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We're over there. I'm recording.
Get you in the video.
So I introduced the last one.
So you can introduce this one. Make sure you say it's according to science.
Da-da-da.
Welcome to the show. Introduce yourselves.
Things like that.
Welcome to the worst of the
best podcast.
You wanted the best.
Well they didn't freaking
make it!
So here's what you get. From Canada,
Ryan and Ruben.
Hey! Welcome to the worst of the best podcast
where we find the very best
and what is the worst of it.
So for example, today we are doing
scientifically the 10 happiest songs.
That's incredible.
That they are able to scientifically figure out
what the 10 happiest songs are.
That's right. So science has told us
what songs
make us the happiest.
Yeah. So Dr. Jacob
Jules
laid down some MD knowledge on the happiest songs
ever written. According to Hardcore Data
and Science, he conducted over the years
related to music and brain activity.
So if you're looking for a pick-me-up,
try putting one of these on.
Except for the worst.
Alright, so if you, yeah,
if you need a pick-me-up,
want to feel better about your day,
you're feeling down,
don't put on Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
No.
This probably didn't make the list.
Maybe you can start with that
and then get something happier.
So these are the top 10 songs
that will make you the most happy.
According to Science,
we will decide
which song will make you
the least happiest,
which is the worst.
Alright.
Okay.
So, R.E.M.
Why don't you go ahead
and start with number one?
No, this is not...
I think we should work our way...
Well, this isn't any order.
This isn't like,
this is the number one happiest song.
No, that is the number one happiest song.
Is that what they said?
Yeah.
Okay.
Alright.
Let's...
Well, is it though?
No, I think it's just
these are the 10 songs.
Oh.
These are the...
In my head,
I had number one as the happiest.
Oh.
Maybe subconsciously,
I was like,
I'm now happy.
I'm sure there's people
listening to this episode
who would say
that the song they pick
for the first song to choose from
would be their favorite song,
but I don't think
that is the happiest song.
It's just these are 10 songs
in any order.
These are the 10 songs.
So why don't you go ahead
and say what the first song is.
On the list.
Sure.
Well, I don't even think I need to
because you should know it.
I'm driving at the speed of light.
I want to make a supersonic man out of you.
Don't stop me now.
I'm having such a good time.
I'm having a call.
Don't stop me now.
If you want to have a good time,
just give me a call.
Don't stop me now.
It's hard to turn off.
Where do I turn it off?
You have to turn it off.
You have to.
For the sake of our...
Don't stop me now,
but we have to, Freddie.
Oh, I just want to keep going.
I just want to keep going.
You want to keep listening.
So do you remember what movie
used this song to very good effect?
No, I don't.
Do you?
Wasn't it Shaun of the Dead?
Oh, yeah.
I think so.
I think so.
Where they're hitting
that old man zombie with the...
Yeah, yeah.
Is that the song?
I think so.
I think so.
Anyways, I can't say enough good things
about the band Queen.
I mean, it's just impossible
to throw accolades after accolades
to Freddie Mercury,
to their music, their style.
Everything about them is just amazing.
They're making a movie.
Officially now.
Yes, officially.
But that being said,
Queen would never, ever end up
on any worse list.
Maybe the worst thing to listen to
if you want to be sad.
Sure.
There you go.
Queen.
Anyways, very little mystery
why that song is on
the happiest song list.
Number two.
Number...
Oh, yeah, right.
I think we can just play these.
I think everyone will know these.
We don't have to do any introductions.
Let's see the girl.
Watch that scene.
Take it to your hands, you're queen.
Oh, pretty.
Okay, we...
I know.
This is going to be hard.
How many dances in our youth
did we dance to that song?
Beautiful song.
Beautiful memories.
There was other people there.
It wasn't just us.
Yeah, it wasn't just you and I
dancing together.
There were other people there
watching us dance together.
But, again, ABBA,
I mean, you put on most ABBA songs,
you just dance, you have fun.
It's hard to say, you know,
like, this is just good times.
Dancing Queen by ABBA.
Yeah.
Yeah.
She's only 16, 17.
What?
That's the lyric, isn't it?
Oh, I thought you were saying
the girl that was pretty in there.
No, whoever the Dancing Queen was
was only 17 or 16, one of the two.
All right.
I wonder when she...
What?
Yeah.
What?
Okay, go with number three,
Good Vibra...
Oh.
All right.
I like the Beach Boys.
I think their biggest flaw
is perfectionism.
They're running as late as back
as the Beatles.
Yeah.
That's my two cents.
No, that's fine.
The Beach Boys took themselves seriously,
but that's not a bad thing.
It's not, but I think it served better
for the Beatles.
I think that's a comparable
time frame of music.
Okay.
All right, so that was
Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys.
One of my favorite artists
coming up here.
Again, for those joining us,
this is the 10 songs
that will make you the happiest,
and we will decide
which is the worst of this.
So here's number four.
Yes.
It's a great song.
Great song.
Right here.
No, not right here.
It's okay.
Billy Joel.
How awesome is Billy Joel?
He's great.
I just read this interview
with him in Rolling Stone recently,
and I was actually impressed by him.
I've never seen him
in any interviews
or anything like that.
He's a pretty cool guy, actually,
to hear in interviews.
He's actually a really cool guy
I listen to.
Quite a bit of self-appreciating humor.
Yes.
Billy Joel.
I love his music.
I love his style,
and I love the fact that he said,
you know what?
I'm done writing songs.
I can't write hits anymore.
I mean, like, he tapped his reservoir
for songs, and he's like,
I'm done.
And he still tours,
and does his stuff,
and that's okay to admit,
to say, you know what?
Sometimes it's okay to say,
you know, the well's dry.
Recently, he performed,
he was doing his show,
and Axl Rose came on,
and they did Highway to Hell.
That's pretty cool.
Yeah, it's fun.
Yeah, it's just fun.
Like, if you were in the 90s,
and someone told you,
Axl and Billy Joel are going to do ACDC together,
like, why?
And you'd be, well,
because Axl's ACDC's kind of a new singer.
That's true.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
Now, this one,
I was surprised I made the list.
There's a few that I'm surprised.
I shouldn't be surprised,
because I love the song,
but...
So many times,
it happens too fast.
You change your passion for glory.
Don't lose your grip
on the dreams of the past.
You must fight
just to keep them alive.
It's me.
I am tired.
You're listening to the fight.
You're rising up to the...
Yeah.
It's...
Something about that song,
it makes you...
Not only does it make you happy,
it makes you feel confident.
I don't...
Yeah.
You could do anything.
I've got this.
I've got...
Whatever the challenge is,
I've got the eye of the tiger.
I've got this.
You know, let's go.
Let's do this.
And that's what...
It's not what happiness is.
It's fulfillment.
You're ready to conquer your trials.
You put an eye of the tiger,
and you will not feel defeated.
You rise up to challenge your rival.
Whatever that rival is.
That rival could just be sadness.
You put it on the eye of the tiger,
you'll feel happy.
In this moment,
I felt like,
how many episodes of Oprah
did my brother watch?
No, that's what the music did to me.
That's what this music does to us.
These are the happiest songs on earth,
according to science.
Yes.
And the next happiest song,
it's a real song from a fictitious band.
That's right.
That's right.
I've got to queued up your brother,
just stand by.
It sure sounds like it.
All right, here we go.
Here we go.
Then I saw her face.
Now I'm a believer.
Now I'm a crazy.
Down in my mind.
I'm a crazy.
I'm a crazy.
I'm a crazy.
I'm a crazy.
I'm a crazy.
All right.
The Monkees.
Ruben, you and I and our family,
our brothers,
used to watch The Monkees on TV.
I've seen it every episode.
How fun was that show?
I loved it.
Yeah.
It was a lot of fun.
Here's a little trivia for you.
Michael Nesmith,
the bass player for The Monkees,
his mother invented Whiteout.
Oh, really?
Yes.
With that money,
not The Monkees' money,
but with the Whiteout money,
Michael Nesmith invested in a little company
called MTV.
What?
Yeah.
So Whiteout?
Whiteout funded MTV.
That's insane.
Isn't that weird?
I believe you,
but I want to Google that.
Google the crap out of it, Ryan.
What gave us much music?
MTV.
What gave us much music?
Yeah, what?
Stationary item.
Post-it notes?
Well, I think they saw the vision of MTV
and got some funding.
