Your "Sunny Day" CD

[Auriaprottu]

In the tradition of happy, upbeat music that you might associate with sunshine and few worries, I'm starting (or repeating; I may have done this before) a thread for you people who aren't embarassed to admit that you do occasionally like a happy tune to put together your 15-20 of 'em.

Here's mine: (beware: If you're a shoegazer or a headbanger, some of these will seem wimpy to you. But different songs sound different to different people, and this ain't your kinda thread anyhow)

Every Kind Of People- Robert Palmer
You're My Best Friend- Queen
Give A Little Bit- Supertramp
Hello, Goodbye- The Beatles
Fool On The Hill- The Beatles
Chiquitita- ABBA
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)- George Harrison
Another Day- Wings
We Can Work It Out- The Beatles
Magic- Pilot
Mercy, Mercy, Me- Marvin Gaye (yeah, I know, but it sounds upbeat musically)
Diamond Girl- Seals & Crofts
My Cherie Amour- Stevie Wonder
Come Saturday Morning- The Sandpipers
Cecilia- Simon & Garfunkel
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)- Junior Walker
Don't Pull Your Love- Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Give your lists.

[Ringo]

fool on the hill is a sunny day song?


not knocking the list ... just asking about that one.

but I'd listen to that list. 'tis fun, like you said.

[taosjohn]

Whoza Matwana-- Dollar Brand
Hot 'Lanta- Allman Brothers Band
NSU-- Cream
Buffalo Ska- Bad Manners
Marcella-- The Beach Boys
Three Little Birds-- Bob Marley
Walk In The Sunshine- Bob Weir
Don and Dewey- Its a Beautiful Day
Graceland- Paul Simon
Oh Atlanta-- Little Feat
The Water Song-- Hot Tuna
Let's Go --Eurythmics
Sweet and Dandy-- Toots and the Maytals
Cobra-- Quicksilver
Driving Song-- Widespread Panic
Sherry Darlin'- Springsteen
Muskrat Ramble- Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
One Kiss-- Zachary Richard
Return of the Grievous Angel-- Gram Parsons
C'mon-- Poco
The War is Over-- Phil Ochs
White Trash Wedding-- the Dixie Chicks
Million Dollar Bash-- Fairport Convention
Can You Hear Me Knockin' -- the Rolling Stones
Irin-Ajo-- Third World (the Winwood/Amao/Kabaka band, not the reggaeish group)

[Auriaprottu]

fool on the hill is a sunny day song?


not knocking the list ... just asking about that one.

but I'd listen to that list. 'tis fun, like you said.

Thanks!

It's pretty much based on chord progressions first and lyrics second. I could have done another two of these lists easily.

"Fool" is one of those tunes that sounds happy, even tho the lyrical content isn't at all so. I can't really describe musically what makes a tune "sunny" (you'll notice I didn't include the Fifth Dimension's Let The Sunshine In, because that refers to sunshine, but isn't musically upbeat), but like porn, I know it when I see (hear) it.

[Auriaprottu]

Taos, I knew I could count on you to contribute. Cool. Now if grouchy Smiley321 (who hates happy tunes and sappy tunes equally) shows up, this thing'll get rolling.

BTW- yours is the first list of any kind on any thread in this forum that contains not one tune that I know. Not one. I'm truly amazed at that. I've got a new list of songs to listen to, I guess.

[bmurphyfl]

I actually have a sunny day playlist on my iPod:

Sambassadeur | Between the Lines
Ray Charles | I Don't Need No Doctor
Pizzicato Five | Twiggy Twiggy [Twiggy Vs. James Bond]
Pete Yorn | Life On A Chain
PAS/CAL | The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let's Go)
Paul Burch | Carter Cain
Outkast | Hey Ya!
Oranger | Suddenly Upsidedown
Old Crow Medicine Show | Wagon Wheel
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Nature Boy
Beck | Girl
Beck | Burro (Jack-Ass: Mariachi Version)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Just To See You Smile (Tim McGraw)
Butterglory | Demons And Avalanches
Cream | Anyone for Tennis
The Shins | New Slang
They Might Be Giants | Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
The Legends | Call It Ours

[taosjohn]

Taos, I knew I could count on you to contribute. Cool. Now if grouchy Smiley321 (who hates happy tunes and sappy tunes equally) shows up, this thing'll get rolling.

