Time to get it the mood. It's coming. Hot days and steamy nights. Skeeters and firerflys. So let's set the mood with a holiday lyric thread that slides us slowly into the into all the myriad aspects of summer. I surely know that everyones got a song that brings those memories and emotions to the fore.

 

Gotta start with a classic:

 

Summertime
And the living is easy
Fish are jumping
The cotton is high
Oh your daddys rich
Your mamas good looking
I said hush little baby
Dont you cry

One of these mornings
Youre bound to rise up singing
Then youll spread your wings
And take to the sky
But til that morning
Nothings going to harm you no
With daddy and mama standing by

Summertime
(sweet summertime)
And the living is easy
(living is easy)
Fish are jumping
The cotton is high
(sky high)
Oh your daddys rich
(your daddys rich)
And your mamas good looking
(your mamas good looking)
I said hush little baby
Dont you cry

 

 

 

There's this one, from the Doors:

Indian Summer

I love you, the best
Better than all the rest
I love you, the best
Better than all the rest
That I meet in the summer
Indian summer
That I meet in the summer
Indian summer
I love you, the best
Better than all the rest

SUMMERTIME BLUES : EDDIE COCHRAN ................ Doesn't matter who does it ... "Ain't No Cure for the Summertimes Blues" ..............

"Hot Town, Summer in the City, Back o' my Neck Gettin' Dirty and Gritty"

Eric Burdon and the Animals...

 Ease into Sumer ?

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Arabia

Hey Groomlake. Summer in the City is by The Loving Spoonful not the Animals.

bluesboy:

Hey Groomlake. Summer in the City is by The Loving Spoonful not the Animals.

 

Marvel:

bluesboy:

Hey Groomlake. Summer in the City is by The Loving Spoonful not the Animals.

 

Yah, I get real confused on Saturday mornings... I listened to that and then on the next track  thought the Lovin Spoonful was doing "When I was Young"..... Heck I'm losing my memory about alot of things these days!!! Need to go have a Sam Adams and sharpen my wits up!!!

 Waters starting to warm up too. Can't wait to go here:

 

  Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof.
And your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fire-proof.
Under the Boardwalk, down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby, is where I'll be.

(Under the Boardwalk)
Out of the sun.
(Under the Boardwalk)
Man, we'll be having some fun.
(Under the Boardwalk)
People walkin' above.
(Under the Boardwalk)
We'll be falling in love under the Boardwalk,

Boardwalk.

From the palms you hear the happy sounds of the carousel,
and you can almost taste the hot-dogs and french fries they sell.
Under the Boardwalk, down by the sea
on a blanket with my baby, is where I'll be.

(Under the Boardwalk)
Out of the sun.
(Under the Boardwalk)
Man, we'll be having some fun.
(Under the Boardwalk)
People walkin' above.
(Under the Boardwalk)
We'll be falling in love under the Boardwalk,

Boardwalk.

Under the Boardwalk, down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby, is where I'll be.

Under the Boardwalk, down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby, is where I'll be.

Everywhere I hear the sound of marchin chargin feet boy

Cause summers here and the time is right for fighting in the street boy

Well now what can a poor boy do

Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band

Cause in sleepy London town there's just no place for

A street fighting man.........No

Hey! think the time is right for a palace revolution

But where I live the game to play is compromise solution

Well what can a poorboy do

Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band

Cause in sleepy London town there's just no place for

A street fighting man..........No

Hey! said my name is called disturbance

I'll shout and scream,I'll kill the King,I'll rail at all his servants

Well what can a poorboy do

Except to sing for a rock'n'roll band

Cause in sleepy London town there's just no place for

A street fighting man...........NO..........Get Down!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5euZ3YWLXQ&NR=1

The Who doing Summertime Blues

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now youre set
And on the beach youll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get em wet

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Youll wish that summer could always be here

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Dont hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
Or some romantic moon it seems
Right from the moment that those lovers start arrivin
Youll see more kissin <wolf whistle> in the cars than on the screen

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Youll wish that summer could always be here

Youll wish that summer could always be here
Youll wish that summer could always be here

Mungo Jerry has a great outlook on summer.... 

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor just do what you feel
Speed along the lane
Do a ton or a ton an' twenty-five
When the sun goes down
You can make it, make it good in a lay-by

We're no threat, people
We're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
When the weather's fine
We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for livin' yeah, that's our philosophy

Sing along with us

When the winter's here, yeah it's party time
Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes
It'll soon be summertime
And we'll sing again
We'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle down
If she's rich, if she's nice
Bring your friends and we'll all go into town

See the curtains hangin' in the window

In the evening on a Friday night

A little light a-shinin' through the window

Let's me know everything's all right

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

--Seals and Crofts

Smashed stars And old fruit jars The candy ass guards with their fingers all charred Under the cover The protein summer Givin' a number In a weighed out sun Got an infection Ready for inspection The guts that glow Armor and shield Blaze through the fields Mighty directions With the devils peel Sanitized Rippin' the surf Right down to the foul earth They bathe to the cabins Lightin' their way Through the curious pathoms Suckin' your breath Down your legs Wishin' for a worlds With fresh cigarettes But now they bathe A tiresome grave ? ? ? frequency Punks gettin' shade .......Beck, Protein summer