Did you all catch it last night??
 

On the finale of The Voice, Sawyer and Farrell did a duet of "Summer Breeze."
I was so happy to hear it again in a modern venue with contemporary artists performing it. It keeps this classic masterpiece alive and relevant and makes me long for my boat and Meredith Bay sunshine. Very Nice!!

The Breeze
Wave 'cuz i'll be wavin' back

I heard it. They did a fabulous job. Fortunately I was out on our pontoon boat this past Sunday and I was enjoying the summer (spring???) breeze.

Me too in Meredith Bay!!

I'm assuming it's Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts?
Fantastic song by a fantastic duo. So many great songs from them during the 70's that remind me of vacations on Cape Cod when I was a kid, playing softball on the sand bars and hearing those songs come from my Mom's A.M. radio.

Sorry 'bout that...I'm back now!

What are your favorite summer songs
 

The previous post by Sum-r breeze made me want to start this thread.

With boats going in the water, the great stretch of weather we've had and summer fast approaching, it would be great to hear what a few of your favorite summer time songs are. I Love hearing the music I grew up with when my family vacationed on Cape Cod.

I know, I know...there are so many but there's always a few that put you in that special place or remind you of summers past. Here's a few some new some old......

Seals and Crofts "Get Closer"
"Hummingbird"
America "Ventura Highway"
Alive and Kicking "Tighter Tighter"
Bee Gee's "Fanny Be Tender" (Actually anything by the Bee Gee's)
Percy Faith "Theme from A Summer Place" (Mom's favorite)
Spiral Staircase "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday"
Michael Murphy "Wildfire"
Gorillaz "Empire Ants"
The Sundays "Summertime"

I could go on all day............

Stairway to Heaven
 

Stairway to Heaven--not necessarily a favorite, but they always seemed to play that at the summer camp dances. I remember sweaty palms and major awkwardness when it went from a slow dance to a faster dance.

For sure a tough dance transition in the middle of that song. You go from sexy slow dance to rockin' the air guitar!!

The Boss
 

Thunder Road
Glory Days
Born in the U.S.A

Anything by Jimmy Buffet.

Gotta love Bruce
My Bruce favs would have to be Jungleland, Darkness on The Edge of Town and Human Touch.

Thanks

Buffet
 

I had heard that the song Margaritaville is a true story and he wrote it in 5 minutes in the doctors waiting area after he "cut his heal and had to cruise on back home"

Another One
 

I've always considered "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf to be one of my favorite summer songs, going (way!) to back to my 20s:

Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way

Yeah, darlin'
Gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

This is going to date me. THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER by NAT KING COLE

Reagge tunes
 

Love that Bob Marley and Ziggy, and Jimmy Cliff while out on the boat, mon.

Rag Doll ... The Four Seasons.
First heard it while cruising the CT shoreline in my AH Sprite with the top down on a warm summer evening.

I gotta agree with CateP ..... "Stairway to Heaven" has got to be at the top of my list ..... but ..... followed closely by:
2) "Communication Breakdown" <--- playing this repetitively at (or above) the threshold of pain got me kicked out of my grandmother's home in Melvin during the summer of 1970
3) "Lay Lady Lay" <--- fortunately I found alternative room accommodations sleeping in the attic of Wawbeek Cottage Colony's office (thank you, Chet Fernald!). This song helped me to feel sorry for myself and always kinda put me in the zone
4) "Hey Joe"
5) "Love is Blue" <--- I'll bet no one remembers this one (I won't bore you ..... it's a long story!)

Well......"Summertime"....is my favorite summer time song!!

either

Janis Joplin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKoNCQFAFk

or.....Billie Holiday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKoNCQFAFk

depending on the mood. "Summer time....and the living is easy....the fish are jumpin'........."

Going way back
 

I guess these 2 really date me, but the songs that bring me back to past summers are:

Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand" &

Bobby Vinton's "Roses are Red"

Wayward Wind -Dodie Grant
 

It played all summer when I was a kid on Lake Matawanakee.

Anything Roy Orbison

Wow
Love all the responses. Great songs

I was...

let's just say "younger"...

and standing in front of the TV late one summer night watching Midnight Special or maybe In Concert or maybe it was Rock Concert, and these two unusual dudes were getting ready to perform. One was wearing an unusual hat.

Just as I was about to utter "WTF?" They started to play.

I sat down and listened.

WOW!

Beach Boys
 

Too many to list them all ... the song list on their Endless Summer album is a good start.