BTW- yours is the first list of any kind on any thread in this forum that contains not one tune that I know. Not one. I'm truly amazed at that. I've got a new list of songs to listen to, I guess.

You are surely going to recognise some of them even if you don't know them by title. Its an old guy's list, but there's nothing obscure about "Hot 'Lanta," "Can Ya Hear Me Knockin'," "Graceland," "NSU," ("Live Cream" version BTW) "Three Little Birds," "Oh Atlanta," or "White Trash Wedding," and "Muskrat Ramble" is to Dixieland as "Jambalaya" is to country or "Johnny B Goode" to rock'n'roll; you're gonna know the melody...

[SABuffalo786]

1. Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited
2. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
3. Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
4. Surf Wax America - Weezer
5. Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen
6. Town Called Malice- The Jam
7. Summer Soft- Stevie Wonder
8. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
9. Eye Know - De La Soul
10. Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye
11. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
12. Here Comes the Summer - Undertones
13. La Prima Volta - F4
14. Sheena is a Punk Rocker - The Ramones
15. Smiley Faces - Gnarls Barkley
16. Walk Like a Man - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
17. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
18. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? - Bruce Springsteen
19. Real Love (Remix) - Mary J. Blige
20. Absolute Beginners - The Jam
21. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
22. Bankrobber - The Clash
23. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
24. Revolution Rock - The Clash
25. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
26. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
27. The Boxer - The Chemical Brothers
28. Rocks Off - The Rolling Stones
29. We Just Won't Be Defeated - The Go! Team
30. D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
31. Charlie Don't Surf - The Clash
32. In the City - The Jam


I guess mine would be a two disc set. :)

[ross from st paul]

Runway - The Hang Ups
Only Life - The Feelies
Living With the Dreaming Body - Poi Dog Pondering
I'm in Love with a Rastaman - Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
Little Bit Ugly - Mighty Mighty BossToneS
Hard Core Troubador - Steve Earle

EDIT:
32. In the City - The Jam
Ab-so-dang-lutely. Good call.

[SirManchester]

I have a similar playlist on my ipod. Let me list what I can remember.

311- Life keeps slipping away, flowing, amber, I'll be here a while

Sublime - Santeria

Bob Marley - Stir it up

Weezer - Surf Wax America, Island in the Sun

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Scar Tissue, Road Trippin'

[MLS SupaStr3]

I'll post a full list when I get home in 2 hours but just off the top of my head...

Weezer - Island in the Sun
The Cloud Room - Hey Now Now
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Multiple Personalities)
Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band
Phoenix - Too Young
Phoenix - Consolation Prize
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

More to come though!

[Crimen y Castigo]

PAS/CAL | The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let's Go)


Man o man, is that a must have for a sunny day list.

Here's an off-the-cuff scattershot list:

1 - The Boy Least Likely To | Paper Cuts
2 - Stars | Ageless Beauty
3 - Starlight Mints | Popsickle
4 - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | My Window Faces the South
5 - Pernice Brothers | Working Girls
6 - Beulah | A Good Man is Easy to Kill
7 - Wilco | ELT
8 - Strawberry Alarm Clock | Good Morning Starshine
9 - Lily Allen | Smile
10 - Eggstone | My Trumpets
11 - The Real Ones | Oh My
12 - Professor Longhair | Big Chief
13 - Cardigans | Celia Inside
14 - Jens Lekman | Suite: You Are the Light; I Saw Her at the Anti-War Demonstration; Julie (remix)

[taosjohn]

Runway - The Hang Ups
Only Life - The Feelies
Living With the Dreaming Body - Poi Dog Pondering
I'm in Love with a Rastaman - Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
Little Bit Ugly - Mighty Mighty BossToneS
Hard Core Troubador - Steve Earle

EDIT:

Ab-so-dang-lutely. Good call.

Hmm-- is it too late for me to add "Postcard From a Dream" from that album? No, wait, make that "Four Leaf Clover" from Abra Moore...

[Auriaprottu]

17. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

This is on my #2 list, soon to be posted. Great call!

BTW, it also made AOL's 111 Wussiest Songs (a list with which I disagree in principle. I started that thread only because I recognized so many tunes on it)

I guess mine would be a two disc set. :)

Not a prob.

[taosjohn]

Man o man, is that a must have for a sunny day list.

Here's an off-the-cuff scattershot list:

1 - The Boy Least Likely To | Paper Cuts
2 - Stars | Ageless Beauty
3 - Starlight Mints | Popsickle
4 - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | My Window Faces the South
5 - Pernice Brothers | Working Girls
6 - Beulah | A Good Man is Easy to Kill
7 - Wilco | ELT
8 - Strawberry Alarm Clock | Good Morning Starshine
9 - Lily Allen | Smile
10 - Eggstone | My Trumpets
11 - The Real Ones | Oh My
12 - Professor Longhair | Big Chief
13 - Cardigans | Celia Inside
14 - Jens Lekman | Suite: You Are the Light; I Saw Her at the Anti-War Demonstration; Julie (remix)

Good call on the Wills-- I'd never have thought of it but its perfect. Try the Subdudes version of "Big Chief," if you can stand the impurity...

[Gunner Phan]

1. Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World
2. Burning Spear - Happy Day
3. Kings Of Convenience - Gold In The Air Of Summer
4. Paul Simon - The Coast
5. Art Brut - Good Weekend
6. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Sunshine And Clouds
7. Gregory Isaacs - Party In The Sun
8. Love As Laughter - Temptation Island
9. Mountain Goats - Dance Music
10. Pela - Latitudes
11. Van Morrison - Caravan

[La China Poblana]

This is going to be harder than I anticipated because I'm not going to use any of my favorites that have already been selected.

1. Love for Tender - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
2. Dreaming - Blondie
3. No Worries - Hepcat
4. Son de la Negra - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan
5. Rat Race - The Specials
6. Swan Lake - Madness
7. Unyielding Conditioning - Fishbone
8. Breakaway - Tracy Ullman
9. Happy Hour - The Housemartins
10. La Vida es un Carnaval - Celia Cruz
11. Simmer Down - The Wailers
12. John James - Toots & the Maytals
13. Bring it Back Again - Stray Cats
14. Earthquake and Fire - Hepcat
15. It's All Right - Impressions
16. Gimme Little Sign - Hepcat
17. Honour Your Mother and Your Father - Desmond Dekker
18. Judge Not - The Wailers
19. Twisting the Night Away - Sam Cooke
20. Heatwave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

The sequence is all wrong, but I'm having a serious memory block at the moment, and I was more concerned with getting them down before I forgot them. The more I look at it, it's less a Sunny Day CD than a Summer Night CD, but that's more my style anyway.

Edit: I'm suddenly remembering all the songs I forgot. I hate making lists like these.

[bmurphyfl]

10 - Eggstone | My Trumpets

Don't know this one. One for the list?

[Crimen y Castigo]

1. Love for Tender - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
2. Dreaming - Blondie
...
4. Son de la Negra - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan
5. Rat Race - The Specials
...
9. Happy Hour - The Housemartins
10. La Vida es un Carnaval - Celia Cruz
11. Simmer Down - The Wailers
....
19. Twisting the Night Away - Sam Cooke
20. Heatwave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas


Now that's a mix. Bravo.

[Crimen y Castigo]

Don't know this one. One for the list?

Eggstone? Michael K's cause celebre? The Barons of Poppenstein Von Poppenberg?

Get thee to your gmail account, sirrah. Enlightenment awaits.