Good morning,



Surely I'm not first?



Thanks for the mensh last night. Rather unusually I was driving at the time and got some funny looks from some hitchhikers as I whooped and wiggled about in my seat.



How's about:



SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS by Sting

HAPPY TALK by Captain Sensible



Have a good day.x

PENCIL FULL OF LEAD by Paolo Nutini please



ONE DAY LIKE THIS by Elbow

Good Morning Everyone



Suggest -



EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD - Tremeloes



H.A .P. P.Y. RADIO – Edwin Starr



HAPPY TALK – Captain Sensible



SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE – REM



GLAD ALL OVER – Dave Clark 5



HAPPY TOGETHER - Turtles



I COULD BE HAPPY – Altered Images

Fisher - Beautiful World

'be young, be foolish, be happy' The Tams



a splendid mantra :-D

WALKING ON SUNSHINE - Katrina & The Waves



I’VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

BETTER TOGETHER by Jack Johnson

Loads spring to mind but an old favourite:



HAPPY TOGETHER by THE TURTLES (or even the cover by CAPTAIN & TENNILLE)

'you've made me so very happy' Blood Sweat & Tears

And Baxter&Bertie wouldn't forgive me if I didn't request:



HAPPINESS by THE BLUE NILE

Testing?

Ah, it works. Wouldn't let me post earlier.





Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Lovely sunny day here in London town, with enough of a nip in the air to remind you that it is only April.



Count me in for the Isle of Wight afternoon, Simon! Alternatively, you could dabble your toe in the waters of middle aged travel and join us in Cambridge in May. We don't bite.



Happiness eh? Well, you said it is a given, but to make doubly sure:



HAPPINESS - Ken Dodd



Laters



Alex-Girl

Morning All



my suggestion would be



ALEGRIA by KIRSTY MACOLL



or



DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY by BOBBY MCFERRIN



back to work cya later all

I am going to scream if this silly blog wont let me in!!



Morning Again,



Have already tweeted:



WONDERFUL WORLD by LOUIS ARMSTRONG



I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD by HERMAN'S HERMITS



DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY by BOBBY McFERRIN



LOVELY DAY by BILL WITHERS



FANTASTIC DAY by HAIRCUT 100



ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH OF WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY by HOT CHOCOLATE



GOOD VIBRATIONS by THE BEACH BOYS



madchick x (who will be mad if it won't let me post this lot!) ;-)

'The sweetest feeling' Jackie Wilson

Hello again!



The half-year is upon us, so I won't have as much time to participate : (



Simon, I'll third yours and Alex-Girl's choice of



HAPPINESS - Ken Dodd



Mainly because it was one of my Grandad's favourite songs



Back later



Tortie x

Simon,



Both my two are at University without having had a Gap Year beforehand. Mr Mcw and myself thought that they could have a gap year after their degrees, they will be much older and wiser and will have something to look forward to once their education is finished. I have to feel for my daughter, though, who is studying to be a vet, she will have quite a while to wait for her gap year!



Haven't been to the IOW for years, count me in! Do they still have the dinosaur park there?



x

Hi everyone





YOU MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY ~ Blood, Sweat and Tears



I'M HAPPIER THAN THE MORNING SUN ~ Stevie Wonder



COME UP AND SEE ME (make me smile) ~ Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel



HAPPINESS ~ Ken Dodd





Thanks Simon x

#17 I never had a gap year either. Maybe I should think about it now!



Couple more suggestions:



MAGIC MOMENTS - Perry Como (for our Chickster)



ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE - Monty Python



HAPPINESS - Goldfrapp



x

A CERTAIN SMILE by JOHNNY MATHIS

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE - R E M

AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE



FEELIN' GOOD both

And finally:



OH HAPPY DAY - Edwin Hawkins Singers



JOY TO THE WORLD - Three Dog Night

WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS - HELEN SHAPIRO





...whoo pah - oh yeah yeah

#19 Thank you Alex! x







SWEET SWEET SMILE by THE CARPENTERS

#22 both Nina Simone



Stupid stupid blog!



Won't let you in then posts before you've finished!

