love...its cute, but at the same time, well, the rest of the world is dead. Not that happy of a song. :pirate

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SHAME ON YOU GUYS! - DOESNT ANYONE REMEMBER THIS ONE???

 

not that i can talk - the threads been up for 24 hours and it only just came to me..... i even had the t-shirt back in 1988-9

 

 

fucken.... looked how it jinxed me - turbning to the piss to forgetr about my supervisor :beer :beer :beer

 

 

Here's a little song I wrote

You might want to sing it note for note

Don't worry, be happy.

In every life we have some trouble

But when you worry you make it double

Don't worry, be happy.

Don't worry, be happy now.

 

(Chorus)

Don't worry, be happy. Don't worry, be happy.

Don't worry, be happy. Don't worry, be happy.

 

Ain't got no place to lay your head

Somebody came and took your bed

Don't worry, be happy.

The landlord say your rent is late

He may have to litigate

Don't worry, be happy.

 

(Chorus)

(Look at me -- I'm happy. Don't worry, be happy.

Here I give you my phone number. When you worry, call me,

I make you happy. Don't worry, be happy.)

 

Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style

Ain't got no gal to make you smile

Don't worry, be happy.

'Cause when you worry your face will frown

And that will bring everybody down

Don't worry, be happy.

 

(Chorus)

(Don't worry, don't worry, don't do it.

Be happy. Put a smile on your face.

Don't bring everybody down.

Don't worry. It will soon pass, whatever it is.

Don't worry, be happy.

I'm not worried, I'm happy...)

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Good Day Sunshine-Beatles

 

AND

 

The Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Song-Flaming Lips...

This song makes me so happy I spaz out in my car, pounding

on the steering wheel, head banging, and generally being a

freak. Watch out fellow drivers!

:bounce8 :hyper :dancing

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