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Sat Feb-21-04 01:20 PM
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Poll question: Favorite "SUMMER" song? |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 01:28 PM by NightTrain
As a New Englander who is counting the days until winter ends, I thought I'd take a poll about people's favorite tunes with "summer" in the title.
As usual, due to space limitations, I had to leave quite a few songs out. Among them:
ALL SUMMER LONG, The Beach Boys (1963) HERE COMES SUMMER, Jerry Keller (1959) ONE SUMMER NIGHT, The Danleers (1958) SUMMER SET, Monty Kelly (1960) SAUSALITO SUMMERNIGHT, Diesel (1981) SUMMER MADNESS, Kool & The Gang (1975) SUMMER MEANS FUN, Bruce & Terry (1964) SUMMER SAND, Tony Orlando & Dawn (1971) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME), Bobby Goldsboro (1973) SUMMER WIND, Frank Sinatra (1966) SUMMER'S COMIN', Kirby St. Romain (1963) SUMMER'S GONE, Paul Anka (1960) SUMMER'S LOVE, Richard Barrett & The Chantels (1959) SUMMERTIME, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (1991) SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME, The Jamies (1958)
Of course, you're always free to write any of these songs in (or whatever else I may have forgotten).
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:28 PM
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1. Hot fun in the summer - Sly & the Family Stone |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 01:31 PM by BlueEyedSon
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:29 PM
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Just added that one. Thanks for the reminder!
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:58 PM
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8. My favorite, the quintessential city summer song |
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And Sly also evokes the county fair in the summer sun so sharply, you can almost hear the county fair carnival barkers, almost smell the smoking cow dung.
Side note about Hot Fun in the Summertime. In my memory, the record actually came out, or at least wasn't in heavy rotation, you didn't start hearing it until the very end of the summer, back to school time in September. The timing of its release gave the song a tinge of rue and regret that summer was in fact over and that it was time to buckle down.
Second favorite: Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer by Night King Cole. Don't remember the summer. 61? 62? 63? It's hard to say. It was always played every summer all over the radio. Is it still on oldies stations?
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Sat Feb-21-04 05:28 PM
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19. Amen. Awesome song. (nt) |
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:37 PM
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3. Janis Joplin - Summertime |
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Cover of George Gershwin tune, right?
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:45 PM
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4. A few more from the old days |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 01:47 PM by teach1st
Hendrix - Long Hot Summer Night Pink Floyd - Summmer '68 Monkees - The Door into Summer Yardbirds - White Summer Beautiful Day - Hot Summer Day Donovan - Summer Day Reflection Song Sandals - Them from Endless Summer
(Edited to add Sandals)
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:17 PM
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33. OK For It's A Beautiful Day! |
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Think I'll go put "White Bird" on...
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:45 PM
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Depressing, I know, but all the good summer songs seem to be.
Love this one...
Sight unseen, sad seas Summer song sung all alone Dragged across the seven seas To the beach come follow me
Summer's gone, a summer song You've wasted every day, every day
Cellophane, grandma's town Summers letters on the ground Seven pins the fall begins When the leaves burn summer ends
Summer's gone, a summer song You've wasted every day, every day Summers gone can't wipe it off my hands Write it in the sand, in the sand
Where've my heroes gone today
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:53 PM
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6. Summer Sand, by Dawn (Ducking, running away) |
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Seriously, I'd go with Summer by War, but voted Seals & Crofts since they didn't have any support yet. I'm in SC, so loving summer is downright weird, but I always like the songs (except for Grease)
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Sat Feb-21-04 01:57 PM
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7. what ? no Mungo Jerry? you know what song i am talking about |
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it's truly a dorky song but I always think of it when i think of songs about summer...
In the summertime
when the weather is high
you can stretch right up an' touch the sky
when the weather's fine
you got women you got women on your mind. Have a drink have a drive
go out an' see what you can find.
If her daddie's rich
take her out for a meal
if her daddie's poor
just do as you feel
speed along the lane
do a ton or a ton an'twenty five
when the sun goes down
you can make it make it good in a lay-by.
We're not grey people
we're not dirty we're not mean
we love everybody but we do as we please
when the weather's fine
we go fishing or go swimming in the sea. we're always happy
life's for living yeah ! That's our philosophy.
Whenthe winter's here
yeah it's party time
bring a bottle wear your bright clothes
it'll soon be summertime
and we'll sing again
we'll go driving or maybe we'll settle down
if she's rich if she's nice
bring your friends an' we'll all go into town.
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Sat Feb-21-04 03:12 PM
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9. Damn you to hell! I had completely forgotten about that dumbass song. |
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Sat Feb-21-04 04:29 PM
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but it was the first one that popped into my head. :)
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:25 PM
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23. chik, chik-chik...chik, chik-chik...chik, chik-chik...Turn it off! |
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Makes me crazy!!! :silly:
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Sat Feb-21-04 05:14 PM
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18. Aw sh!t! That's a good one. I would have voted for it. |
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Sat Feb-21-04 03:17 PM
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10. My favorite version of "Summertime Blues" is Blue Cheer-- |
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nice heavy version.
And then there's a sadder song, "Summer's Almost Gone" by the Doors. I would listen to that toward the end of the summer and get sad.
