{"id":3952,"date":"2012-03-14T01:24:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T06:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2012-03-14T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T06:32:11","slug":"ten-on-tuesday-happy-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3952","title":{"rendered":"ten on tuesday: happy tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Ten on Tuesday topic, <a href=\"http:\/\/caroleknits.net\/2012\/03\/13\/ten-on-tuesday-152\/\">10 Songs That Put You In A Great Mood<\/a>, is irresistible to me. At first, I was tempted to just straight up replicate my Dancing playlist, which is what I put on when I need a spring in my step or to get chores done, but not all the songs in it are happy, even if they are all up-tempo. Then I thought I might combine it with some songs from Dancing 2, which were more upbeat songs that I came up with after I&#8217;d played Dancing for a month. But I think instead it&#8217;ll just be a mishmosh of songs from my life that I always need to sing along with when they come on. They arrive below in no particular order.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;The World Ain&#8217;t Slowin&#8217; Down&#8221; by Ellis Paul &#8212; I have written about this song before. If I had a theme song, this would be it. I even have dance moves I do with the song. If you see a girl moonwalking on the Metro for just two steps, you&#8217;ll know why.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Accidentally in Love&#8221; by the Counting Crows &#8212; Another song that demands dancing in public, although this one is perhaps more jumping than dancing. Also singing. Occasionally loudly and in public parks.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75OSZElYB9E?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Jack and Diane&#8221; by John Cougar Mellencamp &#8212; Just &#8220;a little ditty&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sweet Caroline&#8221; by Neil Diamond &#8212; &#8220;So good!&#8221; I&#8217;m sorry. If you&#8217;re even going to pretend that you don&#8217;t belt this out with the rest of us, we can&#8217;t be friends anymore.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bf3vIH0gDGI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Galileo&#8221; by the Indigo Girls &#8212; A college favorite.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Livin&#8217; on a Prayer&#8221; by Bon Jovi &#8212; I really wanted this to be my prom theme, but it would have been a ridiculous prom theme, no matter how much I want things to work out for Tommy and Gina.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Walking on Sunshine&#8221; by Katrina and the Waves &#8212; A favorite of college dances. It was never complete without this one, which I feel must have been pulled out in the 1-2 a.m. hour.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Poems, Prayers, and Promises&#8221; by John Denver &#8212; Do you have an idea of what your ideal day would look like? I&#8217;m pretty sure mine was formed by this song. And if hearing it makes me feel a tad melancholic, it&#8217;s only because it&#8217;s harder to gather everyone in front of a fire to contemplate these things now.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eu88-rkU72U?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Marylou&#8221; by Kris Delmhorst &#8212; Because when I grow up, <em>I<\/em> want to be like Marylou, too.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sometimes When We Touch&#8221; by Dan Hill &#8212; This beat out &#8220;Livin&#8217; on a Prayer&#8221; for our prom theme, and even 20 years later (ouch!) I&#8217;m still surprised that my &#8217;90s suburban classmates opted for a 15-year-old love song over a power ballad from <em>the<\/em> band of our generation. But they were right, and the song was perfect and the night was perfect and you don&#8217;t get those moments often enough in life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m always on the lookout for new happy songs to add to my collection, so I&#8217;d love if you&#8217;d leave some suggestions in the comment section of songs that make you happy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Ten on Tuesday topic, 10 Songs That Put You In A Great Mood, is irresistible to me. 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