It Makes Me Smile

[Talon Karrde]

Is there a certain song that, every time you hear it, brings a smile to your face? There are two that I can think of right now that bring a grin to my face every time.

Hotel California by the Eagles is one of those. I know the lyrics so well that I was confident enough to get up in front of a bar full of people and sing karaoke...people I knew...in my neighborhood - that's saying something! It's a song that's spooky as hell and easy to relate to if you've ever had an addiction. Plus, those guitars at the end! That song rocks!

The other is American Pie by Don McLean. This is going to sound weird, but I can't help it. I know that the song is McLean's tribute to the rockers who died in that plane crash long ago - The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens - and therefore, it should be sobering and sad. Yet, American Pie is such a fun song to sing! I just can't help myself and start grinning from ear to ear, singing along with the music whole-heartedly!

What songs do this for you?

[Justine]

Hotel California is the song my husband and I shared our first slow dance ever to, so that one makes me smile.

Also, there's a song that nobody will have ever heard of, but I will post the lyrics so you guys can appreciate it. It's called Mr. Spock by Nerf Herder. Behold.

You want a guy who can bring the bacon
And you want a guy with Savoir Faire
Somebody who can take control of it
Someone with cool, black, shiny hair

Yeah!

You don't want a boyfriend
What you want is Mr. Spock
To come to your wasteland
And destroy the ro-o-o-bot
Something more than human
Someone with blood that's cold and green
You want something better than me

Captain Kirk went to the planet
And there he fought the man lizard.
He saved the ship, invented the gun powder
But that's just not good enough for you, is it?!

No!

You don't want a boyfriend
What you want is Mr. Spock
To come to your wasteland
And destroy the ro-o-o-bot
Something more than human
Someone with blood that's cold and green
You want something better than me, me!

You sit all night at your computer
Drinking Diet Dr. Pepper
Looking for an answer to it all!
Say the words!
Say the words!
Say, say, say the words!

You don't want a boyfriend
What you want is Mr. Spock
To come to your wasteland
And destroy the ro-o-o-bot
Something more than human
Someone with blood that's cold and green
You want something better than me, me, than me!

[Talon Karrde]

Lately, Avril Levigne's Anything But Ordinary has been making me smile. The song comes on and I sing along, instantly bonding to those lyrics. I can relate to them so easily!