OT/Happy uplifting Songs

[styxman]

Right here's the quest, find 10 songs that are happy in the melodic rock world, uplifting and not depressing and all about lost love etc. I bet the fuck nobody can. Can anybody find a Journey song that's not sad or about what might have been?

This leads me to the question are we all sad and hanging on to what might have been, no happy go lucky Beach Boy types in the melodic crowd, no Captain Sensible who gives a fuck types. Are we all on a permanent downer listening to this sad lack lustre stuff...I need answers

[Barb]

Any Way You Want It

Higher Place

Escape

Lovin' You is Easy

Raised on Radio

Top of the World (Van Halen)

Mas Tequila (Sammy Hagar)


Those are just off the top of my head -- I'm sure someone will come up with a lot more. It's not as bad as ya think!

[styxman]

Any Way You Want It

Higher Place

Escape

Lovin' You is Easy

Raised on Radio

Top of the World (Van Halen)

Mas Tequila (Sammy Hagar)


Those are just off the top of my head -- I'm sure someone will come up with a lot more. It's not as bad as ya think!

Oh fuck I've picked a wrong topic for discussion here, is escape happy? Raised on Radio, sounds a bit sad to me, no mother or father figure just a radio. Top of the world, Van Halen, looks like someone fell off the top there for sure Lovin' you is easy, but it don't last does it Higher Place, that's like let's get the fuck out of where we are...wouldn't you say?

[*Laura]

What have you've been listening to lately,S?Bob Dylan or something? Tom Waits?
Change the CD.

Happy Journey songs:BGTY,Just The Same Way,AWYW,even SIL is a happy one.
Uplifting:DSB

Quickly,10 happy melodics:

Van Halen - Jump
Survivor - High On You
Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked
Toto - Hold The Line
Boston- More Than A Feeling
Aerosmith- Dude Looks Like A Lady
Sammy Hagar - Sam I Am
Steve Perry - Strung Out
Nelson - Love & Affection
Chesney Hawkes -The One And Only

[(Crazy)Dulce Lady]

Right here's the quest, find 10 songs that are happy in the melodic rock world, uplifting and not depressing and all about lost love etc. I bet the fuck nobody can. Can anybody find a Journey song that's not sad or about what might have been?

This leads me to the question are we all sad and hanging on to what might have been, no happy go lucky Beach Boy types in the melodic crowd, no Captain Sensible who gives a fuck types. Are we all on a permanent downer listening to this sad lack lustre stuff...I need answers

Sacred Eyes by JSS is a beautiful love song. he is the best at the mushy stuff. he has a bunch like that. he writes more about love in the moment. some are REALLY in the moment!! like 4U and then Color My XTC and Succomb by Talisman. I've noticed this about his writing and he is pretty consistently writing about being gloriously in love, a lot of the time. . But then there are the 'fell outta love' crashers, too.

that's 4. I'll get more..............

[whocares]

pretty much every song ever written, is about love for or of something. So you can't escape the notion of love...

[styxman]

What have you've been listening to lately,S?Bob Dylan or something? Tom Waits?
Change the CD.

Happy Journey songs:BGTY,Just The Same Way,AWYW,even SIL is a happy one.
Uplifting:DSB

Quickly,10 happy melodics:

Van Halen - Jump
Survivor - High On You
Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked
Toto - Hold The Line
Boston- More Than A Feeling
Aerosmith- Dude Looks Like A Lady
Sammy Hagar - Sam I Am
Steve Perry - Strung Out
Nelson - Love & Affection
Chesney Hawkes -The One And Only

I've fucked up here good style, what I was getting at was the 60's thing, happy songs, real innocent happy songs. Let's get rocked, is aggresive, Dude looks like a Lady, is that a happy song? More than a feeling, is a sad song. High on you isn't happy happy happy, neither is Hold the line.

[styxman]

pretty much every song ever written, is about love for or of something. So you can't escape the notion of love...

I agree, but surely there's got to be happy songs that don't relate to love, lost or found

[styxman]

Right, enough said, stick Lollipop on by Mika, now that's a happy uplifting song....don't you agree

[NealIsGod]

Rock and Roll All Night by KISS

[styxman]

Rock and Roll All Night by KISS

It's got the 60's theme of Rock and Roll, so I guess you're on the right wave length

[Angiekay]

I agree, but surely there's got to be happy songs that don't relate to love, lost or found

Dude...get your head out of the oven and the razor away from your wrist ! lol!



There is a local group here who had an original song that was actually CALLED "The Happy Song".

