Recommend happy songs for me!

October 12, 2005 11:44 PM

The last song on Fiona Apple's new CD is called "Waltz (Better than Fine)". It makes me extremely happy. Please recommend other songs that will do the same.

Any genre, any era is fine of course, but I'd specifically love jazzy, waltzy, piano-y stuff, like this song.

posted by BuddhaInABucket to media & arts (27 comments total)

Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks
Pedro the Lion - When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run

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posted by Mach3avelli at 12:02 AM on October 13, 2005

Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis) by Robyn Hitchcock
I Get a Thrill - Wynonie Harris
Jade - The Waking Hours
C'mere - Interpol
Warm, Fuzzy Feeling - Fastball
posted by black8 at 1:16 AM on October 13, 2005

They Might Be Giants - Space Suit

Never fails to make me smile, it's so cheery.
posted by tomble at 2:37 AM on October 13, 2005

The Girl I Can't Forget - Fountains of Wayne (link is for Windows Media Player)

Not jazzy or waltzy - definitely power-pop - but clever and very upbeat.
posted by SashaPT at 2:50 AM on October 13, 2005

Bjork: It's oh so quiet
Frank Sinatra: I've Got You Under My Skin
posted by shmegegge at 3:24 AM on October 13, 2005

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1
posted by srboisvert at 4:06 AM on October 13, 2005

"Short Tales of the Black Forest" : John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia, in "Friday Night in San Francisco".
All acoustic guitars, three great players, and this particular song is one of the very few which makes me smile at certain key points.
Great album too.
posted by XiBe at 4:38 AM on October 13, 2005

The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side - Magnetic Fields
posted by srboisvert at 4:42 AM on October 13, 2005

"Crumb by Crumb," Rufus Wainwright. I love most of his jazzy waltzy piano stuff, but this is the song that makes me incredibly, randomly happy.
posted by Jeanne at 5:00 AM on October 13, 2005

Anything from either of Sondre Lerche's records.
posted by Mikey-San at 5:04 AM on October 13, 2005

House of Bamboo by Southern Culture on the Skids
Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake
posted by phildog at 5:32 AM on October 13, 2005

These are all guarenteed smiles for me:

Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
The Littlest Birds - The Be Good Tanyas
Sleepy Maggie - Ashley MacIsaac (he is the one playing the fiddle, not singing)

And lots of Great Big Sea songs, mostly their covers of traditionals. You could start with "The Night that Patty Murphy Died" (Really!)
posted by nelleish at 6:10 AM on October 13, 2005

Just about anything from Emiliana Torrini's album The Fisherman's Woman
posted by misterioso at 6:30 AM on October 13, 2005

Mushaboom - by Feist

and I second Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet
posted by starman at 6:52 AM on October 13, 2005

Try reading this thread.
posted by orange swan at 7:18 AM on October 13, 2005

It’s extremely silly, but David Bowie’s The Laughing Gnome has been making me smile these past few days. Daydream by the Lovin’ Spoonful has an irresistable cheeriness about it, too.
posted by misteraitch at 7:20 AM on October 13, 2005

Eurythmics' "I Saved the World Today" always does it for me.
posted by booth at 7:21 AM on October 13, 2005

Keep Sending me Black Fireworks - Of Montreal
posted by sian at 7:24 AM on October 13, 2005

Built To Spill- Sidewalk. Not jazzy or piano-y but makes me feel like getting out and seeing the world. "Can you wait for the sidewalk? Can it wait for you?"
posted by Sara Anne at 8:34 AM on October 13, 2005

In Flames - Colony
posted by baphomet at 9:29 AM on October 13, 2005

Second the Feist: Mushaboom
Belle and Sebastian: My Wandering Days are Over; Dylan in the Movies
posted by Rumple at 9:54 AM on October 13, 2005

I heartily second The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side by The Magnetic Fields. Singing along loudly is required, of course.
posted by pmbuko at 12:08 PM on October 13, 2005

Garden of Simple - Ani DiFranco!

some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter
and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar
and i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets
under a sign that says "grand opening"
while my dog is waiting in the car

so now it's early in the morning
at the longitude of memphis
and the sun is setting sweetly on hong kong
and the big plan is just to keep spinning
cuz the Big Bang is only just beginning
and sometimes it's all that we can do just to hang on

posted by holloway at 1:48 PM on October 13, 2005

anything by the aquabats!
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 2:21 PM on October 13, 2005

Mirah - Words cannot describe
posted by jetskiaccidents at 3:19 PM on October 13, 2005

A.M. 180 - Grandaddy

You might also enjoy Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething album, particularly the title track and "I get a kick out of you." Generally a slower album, but those are the fast/happy/piano songs off it.
posted by heresiarch at 5:38 PM on October 13, 2005

Seconding the A.M. 180, by the way! It slipped my mind. I love how they use the song in the film "28 Days Later"--the world is going to hell and they're having a blast grocery shopping.
posted by sian at 7:13 PM on October 13, 2005