What are your favorite summer songs

rgilfert · 05-19-2015, 04:54 PM

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!)

upthesaukee · 05-19-2015, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rgilfert

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!)

"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.

dippasan · 05-20-2015, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by rgilfert

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!)

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

dippasan · 05-20-2015, 06:35 AM

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

Bear Islander · 05-20-2015, 06:41 AM

Indian Lake - summer 1968 - The Cowsills

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

rgilfert · 05-20-2015, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dippasan

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.

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

dippasan · 05-20-2015, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rgilfert

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Originally Posted by dippasan

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.

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

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

rgilfert · 05-20-2015, 01:56 PM

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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

dippasan · 05-20-2015, 02:01 PM

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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.

salty dog · 05-21-2015, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dippasan

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

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.

JMR · 05-21-2015, 11:03 AM

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!

Jersey Ed · 05-21-2015, 12:26 PM

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.

dippasan · 05-21-2015, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey Ed

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

MAXUM · 05-21-2015, 01:51 PM

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

ishoot308 · 05-21-2015, 01:52 PM

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

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

MAXUM · 05-21-2015, 02:17 PM

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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.

rander7823 · 05-21-2015, 03:11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX3bN5YeiQs

dippasan · 05-21-2015, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

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

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

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

dickiej · 05-21-2015, 03:35 PM

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

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!

Pricestavern · 05-21-2015, 09:29 PM

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

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dippasan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hooksett NH and Sleepers Isl Posts: 392 Thanks: 288 Thanked 190 Times in 83 Posts	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 __________________ Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity Last edited by dippasan; 05-20-2015 at 07:13 AM.

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JMR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hampton & Rattlesnake Island Posts: 175 Thanks: 33 Thanked 70 Times in 32 Posts	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!

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ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,285 Thanks: 2,402 Thanked 5,291 Times in 2,062 Posts	Mungo Jerry! Can't believe no one said this one yet... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 303 Thanks: 550 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	This is always good in the summer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX3bN5YeiQs

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rgilfert Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Bedford, NH / Rattlesnake Island Posts: 299 Thanks: 152 Thanked 227 Times in 57 Posts	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!)

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Jersey Ed Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 24 Thanks: 231 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	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.

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