Be Happy
March 2nd, 2009 | Published in Music, Videos | 11 Comments
Marc’s ideas on how to be happy during trying times.
Marc list of “FEEL GOOD SONGS”
Everything Is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
Say Amen – Howard Hewett
Love Me Like A Rock – The Persuasions
Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Power Of Love – Luther Vandross
We’re A Winner – Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
Get Ready – The Temptations
Good Day Sunshine – The Beatles
Forever Young – Bob Dylan (from the Last Waltz soundtrack)
All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
A Beautiful Morning – The Rascals
I Feel Good – James Brown
Baby, I Love Your Way – Big Mountain (The Frampton original works too)
Lay It Down – Al Green (This is from his newest album – if you’re an Al Green fan the album is great)
So Good – Al Jarreau
Please share your ‘Feel Good’ songs… from the Homepage, click on the title above… and add your Responses to the bottom of this video’s page.

March 3rd, 2009 at 12:00 am (#)
Dear Marc,
Thanks so much for your appreciation of “Love Me Like A Rock” – My mother sure loved that recording. She used to sing it in the kitchen on Sunday morning while cooking. We’d sing it together. She’d say “I know you made that song for me” – Well I left The Persuasions after 40 years & 22 albums & have just recorded the masterpiece of my
a cappella career. I hope you’ll get around to checking it out Marc. 20 tracks, an hour of music & a 20 page booklet. Not braggin’ but I’ve done lots of great feel good stuff since “Love Me Like A Rock”. Send me your email & I’ll send you some MP3s
Take Care & God Bless
Jerry Lawson
http://www.jerrylawson.biz
mail@jerrylawson.biz
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 am (#)
I love your list of songs – will certainly add them to my playlist as well.
I love listening to Better Now by Collective Soul and It’s My Life by Bon Jovi. They make me happy AND get out of my chair!
Theres nothing like a good dance around the room to brighten up your day!
Cheers!
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm (#)
Wow, this one was a switch. A direct action video…imagine the possibilities.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:57 pm (#)
a few from my list:
Do You Believe in Magic – Lovin’ Spoonful
Bright Side of the Road – Van Morrison
Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi
If I Had A Boat – Lyle Lovett
Southbound – Hoyt Axton
Blueberry Hill – I like Bruce Cockburn’s version
Dubuque – George Winston
Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
Hog of the Forsaken – Michael Hurley
Up on the Roof – The Drifters
The Motorcycle Song – Arlo Guthrie
Ring Them Bells – Joan Baez
Wonderful World – Herman’s Hermits
March 26th, 2009 at 4:34 am (#)
Hi – not a boomer, came to your site through flylady. Two of my fave happy songs that are not already listed are:
Beautiful Day by U2
New Sensation by INXS
I also like “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit and “So What?” by Pink.
My nine year old thinks “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” by Van Halen is a happy song, but that is his favorite song, so not sure if it counts for your purposes!
Smile! Sharon <-admitted NPR junkie and lover of “Love Me Like a Rock”…
March 27th, 2009 at 6:24 am (#)
Upper tunes from a moldy oldie. LOL
Windy – The Association
William Tell Overture
A Fifth of Beetovan (the jazz arrangement of Beetovan’s Fifth)
CAUTION: these tunes played at high volume on your eight track with the sunroof open causes speeding tickets.
Rosie
March 27th, 2009 at 6:28 am (#)
Flight of the Bumblebee
March 31st, 2009 at 10:02 pm (#)
I have a number of mixed tapes and CD’s that I use to cheer myself up or get me motivated. My favourite one that I usually use as the cool down on my workout mixed CD is “I’m going all the way” by Sounds of Blackness. The vocalist is amazing and the words are truly inspirational and comforting “I may be down sometimes, but I won’t be down always.”
Thanks for your list and your inspiring videos.
Suzan
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 am (#)
I’ve Got a Never Ending Love–DeLaney and Bonnie
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 am (#)
Marc,
I, too, found your link through the FLylady.
Thanks for the happy playlist!
I would like to add a few:
Love Train (O’Jays)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
Put Your Records On (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (BJ Thomas)
Laughter in the Rain (Neil Sedaka)
Incense and Peppermint (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
Good Morning Starshine (Oliver)
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Leo Sayer)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Monty Python)
Take Five (Dave Brubeck)
I Love the Nightlife (Alicia Bridges)
The Zodiac (Down to the Bone)
Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr.)
Just a Gigolo (David Lee Roth)
Pata Para (Miriam Makeba)
Summer Samba (Astrud Gilberto)
The Rubberband Man (Spinners)
Kokiriko Bushi – Techno Remix (this one has a COOL video on YouTube, check it out!!)
You can stream most of these tracks for free at http://imeem.com
Have fun!
Debora.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:19 am (#)
I think I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz it’s really helpful.