I'm putting together a playlist for my "goodbye to summer"
Ya' gotta have "Indian Summer" - either the original by Beat Happening or the Luna cover.
Also, "Summertime Blues"? My fave version is the T-Rex one - with just acoustic guitar and bongos!
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2006 12:37:21 pm PDT #3946 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 12:37:33 pm PDT #3947 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
See, I've been racking my brains since yesterday, when I should have realized I would get great suggestions within minutes here. Thanks and keep 'em coming.
ETA: The real challenge are the ones that don't have summer in the title, just the lyrics.
Theodosia - Sep 11, 2006 1:56:59 pm PDT #3948 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
"Indian Lake" by the Cowsills
Sue - Sep 11, 2006 3:43:14 pm PDT #3949 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Summer Fling - KD Lang
It's Summertime - Flaming Lips
Summertime - The Sundays
Hayden - Sep 11, 2006 4:14:31 pm PDT #3950 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Amy Rigby - "The Summer of My Wasted Youth"
Husker Du - "Celebrated Summer"
Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra - "Summer Wine"
The Dirty Three - "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys"
Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes The Summer"
Leo Kottke - "Summer's Growing Old"
The Shangri-Las - "The Sweet Sounds of Summer"
Pavement - "Summer Babe"
Victoria Williams - "Summer of Drugs"
Townes Van Zandt - "Like a Summer Thursday"
Yo La Tengo - "The Summer"
Velvet Crush - "Weird Summer"
Wilco - "Summer Teeth"
Hayden - Sep 11, 2006 4:34:21 pm PDT #3951 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Lambchop - "Your Fucking Sunny Day"
Olivia Tremor Control - "A Sunshine Fix"
T. Rex - "Mambo Sun"
Velvet Underground - "Ride Into The Sun"
The Who - "Sunrise"
That Dog - "Retreat From The Sun"
Kinks - "Lazy Old Sun"
Bob Mould - "Sunspots"
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Go-Betweens - "Girl Lying on the Beach" or "Orpheus Beach" or "Surfing Magazines"
Ramones - "Rockaway Beach"
Palace - "West Palm Beach" or "Gulf Shores"
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Stooges - "Real Cool Time"
Spiritualized - "Cool Waves"
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Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - "Watermelon Man"
James Brown - "Cold Sweat"
Ramsey Lewis - "Wade in the Water"
Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"
megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 4:40:55 pm PDT #3952 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
An embarrassment of riches...
ETA: I'll get "Your Fucking Sunny Day" based on the title alone.
Fred Pete - Sep 11, 2006 4:41:52 pm PDT #3953 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
War -- "Summer"
Brothers Four -- "Green Leaves of Summer"
Jerry Keller -- "Here Comes Summer"
Tony Carey (?) -- "First Day of Summer"
Percy Faith -- "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (you know someone had to say it)
Bobby Goldsboro -- "Summer (The First Time)"
Cliff Richard -- "Summer Holiday"
Girls Aloud -- "Long Hot Summer"
And a couple that always scream "SUMMER!" to me, even though they don't mention summer or were necessarily even popular during the summer:
America -- "Ventura Highway"
King Harvest -- "Dancing in the Moonlight"
megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 4:44:14 pm PDT #3954 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And a couple that always scream "SUMMER!" to me, even though they don't mention summer or were necessarily even popular during the summer:
Hence my inclusion of "Centerfield" and "Nightswimming".
Fred Pete - Sep 11, 2006 4:48:11 pm PDT #3955 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Uh-oh. I may be on a roll here.
Connie Francis -- "Vacation"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- "Save Your Heart for Me"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- "Green Grass"
"See You in September" -- Happenings
Sly and the Family Stone -- "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
Eddie Cochran -- "Summertime Blues"
(Numerous, but I recommend Vaughn Monroe and Frank Sinatra, in that order) -- "The Things We Did Last Summer"
(Also numerous, I recommend Kay Kyser) -- "Indian Summer"
Motels -- "Suddenly Last Summer"
You may also want to search out the theme to Summer of '42.
And more screaming:
Go-Gos -- "Vacation"
OK. I stop now.