OK, maybe “good” isn’t a word most people use to describe the summers around here, especially this one so far. But let’s not let that stop us from reviewing a fine selection of summer-themed songs:
1. Summertime Blues – The Who
2. Fourth of July, Asbury Park – Bruce Springsteen
3. Summer Song – Joe Satriani
4. Surf’s Up – The Beach Boys
5. A Summer Thing – Zoot Sims
6. Heat Wave – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
7. Centerfield – John Fogerty
8. Fifth of July – Eddie from Ohio
9. Summer – War
10. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) – Meat Loaf
I think I may need a cold drink now. What’s heating up your playlist this holiday weekend?
Well, the greatest hits collection I have of The Beach Boys is titled “Sounds of Summer,” but I won’t inflict all 30 tracks on you.
California Girls, Beach Boys
Girls in their Summer Clothes, Springsteen
Hot Fun in the Summertime, Sly & the Family Stone
Indian Summer, The Doors
Long Hot Summer Night, Hendrix
Summer in the City, The Lovin’ Spoonful
Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald
Two Hot Girls (On a Hot Summer Night), Carly Simon
and, just because: Fun, Fun, Fun by the Beach Boys