best happy vocalists
 

`which singers can always put a smile on your face, or that they seem to be prepetually happy?

for me
brian wilson
avey tare/ panda bear
david byrne
david thomas
thurston moore
the chick from melt bannana
the singer from the sparks
alan bishop

david byrne is much more crazed than happy.

he falls in the category of makes me happy, rather than is happy. i should have specified which one is each

 

agree.

also:
Tim DeLaughter from Tripping Daisy / The Polyphonic Spree
Wayne Coyne from Flaming Lips.

alison wolfe from bratmobile. well, she could fall under the catagory of angry too. happy angry.

brian wilson is NOT happy.

i like the rest of your choices, especially alan bishop, and panda bear has a beautiful voice. satomi from deerhoof is great. wayne coyne from anything of the lips alblums prior to at war with the mystics (his voice was one of the most annoying aspects of that very annoying alblum), arthur lee anyone?

stephen Malkmus
the guy from Cap'N Jazz

once i saw your post on the cap n jazz thread i came straight here to add him, but you beat me to it. he's a happy/sad to me.

hmm, strange.

oh yeah, tim kinsella is the singers name if you're wondering.

lots of people's voices make me happy. but lots of those people have sad voices.

joey ramone bleated like a goat. it's great.
i generally prefer really not-happy music and especially really not-happy vocals.

Wayne Coyne

The Flaming Lips make me sad.

Becuase they used to be so good but now are not?

how is that possible with such ridiculous musical stylings such as
"turn it on"
"frogs"
"talkin bout the smilin deathporn immortality blues" (i think thats the proper title?)
and how could we forget "she don't use jelly"

of course they do have later work which is maybe sad or more tranquil sounding, my personal favourites being "do you realize?" and my very favourite flaming lips song, "are you a hypnotist??"

Their music just has a sad quality to it, for me.

Actually my Favourite Lip's song is one of their saddest. ""You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)"
And the proper title is "Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)"

Bjork - In The Sugarcubes' song Birthday.
Joey Ramone definately.
David Kilgour from The Clean.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

you know it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tW1tIpE95kc

YES. HE EVEN FUCKING SINGS THIS.

chuck norris owns the fucking world.

Ditto, at least on Pet Sounds and songs like Surf's up.

I'd say much the same about Brian Wilson.

Edie Brickell used to make me smile, and Simone White and Karen Carpenter.

It isn't so much what they sing about, just the sound of their voices gives me a lift whenever I hear them.

Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (The Hives)

ewwww.

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the first name that popped into my mind when i saw this thread was bilinda from mbv. it's kinda like tranquil happy or something.

Brian Wilson
Avey Tare
Panda Bear
Eric Paul of AOR fame

freddie mercury and kate pierson

Ann Magnuson of Bongwater
Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers
Matt Sweeney of Chavez makes me feel comfortable
Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon is passionate and cute
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. for his purely unique voice
Tom Waits' rum rubbed, smoke-shack voice is just beautiful
Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo just has this honest kid vocals which make me happy