Bob Crosby and the Bobcats - Happy Times

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

You have to sing so well that your songs will be rediscovered and approved by the future generations

[@maokaihecarim1822]

haha, right? I wonder if on his death bed he had any idea that his work would be appreciated more than 20 years later!

[@dominicswider8847]

if you really think about that, it's amazing. if i ever made a semi hit song iw would not, i repeat, not think it would be a hit 2 decades later

[@acethecarddealer2327]

2018, i love jazz the b man from da be movie will be proud, cause i LOVE jazz

[@khaeilyn2000]

Which is why (hopefully) this era of pop and SoundCloud rappers will be forgotten.

[@GodLeftAllOfUs]

Emotions are deeply related to our instincts and as long as we are humans, we'll always feel the same way and music will always sound the same. (not exactly the same, but you got it)

[@CubeHeadGaming1]

"For when do you find the rainbow? Only after rain..."

[@VNdoug]

The songs chosen for Fallout are amazing. They relate in a subtle way to the themes of loneliness and overcoming your troubles, adding a lot of atmosphere to the game. ...then comes Fallout 4 and adds "Atom Bomb Baby", "Uranium Rock" and "Uranium Fever" lmao

[@sthezh]

VNdoug I hate atom bomb baby. It got so overplayed it became a terrible song

[@theXartXofXpimpin]

I mean new vegas was also super upbeat

[@pappi8338]

CubeHeadGaming very deep and so very true

[@lonewalling938]

@@VNdoug ATOM BOMB BABY LITTLE, ATOM BOMB

[@bryantorres512]

It's sad to roam around with this song playing. It talks about hope in a world that isn't gonna get better.

[@klein2042]

Honestly hearing this in Fallout 4 after that is so much more refreshing especially after taking out the Institute. The skies are clear. The major threats are gone. The world is slowly but surely getting its shit back together

[@calebjackson3768]

It’s sad to roam around with this song and you’ll never have the same feeling as when u first played fallout

[@scarecrowjones1]

did you.... finish the game cuz..

[@Clenan11]

@@scarecrowjones1 oopsie

[@blastermaster5039]

It is kind of getting better even if things are not perfect. You can see in New Vegas that societies are forming that are able to provide safety - at a cost, but safety nonetheless. As for peace. Well, war never change.

[@ashenvr2d]

Thank you, Bethesda

[@shabpieczony]

*After fallout 4, fuck you, bethesda

[@CatchingSeven]

Your welcome

[@helenocastroboga6163]

Todd Howard XD

[@overseerofvault3265]

@@shabpieczony *after fallout 76 Really Fuck you Bethesda

[@picardo3049]

You mean obsidian?

[@jacobtompkins3366]

is it just me or does the pipboy have a great connection becouse you can go in vaults and still listen to a radio station

[@severedapex7413]

yep but the speaker isn't that great.

[@PassTheSnails]

Realistically the vaults themselves have radio stations you’d tune into

[@Erbz05]

It’s just you

[@479.sqiudmedz7]

Ikr

[@sadsouls8992]

In fallout 4 you can exit boston to nuka-world or far harbor, and still be listinin to this boy

[@Jordan-mt8uu]

Hits the hardest when this plays while you're walking around cities that used to be alive and full of people now pieces of rubble at your feet.

[@KermRiv]

Rest in peace Mitten Squad, this one is for you

[@hokage1997]

i didnt even realize he passed. i used to watch alot of his challenge videos

[@amandinehasi-dim5531]

Drink alcohol is can kill you “Mitten Squad”

[@harryroesser2763]

He did

[@gonzalochervet8127]

always makes me cry, I'm sending you a hug wherever you are, grandpa

[@malin6951]

He's already sent a thousand back, and still counting ❤

[@Carrotyfungus1]

Fallout is one of the best series ever.

[@antonrendar2073]

no arguing with that bro

[@OgPrisco]

Fallout is truly the best! Can't wait for Nuka World!!! 😁😁

[@peppa4958]

I'm from the future, and bethesda fucked it up.

[@mentalchillnessss]

@@peppa4958 same bro it's bad

[@dustinpohl2483]

@@peppa4958 at least it was not fallout 5.. so basicly they dont fucked it already ;)

[@RobertPaulGass]

This song will always be special to me. It's so much more than a pre-Christmas song.

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

Imagine the wet winter night in Russia, the moon and this song playing in your player

[@apollon456]

@@Toxin___InterHalfer Or the snowy suburbs of Michigan.

