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[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 9 - An alternative song that makes you HAPPY 😊😃 (lemmy.world)

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DAY 9 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!

Let’s see all those Shiny Happy People out there! What song is guaranteed to put a smile on your face & get your mood feeling mighty fine???

Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cake - Love You Madly never fails to put a smile on my face.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A bunch of Cake! I might have picked Stickshifts and Safetybelts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That’s by far my favorite Fashion Nugget track! When it pops up on shuffle it’s a forced sing-a-long. There’s no other option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Italian Leather Sofa and Sheep Go To Heaven!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I love Cake. Have you heard Cheekface? Their deadpan vocal delivery and absurb lyrics often remind me of Cake.

"Listen to Your Heart" "No" - Cheekface

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl - My cool older cousin introduced me to the Dead Milkmen before Beelzabubba came out and gave me his Bucky Fellini tape. So this song inspired some fond memories anyway, but then it's also just so damn good. Absolute classic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have no idea how I deleted my comment....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

absolute classic!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Watching the video this morning, I think this was actually a really formative musical moment for me. Super catchy, slightly subversive, kind of awkward & nerdy bands/songs have appealed to me ever since. I'd say without even knowing it, this song really paved the way for a love of power pop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This band will always put me in a good mood, especially anything from Eat Your Paisley, Bucky Fellini, or Beelzebubba. I can be in the darkest, most depressed mindset and this band will never fail to cheer me up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The New Pornographers, Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile.

https://youtu.be/RyHg2kPY5xA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ooo!!! NP! Yes. For me from them, the song “Mass Romantic” gets me boppin’ hard!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their new record is incredible. Not as poppy but a great vibe. Saw them live in the spring and it was fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love their new record!!! Horns, a little experimental, so good. My only complaint is the leadoff song which was a castaway from the last album - it doesn’t fit the vibe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh it grew on me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

totally - such a good album and direction from them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, I haven’t listened to The New Pornographers in years. Now I know what I’m listening to the rest of the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The new album is a vibe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants. No reason really. It's just fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

oh my god, yes. So many TMBG songs would work!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

...and somehow I deleted my comment and all the replies. Cool cool cool.

Repost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm I still see your original comment and the replies on my end. It might be instance dependant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think once it goes out it can't be deleted from other instances, just my own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

oh no!! it's all good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not so much a song as an entire album. The Courtneys II by The Courtneys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

nothing wrong with a happy album!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The song is nothing but a blast to sing and dance to, makes me deeply happy!

"Cha Cha Cha" by The Little Ones

https://youtu.be/GUaNqS4KPtY?si=JCEMS6mVlYcCj85o

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is great. Will be listening to them some more today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it's just insanely catchy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing to Fear, by Depeche Mode

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bedouin Soundclash -When The Night Feels My Song

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Volkiano - Remi Wolf

No idea what volkiano means but Remi Wolf's music is always fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I just shared Woo! in the community - love Remi!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There are a few kinds of happiness, so here are a few songs:

"A Little Bit Of Love" by Weezer (General happiness)
"One Way" by Levellers (Anarchic happiness)
"Pork and Beans" by Weezer (Self-love)
"The New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie (Not really sure how to explain)
Anything by "Weird Al" Yankovic (Comedy)

I don't tend to listen to much happy music, as it turns out, so I ended up going through my entire library and making a playlist, which you can find here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

can - you doo right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Cat Empire - Hello

Happy street party vibes with this one.