Favourite Summer/Feel Good Happy Songs?

besty

just a suggestion as its a really nice evening out and i wanna make a cd with all the best summery kinna songs.

i'll get the ball rolling with "good vibrations" by the beach boys

Le Rack

Sweet Home Alabama
or
Jack and Diane
or
I cant think of the rest of my feel good happy jumpy songs but they're a good place to start!

DerekD Goldfish

Anything From Teenage Fanclub

Larianne

This song always reminds me of when I spent 3 weeks in the gaeltacht..

'Break my Stride' by Unique 2! The summer of 97! down in ballyvourney, Co.Cork. Didn't learn any irish though!!

beserker

heh. im from ballyv and i dont know any Irish either. gaeltacht my ass:) but ammm...

del amitri - nothing ever happens
loads of beatles songs
Ash - Oh Yeah
mammas & pappas - California Dreamin'
Ocean Colour Scene - the day we caught the train
whats that rem song with the woman singing
sea horses - love is the law
mundy - july

Larianne

Did you go to that school Cant even remember what it was called, Colaiste Ciaran, i dunno. My house was on the Killarney Road. Was great auld time.

JimboPope

The brady bunch - sunshine day.

It's just wrong that I like this song so much.

Pigman II

beserker wrote:

whats that rem song with the woman singing

Could you narrow it down? Stipe sings on nearly all of them.

Le Rack

thats shiny happy people as far as i do be remembering

Girl From Mars - Ash

besty

yea, some good ones there

im in the process of making volume 2. jack and diane is a massive call by the way. ive also discovered the magic that is chesney hawkes, the one and only! pure cheese

Badabing

How Bizarre by omc

Pigman II

Steal My Sunshine by Len

sixpack's little hat

Supergrass Alright

Hey Man by Eels.

JackKelly

If you want summer songs, you have to get "Shining Like a national Guitar" by Paul Simon.

These are the best summery' songs ever!

1. [b]Graceland    [/b]
2. [b][size=4]You Can Call Me Al[/size]    [/b]
3. [b]50 Ways To Leave Your Lover[/b]
4. [size=4][b]Late In The Evening[/b][/size]         
5. [b]Slip Slidin' Away [/b]
6. [b]Kodachrome[/b]
7. [b]Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard[/b]

Then for me...
Roxanne by the Police
Bleed America by Jimmy Eat World (the whole album)

I am MAN

Pigman II wrote:

Steal My Sunshine by Len

rofl ^ ^

Waterboys - fishermans blues

billy the squid

Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight
Brimfull of Asha - Cornershop

off the top of me head, will be back with more when i have a look at me list.

hoody

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff - Summertime
U2 - Beautiful Day
Polyphonic Spree - Light and Day

But for a real lazy moody summer's evening is has to be Damo. Songs like Amie are perfect for dozing a day away in the sun.

..............
But my radio won't work in the bog anyway.....

the_syco

Supergrass's "Alright", or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll", or anything from that album.

Makaveli

ELO - Mr Blue Sky

billy the squid

the_syco wrote:

Supergrass's "Alright", or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll", or anything from that album.

supergrass reminds me of the fantastic summer we had in 1995. great choice there i must say.

now I promised a list so here goes

Abba - Summer Night City
Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life
An Emotional Fish - Celebrate
Avril Lavigne - Sk8or boi
B*Witched - C'est La Vie
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Blink 182 - The Rock Show
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Christina Milian - AM to PM
Cindy Lauper - Girls just wanna have fun
Denise Williams - Lets hear it for the Boy
EMF - Unbelieveable
Gloria Estefan - Turn the Beat Around
Hue and Cry - Labour of Love
Hewey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
James - Sit Down
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to take Our Clothes off
Kadgagoogoo - Too Shy
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Marillion - Kayleigh
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchee
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
No Doubt - I'm Just A Girl
Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
Phantom Planet - Somebody's Baby
Queen - Breakthru
REM - The sidewinder sleeps tonight
REM - Shiney Happy People (feat yer one from the B-52s)
Richard Marx - Hazard
Sabrina - Boys
Shampoo - Trouble
Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me
Sophie B Hawkins - As I lay Me Down
The B52s - Love Shack
The Cranberries - When Your gone
The Cranberries - Zombee
The Go-Gos - Has the Whole World Lost its Head
The Kelly Family - An Angel
The Primitives - Crash
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town
Tiffany - I think We're Alone Now
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
Toto - Rosanna
Van Halen - Jump
Weezer - Buddy Holly

all the butter vouchers in the world wont get you cheese like that