[@dskss8285]

That’s correct Robert, it’s one of diamond cities best! Can’t wait to listen to it during the next nuclear winter! Ah I can just see the atomic flash right before my eyes as the institute explodes!

[@lucaurios1770]

i feel you

[@Croiisssant]

This song gets me through periods when I am feeling down: Essays, self-doubt, etc.

[@appaalle]

Gets you through your periods bahahaha I'm a kid :|

[@TheRealHiHats]

Same. It's quite sad that purely happy and motivational songs like this one rarely get produced anymore. There is something idyllic and beautiful about the post war era in music. Cheers!

[@alectrem]

Honestly dude. Just because she's a girl, do you have to make fun of her? WTF man?

[@Thunderbirdelan]

appaalle that's gross and disrespectful

[@alectrem]

how?

[@kylemcgloon4891]

Sadly, most of the people that lived during this time period are all gone but a new generation of people have rediscovered this wonderful music thanks to Fallout! Long live Mid-century America & may they all Rest in Peace. God Bless 🇺🇸

[@dcost09]

Alot of things wrong with mid century America but I will say that if you were a popular musician back then than that meant you had legitimate talent and could actually sing. Can't say it's the same today.

[@appleincman7348]

Wish on the moon And look for the gold in a rainbow And you'll find happy times You'll hear a tune That lives in the heart of a bluebird And you'll find happy times Though things may look very dark Your dream is not in vain For when do you find the rainbow? Only after rain So wish on the moon And someday it may be tomorrow You will suddenly hear chimes And you'll have your happy, happy times So wish on the moon And someday it may be tomorrow You will suddenly hear chimes And you'll have your happy, happy times.

[@tomato1087]

Thank you so much

[@Saphir319]

What does wish the moon means ?? I’m a foreigner

[@spinny369]

@@Saphir319Hmm… I suppose you could interpret it two ways. One way is to dream big and want to achieve greatness. Another way could be to wish for something impossible.

[@ItsWesels]

Who?

[@MrNickles29]

some day it may be tomorrow.... gets me every time.

[@mw7527]

You’ll have your happy happy times. Don’t give up!

[@notaplasticexistence]

I gave up

[@cookiesquirrel772]

Just a reminder from the present day: this song still fills my heart with a warmth rarely known to me. Reminds me of home..

[@jKherty]

I agree fully, I feel the same with their other song, Way Back Home!

[@Cherrytea558]

Such a sad and beautiful song in the context of Fallout 3.

[@SweetsProductions]

Agreed my friend

[@chasegardner7687]

Goes well with the game

[@magicalchipmunk1137]

+chris pease I play Fallout 4 and this is in it too still works with it and maybe works better.

[@SweetsProductions]

FALLOUT 4 da win

[@wokecaesar3157]

MellowProductions it was in 3 too, and everyone knows NV is the best

[@thewarrior313]

I can hear my mom call me for dinner while I'm playing Fallout 3 on PS3. I wish I could have that moment again, RIP Mom.

[@lonanderson5740]

Rest in peace to your mom I played fallout 3 my first ever rpg/fallout game at 11 when we were homeless whenever I got to stay at someone's house I'd play hell I played fallout 3 for about a year straight before I got bored of it but now as an adult with much more pain in my past this song brings a nostalgia that makes me feel almost at peace

[@SezginGunes13]

rip

[@n8doggy733]

happy times

[@coolichka42]

Godspeed to your Mother, her kind will never be forgotten

[@andrewthacher8395]

Rip she could suck it like a god

[@artemisarrow179]

I always listen to this song when the present feels bleak and that the better days are behind us. They’re not. The best is yet to come but got to make the times good ourselves.

[@Clenan11]

True words. 😇😇

[@PR0X3R]

imagine walking down a road this song is playing, you look up at the night sky, its filled with stars. dogmeat is by your side, then you look forward again and a supermutant is coming at you.

[@alfredgodu2287]

pogowogo88 kill that fool.

[@rokudevice4384]

The moment is ruined and you arms get crippled while you have 1 stimpak left

[@bryant7542]

Super mutant suicider runs at you while you're crippled. Fuuuuuu- 💣

[@solesurvivor3753]

“Only one of us survives this. And it won’t be you!”

[@jiraiyaaddams7592]

Kill him with a head-shot from my plasma rifle without breaking stride... leave a Minuteman sign nearby..

[@AerynO.]

