What's your favorite Brady kids song?

To those of you who watched this show,you will recall that,on several episodes,the kids were singing songs,entering various talent contests,reaching for pop superstardom (lol).Who remembers songs like "Time To Change","It's A Sunshine Day (Everybody's Smiling)","Keep On" and "Good Time Music" (from the infamous "Johnny Bravos" episode)? There were even more songs on their animated series "The Brady Kids"...surprisingly good songs like "Ain't It Crazy","Gonna Find A Rainbow","We'll Always Be Friends" and many others.Hey,what can I say? I was a 70s child,I grew up on this stuff




anyway,here's my favorite song

"We Can Make The World A Whole Lot Brighter" (1972)

(written by Robert John and Michael Gately)

Birds flying high
in search of a clear blue sky
as they're chopping down the trees below them
Come take a stand
and help us save the land
let's go out and try to make things better

(chorus)
and maybe we can make the world a whole lot brighter
we can make the load a little lighter
Everybody has to try together
don't you know it's now or never

Meadows once green are few and far between
and the rivers might run brown tomorrow
God made the land for each and every man
so we must do all we can to save it

(chorus)
and maybe we can make the world a whole lot brighter
we can make the load a little lighter
Everybody has to try together
don't you know it's now or never

We can make the world a whole lot brigher
we can make the load a little lighter
Everybody has to try together
don't you know it's now or never

Man....who knew that that song was an environmental song? I liked "Time To Change" but only because Peter Brady stole the show.

I love The Brady Bunch, but once those little brats thought they needed to sing their way through the show... It's amazing that the show is popular, because it never did all that well when it was originally broadcast; it was never renewed for more than 13 episodes at a time.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Yeah,the "Brady Bunch" was never really a big ratings hit.In fact,it got clobbered in the ratings by "Sanford and Son" when it originally aired.I think it became more popular in syndication,they've been showing re-runs forever.

I swear something weird is in the air lately because I WAS GOING TO START A BRADY BUNCH THREAD TOO!!!!


and then I always change my mind about starting threads because I can't handle the ridicule when they fail.

"Sunshine Day" is always my favorite, but "Keep On" is a close 2nd. I know the whole dance of course.

minneapolisgenius said:

Good thing I never started that Eddie Money thread way back. On topic, Keep On is okay, but still not good enough to make me actively listen to it.


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RipHer2Shreds said:

I remember that idea.

Well, it's not like I "actively" listen to the Brady Bunch's songs either, but I started thinking that we've pretty much discussed everyone in this forum, so what are we left with? The Brady Bunch.

minneapolisgenius said:

Liar! I've got...pictures.

RipHer2Shreds said:

minneapolisgenius said:

I was actually afraid to start this thread because I knew people would think I'm crazy,lol.

I guess this would be a perfect place to ask this question...

The Bradys supposedly lived in a 2-story house,but whenever we saw the front of their house,it doesn't look like a 2-story house to me.Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a one-level home?

It was a one-level home, and they actually hung a fake window on the outside. That house was my dream house when I was a kid. I so wanted to run away and budge my way into that family.

DavidEye said:

Oh we think you're crazy all right, but I guess I'm guilty of that as well because I thought of it too.

And no one ever said I was mentally stable, that's for sure.

RipHer2Shreds said:

seriously?

i always thought the brady house was some crazy split level thing that mike designed, though that big ass staircase they had couldn't have fit into that house. sheesh. i never thought about that before.

i think i just lost another little bit of innocence!

I really liked It's A Sunshine Day but one of my favorites was by that guy Danny, the pop star that came to visit and had Marcia all hot and bothered.

Gurl, look what you've done to me...

JackieBlue said:

danny?? wasn't that davy jones?

Anx said:

It was.

I always loved his accent.



Maybe this explains my fixation with British musicians. It all comes down to Brady Bunch. Although I was never a Monkees fan.

Anx said:

Yes, it was Davy Jones! I loved that song.

Anx said:

Wanna be really confused? Check this link for the blue print of the Brady house and try to figure out how they fit it into that small place.

DavidEye said:

Yes. Just look at that picture you posted. See any window on the A-frame portion of the house?

RipHer2Shreds said:

i can't look at that. it would be too much for me. i mean, i might experience ego death or something.

RipHer2Shreds said:

And Mike was a damn architect!!!

"Time To Change" is my favorite, but I like "Merry-Go-Round" and "Cheyenne," too.

Plus, I've always had a girl crush on Maureen McCormick.

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JackieBlue said:

That's one of the best episodes!! A classic!

girl,look what you've done to me
me and my whole world
girl,you brought the sun to me

I love the ending,when Peter,Bobby,Jan and Cindy are in the living room singing this song (badly),practically shouting the lyrics,lol.

DavidEye said:

Who do you think would win a cage match - The Brady Kids or The Partridge Family?

I bet Alice could kick Reuben's ass any day of the week.

mine is definately Sunshine Day. It is wonderful to see so many Brady Bunch fans here. I was born in 1970, so I don't really remember seeing them in their regular run, but I always watched the syndicated ones on TBS every day when I got home from school. Everytime I watch it, this nostalgic feeling just floods through me even though I've seen the show hundreds of times it never ceases. I love the fact that The Brady Bunch never changed any of the shows background music(not only the opening/closing theme) but the music that goes on during the show.

I have all of the seasons and can't wait for March 7th to grab the final season. I only have a vague recollection of the other Brady shows(the cartoon, the variety shows, the reunion shows) so hopefully I can start buying most of them on DVD as well!

:shimmying: "I think I'll go for a walk outside now
The summer sun's calling my name.
I hear ya now; I just can't stay inside all day.
I gotta get out in the sun and pla-ay-ay.
Everybody's smilin' - Sunshine Day!"

I LOVE that song!

princeiscool said:

I'm gonna buy the final season when it is released on Tuesday.I already have the other four seasons.I wonder if they will ever release "The Brady Kids" cartoon on DVD? I remember watching that show,and at the end of every episode,there would be a video of the kids performing a song.They perfomed songs that you never heard on the regular sitcom...."Ain't It Crazy","Gonna Find A Rainbow","I Believe In You",etc.These are surprisingly good songs that probably would have been massive hits if recorded by the "real" musical artists of the day.