Title: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: positivemusic on July 14, 2015, 08:33:55 AM I will be heading for Wildwood, NJ in a couple weeks and would like to make a playlist of summer-type songs for the trip. I have all the ones that come to mind from The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, even Katy Perry and the Ramones' "Rockaway Beach." But I'm still a little short on running time.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed. They can be from any time period and any genre, just as long as they have a beach, summer or surf theme. Thanks in advance!! Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: Alex on July 14, 2015, 08:55:29 AM First Class-Beach Baby
Best Coast-The Only Place Best Coast-Sun Was High (So Was I) Wavves-King of the Beach The Tradewinds-New York's a Lonely Town The Rivieras-California Sun The Trashmen-Surfin Bird Trashmen-King of the Surf The Flaming Lips-It's Summertime Jonathan Richman-That Summer Feeling Fountains of Wayne-The Summer Place The Cars-Magic Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: rab2591 on July 14, 2015, 09:07:58 AM No Snow On The Mountain - Nada Surf (not really a surf/beach song, but it's got a really catchy chorus perfect for a road trip)
Catalina - Seven Foot Wave Surfin' Safari - The Ramones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTGr9f5yPCY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTGr9f5yPCY)) Holes To Heaven - Jack Johnson (both acoustic and album versions) Let's Go Trippin - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones Miserlou - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones Sooner or Later - Fastball (another not really having anything to do with the beach, but it's a great road trip song) I Want You Back - The Esso Trinidad Steel Band (sounds like a beach song because of the steel drums) Shoot The Curl - The Honeys Hot Rod High - The Knights Also Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf, and Roadhouse Blues by the Doors - though not really summer/beach themes, perfect for road trips. Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: KDS on July 14, 2015, 09:08:01 AM Steve Miller - Serenade
Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at Forty (pretty much any Jimmy Buffett, but this one is a personal favorite) The Who - Sea & Sand Sammy Hagar - Livin It Up Meat Loaf - You Took the Worlds Right Out of My Mouth Led Zeppelin - Down By the Seaside Chad and Jeremy - A Summer Song The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: Sheriff John Stone on July 14, 2015, 09:42:45 AM Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride"
Looking Glass - "Brandy" Henry Gross - "Shannon" Paul McCartney & Wings - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Nat "King" Cole" - "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" Lindsey Buckingham - "Holiday Road" Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing In The Streets" Sly & The Family Stone - "Hot Fun In The Summertime" Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Summertime" and... Bobby Rydell - "Wildwood Days" :-D Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: undercover-m on July 14, 2015, 10:23:12 AM Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
Sun - Two Door Cinema Club In the City - Caveman Island in the Sun - Weezer Younger - SW/MM/NG Safe in LA - Gold Motel Perfect in My Mind - Gold Motel Feeling Ok - Best Coast I Love You - Said the Whale Also anything by Real Estate or Ducktails is good, easygoing beach-y music. They have the same guitarist, so that makes senses :P. Other good summer bands include Vampire Weekend, CCR, or anything off of the Some Girls - Rolling Stones album... gotta love summertime oldies ;D Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: positivemusic on July 14, 2015, 02:48:44 PM Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride" Looking Glass - "Brandy" Henry Gross - "Shannon" Paul McCartney & Wings - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Nat "King" Cole" - "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" Lindsey Buckingham - "Holiday Road" Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing In The Streets" Sly & The Family Stone - "Hot Fun In The Summertime" Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Summertime" and... Bobby Rydell - "Wildwood Days" :-D Funny story about "Wildwood Days." A few years ago I got into an argument with a boardwalk shop worker, because he insisted The Beach Boys recorded a song about Wildwood, NJ. Hahahaha. I'd never heard of the song before, but still.. not The Beach Boys. Thank you to everyone contributing suggestions!! I'll be checking them out when I get off work tonight. Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: The Cincinnati Kid on July 14, 2015, 08:00:07 PM Surprised nobody has mentioned it yet... I Live For the Sun by The Sunrays.
Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: Summertime Blooz on July 15, 2015, 09:28:59 AM Having spent lots of fun family vacations on the South Jersey shore in wonderful Wildwood-By-The-Sea, I'm envious that I won't be taking the trip this Summer to join you there. :'( Here's a few songs you can't forget to include in your road trip playlist:
Of course you have to have this one from 1963 that would forever make Bobby Rydell a South Jersey legend: Bobby Rydell- Wildwood Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN99qXkcnKI (I see Sheriff John Stone has already mentioned this one. Good call, Sheriff!) Then you have Chubby Checker getting into the Surfing fad in 1963. You can be sure that they were all twisting at the Jersey Shore to this one. Keep in mind, Chubby Checker grew up in nearby Philadelphia (just like Rydell) and, in fact, first introduced the world to his version of 'The Twist' in 1960 at the Rainbow Club in Wildood. That's right, Wildwood is actually the birthplace of The Twist craze! When he sings about a surfin' party, you know he's singing about summers at the South Jersey shore: Cubby Checker- Surf Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeZqBxTWHD0 This one's not fun in the sun, but a bluesy 1968 cooker from Todd Rundgren's Nazz about Todd's dues-paying days, back in the 60s, playing the nightclubs of Wildwood NJ. Love the line about the city looking like it was 1953. C'mon- how many songs have been written about Wildwood? Rundgren is also from the Philly area (I'm seeing a pattern here.) Nazz- Wildwood Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGJ1JcZ7eNU Traveling to the West Coast now, there's this sublime 1967 hit from Lesley Gore (memorably immortalized on the Batman TV show): Lesley Gore: California Nights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCO46rZJG-I This obscuro Rick Henn (the Soulful Old Man Sunshine guy) homage to Brian Wilson from 1973 has long been a favorite of mine: Rick Henn- Girl On The Beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMxdXCL_hqQ Title: Re: Surf/beach/summer-themed songs needed for roadtrip Post by: Sandy Baby on July 15, 2015, 07:23:01 PM Maybe "Summer of Love" by The B-52s? ... http://youtu.be/O1O_TNZfvBY
(or http://youtu.be/oeQXgsgRCbw ) |