Fun music
Submitted by timepiece on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:27
Tags:
- Cecelia - Simon and Garfunkel
- Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
- 5th of July - Eddie From Ohio
- Lick the Tins version of Can't Help Falling In Love with You
- Abba - almost any
- Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
- Love Shack - B-52s
- One Week - Barenaked Ladies
- Jimmy Buffett - any
- Mambo No. 5
- Jump Jive n' Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra
- almost any Beach Boys
- Glory Days - Springsteen
- Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
- Gangster of Love - Steve Miller
- Pink Houses - John Mellancamp
- Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morrissette
- Little Red Corvette - Prince
- Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Segar
- Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
- any They Might Be Giants
- My Past Lives - Too Much Joy
- When I'm 64 - Beatles
- In the Mood - Glenn Miller
- Peaches - Presidents of the United States of America
Author Comments:
The kind of stuff I play when I need an energy boost; that compels me to dance around my living room looking very silly, but having a great time, and drop down exhausted and out-of-breath when the song ends. One or two bands you may not of heard of, but are highly recommended.
Hurray for fun music of which I am a big fan. I too love ABBA, and though I resisted at first "Fat-Bottomed Girls" is irresistible. As is the rest of Queen, in my opinion, particularly the companion piece, "Bicycle Race".
Fun fun fun, I was getting ready to suggest "Bicycle Race", too :)
Also, Dan Bern has many fun songs, check him out, especially the songs "Lightning Jazz", "Tiger Woods", "Krautmeyer", and "True Revolutionaries"
Also, "Green Eggs and Ham", "Johnny Saucep'n", by Moxy Fruvous!
Sir Bern also wrote the immortal Marilyn, the hit single that should have been (if, of course, they played dirty words on the radio...).
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Marilyn, though a good song, isn't a 'fun' song. At least, not in my opinion...
Additions for you:
Veronica - Elvis Costello
Five O'Clock World - the Vogues
Cleveland Rocks - Presidents of the United States of America
Most of Naughty by Nature - rap that's just plain fun
I'm sure I'll have more later.
Though I'm not sure if you'd classify them as fun, I wish to point out two types of music that I cannot listen to and be in a bad mood. . .
- College Football Fight Songs
- Anything by John Philip Souza
Perhaps I just love trombones!?!