Some music to help you feel better

[Bigboote]

I got a four-CD set of Louis Armstrong for Christmas. I was familiar with much of the music, but it struck me that (especially after listening to an hour or more straight) this music just seems to make everything better. I was going to post a thread around New Years (good widdance to bad wubbish as Elmer Fudd would say), but never got around to it. With what's happened in the last few days, it seems timely now.

Here's Louis Struttin' with some Barbecue:

 

[Monte]

Donna Fargo "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" Country Cla - YouTube

 

[Woof 101]

Yes but if you want to be happy for the rest of your life...

 

[CL82]

 

[CL82]

And if we are going to stick with Satchmo:

 

[Bama fan]

This song has always made me happy:

 

[CL82]

 

[chrissaran]

Jamming / Bob Marley and the Wailers, Walking on Sunshine / Katrina and the Waves, Happy / Pharrell Williams, I Love You Baby / Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons, You've Made Me So Very Happy / Blood, Sweat & Tears, I Love You More Today Than Yesterday / Spiral Staircase, Everything is Beautiful / Ray Stevens, Shiny Happy People / R.E.M., It Only Takes a Minute / Tavares, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Johann Sebastian Bach, Sugar, Sugar / The Archies, Cake by the Ocean / DNC, Starving / Hailee Steinfeld, Love is Like Oxygen / Sweet.

 

[JordyG]

A song for healing.

 

[Bama fan]

Said to be based on a passage from the Bible. But I love it for its secular message of hope.

 

[Bama fan]

Friday night fun drinking on the log by the tracks;

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[Scud49]

Here's one......Bobby Hatfield just killing it:

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[Scud49]

And here's a "reaction" video to this performance by Bobby Hatfield - I love it:

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[Woof 101]

For some reason this one always makes me smile. I remember having a shirt very similar.

 

[Bigboote]

Bob Marley? LOL!

 

[Bigboote]

Friday night fun drinking on the log by the tracks;

[White Port and Lemon Juice by the Bel Aires]

Holy gross drinks, Batman! White port and lemon juice must have been a real thing. The Mothers did a song called WPLJ (White port and lemon juice) that was originally by the Four Deuces. From what I gather, the Bel-Aires were from LA while the Four Deuces were from Salinas, both active around the same time.

Zappa said that WPLJ seemed like it was written for him, that it was more him than most of his own songs.

 

[CL82]

Bob Marley? LOL!

Yep. You can go to Bobby Ferrin’s version of you prefer it.

 

[Bigboote]

Yep. You can go to Bobby Ferrin’s version of you prefer it.

Oops! I should have been more specific. That is Bobby McFerrin's version; he actually wrote it after Bob Marley died.

 

[bantamlaker]

 

[CL82]

Oops! I should have been more specific. That is Bobby McFerrin's version; he actually wrote it after Bob Marley died.

Don’t think so.

 

[Bigboote]

Don’t think so.

It‘s copyright 1988, seven years after Bob Marley died. Could have been written a year or so earlier. Here’s the original McFerrin video for comparison:

 

[Woof 101]

OK not out to offend anyone, this is a Louis Jordan tune that BB King brought to light some years later and did a damn good job with it. I have several versions, I like them all but I really like what Joe does here along with extraordinary back up gals.