It was pointed out by George and Rol, who found to his surprise that he was agreeing with George, that Hope Your Happy Now by Elvis Costello is NOT a happy song.
I agree. The original rationale of the mix was to include songs with the word Happy in the title. This proved to be harder than you would think and I ended up sneaking in a couple with Joy in the title.
Hence one of today's offering Joy by Lucinda Williams is not a particularly happy song. Let's face it though, when you think of Lucinda happy is not the first adjective that springs to mind.
R.E.M. are happy enough and given that Shirley Manson of Garbage is Scottish she will be happy more often than not given our weather
R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
Garbage - Only Happy When it Rains
Lucinda Williams - Joy
Only Happen When It Rains is pretty miserable too, if you think about it.
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