Joyful Song Festival

“The song helps us build and live,” L Orlova sang along with L Utesov in the film “Jolly Fellows” "Captain, captain, smile!" - called the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society in the film "Children of Captain Grant" The lyrics of these and other songs have some kind of magical power Their words instill in people faith in a happy future and their own strength, even if they are not at all understandable like “Tro-lo-lo” by Eduard Khil In honor of optimistic musical compositions, the Joyful Song Festival was established, which is celebrated annually on December 20 This day is a great occasion to turn on fiery music, to which your feet will start dancing But not every song can put you in a rosy mood, such as “A smile makes a gloomy day brighter,” which was sung by little Raccoon in the cartoon of the same name The top 6 most optimistic compositions of all time, according to European and American listeners, include: • hit Beautiful Life from the Swedish group Ace of Base; • Mr Blue Sky - a composition by the Electric Light Orchestra, first performed in 1977;• Don't Stop Me Now by Queen performed by Freddie Mercury;• Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees, written for the cult film "Saturday Night Fever";• the legendary Dancing Queen, with whom ABBA blew up the dance floors of discotheques in 1976; • Livin On A Prayer from Bon Jovi - megahit 1986 Residents of each country have their own list of life-affirming songs A common symbol of Christmas and hope for a bright future for all Catholics is Jingle Bells On the eve of this holiday, they listen with great pleasure to Good Vibrations, performed in 1966 by The Beach Boys In the USA, the most joyful ones include What a Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong, When You Believe, sung by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, It’s My Life by Bon Jovi In the UK they love George Michael's Careless Whisper, James Brown's I Feel Good, Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody In Russia there are many admirers of carefree and joyful music, which was first heard on the Soviet stage or in one of the films “Song about hares”, “I’m walking around Moscow”, “Wake up and sing”, “When my friends are with me”, “Wonder song” are heard by people of all ages Among the joyful musical compositions that inspire optimism not only thanks to the text, but also to the fiery music, the leaders are “Song about a Good Mood” performed by Lyudmila Gurchenko, “A Man Left the House” by Eduard Khil, “Smile, People”, “Ferris Wheel” and jazz "And the world is worth living" Each of them activates the production of dopamine and endorphins The melodies and words of these and other compositions give people fun and good mood In honor of them, the Festival of Joyful Song was established