happy songs for happy spring days

[jkeisenh]

ok, i know i'm spending waaaay too much time on the board today, but that's what we do on spring fever days to pass the time till 5, right?
 
 Too much of the music I have is emo-y sadness Bright Eyes style rainy music, so I'm at a loss on days like today.
 Anyway, I've found my happy spring day song for today...
 Ted Leo, Biomusicology.
 
 Also on my happy song list:
 Belle & Sebastian, My Wandering Days Are Over
 Most of the Strokes first album
 Tuscadero, Dime a Dozen
 Death Cab, Blacking Out the Friction
 Modest Mouse, Gravity Rides Everything
 Elvis Costello, The Other Side of Summer
 Polyphoinc Spree, Light & Day
 Bright Eyes, Bowl of Oranges
 And my perennial favorite, They Might Be Giants, Hey Mr. DJ I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
 
 
 What are your happy songs for a sunny Friday?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by chimblysweep:
  What are your happy songs for a sunny Friday?

I heard "Have a Nice Day" by Stereophonics on the way to the office this morning and thought it was more than appropriate.  Especially in SF.

[godsshoeshine]

been digging on the galactic heros "how about san francisco" album all day. 'wonderful' is even about a road trip to dc ("we ate at bob and edith's"). awesome

[Bags]

everything by Sloan, Anna Waronker and half of Fountains of Wayne...    

[Venerable Bede]

i've always associated "magic" by the cars has a happy song for spring days. . but you can't really go wrong with the cars (although, if it's a happy song you're looking for, skip "drive")
 
 i like just about all of the first ben folds five album, any album by cub, "electricity" by spiritualized (great spring driving song), and most of "pet sounds"

[ratioci nation]

Thanks to Kosmo I am listening to a mix of Splittsville, Myracle Brah, Don Dixon and other power pop bands.  Even forcing some of my coworkers to listen as I have it on the radio.  Since they took away my stapler I am allowed to play the radio at a reasonable volume.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I know it's not a Spring song, but "Valley Winter Song" by FOW just hit the spot for me.

[sonickteam2]

My boss just informed me that he was going to pick up 40oz's for everyone!!! haha.

[ggw]

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[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  My boss just informed me that he was going to pick up 40oz's for everyone!!! haha.

2 hours, 5 minutes to the patio at the Fox..  

[Bags]

Love the fox....one Friday we should plan an outing, getting a small posse there by about 4:00....

[jkeisenh]

oooOOOooo... add to my list
 
 Beulah, Gravity's Brining Us Down

[markie]

Originally posted by chimblysweep:
  oooOOOooo... add to my list
 
 Beulah, Gravity's Brining Us Down

I am listening to "score from augusta" right now

[kosmo vinyl]

my spring song in college was "fantastic day" by haircut 100...  too bad it's on vinyl or i'd be blasting it right now

[mankie]

This song always gets me thinking of spring and happy things.
 
 
 I'm sitting in my bedroom
 overlooking Findhorn Bay
 Cluny Hill ion the distance
 summer on the way
 Blue skies and sailing boats
 like a picture in a book
 I can't believe I got here
 or how long it took
 
 Living one step at a time
 putting one foot in front of the other
 it sure feels right
 Healing on my mind
 been a long way
 been a long way to the light
 
 I'd made it to Manhattan
 built myself a nest
 I meant to get right back to doing
 exactly what I do best:
 Pluggin in an electric guitar,
 leading a band
 Well, if you want to give God a laugh
 - tell him your plans!
 
 Summer in the city
 wilting in the heat
 buzzing up and down to Bearsville
 and back to Hudson Street
 I learned meditation
 and how to visualise -
 just breathing, being still
 never felt more alive!
 
 Living one step at a time...
 
 I spent the fall in transit
 circling the moon
 like a cat on a hot tin roof
 like a fiddle without a tune
 I found what I was searching for
 in Mrs Caddy's book
 I had to go there straightaway
 have myself a look
 
 I flew back to Scotland
 anticipation in my bones
 the old country welcoming me
 like a prodigal coming home
 I knelt and kissed the tarmac
 in the wild atlantic rain
 felt the fiery gaelic blood
 rising in my veins
 
 Living one step at a time...
 
 I spent the night in Glasgow
 flew to Inverness
 I found the Place and at the first
 I was not impressed
 Nobody said hello
 the faces left me cold
 Back then how was I to know
 all that would unfold?
 
 I entered thje Sanctuary
 - heard the vioce of a girl
 sending out a circle of light
 clear across the world
 I shuddered in the Power
 like a seedling in a storm
 I've been travelling to this place
 since the moment I was born
 
 Flew back to New York City
 singing the big city blues
 the sand of Findhorn Bay
 still clingin to my shoes
 I tried to re-start my life
 but the life I knew was gone
 I had to let go everything
 but that's another song!
 
 Living one step at a time...
 
 So I'm sitting in my bedroom
 overlooking Findhorn Bay
 Cluny Hill in the distance
 summer on the way
 I'm watching sailing boats
 bobbing to and fro
 - time to hit the road
 the only way I know...
 
 Living one step at a time...