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Nada Surf — Happy Kid
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sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 02:35
 
This band always makes me happy!{#Biggrin}

Sasha2001
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 11:41
 
This is one if those bands that is greater than the sum of its parts. Wonderfully literate and appreciative fans as well.
LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 14:11
 
 84MacGuy wrote:
How can you not like this song.  It makes me smile even on a bad day.

And the fact that it's Friday, leading into a holiday weekend makes it even better.  All my ratings today are gaining a point on the feel good scale. 



84MacGuy
(Portland, Oregon)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 14:08
 
How can you not like this song.  It makes me smile even on a bad day.

gosvimmink
(portland, or)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 14:07
 
favorite.

jimmy41
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 13:43
 
it sounds so average, but i think it's much better than that. i somehow love it.

rcurrier
(San Juan Capistrano, CA)
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 12:56
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

I love this song, I tried to upload it, but RP listeners apparently do not share our love of this song; shot down in flames!!{#Sad}
 
A solid 9 in my book.

It does show that there really isn't that much in common with the Nada Surf song. Maybe when they have Fripp and Wetton sitting in they can get a closer match.

I like Happy Kid well enough, but give me vintage Eno any day.



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 07:04
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Since we're never going to get the segue we all hear in our head, here now you can do it yourself:
 

 
I haven't listened to it in years but jesus what a brain melter.

 
I love this song, I tried to upload it, but RP listeners apparently do not share our love of this song; shot down in flames!!{#Sad}

lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 13:51
 
Wow Scott, that song was hard to sit through.  My brain is on fire now! 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Since we're never going to get the segue we all hear in our head, here now you can do it yourself:
 

 
I haven't listened to it in years but jesus what a brain melter.
 



ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 09:30
 
Since we're never going to get the segue we all hear in our head, here now you can do it yourself:
 

 
I haven't listened to it in years but jesus what a brain melter.


Segue
Posted: Apr 25, 2010 - 20:44
 
Yes.
More please. 

ericconrad
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:12
 
Enjoying the happy theme here.  How about playing "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (off Elvis Costello's Get Happy) 



joshtime
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 11:10
 
that opening line is a real wart on an otherwise decent song.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 - 09:56
 
 nigelr wrote:
Slightly reminiscent of 801s' 'Baby's On Fire'.
 
The key word being slightly. Thanks for reminding me about 801. I think 'Diamond Head' from that 801 Live album is much cooler than the version on Phil Manzanera's album of the same name.


dBdwg
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 13:32
 
waaaaaa wwaaaaaacrrrryyyyy wwaaaaaaaa   shhhezzzz  Happy Kid? Sounds like Whiner Boy to me.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Sep 17, 2009 - 09:38
 
 alux wrote:
Big. Friggin'. Deal. I mean, who cares, really? Artists are constantly inspiring, borrowing from, consciously or unconsciously influencing each other. Evolution is convergent as well as divergent. Let it roll.
 
bump



doctec
(Northeastern U.S.)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 12:34
 
 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
I like it.  Sounds like "Baby's on Fire" (Eno)

 
Yeah, I picked up on that too - the main verse melody line tracks very closely to the old Eno tune.


Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 12:33
 
I like it.  Sounds like "Baby's on Fire" (Eno)

"....baby's on fie-yuh....better throw him in the wat-tuh..."  Sounds horrible, I know, but it is a pretty cool song.  Maybe a little dark.



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jun 14, 2009 - 11:04
 

8


lovemydog
Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 14:17
 
 superflyLD wrote:
these guys are great live if you ever have a chance to check them out.
 

My sister told me to get this CD, and I listen to it more than I thought I would. It really grows on you!

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 01:32
 
Slightly reminiscent of 801s' 'Baby's On Fire'.
pedrock77
(Belgium and/or Spain)
Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 03:23
 
superflyLD wrote:
these guys are great live if you ever have a chance to check them out.


Indeed!
keller1
(Altered States)
Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 09:25
 
Baby's on Fire meets Happy Jack. Not an original lick in the piece.

WTF, still a decent tune. 5.
robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 11:19
 
alux wrote:
Big. Friggin'. Deal.

I mean, who cares, really? Artists are constantly inspiring, borrowing from, consciously or unconsciously influencing each other. Evolution is convergent as well as divergent. Let it roll.



