Favorite songs about summer?

[ailsagirl]

I have three:

Summer in the City (Lovin' Spoonful)
Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)
Boys of Summer (Don Henley)

I know these go back in time, but they still rock!!

[Rambis]

1. Mungo Jerry time

[pokerfan]

2. Eddie Cochran

Summertime Blues

Cochran was 19 when he recorded this. It was a big hit with his teenage fans, who could relate to the lyrics about being held back by society (and parents). Cochran got an image as a rebel with a guitar, and his legend was secured when he died 2 years later while riding in the back of a taxi. He was often compared to James Dean, who was 24 when he died in a car accident.

Cochran wrote this with Jerry Capehart, a songwriter who was good friends with Cochran and helped him get a record deal. Capehart explained the inspiration for this song in Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 songs issue: "There had been a lot of songs about summer, but none about the hardships of summer." With that idea and a guitar lick from Cochran, they wrote the song in 45 minutes. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England)

This song was a big influence on George Harrison. He had a picture of Cochran and wanted the same kind of guitar.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2313

[ailsagirl]

3. Oh yeah-- before my time but The Who recorded their own version

that rocks, of course

What I like about my choices is that they evoke that hot, sultry, lazy kind of feeling one gets during summer.
(except Henley's-- that's just a good song)

[pokerfan]

8. I guess I didn't understand what you were looking for

For me, growing up on a farm, summer meant work. So I always kinda related to Summertime Blues.

[ailsagirl]

10. Ah... for me it meant three months of no school!!

[pokerfan]

13. For me, the deep dark days of winter

meant days of lazy, laying about. Sure, there was school, but that's just sitting around learning stuff. If anything, school was a break from farm work.

[ailsagirl]

16. I can kind of relate because

both my parents grew up on farms in Canada-- Alberta and Ontario-- and I've heard many stories about how tough it was.
I just thought it was really cool that they rode horses to school!! (this was during my horse phase)

[Skittles]

4. Sly's Hot Fun in the Summertime

[Raine1967]

43. This is my fave pick as well!

Thanks for posting it!

[OriginalGeek]

5. Louis' horn gives me goosebumps

And Ella ain't no slouch.

[In_The_Wind]

6. Summer Breeze ~ Seals & Crofts

[rug]

7. Up on the Roof

http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/sunbathing-on-a-midtown-tenements-tar-beach/

[ailsagirl]

12. Carol King and Gerry Goffin wrote that song

Such a gorgeous song-- I couldn't imagine anyone but The Drifters singing it.

Also "Under the Boardwalk"

"sigh"

[In_The_Wind]

37. I loved going up on the roof to watch the fireworks.

That was decades ago when I lived in Sheapshead Bay.

[rug]

39. Me too. We spent half the summer on the roof.

[LiberalElite]

9. Chad and Jeremy -

[ailsagirl]

11. That's a beautiful song!

And their voices blended so nicely

[Jenoch]

14. Summer in the City

(In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry is really my first choice.)

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. This classic:

[ailsagirl]

17. Yes, for sure-- a classic

Interesting how nearly all the songs mentioned are from the past-- maybe interesting is not the word-- but I've always felt that the best-rock-ever came out last century!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. A few from the "greasy kid stuff" era

Greasy kid stuff referring to the greasy hair tonic popular back in the 50's and early 60s..

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[ailsagirl]

19. I LOVE "Summer Rain!"

Thanks for reminding me! And the others, too, of course, but SR always put a smile on my face.
(Of course, I live in Calif where it NEVER rains in the summer-- oh well!)

Or lately, in the winter, either

[Joe Shlabotnik]

20. love twist again,

and that video in particular. So care-free, and bygone.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

21. Why, Summertime, of course.

If I wanted to be all serious I'd say Coltrane's version. But tonight I'm more into Billy Stewart's vibe, (which I'm surprised Quentin Tarantino hasn't used in a movie yet). Summertime Badassery wearing a 10 gallon hat.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. And one from that extremely bizarre duo of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood

who sang songs with LSD drenched lyrics.

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[GReedDiamond]

23. 4th of July by X...

...one of the greatest bands to ever come out of Los Angeles.

[csziggy]

24. Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime

[orleans]

25. best summer song ever: SUMMER SUN by jamestown massacre; 1972

[csziggy]

26. Forgot about this one!

[livetohike]

35. Was my first choice, so I picked something else

[IcyPeas]

27. Style Council - Long Hot Summer

[IcyPeas]

28. Sun is Shining - Bob Marley

[Iggo]

29. Sunny Afternoon -- Kinks.

Bonus points for the snowy video.

[ailsagirl]

41. AHHH!!! I love the Kinks-- love that video!!

Truth is, Ray Davies was on some tropical island when he wrote this classic-- and I believe he was still a teenager to boot!!

Those harmonies make me melt.

[zen_bohemian]

30. Anything by the Beach Boys is good summertime music for me

and I really love "I live for the Sun" by the Sunrays, also a Beach Boys related band ala Murray Wilson......

[malthaussen]

31. Wonderful Summer, Robin Ward.

Talkin' about old...

Although I suppose you could say it's more about love than summer. But what's summer without love?

-- Mal

[clarice]

32. Cruel summer - Bananaramant

[clarice]

33. Beach boys - pick one. nt

[livetohike]

34. "Hot Summer Day" - It's a Beautiful Day

Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
Oh, hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Please carry me along
Hot summer day
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

Long summer dream (Long summer dream)
Sliding round my mind
Those long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Are leaving me behind
Hot summer day
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

Circling like a river
Over brightly colored stones
Breaking up my soul
And taking part of me home
Leaving the other half
To tumble all alone
Love, love, where did you go?

Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
To its end where I begin
Those long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Still spinning round my mind
And they end where they begin

And I want to grab that river
And stop the love that's dying
Because I know that somewhere
Deep inside my soul you're still lying
Waiting to awaken
And shake that river's flow
Love, love, where did you go?

They told me that the sun turned green
I said I didn't know
And they told me that the moon turned blue
I said it didn't show
And they told me that I looked a fool
And I said I'd let that go
But when they told me that our love was dead
I had to turn and go

Oh love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Where did you go?

Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin
Long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Sliding round my mind
And they end
Where they begin

Circling like a river
Over brightly colored stones
Breaking up my soul
And taking part of me home
Leaving the other half
To tumble all alone
Love, love, where did you go?

Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/it-s-a-beautiful-day/hot-summer-day-lyrics/#GeyjH2etRE2zftUq.99

[Brigid]

36. How about some Sly and the Family Stone:

[whistler162]

38. Well Bob Wells and Mel Torme's The Christmas Song

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song

"According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool", the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born.[1] "I saw a spiral pad on his (Wells') piano with four lines written in pencil", Tormé recalled. "They started, 'Chestnuts roasting..., Jack Frost nipping..., Yuletide carols..., Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob didn't think he was writing a song lyric. He said he thought if he could immerse himself in winter he could cool off. Forty minutes later that song was written. "I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics.""

[sakabatou]

40. Soak up the Sun - Sheryl Crow

[ailsagirl]

42. Forgot Bryan Adams-- Summer of 69