get happy convert

costellopunk · Post by **costellopunk** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:05 pm

i used to find get happy a bit convoluted and unlistenable in the standard order and i would rearrange it in an order that made more sense to me. after buying the reissue (i only had it on vinyl) and jamming it over and over it has come to grow on me in a way i never thought it would. while it still doesn't rank in my top five i have gained a whole new respect for it and find myself throwing it on in the car quite a bit. i feel i finally took the time to listen to the album instead of just hearing it.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:39 pm

Hmmm, that's interesting. I thought it was just me! I had the same initial reaction. It took years, and I'm talking like 10, for the thing to grow on me. Can't tell you exactly why, except that I'm pretty dense and I sometimes have to listen to albums many times before I "get" them. I think I was too young for it when I first knew it, if you know what I mean. I am a late bloomer, and as mentioned above, feeble-minded!

Why this particular one took so long, I really can't say, as it is pretty easy to listen to; it's not exactly The Juliet Letters. It is now firmly in my top 5, and quite possibly top 3.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:42 pm

Get Happy!! was one of those albums I liked immediately, but I find sometimes I'm not in the mood for "Love For Tender" and have to start with "Opportunity"

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:23 pm

Wow. This post is just like the Get Happy post I made. I agree with you guys.

However, Get Happy!! has exploded right through my top five.

<3,
s.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:40 pm

wehitandrun wrote: However, Get Happy!! has exploded right through my top five.

It's unlivewithoutable.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:58 am

SSM creates another new work that sums it all up so perfectly

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:50 am

I find Secondary Modern flitting through my brain at the strangest times..........

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:59 am

I seem to find the line "She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion" from Opportunity comes into my head on occasion.

GH!! is indispensable.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:24 pm

I very frequently wake up in the morning with the chorus of King Horse in my head.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:45 am

I sometimes wake up i the morning with a .....(sorry....*slaps own wrist* Naughty Doofster!)

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:56 am

Doofster, you bad, bad little boy.

We're going to have to punish you.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:10 am

nice

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:29 am

Doofster is just speaking clinically, I'm sure.

It is typically for males to awaken immediately after their final REM (Rapid Eye Movement) period of the night. REM is the sleep stage in which we dream...some of us dream more lucidly than others. Anyway, a chracteristic of this stage of sleep in males is penile tumescence...a full erection. More than a few wives and female bed partners have written relationship advice columnists over the years complaining about this occurence in their male counterparts, mistaking it for evidence that they were have lucid sexual dreams about another women. A sordid slumber. But is it almost universal in males who awaken spontaneously from the final REM period of the night (not by an alarm clock, which can break the sleep cycle anywhere...not just during REM).

The fascinating and embarrassing thing for males is this: if the male frequently travels by airplane for a living, and is accustomed to taking very early morning flights to arrive at their destination in time for a full day, they are required to arise (meaning, get up early by an alarm). So they grab their things in a stupor and head to the airport, straight away. Once on the plane (airlines are keeping more rigid schedules, as you know) they don't find it hard to fall off to sleep. But if awakened by the landing while in REM, with a full blown tumescense period raging, the tray tables and the seatbacks are not the only things in the fully upright and locked position. You can always spot these guys. They won't jump up to get their things out of the overhead right away...they will politely defer. "What a nice guy" you may think, when in point of fact, he is hiding a tent large enough to fit a circus elephant. Look for the briefcase on the lap (slightly tilted to one side) or the little blankets that they pass around. After a few minutes, things return to normal, and off they go.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:36 am

spooky girlfriend wrote:Doofster, you bad, bad little boy.

We're going to have to punish you.

As long as he doesn't punish himself.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:54 am

should the name of the thread be changed to

"get happy pervert" ?

just wondering.

and, where IS cope?

(all said in the very nicest way possible. i'm just tryin' to make y'all giggle.)

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:38 am

Finally, some action on this board!

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:42 am

Mr. Average wrote:Doofster is just speaking clinically, I'm sure.

It is typically for males to awaken immediately after their final REM (Rapid Eye Movement) period of the night. REM is the sleep stage in which we dream...some of us dream more lucidly than others. Anyway, a chracteristic of this stage of sleep in males is penile tumescence...a full erection. More than a few wives and female bed partners have written relationship advice columnists over the years complaining about this occurence in their male counterparts, mistaking it for evidence that they were have lucid sexual dreams about another women. A sordid slumber. But is it almost universal in males who awaken spontaneously from the final REM period of the night (not by an alarm clock, which can break the sleep cycle anywhere...not just during REM).

The fascinating and embarrassing thing for males is this: if the male frequently travels by airplane for a living, and is accustomed to taking very early morning flights to arrive at their destination in time for a full day, they are required to arise (meaning, get up early by an alarm). So they grab their things in a stupor and head to the airport, straight away. Once on the plane (airlines are keeping more rigid schedules, as you know) they don't find it hard to fall off to sleep. But if awakened by the landing while in REM, with a full blown tumescense period raging, the tray tables and the seatbacks are not the only things in the fully upright and locked position. You can always spot these guys. They won't jump up to get their things out of the overhead right away...they will politely defer. "What a nice guy" you may think, when in point of fact, he is hiding a tent large enough to fit a circus elephant. Look for the briefcase on the lap (slightly tilted to one side) or the little blankets that they pass around. After a few minutes, things return to normal, and off they go.

....and there was me just referring to breakfast in bed

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:51 am

JD - I hope there isn't any lightning in the vicinity!

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:07 pm

Get Happy!!!, indeed.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:30 am

Yeah, where is Cope?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:32 am

Hey Poppet, I know where Cope is... here in the land down under, and I got proof... soon to appear in the pictures forum courtesy of the ever reliable Spooks.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:39 am

Well, well, well.

I think Bamboo and I have managed to locate him.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:14 pm

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:16 pm

hahah

The best truck-behind I can offer is:

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 9:01 pm

mmmm... food.