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I’ve been feeling a little of the 'it's summer so where’s the sunshine?' blues over the last couple of days (I live in the UK). Today I want to shake this feeling so I decided to try out a little experiment (you know I like experiments). I'm going to find some songs on YouTube, watch and listen and then let you know how they made me feel. You can join in as well with suggestions or how the songs made you feel.
I’m starting with the forever cheerful Manu Chao and his happy track in which he talks about what he gustas:
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Manu Chao - Me Gusta Tu
My reaction:
I cracked a smile and swayed a bit. I like his jumper in the video and it reminds me of my travels in South America. I like seeing happy men dancing.
Me gusta ma lasagne!
Next up, maybe I need more energy, lets try Spiderbait's version of Black Betty
Spiderbait - Black Betty
My reaction:
My head rocked a bit but got fed up with the same lyrics by the end of the song.
Cup of tea break.
What can I follow Spiderbait with? Well there was this one track in the 80's which I used to enjoy dancing around to:
Fame - Irena Cara
My reaction:
How can men wearing shorts over jogging pants while wearing leg warmers not cheer me up? Yes this was good but I got fed up of the guy with the crazy throat problem shouting about his son Bruno.
"That’s my son bruno, he runs the music, 46th street! Ya ha ha ha!"
To be honest with you, none of these songs have really worked for me, in the end it was my husband's impromptu performance of Chiquita Banana that did the trick. I searched around for a video to share with you in case you have the 'lack of summer blues' too and this is what I found:
Chiquita Banana - Lipsync starring Sara M. Brattman
You just never know what’s going to make you smile some days!
And in case you’re not sure what happy or sad (mad) looks like, this kid will let you know:
My Trusted MOGs
hahah that baby is hilarious. did you choose these all at random or type in a key word to narrow the scope of videos a bit?
My Trusted MOGs
Hey brittanybf, it was a mix, there are some artisits who are generally upbeat who I searched on as a prompt and then I searched around on the internet typing in keywords like 'happy songs' etc. I like the lady singing the Chiquita Banana song -not as good as my husband sings it though ;-)