Mardi Gras is a week from tomorrow. What are your favorite celebration songs?

Have some Cowboy Mouth:

Hurricane Party (song starts around a minute and a half into the video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDVm5dVZ9aM

(-- and others, but I have to join a friend for lunch. I will edit, but basically any upbeat Cowboy Mouth song will put you in the Mardi Gras mood.)

Also, Warren Zevon's The Rest of the Night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUnJvMd5qTQ

(Great courage, and fun, in the face of impending death. Tom Petty does backing vocals, in case you couldn't tell.)

Hi Mike,

I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk

U2 - A Celebration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBP64ZssRNY

Peace ~ enjoy the Mardi Gras & don't 4get2 Mambo.

Go To The Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAMr3V5lN4

Hi Mike.

Take Me to the Mardi Gras - Paul Simon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITDgDkqYbss

New Orleans (Mardi Gras) - Del Shannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrTagdrN8yo

(((Kelly))) "f" the td trolls. That is a good song & jam!

Well, this doesn't say anything about Mardi Gras, but it looks like a big party to me!

"Louisiana Bayou" Dave Matthews and Robert Randolph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tenPRs-MUXA

Thumbs down me all you want, haters, this is a cool jam! Try watching it!

(((Stella)))) Just being proactive, hon!

In honor of Mardi Gras:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnE

Jambalaya on the Bayou- Hank Sr.

"Son of a gun, we'll have some fun on the bayou"

And a funny moment for Seinfeld fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMMVvS_mmqE

Fire & Rescue Team nominated these songs:

Street Parade: Earl King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS7OoSuiius

Carnival Time: Al Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu2_MRMF5Y&feature...

Walking to New Orleans: Fats Domino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu2_MRMF5Y&feature...

Thanks Mike.

"Crescent City" - Lucinda Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77HvjjaC3c

"Down at the Twist and Shout" - Mary Chapin Carpenter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuapCENFM2U

i actually just went to a mardi gras concert last saturday. and the first one of the season i went to was way back on valentines day. my girlfriend made an amazing mask this year. its a chicken head covered in rhinestones. the bottom beak moves with her jaw. you just have to see it to realize how awesome. anyway, on with the actual question.

big chief- professor longhair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UWBO4r11AY

lil liza jane- huey piano smith and the clowns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UixlPnv6vHU

edit: here we are, her and her amazing home made chicken mask, me and my boring store bought:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31025741@N06/54874676...

This seems appropriate -

Fire On The Bayou - The Neville Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOkw6MLFVo