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  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25202

    #61
    Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
    Not just a feelgood song, a complete feelgood band. fabulous. Love them.

    This thread can't go on much longer without something from another great american band. There are plenty of theirs to choose from, but this one always does it for me.

    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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    • johncorrigan
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 10349

      #62
      Not a song, I suppose, but 'Telstar' by the Tornadoes has been lifting me up since '62.
      This fantastic instrumental by "The Tornados" was released in 1962 and made number 1 in the UK charts, and also number 1 in the U.S in the same week. As inst...

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22117

        #63
        Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
        Not a song, I suppose, but 'Telstar' by the Tornadoes has been lifting me up since '62.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ
        And that other great instrumental Shadows:Apache

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        • eighthobstruction
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 6432

          #64
          ....just about anything by Gentle Giant....sheer artistry and reach....always bring a smile to my mind....WHERE did funk start ?? Nyle Rogers ??....No, PORTSMOUTH - the Shulman Brothers....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-yGcpaY_4
          bong ching

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          • Rolmill
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 634

            #65
            Originally posted by Historian View Post
            For a different take on this, which always makes me smile, try from 17'45'' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Vc0lOV6Iw&t=3s

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22117

              #66
              Originally posted by Rolmill View Post
              For a different take on this, which always makes me smile, try from 17'45'' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Vc0lOV6Iw&t=3s
              Individually and collectively they were magic.

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              • cloughie
                Full Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 22117

                #67
                Originally posted by Rolmill View Post
                For a different take on this, which always makes me smile, try from 17'45'' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Vc0lOV6Iw&t=3s
                Individually and collectively they were magic.

                Any track from Skellern’s Astaire makes me feel very good!

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                • johncorrigan
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 10349

                  #68
                  From the great wee film, 'From Scotland With Love',, King Creosote's wonderful 'For One Night Only' - brilliant vid!
                  King Creosote - For One Night Only (Official Video)Order "From Scotland With Love" and download "For One Night Only" now at:iTunes - http://smarturl.it/FSWLD...

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                  • Edgy 2
                    Guest
                    • Jan 2019
                    • 2035

                    #69
                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                    Not just a feelgood song, a complete feelgood band. fabulous. Love them.

                    This thread can't go on much longer without something from another great american band. There are plenty of theirs to choose from, but this one always does it for me.
                    Oh yes, adore Blondie, especially this, feelgood in spades

                    “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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                    • kernelbogey
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 5738

                      #70
                      The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
                      A little miracle, really.

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                      • johncorrigan
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 10349

                        #71
                        Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
                        The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
                        A little miracle, really.

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                        • cloughie
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22117

                          #72
                          Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
                          The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
                          A little miracle, really.
                          Indeed, and a godsend to theremin players everywhere!

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                          • gurnemanz
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 7382

                            #73
                            Johnny Nash must have made many people feel good.

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                            • johncorrigan
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 10349

                              #74
                              Kate and Anna McGarrigle singing Loudon Wainwright's 'Swimming Song' has been making me feel good for a long time...and still does!
                              Originally written by Loudon Wainwright, this is my favorite version. If you like this sound their first two albums, the self titled debut and Dancer With Br...

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                              • eighthobstruction
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 6432

                                #75
                                ....lovely lovely bell bottomed 70's....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5sA8WKxyjQ

                                ....Actually I guess it was actually Levi 501 80's....[on the cusp]
                                Last edited by eighthobstruction; 14-03-21, 10:59.
                                bong ching

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