Happy People - Original song from The Forum Monkeys

Hi peeps
Here's a new song written and performed by us.
 
The Forum Monkeys are
Ed 'Bapu' Kocol - Bass, Drums and Acoustic Guitar. Production and video director/editor
Daryl 'daryl1968' Greenway - Vocals, Piano, Accordian, Percussion
Special guests
Romesh 'mesh' Weerackoon - Electric Guitar and solos
Elizabeth 'the current Mrs daryl1968' Greenway - Backing vocals
 
 
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On Soundcloud
 
 
Happy People
(c) 2016 D. Greenway & E. Kocol
 
V1
I watched you from a distance, you barely caught my stare
And then in an instance, you answered my prayer
 
Prechorus
And when I look around I see all the faces smiling back at me
 
Ch
Look at all the happy people
Runnin' round and having fun
look at all the happy people
And you know I'll be one too
Just as soon as I'm alone with you, alone with you
 
V2
So the moment was right this time, I approached you with care
You were kind and polite this time, your beauty beyond compare
 
Prech
Ch
 
Middle bit
I used to walk the streets at night
You could say I was a lonely guy
I don't walk the streets anymore
Ever since you walked through that door

V3
Now we are together, two souls as one
Happy people forever - running round and having fun
 
Prech
Ch to end
 
 

 
 
Nice job Guys! 
 
The song made me happy by looking at all the happy people - so seems to me - I'd have to give it a thumbs up -- Mix was nice and balanced too 
 
The only critique I would have is the processed electronic vocals - especially in the backing harmonies - sound Mr Roboto Styx on Steroids a bit 
 
but what do I know. Its a nice song and good job. Sounds like something REM would have done 
 

I like "Happy People". Nice one guys and gal!

Nice one chaps. Love that chiming guitar. Mix sounds ticketty-boo to me.

 
 
the new video version is orgasmic. Go watch it. 
 
I think everybody should own a red ryder BB gun 

I really enjoyed working on this song with the 2 best monkeys on the block!! It was a barrel of laughs too.....happy that I was included in this monkey mix!!  

Nice song guys! This mix has a bit too much mid to upper mid for my taste, but that's just me. Everything sounds well balanced, but the overall curve sounds a bit skewed to the upper middle.
 
Regards,
Dan
 
 

Yep I'd say happy toe tappy, very well done! Although, on the video, at 1:05 I sensed kind of a letdown.  :)
 
cheers,
-Tom

This was great fun. Thanks for all the nice comments. Great job Mesh.

Great....  now I'm happy too.    
 
Great song-writing and arrangement as always.   Well done.   The mix was a bit bright/edgy for my tastes, but it certainly didn't detract from a fine job. 
 

Well you all have gone and done it now!  I was in a perfectly good bad, lousy mood  ---  then I listened to and watched this video ---- and now I have a smile on my face and feel good.  What a waste of a bad mood.
 
Actually I like everything about this.  The mix, IMHO, is very well done.  There is good separation not only among the instrumentation but also the vocals and instruments.  Trying to get this right on my own stuff has been a bit of a pain in some of my anatomical locations.  The performances were very good as was the video.  Bapu, did you shoot any of the video or do any of the animation?  Just curious,  it was a great job of editing and tying the lyrics/story to the music.
 
Very well done.   Now excuse me while I go listen to the latest song I am working on -- so, I can put myself back into a bad mood (kidding!?)

Freddy J
Bapu, did you shoot any of the video or do any of the animation?  Just curious,  it was a great job of editing and tying the lyrics/story to the music.
 
 

Mostly it was first searching for (royalty free) still images that I created the first pass on the video. Then I joined a site for a year that offers royalty free videos and from there I fleshed it out by removing some still images and inserting the action videos. And thus the current video is the results from that effort.
 
To get my money's worth from the vid site I feel that I need to make at least one video a month (for the next 11 months) which I'm not sure I'll be able to do but I'll try. 

any more Happy People around here?

bapu
Bapu Am.
But then again I'm fat and dumb too.

you're not fat