Here, here! Hell, If every artist were too afraid of "ripping off" the artists who inspired them, nothing new would ever be made. Hendrix "ripped off" the bluesmen he admired, as did Zepplin, and just about everyone "ripped" them off.
teapot
Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 11:16
 
Great album and one of my favorite songs of all time.
superflyLD
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 23:36
 
these guys are great live if you ever have a chance to check them out.
Contaminator
(Serbia (...is not suburbia))
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 15:05
 
Hey, this is a nice one! (I'm in a good mood, so I don't mind anything)
jablan
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 13:30
 
Rather forgettable song.
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 18:47
 
Big. Friggin'. Deal.

I mean, who cares, really? Artists are constantly inspiring, borrowing from, consciously or unconsciously influencing each other. Evolution is convergent as well as divergent. Let it roll.

ongaku wrote:
The hook is a total rip off of the Eno song, Baby's on Fire.

zipper
(the double z)
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 17:00
 
dogdokken wrote:


So Bill will follow this song up with Tesla's "Getting Better" ... then the RP hipsters can rag on RP for playing Tesla.


RP loves Tesla. Check this out!!!
ongaku
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Dec 18, 2006 - 14:25
 
The hook is a total rip off of the Eno song, Baby's on Fire.
dogdokken
(los angeles, ca)
Posted: Dec 18, 2006 - 14:22
 
nausicaa wrote:

it is getting better and better


So Bill will follow this song up with Tesla's "Getting Better" ... then the RP hipsters can rag on RP for playing Tesla.
meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Oct 06, 2006 - 12:01
 
serendipity_blue wrote:
Once saw them play at a frat house in Philly. Pretty lively.

Seems like the pefect venue for these boys.
starlily
(A Dreamstate)
Posted: Jun 11, 2006 - 10:21
 
Thankfully RP is playing something besides "Inside of Love".

Lily
casablues
(Hazlet, NJ)
Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 11:09
 
That doesn't make Petty a "classic master". He himself said his music was disposable crap. I wouldn't go that far, but he is not nearly in the same league as the Stones.

MrSpaz wrote:


Why not? Lemme guess; the Stones' music was "groundbreaking" or "revolutionary" and Neil Young is a "storyteller" with "deep" lyrics. Well, I'll tell you what; a lot more of Tom Petty's music is simply "enjoyable." Gee, there's a concept; listening to music for the music itself.

moonbat
(Flying Low and Avoiding The Radar)
Posted: Mar 15, 2006 - 17:44
 
drtjdel wrote:
Kinda Kinkoid.


I was thinking the same thing. Me likey!
freeone1
(few want to be here...)
Posted: Mar 15, 2006 - 17:44
 
i like it for this lyric
"learn to get along"

a nice message

betterdaze
(Waiting for spring break.)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 14:52
 
Cool. Reminds me of earlier Wilco. That's a good thing.
Angloray
(NOT in a cubicle)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 14:52
 
"that's what baby's been reduced to..."
drtjdel
(Stonehenge)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 14:51
 
Kinda Kinkoid.
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Jan 15, 2006 - 23:44
 
meadowwoods wrote:
Part of this melody sounds like "Baby's On Fire."

Welcome to the party.

Baby's On Fire is allegedly circulating on the LRC these days... maybe it'll finally get added.
meadowwoods
(Madison, WI)
Posted: Nov 18, 2005 - 18:29
 
Part of this melody sounds like "Baby's On Fire."
phineas
(Whipping Piccadilly)
Posted: Nov 04, 2005 - 03:03
 
Yeah, I was singing this to myself while making sand castles on the beach last summer.... just a 43-year old happy kid
nausicaa
(Far far from paradise....)
Posted: Oct 30, 2005 - 17:55
 
phineas wrote:

So you're an unhappy kid.....



it is getting better and better
phineas
(somewhere between Squamish and Whistler)
Posted: Oct 01, 2005 - 11:59
 
Gryn wrote:
This is the first time I've heard this song. I don't like it much.

So you're an unhappy kid.....
Gryn
(Oregon)
Posted: Sep 21, 2005 - 02:17
 
This is the first time I've heard this song. I don't like it much.
Hedwig
Posted: Sep 01, 2005 - 19:30
 
i like it. its not going to change the world but its good attitude might change me
serendipity_blue
(Nowhere you'd like to be)
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 - 07:57
 
Once saw them play at a frat house in Philly. Pretty lively.
yashpheh
(Waterfront, 010)
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 - 07:56
 
to my surprise I liked their live show as well... this band is growing on me, slowly, bit by bit
buck-arkansas
(Northwest Arkansas)
Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 06:34
 
hey! it's a catchy tune. nice sound and good lyrics. worthy of re-play.