An embarrassment of riches...
ETA: I'll get "Your Fucking Sunny Day" based on the title alone.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
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
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.
Sue - Sep 11, 2006 4:50:51 pm PDT #3956 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
Hayden - Sep 11, 2006 4:51:49 pm PDT #3957 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
ETA: I'll get "Your Fucking Sunny Day" based on the title alone.
Great song. Uncharacteristically upbeat for them.
Based on the "Vacation" recommendation:
Camper Van Beethoven - "Payed Vacation: Greece"
The Circle Jerks - "Paid Vacation"
The Embarrassment - "Two Week Vacation" (that one's for Tina!)
Vic Chesnutt - "Little Vacation"
DavidS - Sep 11, 2006 5:01:30 pm PDT #3958 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Starless Summer Sky" - Marshall Crenshaw (gorgeous pop song)
"Summer Sun" - Chris Stamey (points for beginning the song with a sodapop "pop")
"I Live For the Sun" - Sun Rays (one of the best non-Beach Boys beach summer songs)
"Like a Summer Thursday" - Townes Van Zandt
"The Summer I Read Colette" - Rosanne Cash
"Here Comes the Summer" - Undertones
"Summer Lies" - Magnetic Fields
"Staying Out for the Summer" - Dodgy (excellent Brit pop power pop song. muy catchy)
Without summer in the title?
"Night Moves" - Bob Seger
"Dancing in the Streets" - Martha and the Vandellas
"Sunny South Kensington" - Donovan (very mod song, actually)
"Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow" - Felt
"Light and Sun / Reach for the Day" - Polyphonic Spree
"California Sun" - Ramones (and others)
"On Some Faraway Beach" - Brian Eno (clearly a Beach Boys tribute, abstracting them into Eno-land)
lisah - Sep 11, 2006 6:29:59 pm PDT #3959 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
It's kind of tacky to mention, I guess, but my band has a pretty summery song about the arts of the Boardwalk--sand sculpture, airbrushing, etc.
megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 6:34:09 pm PDT #3960 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's kind of tacky to mention, I guess, but my band has a pretty summery song about the arts of the Boardwalk--sand sculpture, airbrushing, etc.
I'd say it's pretty relevant, given that I'm across the bay from you, aren't you in Baltimore?
megan walker - Sep 11, 2006 6:36:54 pm PDT #3961 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You know, I was going to go to bed early tonight, but now I have about 50 songs to go through on itunes.
:: Curses the Buffistas and their music knowledge.
:: Kicks herself for asking the damn question in the first place.