Some of these are more annoying than others.
So if you happen to be stuck singing one of the more annoying "BE HAPPY" songs, playing around with it is not a bad way to go:
Video posted by Bootleg Better
(Trust me, some of the more, um, family-friendly versions are exquisitely painful to listen to. Especially with banjos.)
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, was, believe it or not, nominated for an Oscar; Mercer said the lyric came from a sermon:
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Lyricist Johnny Mercer, although completely amazing (he wrote the lyrics for over 1500 songs, including "Blues in the Night" (also with Harold Arlen), "One for My Baby" (also with Harold Arlen), and "Moon River" (not with Harold Arlen--that's a Henry Mancini melody)), was not Jewish, but Harold Arlen still is. Arlen was also pretty prolific, having written over 500 songs, many of which are standards in The Great American Songbook.
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And there are always cat videos:
Video posted by Cat Navi Desk
The two last days of Passover start tonight--see you after!
Video posted by Bootleg Better
(Trust me, some of the more, um, family-friendly versions are exquisitely painful to listen to. Especially with banjos.)
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, was, believe it or not, nominated for an Oscar; Mercer said the lyric came from a sermon:
"I went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said, 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase.' "
Lyricist Johnny Mercer, although completely amazing (he wrote the lyrics for over 1500 songs, including "Blues in the Night" (also with Harold Arlen), "One for My Baby" (also with Harold Arlen), and "Moon River" (not with Harold Arlen--that's a Henry Mancini melody)), was not Jewish, but Harold Arlen still is. Arlen was also pretty prolific, having written over 500 songs, many of which are standards in The Great American Songbook.
And there are always cat videos:
Video posted by Cat Navi Desk
The two last days of Passover start tonight--see you after!
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