no matter how bad the mood
one song that can always cheer me up and give me that fuzzy-back-of-the-head feeling is E.L.O's Mr. Blue Sky. i always listen to music when i'm doing the housework and that's always the first song i play. it's just an instant pick-me-up.

on a slightly heavier note, i love to listen to Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain during thunderstorms. the music seems to fit the raw power of the storm perfectly.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 17:59, 9 replies)

I firmly believe
that you're not human if you don't like Mr Blue Sky on some level. It's like a soul detector or something.

Christ, I can see this being a bad QOTW for me making a tit of myself with emo ramblings.
( Dave McF wrote some words on, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 18:28, closed)

i know what you mean
my mum hates any music i like, but even she likes Mr. Blue Sky
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 18:42, closed)

this
couldn't agree more
(rockdoctor, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 13:29, closed)

I
love that song! In fact going to have to listen again now! Have a click! :D
(bottle_cap, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 21:01, closed)

it's the first song on my playlist
i have it on almost every day
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 17:47, closed)

I'm digging that out when I get home

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:06, closed)

Mr Blue Sky
Was the 'end of ceremony' song at my wedding.

Me and the missus had just been declared man and wife, and there's this bit at the end of the verse in the song, where the drummer hits a cowbell or some tingy percussion instrument four times.

And in full view of the collected family and friends, during this 'ting!ting!ting!ting!' - I gently slapped my new wife's bum in time.


FYI - The walking down the aisle music was 'Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating In Space' by Spiritualized, and the signing of the register music was 'Heroes...' by Bowie. And now anyone who was at my wedding who is now reading this, knows exactly who I am...
(theremin put the lotion in the basket on, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 13:08, closed)

hahahaha!
if i ever got married, it would be in there somewhere :)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 17:48, closed)

do so
it's the perfect antidote to a hard day's work.
not that i've ever done a hard day's work...
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 17:47, closed)