#24 You made me smile :-)



HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN by THE BEATLES

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and happy bloggers,



Gap year does sound fun. In the corporate world they call it a sabbatical. Some companies actively encourage this after 10 years at the same company - prevents burnout and build loyalty, apparently. I wouldn't say no.



Looks like all the obvious ones are already gone. So howz about..



GOOD TIMES - CHIC



I'M SO GLAD - CREAM



THIS IS THE DAY - THE THE



Nice day all. Be good.

HAPPY - TRAVIS



HAPPY ENDING - JOE JACKSON



HAPPY HOUSE - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES



THE HAPPY WANDERER - THE STARGAZERS/OBER SOMETHING KIDS CHOIR

Morning bloggsters.

I see we still have the infernal wobbly blog.

There's going to be lot's of happy songs about, so I'll get in quick with

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - Bobby McFerrin

Have a great day everyone!

Dammit, not Beautiful World, that's what she called it on the pre-release of the album. I meant:



Fisher - Beautiful Life.

Thank you Simon - we blogpoppets are having an extremely 'optimistic and generous Tuesday' - just getting a post into your blog .....

Slow blog - slow internet..... Boo! I'm not happy right now. So a good song that I always finds that cheers me up is ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE - Eric Idle

What on earth is wrong with this blog? Having problems posting comments. BUMS!



Last one from me



SHINE - Take That (WAH!)



Love



BP

Morning All,



'Headstart for Happiness' The Style Council



Hope it is a good day for everybody

HAPPY HOUR please Simon by the HOUSEMARTINS. On the subject of a middle gae gap year, I suppose the closest equivalent for Clergy (and others I guess) is Sabbatical Leave. I'm hoping to take 3 months Sabbatical in 2013 - this only for the 2nd time in 35 years of active church ministry.

How do, Simon and blog folks.



Got to go with...



R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People

Dave Edmunds - Everytime I see Her



I keep checking to see if I have a bump on my head what with the blog jumping. It's given me a nervous twitch. Well, that's my excuse ;-)

Good Morning All :)



I have many happy memories of holidays spent on the Isle of Wight, we used to stay in Shanklin, and I also recall the dinosaurs (and other animals) at Blackgang Chine. I'd love to go back for a visit sometime.



BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD - VAN MORRISON For today's oldies :)

LIFTED - THE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY



(YOU'RE LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER - JACKIE WILSON



Are also feeling good and happy kind of tunes :)

#39 Of couse I spelt it 'you're' instead of 'your' D'oh! What a silly sausage I am! :D

Good Morning Each! What a delightful theme, slightly juxtaposed by a misbehaving blog, but we wont let that get to us, will we?



I think I'll plump for...



'Parklife' by Blur



'Yellow River' by Christie



'Happy' by The Rolling Stones



'Dancing Days' by Led Zeppelin



'Groovin' by The Young rascals



'Mr Blue Sky' by ELO



'That's The Way I Like It' by K.C. And The Sunshine Band



Enough?

Emily Smith - Sunset Hymn

shopping .. with Mumma --- laters

xx

This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.

Are Randy Edelman and Jackie de Shannon still married to each other?

According to Wikipedia, he's been married to her since 1976 and she's been married to him since 1977.

Shannon Noll - Shine



Leddra Chapman - Summer Song



Seth Lakeman - The Streamers



Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (Antonyms for the win)



Cirque du Soleil - Alegria (Opening Track)



Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine a Light



The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

'three little birds' Bob marley & The Wailers

#44 - Not sure if anyone has complained yet. It's not something I like doing - especially on a day when we are all supposed to be happy!



I usually find a good kick aimed in the right place sometimes works!

#48 Nope, doesn't look like anyone has .. it just alerts the powers that be to the problem .. go on, you know it makes sense

Good afternoon,



Well I have just heard something that has made me VERY happy! I gather my favourite band Southgate and Leigh have finally had an airing on Radio 2. Unfortunately I was asleep at the time. But thank you anyway to Alex Lester.



Come on Simon - when are you going to play them???

#51 Hi Julia, to my shame, I have to say I've never heard of Southgate & Leigh? I've found an album on Spotify so I'm about to listen but please share some info.

