Summer-y songs

[b-grrrlie]

I've been invited to a midsummer party on Friday and they asked me to bring some records. I thought to make a couple of compilations of summertime tunes. The first one more mellow while you're eating or chilling afterwards, and one more dancey tunes to party to, sort of Undertones - Here comes the summer, maybe Walking on sunshine even. There's gonna be a few families with kids from 5 to 14 years and a few single ladies. There seems to be a shortage of single guys in here ;)

I thought I'll make it easier for myself asking you guys for help. Any suggestions?

[adam_f]

If 'Summertime' isn't on your list you need to skip summer and move to Antarctica.

[beastieangel01]

Summertime - Morcheeba

[RobMoney]

Anything by Bob Marley
Reggae= Summertime, Rum drinks, and the beach
D'yer M'aker - Led Zep




Summertime:
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
Sublime & Pharcyde - Summertime
Janis Joplin - Summertime
Will Smith - Summertime
Mae - Summertime
Stereophonics - Summertime
The Sundays - Summertime
Beyonce - Summertime
The Who - Summertime Blues
Warren G - Summertime in the LBC
Gershwin - Summertime
Sly & the Family Stone - Hot fun in the Summertime

[yeahwho]

WAR songs sound good in the summer.

[Freebasser]

The Verve - Lucky Man

[LE BROUHAHA]

KOOP summer sun
let the sun shine in
BEACH BOYS

[Homsar]

Lava - B-52s

[HEIRESS]

summer in the city - LOVIN SPOONFUL!

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

'into the sun' by diplo.

[Homsar]

Frozen - Lycia
Bare - Lycia
Baltica - Lycia
Colder - Lycia
Snowdrop - Lycia
Drifting - Lycia
December - Lycia

[hotzappa11]

summertime - jazzy jeff& the fresh prince
lazy afternoon - the roots
lovely days - bill withers

stuff by jack johnson

[BangkokB]

Tell me more
Tell me more

Well she gave me some crabs

Tell me more
Tell me more

Yes I scrached them and I have a sore bag

[b-grrrlie]

No offence guys but you suck!
I would've thought there's some real music fans here!
Only Rob has come up with something decent!
I asked the same question on another site and within three hours got more than a hundred really good suggestions from half a dozen people. And there's only 100 people on that forum! Now I know where to turn to when push comes to shove!

And Heiress, that is the ultimate summer song!

[Documad]

My favorite summer song is Hot in the City by Billy Idol.

And I can't stop listening to Dr. John's Gumbo since it got hot here. Don't know why.

bgrrlie, why don't you post your list from the other people. I'd love a summer playlist. :o

[BOBBY DIGITAL]

Anything by G Love and Special Sauce

[Mr Films]

kanye- 'school spirit'

[Homsar]

Only Rob has come up with something decent!


Decent? Maybe a small amount of it, but not most of it.

[b-grrrlie]

bgrrlie, why don't you post your list from the other people. I'd love a summer playlist. :o

Here's some of them


Summer The First Time--Bobby Goldsboro (i hope thats a joke, brain!)
All Summer Long--Beach Boys (if just for the American Graffiti link)
The Other Side Of Summer--Elvis Costello
Echo Beach--Martha n the Muffins
Kuwait City--World Party (hidden track on their "Bang" LP)
Summer Fun--The Barracudas
The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandessant Gas--They Might Be Giants
Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay--Otis Redding
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades--Timbuk 3
In The Summertime---Mungo Jerry (just for the jug solo!)
Sunny Afternoon--The Kinks
Lazy Sunday or Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
Heatwave--Superemes or Ash or The Who

that'll do for nowi'll try and think of some more later

ooh, Blister On The Sun by Violent FemmesSummer wind- Frank Sinatra
Summer turns to high-REMany Ash song.

