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Happy Songs, Part 2 – “1234”

Feist might be the only artist on my lists of both the saddest songs and the happiest songs ever. I’ll resist talking about the heartbreaking track “The Limit To Your Love”, because this is a series about happy songs – but we can stay with this…

Written by Gordon Harvey on May 23, 2018
Feist, gordon harvey, Happy Songs, sesame street musicians, simply music, the playground

A Way of Listening – Happy Songs: Pt 1

Recently I read an article by music educator and prolific blogger Ethan Hein called The Happiest Chord Progression Ever, citing The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” as the example of a triumphantly happy song, made so in part because of its irresistibly funky groove…

Written by Gordon Harvey on Jan 10, 2018
A Way of Listening, chord, gordon harvey, Happy Songs, music, simply music, songs, the playground

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