#49 OK - there, I've done it... I have disrupted my happy karma for the day and complained. Now, back to nice, happy thoughts ;-)

#51 Seems I can't count and that question mark is totally out of place (Disclaimer: in spite of the mutilated grammar, no punctuation was hurt in the making of that sentence).

Afternoon all



#44, 49



I have sent a complaint so we shall see what happens.



A

Alison



You get no-one to complain and then two do it at once!



A

ssshhhhh - nobody say anything..... It looks like the blog jumping has stopped!

#51 Hi Harry, Don't worry - they are very new. When I joined the blog they were my weekly ARF opener request. Ought to confess they are also very good friends. We went to see John Etheridge and Chris Garrick with them a couple of weeks ago. Mr 39 (38 actually) was at school with Mr Southgate and used to do jazz gigs with them until a year or two ago.



Ms Leigh has performed with John Etheridge actually and has also appeared at Ronnie Scott's. She is a very shy and unassuming lady but when she starts to sing it's like watching a flower blossom.



I do hope they get on the fabled Radio 2 primetime playlist. Not just because they are mates but also because all the 39 family love their music.



Let me know what you think...

Can I go along with 36 and request Happy Hour by the Housemartins please.



X



Gail.

morning all



happy talk-captain sensible



happy heart-andy williams



i could be happy-alterd images



happy hour-housemartins



h a p p y radio-edwin starr

SMILE By Lily Allen

FEELING GOOD - ~?????? Ella Fitzgerald?

Oh HAPPY DAY - Ed Hawkins

WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS - Helen Shapiro

how about this one



happy days-pratt and mcclain(theme from happy days)

Or how's about Shalamar - I can make you feel good.



G

#57 Julia, I'm impressed. I must admit that during the first two tracks I was thinking it was OK but nothing special. But, by the time I was half way through I was hooked. She has a tremendous voice and I think it works best when she's allowed to use its full range such as on "What Do You Want". I'm not sure "Reena" is strong enough for a single, but what do I know?. The highlight for me is "Call off the Search" and that little video they have on their website is fantastic - I was with her every inch of the way on the emotional rollercoaster.

#61 Aw I used to love Happy Days when I was a kid :D



"Sunday, Monday, Happy Days

Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days

Thursday, Friday, Happy Days

Saturday, what a day,

Rockin all week with you..."



It was cheesy as heck, and the Fonz wasn't really all that cool at all, but back in the day, it was harmless fun.

Ooh, forgot. Meant to say earlier:



Happy birthday to David Cassidy!



And happy birthday to my friend Ellie who has never heard of David Cassidy and thinks Take That invented music.



Blog seems to have stopped bouncing.... or maybe I have started bouncing and the blog and I are in perfect unison.

#65 There was a time, Alex, when I would have known it was his birthday (and almost everything else about him too!)



I had loads of posters of him on my bedroom wall, and for once, my Mum didn't object because she thought he was "a nice young man" (albeit his hair was too long!)

Well the blog may have stopped jumping but my eyes haven't

Two o clock as a rule is the time that the blog returns!



My thoughts on it are....



It wasn't broken, but they had to go and fix it, now tis broke!



Please give us back our 500 posts per page too.



With that, I bid you all 'Good Day, hope you all have a good one.'



Busy as busy can be, in the garden :)



MTF.x

Bounce, I meant bounce!!



Doh!



MTF.xx

Simon,



James - You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That's Always Smiling) - please! One day you will play something by James, I believe (other than Sit Down), probably right after Twilight be ELO...



Nic

Be 'eck, hope you are right Nic ;)



MTF.xx

After 2 o'clock and blog's jumping ......... seems to start at about the same time every day.

Nic -

I think that



WALTZING ALONG by JAMES



is one of the most optimistic hey-be-happy songs ever writ..

Oh yes, the jumpin' blog is back!



These technical problems seem to have been going on forever!



It makes it hard to type anything on my iPod on here, because the cursor keeps jumping around. Very disconcerting!

Hey gang



I have reported the bouncing blog on the Technical Faults page (scroll to bottom of page and select Contact Us).



In the meantime, it is doing funny things to my eyes so I am going to love you and leave you for a while.



A-G

Afternoon all



It's gone very quiet around here - is there anybody there?!

people's brains muddled by the jumping blog I think TC

I was here all along, but I was hiding behind the curtains, wondering how I could make my entrance without looking silly. Then the windowcleaner turned up.