Hush - Kulashaker
Born to Run - Springsteen
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Temptation - New Order
You only get what you give - New Radicals
Son of a Preacher man - Dusty Springfield
Autobahn 66 - Primal Scream
Pounding - Doves
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroqui
Everyday should be a holiday/Get off - Dandy Warhols
Dancing on a friday night - Darkness
Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for fears
Girlz - Prodigy
Halcyon & on - Orbital
Hey mrs - I, Monster
I love to give you light - Snoop Dogg
Summertime - Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
I ran - Flock of seagulls
Last Summer/Ode to summer - Lostprophets
Stir it up - Patti LaBelleWilco "Summerteeth"
Bell and Sebastian "A Summer Wasting"
Beach Boys "All summer long"
The B52's "Summer of Love"
The Avalanches "Summer crain"
Marianne Faithfull "Summer Nights"Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
Shakermaker - Oasis
Turn Up The Sun - Oasis
Rocks - Primal Scream
Waterfall - Stone Roses
Rockaway Beach - Ramones
Roll Up and Shine - Stereophonics
T-shirt Sun tan - Stereophonics

That should cover itHigher Than The Sun--Primal Scream
Warmth Of The Sun--Beach Boys yeah I know you could put a million of their tracks on cos they are the sound of a summer!)
Summer In The City--Lovin Spoonful\Gutter Brothers
Under The Boardwalk--Drifters
Good Day Sunshine--Beatles
Who Loves The Sun?--Velvet Underground
Beautiful Day--U2
I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nashanything by pas/calHmm I don't know what bands make me all summery...

Prodigy, Kinks, The Who, Sigur Ros, Elliot Smith, Madness, Specials, The Jam... ect, and of course van Halen - Ice Cream Man, hehe.last day of summer- the cure
here comes the sun- beatles
boy with torn in his side, light that never goes out- the smiths
lazy sunbathers- morrissey
someday- the strokes
high&dry- radiohead
jacqueline(and the rest of them)- franz
and of course SPREAD YOUR LOVE
and here's the one I made for my aunt today.. (http://img221.echo.cx/img221/9404/keslevylista2lu.jpg)

While I was looking for Kites by 39 Lyon St (the Associates' secret name) I found a new interesting name, Free Design, gonna look out for those----
I'm now making one summer-chill cd, a summer-groove cd and one just summer stuff...
I'll put up the lists when I've made the final records...

[b-grrrlie]

Here's the records I made. The last one is for my aunt, that's why there's so many same tracks on it, made it in five minutes, when she came over on the afternoon.

I had to consider what kind of people were there, but we never got to round to play the "party record", we went swimming instead! :D

summerchill (http://img292.echo.cx/img292/4134/summerchill7rr.jpg)
+ the Divine Comedy - the frog princess
Delays – Wanderlust

summergroove (http://img292.echo.cx/img292/2702/summergroove7lu.jpg)
+The Solution - My mojo ain´t workin´ no more
Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove '69
Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
Teddybears Sthlm feat. Swing fly - Hey boy

another summer record (http://img283.echo.cx/img283/390/anothersummer9mu.jpg)
+Ed Harcourt - Apple of my eye (2002 version)
Foo Fighters - Big Me
Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and chocolate milk

for my aunt (http://img292.echo.cx/img292/9717/keslevylista2zf.jpg)
+ Cure - The Caterpillar


I really like the Standell's version of Summer in the city when they make the traffic noises :D

[ET]

Uh, surprised no one mentioned this one.

Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze

[b-grrrlie]

^^^ Good call!

[Rancid_Beasties]

any Ash song.

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. Ash puts me in a good mood everytime :D

[icy manipulator]

summer means the start of the cricket season, hence you need to play 10cc's Dreadlock Holiday (y)

[LE BROUHAHA]

pavement - summer babe

[hotzappa11]

i just watched brian wilsons set from glastonbury, now thats summer.

[Documad]

Thanks B-grrrlie! Good stuff.

When I think of summer songs, I think of songs I used to play when I used to cruise around with my friends many years ago--instead of songs that have hot or summer in the title. So two big ones for me are Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight (which we played pre-Miami Vice :)) and the Nick Guilder song Stevie Nicks sang on (something about people out there turning music into gold).