B52's-Love Shack(has love in the title but isn't about LOVE per se)

REM-Happy Shiny People

Katrina and the Waves-Walking on Sunshine

Ren and Stimpy-Happy Happy Joy Joy

Chumbawumba-Tubthumping

OMC-How Bizarre

Billy Idol-Dancing With Myself

J.Geils-Freeze Frame

No Doubt-Hellagood

[styxman]

I agree, but surely there's got to be happy songs that don't relate to love, lost or found

Dude...get your head out of the oven and the razor away from your wrist ! lol!



There is a local group here who had an original song that was actually CALLED "The Happy Song".

B52's-Love Shack(has love in the title but isn't about LOVE per se)

REM-Happy Shiny People

Katrina and the Waves-Walking on Sunshine

Ren and Stimpy-Happy Happy Joy Joy

Chumbawumba-Tubthumping

OMC-How Bizarre

Billy Idol-Dancing With Myself

J.Geils-Freeze Frame

No Doubt-Hellagood

Melodic Rock groups honey, melodic Rock. OMC...new romantics, Katrina and the waves pop. J geils...joke....Billy Idol..punk rock/Heavy...B52's, what would you label these as? REM.......please!!

[*Laura]

I agree, but surely there's got to be happy songs that don't relate to love, lost or found

Katrina and the Waves-Walking on Sunshine

But that one's about love!Happy love, that is...

Come on S,are you looking for uplifting shit,or you just sick of love and want to rock happily ever after? Van Halen - Dreams".
If not,take Ren and Stimpy...!That was funny!

Stay away from Chumbawamba,tho...Too much happiness will kill your liver.

(AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long)

[styxman]

I agree, but surely there's got to be happy songs that don't relate to love, lost or found

Katrina and the Waves-Walking on Sunshine

But that one's about love!Happy love, that is...

Come on S,are you looking for uplifting shit,or you just sick of love and want to rock happily ever after? Van Halen - Dreams".
If not,take Ren and Stimpy...!That was funny!

Stay away from Chumbawamba,tho...Too much happiness will kill your liver.

(AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long)

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy, you know God Save the Queen...Pistols happy, it's all wishy washy soppy stuff.

[yulog]

stone in love
rock and roll band

[styxman]

stone in love

To be in love you've got to be stoned....try again Yul

[*Laura]

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy

There's no such thing as "pure happy",not in music ,not in life,so the search is over.(no pun intended)

[styxman]

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy

There's no such thing as "pure happy",not in music ,not in life,so the search is over.(no pun intended)

Theres got to be pure happy song...the ultimate pure happy melodic song, it just ain't been written yet

[styxman]

stone in love
rock and roll band

Fuckin' funny Yul

[ohsherrie]

But Styxy, it's the angst in the songs that people identify with. I mean even the Beatles didn't stay with stuff like I Wanna Hold Your Hand and She Loves You for very long. If you listen to the words of those there's even a little teen angst in them.

Can you name 10 songs from the '60s that had no angst in them?

[Rick]

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy

There's no such thing as "pure happy",not in music ,not in life,so the search is over.(no pun intended)

Theres got to be pure happy song...the ultimate pure happy melodic song, it just ain't been written yet

Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp. I don't care how bad of a mood I'm in, that song has the ability to bring me out of it.

[styxman]

But Styxy, it's the angst in the songs that people identify with. I mean even the Beatles didn't stay with stuff like I Wanna Hold Your Hand and She Loves You for very long. If you listen to the words of those there's even a little teen angst in them.

Can you name 10 songs from the '60s that had no angst in them?

Twisting the night away...NO 1 on the list, nine to follow sugar

[styxman]

2. Who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp

[styxman]

3. The Loco-motion

[styxman]

4. Twist and Shout

[styxman]

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy

There's no such thing as "pure happy",not in music ,not in life,so the search is over.(no pun intended)

Theres got to be pure happy song...the ultimate pure happy melodic song, it just ain't been written yet

Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp. I don't care how bad of a mood I'm in, that song has the ability to bring me out of it.

Never heard this one, I'll go find it

[styxman]

5. Zip-A-dee-doo-dah
6. Dancing in the street

[*Laura]

7.Walk Of Life - Dire Straits.

[Rick]

I still maintain there's nothin' on the MR scene that is pure happy

There's no such thing as "pure happy",not in music ,not in life,so the search is over.(no pun intended)

Theres got to be pure happy song...the ultimate pure happy melodic song, it just ain't been written yet

Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp. I don't care how bad of a mood I'm in, that song has the ability to bring me out of it.

Never heard this one, I'll go find it

I'll bet you've heard it. It's just got a name that doesn't fit the song.

Here's someone else singing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqJ2DEl9MWE