Help wanted: The Happiness Notebook Mixtape Project

I need your help.

We all have songs that make us feel good. We all know songs about happiness, contentment, celebration and relaxation.

So, let's catalogue them. Let's build a mixtape library of happiness. But I need your help or it will not work.

If you're like me, you probably are really knowledgeable on songs from a certain period, like, in my case, the 70s or the early 80s. This is a severe limitation when trying to build a happiness repertoire.

Another limitation is our personal preferences for musical styles. There are so many genres and sub-genres of music and most of them have possible works that we would include in the happiness category.

This cannot be a one person effort.

We need song nominations.

Here is how we'll handle it:

1) Each Sunday, I will post a solicitation for your nominations.
2) Let's set a personal limit of two nominations each week per person.
3) Nominations are made in the comments only. Emailing me will not make it a nomination.
4) Positive discussion on the merits of the nominations also takes place in the comments.
5) On Wednesday, I will post a slate of songs that up for inclusion in the Happiness Mixtape.
6) We vote, in the comments, on those we want to include. Voting will end on Friday.
7) On Saturday, I will post the latest additions. We'll keep a list on the right side of the blog.
8) This in no way, affects the irregular posting of hair metal videos. That is a separate effort that keeps me happy.
9) I'll act as the final arbiter. However, even if a song doesn't make it the first time around, it is still eligible to make it in subsequent voting. It just needs to be renominated and make the slate of potential entries.
10) Let's keep this light and fun. Also know, that if you don't participate, then the mixtape is going to be full of late 70s and early 80s pop rock songs...ahem.

My nominations will also appear in the comments.

Start nominating!