Zimmer.
I think Michael Zimmer
was the founder of his...
Moses Zimmer.
Bald guy with a slipped-back ponytail.
You know what you call that, right?
Scullet.
Yeah, it's a ponytail, though.
Was he bald in the front?
Yes.
It's a skullet.
I understand that's called a skullet.
I just feel like if you got the ponytail,
it negates...
No, no, no.
You put the mullet in a ponytail,
you've just transformed it.
It's transformed to a different style of hair,
but it's still a mullet.
There's still hair...
You still got a part in the back.
It's just all tied up.
What I love about the mullet
is that at some point,
it just kind of crept on,
you know,
it just kind of grew.
And then,
at some point,
people were like,
what are you still doing
with that hairstyle?
And then it had a name.
And then once it had a name,
it was like,
you've got to get rid of it.
I love the whole idea of a mullet.
You go to the store,
you have the barber shop,
you're like,
hey,
I need a haircut.
The guy's like,
oh, great.
It looks like you need a haircut.
Ah, whoa.
Whoa.
Just tie...
Yeah.
Just up here,
and you're here,
but you see that going on back there?
Don't touch it.
That's...
We've got to let that grow.
And the barber,
I love the barber,
it's like,
you got it.
Now,
I tried to grow one out
when I was like 12
or something like that,
and I could kind of,
just kind of,
barely put it together
in the back.
I could,
you just pull my hair
over my ear
from the back of my bed.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
When I went to go get my mullet,
it was like a junior mullet,
but when I went to go get it cut,
I remember distinctly,
like to this day,
the barber saying,
the girls aren't going
to like you anymore.
And I was like,
oh.
But then you're like,
what about the guys?
Yeah.
All right.
All right.
That makes me happy.
Mullets make me happy.
All right.
number seven.
All right.
Yeah.
Does anyone ever get tired
of this song?
Seriously.
I've never gotten tired of it.
I've never gotten tired of it.
It's like 26,
36 years old.
Is it real?
How can I get 36 years old?
I think it came out
when I was three years old.
We have a minute.
Just Google it on your computer.
I don't know.
We have a second.
Anyways,
girls just want to have fun.
I think it's 84.
So I think it's 33 years old.
Remember the video,
Captain Lou Albano?
I know.
It blew my mind.
It blew my mind.
It blew my mind.
It blew my mind.
It blew my mind.
That a wrestler and some video star or somehow.
So Captain Lou played Cindy Lauper's father in that video.
And I love how she basically physically assaults him to get out of the house with her girlfriends.
Poor guy gets tied up and they kick the crap out of him.
Hey,
because girls just want to have fun.
You know,
the overprotective dad.
Yeah.
83.
83?
I was six years old.
Yeah.
So that came out 34 years.
Whoa.
Will there ever be a time when people were like,
no,
no,
that song doesn't make me happy.
You listen to that song.
You move.
You like it.
It's silly.
It's fun.
I don't know.
I like it.
It's silly and it's fun.
And it comes on the radio.
You're never quick to turn it off.
You're never,
oh,
no,
no,
change the station.
You're going to listen to it.
You know what I mean?
Okay.
So,
number eight.
This one,
this one's the most,
number eight's the most surprising out of all for me.
Okay.
Happiness.
Again,
when I was speaking about Eye of the Tiger,
for happy,
I think it,
happy's kind of a,
well,
it's an overall word,
but I think it elicits strength.
You described it.
Well,
and you're saying that this next one also does the same.
Yeah,
kind of inspiring.
I hear you,
brother.
Yeah,
okay.
Okay.
Yeah.
So,
you got optimism,
both those songs.
Yeah,
you're living on a prayer.
You know,
it speaks for itself.
You're having,
you're down on your luck.
You work on the docks.
Dreaming of old age,
all that good stuff.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I can't believe how old this song is.
This song is 30 years old.
Crazy.
30,
I remember listening to this song when I was in grade seven,
seventh grade for American listeners.
When I was in grade seven,
I remember thinking,
should I like this song?
Because it's,
it's part of the hair metal scene,
which I,
which I enjoy,
but it was kind of like the pansy part of the hair metal scene.
Does that make sense?
