Celebrating Summer: Your Favorite Summer Songs

[Charmed Life Picks]

Looking at my calendar, I see that we are almost spack-dab in the middle of summer. How about everyone sharing their thoughts of their favorite summer tunes.

If possible, please post a vid of the song being performed.

I'll start with "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful. Here's a real cheesy lip-sync version.

[Acousticado]

For me, two songs immediately came to mind...Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts and Boys of Summer by Don Henley.

[lowrider]

I'm a New Yorker. John Sebastian lives just over the mountain from me in Woodstock. Of course, I love ''Summer in the City''!

[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by lowrider

I'm a New Yorker. John Sebastian lives just over the mountain from me in Woodstock. Of course, I love ''Summer in the City''!

Low, doesn't JS still have a house out here in L.A. too? He was a resident here for many decades. He was part of the circle (same management) as Little Feat and I believe also involved at least tangentially in the Laurel Cyn scene. Seems like a genuinely nice guy.

thanks,
scott memmer

[Mike Sylvia]

My favorites.

https://youtu.be/JNS_SUmCJm4

https://youtu.be/aSkFygPCTwE

[JimC1702]

Any number of Beach Boys songs.

A few:

Girls On The Beach

Warmth Of The Sun

Keep An Eye On Summer

All Summer Long

[frankmcr]

My favorite summer song is A Summer Song.

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

"One of the prettiest songs ever written" says Dick Clark, & I agree.

[Bogle]

"Under the Boardwalk", of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9OgwLZRTmM

[lowrider]

Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks

Low, doesn't JS still have a house out here in L.A. too? He was a resident here for many decades. He was part of the circle (same management) as Little Feat and I believe also involved at least tangentially in the Laurel Cyn scene. Seems like a genuinely nice guy.

thanks,
scott memmer

He probably does but he's been a neighbor of a friend of mine for years. Woodstock is a cool little, one traffic light town. Much different from LA. My town, Shandaken, doesn't have any traffic lights. Hunter to the north, has a couple and Margaretteville, west, has one. I don't know where there is one to the south.

But we do have lots of good music around here!

[lowrider]

At the risk of turning this into a JS appreciation thread, here's John trying out a Kinnaird guitar at last years Woodstock Luthiers Showcase;

[TokyoNeko]

[Charmed Life Picks]

RE: John Sebastian: This weekend here in L.A. is a monthly open mic with a theme. This month is Woodstock. So I'm planning on doing at least one JS tune.

Thanks, everyone, for all your great posts.

Frank, I have taken the liberty of turning your posted song into a screen shot.

For those who don't know how to do that (as I didn't know for years), here's how it works, at least on AGF:

[youtube]vfvL2oLeBYs[/youtube then, at the end just put a closed bracket (]) after the second youtube, no space, and it should work fine. Hope this helps.



Scott Memmer

[David Eastwood]

Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks springs to mind almost immediately.

[BrunoBlack]

Summertime

[rokdog49]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

My favorite summer song is A Summer Song.

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

"One of the prettiest songs ever written" says Dick Clark, & I agree.

Part of our songlist at every gig.