Over in my neck of the woods temperatures change virtually overnight from 50 degrees to 90. This change in temperature usually comes hand in hand with a change in my musical tastes and this year is no different.
It’s time for Summer music!
More up-tempo guitar based songs in the morning, lazy acoustic strumming in the afternoon and sedate electronic noodling-type stuff in the evenings is usually par for the course. Decades and genres don’t matter much to me during this time, a good summer tune is a good summer tune, know what I mean? It’s a time when any genre can be mixed alongside another usually totally unrelated genre as long as the feel is similar.
Before the advent of the I-Pod I would have made mixed cd’s, which was time consuming and a little tedious. Now I just drag the songs I want into a play list. Much easier and certainly a lot faster.
I’ve just started the list and here are a few selections:
A Girl Like You: The Troggs
The Only One I Know: The Charlatans UK
Waterloo Sunset: The Kinks
Psycho Killer: Talking Heads
Shut Your Eyes: The Shout Out Louds
Love Vigilantes: New Order
Casey Jones: The Dead
Accidents Will Happen: Elvis Costello
I Hear You Knockin’: Dave Edmunds
Higher Than The Sun: Primal Scream
Peaches: The Stranglers
Come Down On Me: Lemon Jelly
La Femme D’Argent: AIR
It’s Summertime: The Flaming Lips
Save The World: Orson
What You Do To Me: Tennage Fanclub
Redemption Song: Joe Strummer version
No Woman No Cry: Bob Marley
John Prine: The Sins Of Mephisto
Revolution Solution: Thievery Corporation
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays: Buzzcocks
Someday: Cracker
Soul Kitchen: The Doors
Like A Rolling Stone: Dylan
‘39: Queen
Wave Of Mutilation: The Pixies
You Are My Face: Wilco
Moon Over Marin: The DK’s
God Only Knows: The Beach Boys
Ballad Of Wendell Scott: Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Monkey Man: The Stones
Summertime Blues: Who (Live At Leeds)
Kalimba Story: Earth Wind and Fire
Nutted By Reality: Nick Lowe
This is, of course, only the beginning. I’ll be adding more later.
Any suggestions?
3 hours ago
5 comments:
Hmm technically difficulties making my last post. Here goes again:
I too once made a summer tunes ipod playlist. I think I've since deleted it, but I can remember a few:
- The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer
- Blondie - The Tide is High and Island of Lost Souls
- Badfinger - Day After Day
- Cocteau Twins - Orange Appled
- The English Beat - Save it for Later
- Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
- Dwight Twilley - Sky Blue
etc. etc. etc.
Meant to type "technical," but you get the idea.
Nice summer list. You inspire me, though honestly we're not anywhere near spring here.
BTW I finally saw Ray Davies sing "Waterloo Sunset" live last week. It was all I'd ever expected and more...
Frank, I agree with everything on your list except...Cocteau Twins. I always think of them as a winter-type band, very atmospheric and moody. Maybe you could explain that choice qnd change my mind...
Holly, glad you enjoyed Ray. I saw them in the 80's and that and Lola were the two standout highlights!
ps: sorry it's still cold there. If it's any consolation it'll be in triple digits here VERY soon.
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