Happiness Notebook Mixtape Week 1

(Indigo Girls from pickettphoto.com)

After a week of vigorous debate on the selection and worth of each of our nominated songs, we have our first group of tunes to add to the Mixtape.

I've tried to add a 30 second excerpt of each tune. Just click on the song title to hear it. Beatles' songs are not available for preview.

Beatles - Here Comes the Sun (1969) (excerpts not available, you should already own Abbey Road anyway)

Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine (1983)

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (1998) or Sting - Fields of Gold (1993) (I included Sting's original version because I like it.)

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Three Little Birds (1977)

Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (1989)

Get your happy thinking caps on. Tomorrow we'll solicit more nominees.

First slate of Mixtape Project tunes

We received a number of song recommendations for the first go round of the Happiness Mixtape Project. Here are the ones that we're condsidering this week:

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Fields of Gold - Sting (Eva Cassidy's version was nominated, but you probably know Sting's original best)

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & the Wailers

There were other recommendations, but these were the ones that could be tied to an artist easily enough. (Some of the nominees came courtesy of my Facebook post at The Happiness-Project group's site.

I think that these will probably all go in by silent acclamation. I'd prefer that folks weigh in how much they love these songs, or why they think they fall short. Either way is fine with me. We'll add the selections to the list on Saturday morning (right before field hockey.)

What do you think? I am asking for your judgments, so don't withhold them.