Summer is an open invitation for upbeat, pop-rock-y stuff -- no emo or death metal, please.
I can't imagine a summer without oldies music. Every day, I remember, my siblings and I would romp around in the yard and only return to civilization for nourishment. Dad would be in the backyard flipping burgers, mom next to him with her huge black sunglasses, bobbing her head to the sounds of the Beach Boys, the Turtles, CCR, the Beatles. It's fun music -- it practically screams, "GET HAPPY, BE LAZY, IT'S SUMMER!"
... That didn't entirely answer the question, so I will close by saying that "Suspension" by Mae is a reeeeeally good song to listen to when it's sunny and warm out.
i thought you were shallow, but then i fell in deep.
XTC, DARTZ!, old-style Black Eyed Peas (back when they were GOOD), latin music (Jarabe de Palo, Juanes, Buena Vista Social Club, Shakira) -- really anything that's dancy and poppy. Happy music. ^.^
"A poet in love is best encouraged in both capacities or neither." ~ Jane Austen, Emma.
'Groovejet' by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor. Little out of character for me really, lol. Other than that....Dandy Warholes 'Bohemian Like You' and....
The one and only Boys of Summer by Don Henley is a must-listen classic, as is Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks. Asleep on a Sunbeam by Belle and Sebastian and Beautiful Day by U2 are perfect for that relaxing off into a daydream, and there's no doubt: Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams is *the* summer rock anthem.
And finally, Year of the Cat by Al Stewart is good to listen to absolutely any time, but really makes you tingle when summer comes around; you get that 'anything's possible' feeling.
bob, you stole my song! Boys of Summer and Summer of 69 are MINE! LOL. But seriously, the original Don Henley version will always school the Ataris version.
words, language - what wonderous
creatures these beings are,
what joyous routes of sorrow and
longing they pave.
"Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapour sometimes like a bear or lion,
A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
A forked mountain, or blue promontory,
With trees upon't that nod unto the world,And mock our eyes with air.."
Pretty much the same music as I always listen to, though I tend to listen to less opera in summer.
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom -- for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself." -- Declaration of Arbroath
