*** Official Music-to-Make-Everyone-SMILE Thread***

[Blue-Jay]

I'll start.

Cat Stevens: Peace Train (live version)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

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Bonus: Red Rubber Ball (fuck you if you don't like it, because it makes me smile)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cxx2fvcpWE

[some guy]

1. Yah Hoo

It's a Celebration!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ

:bounce:

:D

:hi:

[Blue-Jay]

2. Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles!

Who saw THAT coming? (They didn't!)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYUSdX-Rps&feature=related

[unsavedtrash]

3. my contribution

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQVMeeddYk

[MrScorpio]

4. Wouldn't you like to do the COSMIC SLOP?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4U1Ln_X_zo

[Lil Missy]

5. Anything by Earth, Wind, and Fire

[Blue-Jay]

9. "Shining Star" always does the trick for me.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wLfVPBgGXqI

[Tektonik]

6. Furry Happy Mosters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHM8xG6i8o

[stuntcat]

25. omg

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Burma Jones]

7. Make Me Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzViV6PUOSM

They were pretty good for a little while there......


This band always makes me smile.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2n77vxlLfs

[stuntcat]

8. here's a happy-ass song :D

the song doesn't have a video but this is funny anyway!
Lovely Day by Bill Withers-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZPJJntLZQ

[greendog]

10. Cathy Guthrie & Amy Nelson - "Shit Makes The Flowers Grow"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqrHkzXyhUc&NR=1

[RainDog]

11. Sly and the Family Funk-a-stone

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DkP5roFukKY

[Hand]

12. Some neat Canadian folk singing from the great Stan Rogers!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3RiNCw7Q0yA

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[greendog]

14. I like this one.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vL8EwN4dsv4&feature=related

[Blue-Jay]

13. Ziggy Marley & The Chieftains

Hell yes!

(redemption song) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJgIq48C9k

[Blue-Jay]

18. .

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Listen To The Music

A big group of us actually had a party ehre in central CA to watch this on TV...we all so loved our local guys!
(We used to have parties a few years later just to watch SNL....man! Those were the days!)

Doobies!
This song always makes me smile! :hi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8BvCbCg-S4

[MorningGlow]

16. How about some old-time '40s white-folks boogie woogie?

I had a dream that I was practicing this song for karaoke. But I didn't even know the words (beyond the first two lines) till I looked it up.

Accentuate The Positive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6PHCVOU7s (It's Bing and the Andrews Sisters--what's not to love? :D)

[greendog]

22. Nice! Here's one from the '30's. (Boswell Sisters)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Afn3Z-BWI&feature=related

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Smile

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mT8jqRZHUW8

I never realized Josh Groban had such a nice voice...I figured he was just another pretty face with great publicity people and a good pitch-bending machine.

[stuntcat]

31. I didn't know Charlie Chaplin wrote the music

I have a sweet version by Lyle Lovett.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. I like Lyle...

He's seriously underrated, in my opinion.

[Blue-Jay]

19. If the muppets don't make you smile, you're dead inside.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cV1C_gS1soM

[stuntcat]

32. lol

I had to wtch the whole thing, like hypnotized :crazy:

[PeaceNikki]

38. Best worst earworm ever

And so easy to start at the office.

Oh, and edited to add REM and the Muppets - Furry Happy Monsters:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHM8xG6i8o&feature=related

[mitchum]

20. Jackie Wilson...

"Higher And Higher"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2_zhLs_T4

[Blue-Jay]

23. Why didn't I think of that?

awesome!

[Robeson]

21. Most anything done by A guy called Gerald...

...and "Harlem River Drive" by Marden Hill, when the lights are low and it's late at night.

[Blue-Jay]

24. Heaven.

I promise this will make you smile. Money back guarantee:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fjC4HXwLzBU

[RainDog]

26. Vintage Rockabilly

with Miss Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rockabilly

[Blue-Jay]

28. Holy crap, that's good!

:thumbsup:

[RainDog]

41. You betta believe it, blue jay

where's you-know-who?

you still blowing, uh saxaphone? I LOVE the vintage stuff on YouTube. I've found some amazing stuff there.

[Greylyn58]

27. A friend of mine told me to watch this on YouTube

and it makes me smile everytime. Great video and great music. The Evolution of Dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

[Blue-Jay]

29. The Chieftains & The Corrs - "I Know My Love"

Hey, it makes me happy! (My roots are showing)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8fP84z9nUcY

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Bonus: Those Corrs chicks are hot! (check out the one on the tin whistle!)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtp4adNTP0Y

[lizziegrace]

30. Spiral Staircase - "More Today Than Yesterday"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKY998aeAOI

[Blue-Jay]

33. Delbert McClinton - Givin' It Up For Your Love

Check out his album "Live From Austin". This is one seriously underrated motherfucker.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNnEEK6uG0

[some guy]

34. Here Comes...

(George sings :) )

Here Comes The Sun :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUhZxkr194&feature=related

[CBHagman]

35. Mitch and Mickey.

"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22a+kiss+at+the+end+of+the+rainbow%22

[RainDog]

40. LOL

just recently watched best in show again. I love that ensemble. turn it up to an 11.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Dean Magraw - Fox Fire Kilnamona

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ORMsYWJ6fLI

This guy is fantastic!

[Mr. Blonde]

39. Here is a local band that I like

and I think you just have to smile listening to them.

Colourmusic - Yes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rxgZI4G2c7Q

[SeattleGirl]

42. Queen -- Radio Ga Ga (from Live Aid)

I love this video!

http://video.aol.com/video/music-queen-radio-ga-ga-live-aid/1356354

[stuntcat]

44. oooooo

I had to get the Live Aid dvd so I could have the Queen part forever! I cry when I watch it, it's so great

[SeattleGirl]

51. Isn't it, though?

I love, love, love Queen, and that song (and all the others they did at Live Aid) are so fucking GREAT!

[sakabatou]

43. Is it Real?

A video I put together.

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&b=1&vid=1491103&gid=406706

Please work...

[last_texas_dem]

45. What's not to love about

a Bobbie Gentry and Donovan duet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG4Hj7FsYqo

(Or maybe it's just me...haha I think this is cool, though.)

[S n o w b a l l]

46. What a Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc

[jmowreader]

47. If Jason Mraz doesn't make you smile, you're beyond hope

Start with "The Remedy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EED3xkxCWNA&feature=related

...pay particular attention to the shot of the grille on the car he drives through the video, and the girl with the eggs is to die for.

Then try "Wordplay"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDcQdgGi5U&feature=related

which is an excellent song, but it's got the weirdest video ever made.

edited because I can't spell...

[loveangelc]

48. an ~uplifting~ song

I dedicate this to you OBAMA and his rising poll numbers and overall improvement...lol :')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1n1BWLsyHg

[kentauros]

49. Flying Fish Sailors / Mike Oldfield :)

Flying Fish Sailors - Flupandemic
Yeah, it's a bit morbid, but still a fun song (ignore the Queen added to the end; the band didn't make the video ;) )


Mike Oldfield - Only Time Will Tell
(From "Songs of Distant Earth")

[opiate69]

50. John Denver - "Sweet Surrender"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lm9jIWmksE

[LaStrega]

52. My United States of Whatever

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kbmarWHlKTQ

[Inchworm]

53. We're gonna spite our noses right offa our faces

love love love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8

I forgot the question :)

:Hi: