Okay, so I'm putting together a summer mix (why yes, I am in possesion of some free time all of a sudden), and I thought I'd ask in here for suggestions. It's all stuff that either reminds me of summer, is about summer, or just sounds summery. Here's what I have so far -
Woo Hoo- The 5, 6, 7, 8's; Firecracker - Ryan Adams; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda; La Femme d'Argent - Air; Handclapping Song - The Meters; Greatest Hit - Annie; Concrete Sky - Beth Orton and Ryan Adams; Big Trucks - Buck 65; The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice; Wake Up Little Sparrow - Devendra Banhart; Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count - The Divine Comedy; Boys of Summer - Don Henley; There is a Mountain - Donovan; Day Dreaming - Groove Armada; Naked as we Came Iron and Wine; Three HUndred Pounds of Joy - Howlin' Wolf; Bridges and Balloons - Joanna Newsome; Lola - The Kinks; Heartbeats - The Knife; Blue Jeans - Ladytron; Deceptacon - Le Tigre; Love Lots of Lovin - Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris; Goddess on a Highway - Mercury Rev; Love Will Tear us Apart - Nouvelle Vague; One/Take 5 - Rodrigo y Gabriela; Super Sexy Woman - Sufjan Stevens; Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses; Son of a Preacher man - Dusty Springfield; Feet of Clay - Vashti Bunyan; Slip into Something More Comfortable - Kinobe; His Majesty King Raam - Lemon Jelly; The Joker - The Steve Miller Band; The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian; Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz; Did you Give the World Some Love Today - Doris.
So, summer. Anyone? Bueller?
Three HUndred Pounds of Joy - Howlin' Wolf
HOY! HOY! I'm the boy!
I got 300 lbs of heavenly joy!
Awright, back to work.
Yo La Tengo - "The Summer" or "Beach Party Tonight"
Beach Boys - "Cool, Cool Water" or "'Til I Die" or (what the hey) "Good Vibrations" or "The Warmth of the Sun"
Big Star - "Till The End Of The Day"
Beat Happening - "Indian Summer"
Camper Van Beethoven - "Opi Rides Again/Club Med Sucks"
Jonathan Richman - "Ice Cream Man"
Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"
(my iPod just served this up - it's free on emusic right now) The Pipettes - "Dirty Mind" (this sounds like the two female vocalists from The B-52s)
Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
Konono No. 1 - "Kule Kule"
Tom Ze - "Ma"
Caetano Veloso - "Tropicalia"
Os Mutantes - "Ave Genghis Khan"
Love - "Bummer In the Summer"
the Clean - "Trapped In Amber"
The Chills - "Heavenly Pop Hit"
the Bats - "Western Isles"
the Verlaines - "Joed Out"
Li'l Cap'n Travis - "Little Drops of Summer"
Luna - "California (All The Way)"
The Feelies - "Let's Go"
OK, that's all off the top of my head.
Most excellent! Thanks Corwood!
If you definitely want to use any of those songs and have trouble finding mp3s, lemme know.
If you definitely want to use any of those songs and have trouble finding mp3s, lemme know.
I'm working my way through them at the minute and I haven't had too much trouble so far, but thanks!
I didn't mention the Harder They Come soundtrack, but I should have.
Tina's Summer Mix Staples (I consider a summer mix essentially a fun/upbeat mix, not one necessarily about summer - though some of these songs are both):
Built to Spill - Big Dipper
The Byrds - Lazy Days
The Get Up Kids - Campfire Kansas
Gillian Welch - Red Clay Halo
Gogol Bordello - Go Revolutions or Baro Faro
Joe Cocker - Feeling Alright
Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo
Langhorm Slim - Lorretta Lee Jones
Lauryn Hill - Final Hour
Lifter Puller - Mission Viejo
M. Ward - Big Boat
Neil Young - Down by the River
O.C.M.S. - Whagon Wheel
Paul Mcartney - Smile Away
The Police - Dead End Job
R.E.M. - Voice of Harold
Red House Painters - I Feel the Rain Fall
Replacements - Treatment Bound
Rilo Kiley - Spectacular Views
The Roots - The Next Movement (live)
Spoon - Back to the Life
The Staple Sisters - City in the Sky
Tribe Called Quest - After Hours
I am going to go with "Little Honda" as my Yo La pick.
New Additions:
My Morning Jacket - Off the Record
The National - Abel
Bruce Springsteen - Froggie Went a Courtin'
Wilco - Muzzle of Bees (the only slower song out of everything listed)
Plus Almost Anything By:
Split Lip Rayfield
Uncle Tupelo
My last summer mix:
Introducing Happiness - The Rheostatics /
Awesome - Veruca Salt /
Summer's Gone - The Salteens /
Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys /
Repulsion (Show Up Late For Work On Mondays) - The Negro Problem /
The Actor's Opprobrium - Of Montreal /
All For Swinging You Around - The New Pornographers /
Surrender - Cheap Trick /
We Used To Be Friends - The Dandy Warhols /
Care Of Cell 44 - The Zombies /
September Gurls - Big Star /
Every Dog Has His Day - Let's Active /
All Hands On The Bad One - Sleater-Kinney /
Under The Hedge - Ted Leo + The Pharmacists /
Sister Havana - Urge Overkill /
King of Beers - Too Much Joy /
Brainiac's Daughter - XTC