Oy, OY, they are rectangular, not round. Makes you wonder why I pay him £3.75.

Afternoon All



How has the blog been?



I'm still having trouble posting. Had to sign out and back in!

Hello again,



Ooh, they seem to have taken the blog's trampette away. Good-oh. We have to work for our happiness here!



Tortie - have you read the book that was reviewed on Simon's Book Club, "I Think I Love You"? You should!



Nearly time to start packing up for the day. Then home for more cleaning. The house is being photographed for it's brochure on Thursday. For Sale sign went up yesterday. Now panicking that London might sell quickly and we will be homeless. No way that Mr P, me and 4 cats could move into the bolthole - way too small! What will be, will be.



Good luck for menshes!



Alex-Girl

HAPPY by The Rolling Stones

HAPPY by The Carpenters

HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY - Bobby Bloom

ECSTASY by Oliver Reed (a rocking tune in which the actor sings in a style, reminiscent of Elvis and/or Billy Fury. This song dates from the early 60's, I reckon, so there are no 90's connections to E and Madchester and stuff like that)

#80 Hi Alex - No I haven't - what's it about? I liked the first chapter of the previous one "My dear ...", but haven't got round to buying it yet.

Harry the Snapper, KatyMac and Christy Moore fans...



I shall be listening for your menshes (after 6) on my way to see him tonight! :o))

Good luck with the menshes everyone and enjoy the show.



I'm off home so see you all tomorrow.

#83 LuciesMum ............ I'm sure he'll be great and I'm not jealous; oh no, not at all; not even a little bit :-)

#63 Hi again Harry, Glad you liked it! I think of "Call Off The Search" as being a 21st century version of "I Will Survive".



I know what you mean about "Reena". Our girls love it though. They also absolutely love "Fashion Photographer" or "Do up pa dala" as they call it and "Now That We've Made Up". I think they are the two most catchy/commercial tunes.



"Bluebells" has me in tears every time I listen to it because it brings back a happy memory of my late Grandmother who little girl is named after.



There's a line in"I'm Not Gonna Change" that I love as well. Something about stepping between rainclouds to find the sun.



Oh I could go on all day!



Looks like it's knocking off time for you. Hope trade has been good today.

#80 Alex, Have you read tate book yet? I nearly picked it up the other day but I have just started re-reading the joy that is A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and I know it will take me a good couple of months to finish it by which time I will have put the David Cassidy book away somewhere and forgotten all about it.

#87 For "tate" read "that"...

Great toons tonight, but not a blogger to be heard among 'em.

Tortie - it's about 2 13 year old girls who are in love with David Cassidy. Yes, Julia

, I did read it. Bit chick lit but took me back to my youth!



And by the way, who is the 'Lttle Christy' on the blog who suggested 'Oh Happy Day'. Think that was me, actually!!

Hi John - and so far no G T &Ts either!

Aha, Alex, you were incognito.



Hello Billie - no, the GT&Ts are usually too sour-faced to qualify for today's theme!

Hi Alex

madchick moments. One of our daughters did the gap year after graduation thing. However it turned into 2 years. By the time she came back she'd run out of money and found it hard to readjust or seriously consider graduate careers. At least one of yours should have a professional qualification.

Our mid life gap year is postponed as both daughters, having obtained good degrees have decided on careers which require them to go back and get another one. we'll be having a gap retirement at this rate.

Nice one Billie. Always a belter before 6!



That's it, I'm off. Nice evening all.

Hurray! A Blog Mensh - and for little me!



Alex - sorry about your "Little Christy" non-mensh.



Hi to PeeGee

I was beginning to get cross about all the happiness [like Simon said people might] so I am doubly pleased that Matt said what I was thinking re: Action for Happiness - ie. "sounds like a cult".



*snigger*

Hi Billie! Well done on the mensh.



I agree Katy!! I don't need people to tell me how to be happy. I have you lot - what more is needed?! :)

Ooh Katy!



I would find it hard to believe that YOU have never done a random act of kindness -

just did something nice for someone without even thinking about it because it felt right.

Hey! #100?