Monday Music Club - Songs That Make Us Happy

In the first of a series of what we hope will become a recurring feature, Mei and Chris welcome you to THE MONDAY MUSIC CLUB!

Each Monday we will post a new 10 song playlist that will help get you through the week. Depending on how creative we're feeling they may even have awesome themes. Without further ado we present the first Monday Music Club: Songs That Make Us Happy.



We each made five selections this morning and are currently listening to the playlist. I'm so happy! But now it's time to embark on a critical analysis of our selections. I will review Mei's choices and she'll write about mine.

Mei's Choices

1. Escort - All Through The Night: A great choice if, for no other reason, the video makes me so happy. You could put the Muppets in anything and it would turn me into a giggling fool. In fact, let's do it: here, here, here, here and here.

2. Lil' Wayne - Mrs. Officer: First of all, way to steal my Weezy pick. Of course Mei and I have a history with this song. If you check our text message logs they frequently look something like:

Mei: mrs. officer, mrs. officer
Chris: weeeeeeoooooowwweeeeeeeeoooowwwweeeeeooooooh
Mei: weeeeoooohweeeeeeeeooooohwwweeeeeeee
Chris: weeeeoooohweeeeeoooooohwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeee
Mei: have you done any work today?

3. Neyo - Sexy Love: Mei loves Neyo. Just loves him. Her room is covered with his posters and she keeps a bag of his hair in her bedside table.* All I have to say is, what do you think of your precious Neyo now?

4. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much: This video makes me as happy as the song does. I'm glad to see that the tradition of filming footage of people walking down the neck down because you didn't get them to sign release forms was alive when this video was made.

5. Shanice - I Love Your Smile: Well Mei takes the gold for "Song Most Likely To Get Stuck In Your Head." The dododos from this song rival other legendary ear worms like this one and this one and this one and this one and, of course, this one.

*this may not be 100% accurate

Chris's Choices

1. Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said: As Chris says, 'White people know this song.' This is why I don't know this song. I'll choose to comment on the appropriateness of the South Park cop, Officer Bar Brady, as Chris's choice for a random-photo-to-use-as-placeholder-when-you-upload-copyright-protected-music-to-Youtube. Having worked in copyright law in the past, Chris is expert at now finding ingenious ways to get around it. Anyway, I feel Office Bar Brady really epitomizes the voice of that white dude who sings Brown-Eyed Girl.

2. Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You: One of my very best friends, Rachel, once put this song on a mix for me and I also fell in love with it. But I'd never seen the video before and it's seriously adorable, especially the money shot of the skinny dude doing some booty-shaking in front of a crowd of little girls. Just go watch it.

3. Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You: Definitely a fun bopping-around-the-house kind of song. I particularly like the addition of the LOLcats-esque lyrics in the YouTube video.

4. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Gangsta of Love : This guy is a baller. Look at that outfit! I want him to be my friend.

5. Bill Withers - Lovely Day : Bill Withers is a big favorite here at the Go Game UK office. A great way to end the 'Songs That Make Us Happy' Mix because this song can't help but improve your day. I sing it to myself sometimes when wandering our amazing Hackney/Tower Hamlets/Bethnal Green neighborhood on sunny days and all seems good in the world.

Thanks for listening everyone, and hope this leaves you with a Happy Monday!

--Mei and Chris