The Underground of Happiness

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 232 Tues July 31 2012 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm *listen back to this show here http://i.mixcloud.com/CBcG4Z Playlist - Trumpets Edward Williams - Life on Earth begins in the sun's energy (from the tv show Life on Earth , 1979) Esquivel - Softly, as in a morning sunrise (1960) Calexico - Minas de Cobre (for better metal) (1998) Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you (1956) The Crystals - Da doo ron ron (1963) Curtis Mayfield - Miss Black America (1970) Robert Preston & Ensemble - Ya got trouble/76 Trombones (from the soundtrack of the film The Music Man , 1962) Gene Pitney - 24 hours from Tulsa (1963) Sone Institute - On tree hill Kalyandji & Anandji - Sad theme from Dharmatma (from the soundtrack of the film Dh...

We're not all that fussed about keeping up with trends, here around the UOH chalet. However, we tend to get excited when new Giant Sand material is announced. Have a listen to this, we played it on the show this week. Giant Sand "Recovery Mission (Radio Edit)" by FortLowellRecords Beautiful or what? I particularly like those lines - They found water on Mars, not much but surely substantial About a pound of frozen tears' worth, as such it's purely circumstantial Wry and poignant would be words. And that children's chorus later on is perfectly judged. It turns out that the tune is Howe Gelb's response to a certain shooting in Tucson, Arizona earlier this year. You'll have heard about it. Here are all the details, quoted from the Fort Lowell Records website, the label on which the compilation appears. (By the way, you'll find eight other tracks from the album streaming on that link - at first listen, they sound really good. In fact, I...