☮ • _/♥\_ & (✿ˆ◡ˆ✿)
 

Love and Happiness - Marc Broussard and anything Joe Bonamassa

Little Big Town's "Pontoon," Chuck Wick's "Old School," and Jack Johnson's "Escape (Pina Colada Song)."

I'll go for that one, but with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitsgerald.

I fear I remember it...
 

"Blue, Blue, my love is blue..."

Oh, and mine" Cuz there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues." Eddie Cochran, and then Alan Jackson years later.

"And When She Smiles" by the Wild Weeds

"Boys of Summer" by Don Henly.

"Save Your Heart For Me" (walk along the lake with someone new) by Gary Lewis and the Playboys (1965). Oh yes- summer love!

Another song with good lake memories is: "little Red Rented Row Boat" ( 1962) by Joe Dowell. This song brings back memories because when I was young summer tourists rented cabins in Green's Basin. Each cabin came with a red row boat. I use to see everyone rowing around.

Anything Eagles
 

Love Hotel California!

Love is Blue is fantastic. I forgot about that one. I think there's an instrumental version and vocal version. I have to download that one.

Thanks

my Favorite
 

Sting "Brand New Day"

Everyday is a new day on the lake

If you like instrumentals from the 70's check out these two great ones.

Mantovani "Theme From Midnight Cowboy"
Tony Hatch "Soal Coaxing"

Another great summer song is "Suavecito" by Malo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epu7j6VDSTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuxuV1C8Ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTNKNcGOQU

Indian Lake - summer 1968 - The Cowsills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw7ubMgByYQ

You're right about Joe Bonnamassa. He's unreal. Saw him in concert in Boston.
I love "Mountain Time" If you like Joe you should check out a band he was in recently called "Black Country Communion" with Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple on lead vocals and and Jason Bonham on drums. Great stuff! Check out Glenn Hughes at 7:08.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz0FV9QS5tA

Always liked this Otis Redding song.
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summer songs
 

Old Cape Cod

Joe is an incredible guitar player! I also saw him in Boston a few years ago. Glenn Hughes is my absolute favorite singer, songwriter, by far. Seen him a few times in different locations over the years. The most memorable was at BB Kings Blues Club in NYC. He is truly one of a kind! Here's one of his ballads and one of my favorites...

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



Dan

Island Girl,

I remember that song "Wayward Wind". It was playing the morning I woke up knowing we were leaving Lake Winni that day to go back home to NJ. Have mixed emotions when I hear that song now.

Many of the "Midnight Special" episodes are on You tube. They're great!
This link isn't Midnight Special but a great performance of "Get Closer" none the less

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlD3zN_vzrs

Not your typical summer song, but - - -
 

Whte Christmas! Yeah, I know. But here's 'the rest of the story' as they say:

I was in a carload of campers returning to Camp Treasure Island from a hootenanny (you all remember those, right??) in the early 60s, and of course we were singing our favorite folk songs. At several points we briefly ran out of songs to sing. I do Not remember how White Christmas came into the picture, but it did, and we kept repeating "and may all your Christmases be white" until we could come up with the next song to sing. And yeah, we gave that refrain quite a workout, over and over. And so every time I hear the song, I think back to that wonderful car trip in NH. Ah, the memories - Thanks for the excuse to bring them back.

1966 Rock
 

All round people lookin half dead
walkin up a sidewalk hotter than a match head

John Sebastian's hit Summer in the City!

Sailing
 

by Christopher Cross, and Smooth Jazz always enhanced the Beauty of The Lake for me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeqmNbA2Hs#t=133

Norman Brown, Up 'N' At 'EM... http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...265BAFC03B55F8


Terry
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What a great thread expansion!!
 

Lots to remember: ELO Telephone Line, Eagles most of their stuff, Buffet Come Monday and Bob Marley One love. Newer and more relevant Kenny Chesney's song Boston.

Great memory, Dippasan! You're right but it was the instrumental version that had special meaning to me.

Sounds like a lot of our Lake neighbors have the same taste in music.
Chicago
Carly Simon
Doobies
Beatles
Bread
Fleetwood Mac
John Denver (A fav)

Here's 2 really good newer songs for you to check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4YL2-4mBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If7d4dHigYY

Summer iPod playlist
 

Some of my faves for summertime cruising include:

Danger - JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
Freeway of Love - Aretha
Love Shack - B52s
Roam - B52s
Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Sound of Sunshine - M Franti/Spearhead
Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow
Get Out the Map - Indigo Girls
In These Shoes - Kirsty MacColl
One Big Love - Patty Griffin

I downloaded it this morning. So good!