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Sat Feb-21-04 03:26 PM
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12. The Who - Live At Leeds |
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That's my favorite version of the song.
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:32 PM
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35. Blue Cheer was the LOUDEST band I ever saw |
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Louder than The Who - by about a factor of 10!
I can still remember their guitarist (Leigh Stevens) had 24(!) Marshall amps feeding his guitar. Hell, the bass player had 12!
I honestly though I'd lost my hearing after that show (Woolsey Hall- New Haven, CT)
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:39 PM
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36. At the time, the WERE the loudest band there was. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 08:40 PM by notmyprez
I remember hearing or reading that somewhere. But these days there are probably bands that are louder; Motorhead comes to mind.
You saw Blue Cheer? Cool. I think I have the "Summertime Blues" 45, but I'm not certain.
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Sat Feb-21-04 03:25 PM
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Because when Sly's an option, I rarely vote for anybody else.
Choice #2 is Cochrane, hands down.
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Sat Feb-21-04 04:14 PM
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13. Summer Wind by SInatra |
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Which I sing (pretty well, according to Polly) when drunk and at (or not at) Karaoke Night. I also can manage Frank's "That's Life," "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin and "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan. I voted for "Summer" by War -- one of the most underappreciated groups ever. "Four-Cornered Room" is one of my personal favorites. John It is now 118 days, 18 hours and 46 minutes to FUNDAY X. If you all can manage to make it, I promise to get really loaded and run off the entire reportoire. Oh, and as I mention below, I'm even buying the beer.
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Sat Feb-21-04 04:36 PM
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15. I'm stickin' with All Summer Long. |
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That song just sounds like summer to me (just like a lot of Beach Boys songs do).
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Sat Feb-21-04 04:40 PM
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16. "The Last Day of Summer" -The Cure |
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Sat Feb-21-04 05:13 PM
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17. I boom boom boom boom boom when I want to... |
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Hot Fun in the Summertime. :7
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Sat Feb-21-04 05:32 PM
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20. "Summertime Again" by Chris Van Sneidern |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 05:33 PM by mac56
Best. Summer. Song. Ever.
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Sat Feb-21-04 05:54 PM
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21. I voted for Sly, but an Eagles song about "summer is gone"... |
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is a very summery (end of summer) song to me too!
Can't remember the name of the tune, though.... "I can see you, brown skin shining in the sun....You've got your hair pinned back, sunglasses on....." something like that. :dunce:
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:26 PM
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25. The Boys of Summer (by the Eagles) |
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That song you remember.
That's a good one.
--bkl ... I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac ...
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Sat Feb-21-04 07:08 PM
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28. It's by Don Henley, not the Eagles. |
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You're right, though, about it being a good song!
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:23 PM
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22. OMG, SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME was in 1958???!!! |
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It can't possibly have been that long ago...............
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:26 PM
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24. my song ain't on there mane. |
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summertime madness by kool and the gang.
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:28 PM
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26. Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City"...*very* clever lyrics, catchy tune |
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"All around, people lookin' half dead, walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match-head!"
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Sat Feb-21-04 06:43 PM
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27. Voted for Summer in the City. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 06:44 PM by Norbert
The high point in a produtive but somewhat short career for the foursome. It edged out Hot Fun by Sly & co. by the narrowest of margins.
SUMMER'S COMIN', Kirby St. Romain (1963)
Where in the world did you come up with that one? I haven't heard that song since it was on the charts I bet. I completely forgot about it until now.
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Sat Feb-21-04 07:13 PM
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<<Where in the world did you come up with that one? I haven't heard that song since it was on the charts I bet. I completely forgot about it until now.>>
You're talking to a self-styled rock 'n' roll historian, pal! I'll bet I've got hundreds of tunes in my collection that you haven't heard in 35 years or more.
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:00 PM
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30. Summertime...and the livin' is easy |
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Gershwins and DuBose Heyword. Sung by Ella.
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:09 PM
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:hi: :loveya:
Guess where we'll be 27 days from now! And hopefully, we'll also be able to get together in the summer, when it's nice and warm and everything's so much more enjoyable.
Of course, don't expect me to wear a two-piece bathing suit, or (GASP! GULP!) a bikini, I haven't been able to do so for about twenty years now, lol!
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Sat Feb-21-04 08:11 PM
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32. In the Summertime, Mungo Jerry |
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Mungo Jerry In The Summertime
In the summertime when the weather's high, you can stretch right up and touch the sky, when the weather's fine, you got women, you got women on your mind. Have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find.
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal. If her daddy's poor, just do as you feel. Speed along the lane, Do a ton, or a ton and twenty-five. When the sun goes down, you can make it, make it good in a lay-by.
We're not grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean. We love everybody, but we do as we think. When the weather's fine we go fishing or go swimming in the sea. We're always happy, life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.
Sing along with us, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee. Da-da-da-da-da...Yeah, we're happy happy, da-da-da-da-dah.
When the winter's here, then it's party time. Bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes. It'll soon be summertime, and we'll sing again, we'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle down. If she's rich, if she's nice, bring you're friends and we'll all go into town. http://www.codehot.co.uk/lyrics/mnop/mungosummer.htm Oh so politically incorrect, lol... "have a drink, have a drive"
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