Everytime I listen this song i want to cry, i don't know why but i really like this feeling. It's calm and it's on my own playlist for "sleeping time"

[@sr.chompi2668]

Everytime I feel down, sad or anxious. I listen to this and cry a river. Today it's one of those day's...

[@FalloutGuy-u9u]

I’m getting the chills this song is amazing

[@craig101.2]

Bob Crosby had to be with out a doubt one of the most underrated singers of all time.He was just as great if not better then his much MUCH more famous brother, Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr.

[@christopherzapata4970]

Yeah, but Harry was a better actor. That's what propelled his career. That and being such great friends with Bob Hope.

[@craig101.2]

@@christopherzapata4970 That is also true.

[@ldcraig2006]

Late to reply, I know, but he lived in the shadow of his brother Bing for a long time. Bob couldn't read music or play an instrument, but he had a decent voice and looked good in front of the band.

[@craig101.2]

@@ldcraig2006 That is very true! Though I didnt know he couldnt read music, so thanks for sharing that tidbit.

[@rosecassey1894]

classic swing, one of those forgotten genre's nowadays. still hoping to find a bob crosby record!

[@natinator4218]

My gosh theres tons on Ebay, but sadly no fallout songs of him on record for sale right now.

[@Weatherman_Ace]

The song that kept me going when I was homeless and sleeping under bridges or wondering from place to place.

[@TonysImagination-rt5nn]

For anybody seen this 2024, or any time. I hope you have a great day or night and may god be with you. Enjoy these type of music cuz one day, everyone will forget of them all.

[@malin6951]

I WON'T: Edit for reference: I shall never forget

[@Bl4ckberrium]

No worries, it's should be a necessity that we keep these songs thriving until the end of time ♡♡♡

[@Bl4ckberrium]

and we will

[@Lanetgm]

And remember that War…war never changes

[@malin6951]

@@Lanetgm Aaaaa flame in your Heaarrrrtt!! ❤️🔥☢️

[@andrewmalacara1]

your dream is not in vain

[@danielmcguire6687]

That sounds so ominous on its own XD

[@crappywinstonmain]

Best song on diamond city radio what a banger fr

[@BartholomewFrederickTheThird]

On golly

[@crappywinstonmain]

@@BartholomewFrederickTheThirdplayed f4 during summer now back at skl shit feels so depressing fr 😭😭

[@Kermitkrab]

Grew up listening to Bing Crosby and I had no idea Bob Crosby existed until I played fallout 4... now this is a song is a reminder to look at the tiniest things in life and be grateful for them in my deepest depression moments.

[@calebjackson3768]

This song makes me so joyful yet so depressed at the same time

Wow, he sounds like his older brother. Looks like him, too. But he has a voice entirely his own. What talent!

[@Stormy25555]

This song always manages to make me cry

[@hardcrypt1542]

He needs more views. More than fallout and others, he deserves it. A great man! ❤️To Crobsy!

[@somethingsomethingw]

I just randomly searched good times and now I'm having a good time

[@Irvinverret]

My grandfather, Irvin Verret, recorded with Octave Crosby Rag Time on Jan 1, 1954. The songs that were recorded were, Gettysburg March, Jellyroll, Tinag-a-ling and Bourbon Street Parade.

[@ShaNaNa242]

The Crosbys were a great family. Having 2 musicians, an actor, and a marketing manger (or something like that).

[@charliec9728]

i love the comment that travis has before this song plays after confidence man, says how this song reassures him that it’ll all be alright. this song is one of my favorites because of diamond city radio.

[@RolzareTTV]

This is my favorite one from the radio 🙌🏼

[@peeweesherman]

I've been figuring this song out for a month straight. I think I've discovered every jazz guitar chord variation there is. Water and food running low. Hearing and tweaking/changing something new every night. When I post, I hope you like. Pray for me.

[@mikecsernyik7360]

Mitch Gondzur can you help me figure out how to play this?

[@Don_Beto_ptr]

Old music is fantastic, good thing some video games rescue these jewels for new generations.

[@somerandomguywholikesgames1939]

i love this song so much bob crosby is just the best its a pitty i wasnt alive during the 1930s 40s

[@despairdreams372]

yeah nothing like the great depression and black oppression (ey, that rhymed.)

[@thelastghost8592]

despairdreams it’s better than what we have today at least

[@ryanreid3141]

​@@despairdreams372 depression was closing in mid 35 and plus jobs were improving under fdr the 40s were great minus the whole ww2 thing and agreed black oppression sucks but still life was better and simpler.....

