Brian picks 10 summer songs...and yours?

[Tord]

Excluding Beach Boys songs:

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
The Things We Did Last Summer - Dean Martin
California Sun - The Rivieras
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

[Sheriff John Stone]

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Great one, summer-related or otherwise.

[JK]

Forgot this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T88fbHOmvRk 

[Bicyclerider]

"My Obsession" is a dire recording, but since Brian was invited to the mixdown, he loves it. I looked up Between the Buttons and even Jagger thinks it's garbage. One of the worst Stones albums during their peak years.

You're out of your mind.

I agree - don't diss one of my favorite albums!  I prefer it to Aftermath and it's just a step down from the albums of their classic period - Beggars to Exile.  I actually like it better than Beggars Banquet.

[Ovi]

"My Obsession" is a dire recording, but since Brian was invited to the mixdown, he loves it. I looked up Between the Buttons and even Jagger thinks it's garbage. One of the worst Stones albums during their peak years.

You're out of your mind.

I agree - don't diss one of my favorite albums!  I prefer it to Aftermath and it's just a step down from the albums of their classic period - Beggars to Exile.  I actually like it better than Beggars Banquet.

Totally, it's among my very favourites as well, along with Satanic Majesties and Sticky Fingers. Fantastic, hook-filled, colorful pop.

[The Dumb Angel]

1.) Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
2.) All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3.) Bright Sky - The Triptides
4.) Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
5.) Rock Lobster - The B-52's
6.) Summer Babe - Pavement
7.) Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
8.) Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin
9.) Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
10.) Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts

[RangeRoverA1]

Go RangeRover! "Sponge on & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy" is a phenomenal pop song. After I'd already posted my list I heard it in my car and said "Dang! That's a phenomenal pop song!" And wished I'd included it in my summer playlist.

It was the summer song of 2011, when I got finally to see the cartoon. Such a great song to singalong, very uplifting & creative (guitar, flute, sound fx). Btw, my favorite Sponge Bob character has always been Plankton: he looks cool & has brave voice. Best villain ever.
Clean your feet, Marcella!

[Ron]

Here's a great country one. 

Little Big Town - "Pontoon".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0O0nzkESTI

Here's a great hiphop one.

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Summertime"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0tTbTbmVA


Here's a great r&b one - The Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feelin"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA

Here's a great rock one - The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8

Here's a great beach music one - The Catalinas - "Summertime's Callin' Me" (Thanks Rangerover!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVjzlv8VKM

Here's a great pop one - Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4nVj8g4hg

[Ron]

For me, Good Vibrations has always been one of the ultimate summer songs, which is kinda weird... something off the early albums would make more sense. It's got to do with the fact that I used to listen to it first thing in the morning literally every day in the summer that I discovered the band. The way it begins, then the lyrics about colourful clothes and sunlight playing upon the hair...that's just THE sound of summer for me, even if the song's lyrics are not specifically about that. Who knows, maybe Brian has the same kind of connection with some of the songs he listed.

Years ago when I was a teenager I got free tickets to a Beach Boys concert.  I only knew of them from when I was a kid listening to oldies channels, I didn't know anything about Brian or Mike or anything.  I always liked their music though... so I went to the show with some friends, we had a blast, knew half the songs.  It got dark, and for the encore they played Good Vibrations... with a simple strobe effect in the chorus.

So I'm singing along, everybody is, we're enjoying all the 'fun in the sun' songs, and it's slowly gotten dark, they start Good Vibrations, and when it gets to the chorus, the stage goes dark, and these strobe lights are lighting everything up, in time with the cellos. 

IT BLEW MY MIND

Collectively, the entire audience got blown out of the arena it was so fucking cool.  I mean Coooooooooool, super cool, and the song was just beyond anything they had played all night long.

So yeah; i'd agree, it's the ultimate Beach Boys 'fun in the sun' song.  This was Mike & Bruce, btw circa 2001 or so.

[Summertime Blooz]

OK, I'll play along. Not gonna include any Beach Boys songs though 'cuz that would be just be too easy.

Turn Down Day- The Cyrkle

California Nights- Leslie Gore

Stone Soul Picnic- The 5th Dimension

Grazing In the Grass- Friends Of Distinction

The Girl From Ipanema- Stan Getz and Joao & Astrud Gilberto

Summer Samba (So Nice)- Astrud Gilberto

All Day Music- War

Green Grass- Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Hot Fun In The Summertime- Sly  & the Family Stone

Groovin'- The Rascals

[halblaineisgood]

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[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

1. California Girls: Beach Boys
2. It's OK: Beach Boys
3. Keepin The Summer Alive: Beach Boys
4. September Girls: Big Star
5. This Ain't The Summer Of Love: Blue F*cking Oyster Cult!!!
6. Let's Get It Up: AC/DC (takes me back to the summer of 81 in a big way)
7. Why Can't We Be Friends: WAR (War in general makes me think of the Summertime in LA)
8. Sussudio: Phil Collins (WORST song ever written but it takes me back to the summer of 85 in LA when no one could sleep because of the Nightstalker and the damn video was on MTV every 2 minutes!)
9. Magic: The Cars
10. Summer Of Love: Beach Boys (yeah, yeah, but I play this song relentlessly this time of year and annoy the F out of everyone)