If you like Love is Blue then hopefully you'll know this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7kjH0PcE5A

Another "keeper" .... but dial it back to 1960 .... howz abouts this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAEciccQlF0

OUtstanding! Thanks for that!

Geez am I having fun with this thread.

The sound of Sunshine....Home Run!!
My son did a GoPro video featuring that Song.

Hello Stranger -- Barbara Lewis

The definition of "wistful." A work of genius. Brings back all past summers.

Ooops
 

No one mentioned Summer in the City by Lovin Spoonful?

But Summertime by Janis Joplin is great; no disrespect to the WHO

List could go on, but as Steve says this is fun

On our first outing of the year, as we leave the marina and go under the covered bridge to Little Squam I put on Frank Sinatras Summer Wind....It's timeless.

"Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks. Good song to play on the guitar at barbecues.

Boys of summer...yes, yes....
 

cuts like a knife, summer of 69 by brian adams......that is summer music!!!

Oh, and by the way guys.....ill be up tomorrow night!!! First week of summer for my family!!!

See you in September and Red rubber ball always bring me back to childhood summers in Milton NH at the Pines and the Pond camps and Lakehurst cottages.:)

Great one.
And if you like Ray Davies and the Kinks please check out this song called "Days" that he does live in Glastonbury England. It's about one of the founding members of the Kinks and though he wrote in 1968 he gets choked up in the beginning.

I think of my mentor "Ketch" every time I hear it.

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

It is a great song. Was 16, I think when it came out. I loved so much I learned it on the piano and can still play it. (Paul Mauriat). Try this live version...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEUJBQ1uI4M

Also, for the record, I think my favriote summer song is Nat King Cole, "Lazy, Crazy, Hazy Days of Summer". Just hearing it makes me want to go to the beach or out in the boat.

Oops 2
 

Sorry, I confused the songs. The Who did a version of Sumertime Blues, not bad, but hard to beat the original.

This thread is going to develop into a playlist on my iPod!

Not sure of the time frame but one of our [my wife and I] favorite summer songs was STARLAND VOCAL BAND, AFTERNOON DELIGHT. My kids could never understand why we liked it so much. And we never told them either.

Wayward Wind by Gogie Grant is one of my all time favorites but long before the 70's.

So many good memories on this thread and many from our days of camping at Gunstock every summer for many years.

Ha Ha!! Good one, re-invented by Matt Damon in the movie Good Will Hunting.

Thanks

I'm surprised nobody mentioned listening to a baseball game on the radio. I mean really does it get any better?

Mungo Jerry!
 

Can't believe no one said this one yet...

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

Little too cheesy for my musical palate, for those that do like it - may rate as an unspoken guilty pleasure. ;)

Yup...add it to the play list.
Only 24 million views on You Tube

This is always good in the summer
 

Spent summers in Maine......used to listen to Yankee games on an old transistor radio sleeping on the porch.....Mantle, DiMaggio, Yogi,......the happiest time of my youth!

A Couple:
 

- Walking on the Sun (Smash Mouth)
- Sunny Afternoon (The Kinks)

from my summers in nh on sandy point beach in the late 50's and 60's:
surf city- jan & dean
A summer place - Percy faith
Blame it on the bossa nova - Edie gormet
Dawn - the four seasons
Stranger on the shore - Acker bilk
Time for livin' - the association
Elenore Rigby - the Beatles
Wishin' and hoping - dusty Springfield


really anything from the beach boys
Summer samba- Walter wanderley
Sealed with a kiss - Bryan hyland

So much more..we used to save up all year to spend a week at sandy point beach in Alton bay..unforgettable memories
retired up here now

Come On Down To My Boat Baby by Every Mother's Son. A one hit wonder, but a great summer song!

Chad & Jeremy "A Summer Song"
 

Hi, new here, but a lurker for years. Have not seen any one come up with one of my favorites from 1964, I was 13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfvL2oLeBYs

Had forgotten about this great song. It brings back many good memories ! I was 17,need I say more. Lol

Neil Young's "Mid-night on the Bay"

Summertime by New Kids on the Block,
Low by FloRida
Hott in Herre by Nelly
Dilemma by Nelly
Fever by Kylie Minogue
Rendezvous at Sunset by Kylie Minogue
I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen
Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey

I like the newer stuff lol

I just heard it again today on sirius 60's on 6. What a great summer song!!!

Little Big Town - Pontoon - and Day drinkin'
Sunny Ledfurd - Pontoon Boat
Zac Brown - Toes, and Knee deep
Craig Morgan - Redneck Yacht club
David Lee Murphy - Dust On The Bottle
Aaron Lewis - Country Boy
Alan Jackson - Chatahoochie, and It's five o'clock somewhere
Blake Shelton - Some Beach, and Kiss my country ---
Brad Paisley - Mud on the tires
Dierks Bentley - Am I the only one
Eric Church - Drink in my hand
Gretchen Wilson - Here for the party, and Redneck woman
Jason Aldean - 1994, Hicktown, and Dirt road anthem
Jim Croce - Rapid Roy, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, and You don't mess around with Jim
Josh Thompson - Way out here, and Beer on the table
Luke Bryan - Country Girl, and Drunk on You
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme three steps
Marty Stuart - Hillbilly rock
Montgomery Gentry - Something to be proud of, He-- Yeah, and One in every
crowd
Kid Rock - All summer long
Trace Adkins - Just fishin
Tracy Byrd - I'm from the country, Watermelon Crawl, and Saltwater cowboy
Waylon Jennings - I've always been crazy
ZZ top Greatest hits album

Summer Song
 

Although I was only 5 when this song came out,my older sisters were teenagers. The AM radio was always on or they were playing their 45 records (I remember the case they carried them around in). Chad and Jeremy will always get my vote! :)

Thanks for that! Another great one that I don't have on my iPod but I will after today and it will play at the lake next weekend.

"Summer" by War
 

My two favorites are "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Krofts and "Summer" by War. These are in my "Summer Mix" on my MP-3 Player..

Ridin' 'round town with all the windows down
Eight track playin' all your fav'right sounds
The rhythm of the bongos fill the park
The street musicians tryin' to get a start

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes it's summer
My time of year
Yes it's summer
My time of year

Stretched out on a blanket in the sand
Kids of all ages diggin' Disneyland
Rappin' on the C.B. radio in your van
We'll give a big "ten four" to the truckin' man

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes it's summer
My time of year
Yes it's summer
My time of year

Young boys playin' stick ball in the street
Fire hydrants help to beat the heat
Old man feeding pigeons in the square
Nighttime finds young lovers walking there

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes it's summer
My time of year
Yes it's summer
My time of year

In Atlantic City or out in Malibu
Or any where between, I'm telling you
When you feel those balmy breezes on your face
Summer time is the best time any place

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes it's summer
My time of year
Yes it's summer
My time of year
:)

It honestly depends on what I'm doing.

On the lake or in the truck?

Frank Foster
Eric Church
Whiskey Myers
Ryan Bingham


In the shop or yard work?

Slayer
MetallicA (old stuff)
Slipknot (old school)
Godsmack
Soil

Soft Summer Breeze
 

Youngbloods
 

A timeless classic from 1970 that this world should listen more to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAhTY3Dwl0

Dan

Great song
 

It was Aug. 1969, we were on our way to climbing Mt Washington. I was 18. We head this several times. Great times. Real groovy

Same age! Loved it back then too. Great summer song. Check it out now. Time goes by for Jesse and us too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5_C8gSvzAE

Great melody, great lyrics, and great memories!!!!

I love it when you hear the intro to that song during the movie Forrest Gump.
So many songs instantly trigger a memory. That first guitar note or piano chord and it's like its yesterday.
What's any better than that.

Fantastic! Thanks for posting it.

Julio Iglesis & Frank Sinatra..."Summerwind"
 

No more pencils, No more books, no more teacher's dirty looks!
 

The Best Summer songs of all time according to Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...chran-19691231

Working for a school system for the last 40 years how could I have possibly forgotten "School's Out for the Summer"????? (Alice Cooper) :confused:
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Resurrecting this thread. It's just too good
 

How 'bout these
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Johnny Cash"?
"The Weight" by The Band
"Summer" by John Denver (Anything by him actually)

Here's a couple of recent tunes that I think are excellent Summer tunes.

"Windows are Rolled Down" by Amos Lee
"Stay a Little Longer" by Brothers Osborne

More summer songs
 

Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Sgt Pepper Album - Beatles
Light my Fire - The Doors
Time has Come today - The Chambers Bros.
Wipe Out - Surfaris
We used to sing Peter, Paul, and Mary, and Kingston Trio songs when cruising around Alton Bay at night.

Pontoon
 

By Little Big Town

On the pontoon
Makin' waves and catchin' rays up on the roof
Jumpin' out the back, don't act like you don't want to
Party in slow motion
Out here in the open
Mm, motorboatin'

Reach your hand down into the cooler
Don't drink it if the mountains aren't blue
Try to keep it steady as you recline on your black inner tube