[@msalmanalpha]

2020, I'll come back years later

[@albertsaffron7582]

I sure am happy to have discovered this song!

[@donaldsmith6814]

Privileged to have seen & heard him & the bobcats preform in the late 80's. Wonderful night & a fantastic performance!

"Hey nifty America. It's me, your president, John Hen... Ahhhh... Gotcha! Three Dog here! How's everyone doin'?"

[@ErnestJay88]

Reminds me of shooting raiders in super duper mart near Vault 101, now I hear this songs again while leaving Vault 111

[@ErnestJay88]

***** you never played Fallout 3 don't you ?

[@shannonwarden4507]

+I Am Anonymous it's raiders you idiot

[@dannyf.heeley3107]

+I Am Anonymous He is talking about Fallout 3, not Fallout 4. He gave a MASSIVE hint it was Fallout 3 when he said Vault 101.

[@putskri]

who else first heard this on the year 2277?

[@wokecaesar3157]

me

[@ivancruztorres7201]

Close 2077

[@megaliii]

Me xd

[@chefyellowhair1428]

Covid-19 i heard it

[@raventhepansexualenby4576]

Me

[@Destroyer131]

I love this song

[@Kuronoa55]

So calming and beautiful

[@joonasnaski9513]

Beautiful song.

[@majormalfunction1313]

man this song reminds me of my grandma

[@theknivesworld9112]

My grandma loved this song

[@n8doggy733]

Bob did it the best, my mom even says so ❤

[@olegar08]

Happy times everyone. Most positive song I ever know.

[@shayneurban2460]

Rest in peace, Joseph "Paul" Robertson (aka Mitten Squad). I hope you've found those happy times.

[@crimsonhead6936]

Sad yet hopeful

[@UNKNOWHAHAHA]

mine is happy times i think we have this that was made 13 years ago

[@lbsensual4073]

So many memories in a song. . .

[@magicmanjacob]

I turned on diamond city radio after destroying the institute. Walking around while listening to this just gave a reassuring feeling, like a sense of peace rush over the commonwealth. Good song man.

[@TDogOh9]

For me, whenever these songs come on, I remember how many I had to kill to get to where I am. Paladin danse, father, everyone working at the institute, and Virgil and Doctor Li hate me.

[@bromosome8049]

Rest in peace Joseph Wilson

[@a.m.3040]

...though things may look very dark...your dream is not in vain..:)

[@rebeccavandrunen5016]

Never lose hope or love and never kindness..

[@moilar7985]

If I only had the time, I could learn to animate... Oh, the beautiful stories I could tell! Middle School has been such a travesty.

[@Dirkietje8]

@TheFallenPimp The oldest that i listened to pre-Fallout was Elvis Presley. Thats quite along time before i was born (im 17), but now i have no problem listening to pre-WWII music. Im in love with jazz.

[@gapgurl1688]

This makes me so happy

[@GreebleClown]

I really needed this song today. :,)

[@ryanrowland5909]

Honestly the biggest reason fallout has always kept my attention was because of the radio on your pip boy. I honestly don’t think I would’ve been playing over and over for years to come if the radio were any different.

[@abb_v3599]

It's been so many year sense a play fallout and every time I go back and this beautiful song comes by its really happy times

[@avalonjustin]

Everything is gonna be ok :)

[@samgarvey5669]

70 people did not wish upon a star. Just not good enough really, this song is great

[@SlimeDaGreat]

Whoever found this at Bethesda deserves a raise

[@brazenhammer3307]

Kinda funny most people are here cause a video game but I didn't even know it was used in fallout, I've been listening to this song for a while before I started fallout 4, the game that introduced me to the series

[@meredithmacinnis1237]

He had just as good a voice as his brother -- why not so famous?

[@michaelcondry1493]

Meredith MacInnis Bing was also a movie star, and was ten years older so he got a big start much before Bob. Bing was the biggest star of them all, and Bob was a star. I would say both are talented vocalists but Bing is much more, and Bing sang songs in every genre, while Bob stuck to jazz.

[@beauvankomen8243]

God this is my favourite song ever! And fallout out 3 help me find it so now I'm 14 and I want so sing this kind of music now, I don't think of fallout when I hear this I just feel happy and listin too it everyday

[@xxxV3LOC1TYxxx]

beau vankomen Me too friend me too

[@rocksteady2263]

+beau vankomen start looking for good music colleges that specialise in the types of music you are interested in. They can give you the trining and point you in the right direction for a good agent.