Like Bon Jovi,
it was kind of almost like the boy band of metal,
but I'll,
I'll tip my hat to this band.
They have like the blue collar people that they represent.
They have been a hardworking band through the 30,
almost 40 year career.
they still put on a great show.
I saw them live in 2008.
They put on a great show.
I don't know.
Sorry about that,
by the way.
No,
I don't remember what happened.
Yeah,
we'll talk about it later.
It's all good.
We got,
we don't have time.
So,
but anyways,
these guys are great,
great show.
interesting.
The last album was your first album without Richie Sambora.
Side note.
It's kind of weird.
It is weird.
Yeah.
Well,
if you want to get happy and you're sad about that,
you want to get happy.
Yeah.
if Richie Sambora leaving Bon Jovi makes you sad,
the band will still survive.
Walk out the door.
You didn't get the.
Oh,
I'm sorry.
I thought you were telling me to stop it when you didn't walk out the door.
I was just,
you know,
feeling the groove.
Let's get the.
You got to feel the,
the chorus.
No.
No.
About you.
It's a great song.
It takes a long time to build up to that.
There's a,
there's a story to it.
Yeah.
It's just,
yeah.
The whole idea of this journey,
the story,
I will survive.
I think that's what the payoff is.
Cause everybody knows what it's like to have a,
scorned lover.
Yes.
You know what I mean?
Like you,
like,
uh,
did we ever get to the chorus though?
Well,
it's at the end of the song.
So,
no,
we didn't get to it.
I didn't queued up properly.
Well,
let's,
let's take it there,
Ryan.
You can't tease me like that.
Where,
where is it?
We have time.
Sweet.
Well,
anyways,
I will survive.
That's the core.
All right.
Where is it?
That's right here.
Let's go there.
And,
anyways,
she survives.
One of the good things I like about this podcast is that we do no editing.
Yeah,
we do no editing.
We do no research,
uh,
rehearsal,
or no edit shows.
Okay.
All right.
The last song on the 10 happy songs on earth of all time that will make you happy if you're
feeling sad or happier if you're happy.
Well,
here's the thing.
This will not spoil the song of you guessing who it is when I say who does it.
Katrina and the waves.
Yeah.
If we tell you Katrina and the waves,
I'd be surprised if any of our listeners,
Oh,
Katrina and the waves.
What's Katrina up to these,
these days?
What are the waves up to?
She looks like a,
like a substitute teacher I had at some point.
Well,
good for her though.
Oh yeah.
I'd love to be a one hit wonder.
Yeah.
I'd love to be a wonder without any hits.
But anyway,
so there you go walking on sunshine by Katrina and the waves.
All right,
we're at the end of our show.
We've got a couple minutes left.
we now have to decide what is the worst,
happiest song of all time.
Oh,
that's tough.
That's tough.
Actually,
it's very easy for me.
The moment I saw this list,
I knew right away without listening to any of the songs.
Oh,
really?
Yeah.
Okay.
Because,
okay,
my,
my pick,
I'll explain my pick is like,
what would I,
if I had this in a mix in my car and,
or,
and I made a CD for whatever reason,
the CD didn't have enough space.
I had to get rid of one song.
It came to me right away.
Which song I would get rid of?
Really?
Good vibrations by the beach boys.
Okay.
I'll tell you why.
Because the tempo,
the build,
it changes so much the song.
It's not,
there's some good parts,
good vibration.
You know,
I get it.
And,
but it's not a strong enough song throughout to keep me interested.
So,
yeah,
that's my choice.
Well,
I'm a little tease that you brother.
Oh,
it's a good thing.
This is a happy episode.
Okay.
we definitely should have said our thing at one,
two,
three,
and then go.
Oh,
why is that?
So that,
why is that?
Are you feeling sad?
Because it was like your pick too?
Yeah.
Okay.
Because now it sounds like when you're the younger brother,
you want to have your own opinions.
Right.
even,
even when you're pushing 40,
but yes,
you feeling sad?
I am.
If I can just have something.
All right.
Remember,
remember,
go on.
In front of every silver lining,
there's a cloud.
I'm a hot, stiff girl. You know I can't afford to buy her.
Girls, believe me someday when my ship comes in.
Till I'm a stiff girl.
I'm a stiff girl.
Thank you.