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Spirit of summer songs
What are some songs you like to listen to in the summer, or gets you in that nice weather mood?
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To kick it off here are a few:
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Excellent choice!!
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Great (and timely) topic, Jung! Of course there are a vast number of Beach Boys songs that fit the bill here. There are also songs that make me think summer thoughts simply because they refuse to allow me to do otherwise, such as this one:
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Then there’s the more subtle approach. This one works because it makes me worry that summer may be a little TOO nice:
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A feel good song that makes you want to fall in love
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I love that song, Diana! Thanks for uploading the video; it’s the first time I’ve ever SEEN the group.
I just read about them on Wikipedia, and learned that if it hadn’t been for a scheduling conflict, their lead singer would have been on board the plane that crashed and killed Ricky Nelson in 1985.
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Wow!! I didn’t know that. Very interesting. I’ve just always been in love with this song as well as your choice ‘See you in September”. They just don’t make songs like that anymore. I’m having so much fun chatting with MLT fans. Hope to talk soon
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Great topic, and I could go on and on endlessly but I’ll list my top 20: In order as they came to mind:
1. June
2. Here Comes The Sun
3. Walking on Sunshine
4. Age of Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
5. Feeling Hot Hot Hot
6. In The Summertime
7. Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
8. Summer Nights ( Grease movie)
9. Summer of 69
10. Sunshine Superman
11. Boys of Summer
12. Sunshine, Lollipops
13. Jack and Diane
14. Take Me Out To The Ball Game
15. Summer In The City
16. Summertime Blues
17. Beach Baby
18. California Girls
19. Califirnia Dreamin
20. Cruel Summer-
Jacki,
Great list!! I especially love Beach Baby
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Jacki,
Looks like your list was a hit!!! Will you contact me privately? I have a great idea………………..Diana
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OK, one more song and then I have to get some sleep since I work nights. I love The Grass Roots. Yes, there is some rain in the song, but I freakin love it.
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Diana, a couple of golden gems I haven’t heard before! That first one, Spiral Staircase…, great singer, really uplifting. The River is Wide also great vocals too.
David, I haven’t heard See you In September for ages, what a great tune and awesome harmonies. DooWop at it’s best. And that first one, hard not to feel the summer spirit.
Wow, Jacki, awesome extensive list. I think will make a great summer playlist. Cruel Summer – Bananarama was one of my fave girl bands in the 80s.
Thanks everyone!Have to borrow this from from Jacki’s list.
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https://youtu.be/7HLvbZQpPzU
Love MLTs Sunshine Superman. Just posted to the public on Youtube today. -
Jackie made a killer list.
I don’t think i could add anything.
I forgot about Boys of Summer by Don Henley.
That would have been near my top.Another song about another guy who can’t wait for autumn.
Until after the boys of summer have gone.And the hell froze over and he and his 1st band went soaring again.
I still miss Glen Frey.
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And THEN hell froze over …
Well here we go
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Here’s another song from Jacki’s list that has always been magic for me. It puts me in the mind of a late-evening beach party.
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This song always make me think of summer
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Great song, Joe! One of Goffin & King’s finest efforts. The lyrics used to confuse the heck out of me, until I learned that they have flat roofs in New York City.
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Hi David, Yea I used to call it Tar Beach. I remember when I was a kid and we lived in an apartment back then in Queens New York. I always would go on the roof. During the afternoon tenant would bring a folding chair and sun bath. Of course they would bring their transistor radio back then. Yea Carol King has done some great songs in her career. Be good. Like Johnny
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Joe, I think I mentioned a few months back that I saw John Sebastian in concert around 1993. He sang a fairly new song called Tar Beach, from an album of the same name, which had a feel similar to Up on the Roof. He prefaced it with an explanation of what the phrase “tar beach” means, and that was the source of my flat roof insight.
Well, since it’s relevant to the topic of this thread, I might as well post it:
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Hey Joe and David, a couple of great songs. Up On the Roof always lingers in my head long after I hear it with “upon the roof”! John Sebastian’s Tar Beach is really nice and catchy, reminds me a little of the later Beach Boys sound too.
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I am also going to throw in Sunshine of Your Love. By the way all great selections…
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