[@FallDogBones]

O gosh. this is awesome

[@stubby_cat19yearsago95]

Thank you fallout for introducing lost music to us

[@philchichu]

Salamat fallout. Dugay nata nag uban sukad pa sa 1. Ganahan kaayu ko naning kantaha

[@Sith-Happens]

The somber atomic age, filled with propaganda of doing the right and neighborly thing only to find yourself in a world where nothing can be trusted. What a hauntingly captivating concept. It incorporates both the old and the new, the good and the bad, the triumph of morality or the decent into madness. Fallout is chaotically amazing

[@NickPounder]

Y'all have a happy day

[@V38-r7t]

You too man

[@KaIIenie]

Lyrics: Wish on the moon And look for the gold in a rainbow And you'll find happy times You'll hear a tune That lives in the heart of a bluebird And you'll find happy times Though things may look very dark Your dream is not in vein For when you find the rainbow Only after rain So wish, on the moon And someday it may be tomorrow You will suddenly hear chimes And you'll have your happy, happy times So wish, on the moon And someday it may be tomorrow You will suddenly hear chimes And you'll have your happy, happy times!

[@dohsuka]

I'm so proud to have played Fallout/Heart this nice music and that it was part of my childhood😎

[@packardcaribien]

I see all these arguments here, about whether you're here because of Fallout or whether you are here because you know about Bob Crosby and don't know about Fallout. What I have to say is: Why does it matter? If you love this beautiful music, it should not matter why, when, or how you were introduced to it. I'm a 16 year old who loved this kind of music before playing games with them in it (I also do like Fo3 quite a bit) but I admit games introduce me to great lesser-known artists and songs.

[@jaakkopenttila4486]

There's just something special, when you walk the wasteland and this song comes up

[@Voidz_0ut]

always a classic, And Even though I’m a Generation Zed, I still enjoy old timey music and things far better than most, Can’t stop enjoying the classics, heh.

[@Tyler-cu9it]

This song makes me think of The Lone Wanderer listening to it on his pip-boy and being all sad because of leaving vault 101 and his new life without his dad and whatnot

[@Jon92254]

Same

[@alectrem]

yeah. on my first playthrough I murdered the entire vault. This song was sad for me because damn james escaped. I. WILL. FIND. YOU>

[@Daughtersheep]

Yuh

[@dragongirlbri3257]

There are two kinds of people here XD lol

[@bryant7542]

This makes me think of Christmas memories. The fireplace, snow, and all the simple things our vault dweller took for granted. For sure I visualize warm soup, the tree and smiles with family.

[@pyr1412]

This song fits fallout 3 and 4 perfectly. I remember when I first heard this in fallout 3 was right after watching James die and getting to the citadel. I remember walking to little lamplight as this was still playing and I had a feeling that my character was reminiscing abt the time he had w/ James past and present. Then when I first heard this in fallout 4 it was right after I got out of the vault for the first time b/c I wanted to see if Diamond city radio could hold up to GNR and when this song and many other fallout 3 songs were being used again. I remember smiling.

[@ZackaWacka]

This song helps me be a hero

[@ZackaWacka]

@@JoeyIsWoey in the video game fallout

[@TheBatman39]

Al escuchar estas canciones recuerdo claramente, las imágenes de mi papá viendo televisión, esas películas de guerra o las de romance. Me acerca más al cielo donde sé que Dios lo tiene. Un gran ser humano.. Te amo papá.. Tú hija Evelyn J. Garcés-VALDIVIA.

[@casperdehaas9573]

long played fallout 3 nostalgic

[@HelloThere-bj9rw]

casper de haas thats big fax bro

[@goon5757]

man i have this on record

[@Numubunde]

Bob Crosby is the best

[@eustace8520]

Crazy how Bob sounds almost like his brother Bing. Despite the 10 year gap! Crazy how genetics work.

[@CROM-700]

I'm still listening to this song and it's 2018

[@miga1881]

Thank you

[@felixweinand5129]

I find so songs good to learn englisch it's esier for a german like me to learn when man 10 years don't speak this language after school I had a Burnout 😂 and now I learn it again 😂😂😂

[@Tuisosuiso]

This song is very nice. I hope to get inspired to make new and better music soon. ^_^

[@rj_man_]

My quarantine song

[@atariman72]

This song brings back happy times of playing Fallout, and falling in love with this type of music :)

[@Kermitkrab]

Listened to Bing Cosby since a kid, had no idea Bob Cosby was a thing until fallout 4... now this is a song for my dark depressed times