Okay, but just don't announce which of the songs in the thread are going into your radio broadcast, because that's against da rules.

Okiedoke, mudpups. The reviewing process would come much later, anyway.

'Summertime'

love this thread topic!

for me the #1 alltime song dating myself here, heh! is...

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

followed by, in no particular order:

Belle & Sebastian - If She Wants Me
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
Tom Petty - Free Falling
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Iron & Wine - Woman King
Blur - Girls and Boys
Harvey Danger - Happiness Writes White
Elton John - Bennie & the Jets
The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Howard Jones - New Song
Duran Duran - Rio

and no, my taste in music isn't superficial... not in the least... =P

i wish i had my mac here, cos anytime someone asks a question like this and i dont have my library available to look at, means i tend to go blank.

and what box said. frisbeegirl's mongo upload included the alltime best version i've ever heard of 'summertime', in french, even.

Royal Trux- Sun on the Run

R. Kelly's Ignition Remix is a seriously brilliant song for all seasons, but it's mostly very summery. Play it with the Escalade windows down.
Hanoi Rocks - Malibu Beach Nightmare
Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
Van Halen - Dance the Night Away, Panama
Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs
Bob Marley - Stir it Up
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
just about any Ramones song.

Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
War - Summer

Van Halen - Beautiful Girls
Sublime - What I Got
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Whiskey Rock-a Roller

Ah, yeah, Beautiful Girls. I'll throw that one in there for me too.

pfft... i knew someone would say 'beach boys'.

i think the combo of beach boys, war and bob marley kind of *defines* iconic summer beach party music. sure i like all 3 and i have several war albums but to me citing them feels sorta lazy. ok not lazy, maybe i'm just mad i didn't think of it... but it's definitely low hanging fruit. okay yea, sure, what would a summer mix be without some surf and stoner music?

o and i guess we could include jimmy buffet on that list too, notwitstanding i loathe parrotheads with about the same degree of loathe i (usually) reserve for the deadheads and phish bait here in boulder.

here's one i forgot:

Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing

Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me

BooYah, Loneranger, luckily I'm at my source otherwise the list would be shorter. I stopped, I could have gone on and on.

Crazy — Gnarls Barkley
Summertime Rolls —J ane's Addiction
Mountain Song — Jane's Addiction
Roll It Gyal — Alison Hinds
Hairy Trees — Goldfrapp
Dare — Gorillaz
Dub Ø 9 (Starshine) — Gorillaz vs Space Monkeys
Cherry Tree — Grand National
All Great Lake Swimmers Cd's songs
Sex Beat — Gun Club
Preaching the Blues — Gun Club
The Breaking Hands — Gun Club...ok, a lot of Gun Club is summer worthy. Anytime worthy, frankly. ]Love & Desperation, House on Highland Ave, Secret Fires...[
Breakfast In Bed — Lorna Bennett
Bia Bia — Lil Jon
Parkdale — Metric
In California — Neko Case
Stinging Velvet — Neko Case
Ghost Wiring — Neko Case
Furnace Room Lullaby — Neko Case
Mood To Burn Bridges — Neko Case
Whip The Blankets — Neko Case — ok, of course she's listenable Anytime.
Nick Drake — anything and everything. This is not the name of 1 song...
Brass Digger — Starlight Mints
Popsicle — Starlight Mints
Fries With That Shake — Parliament
African Postman — Burning Spear
Jah Is My Driver — Burning Spear
Fire Down Below — Burning Spear....yeah, old Spear.

Wanna go way back¿ — Lovin' Spoonfull, probably anything ]Jug Band Music, What A Day For A Day Dream, Younger Girl, Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind, What A Day For A Daydream[

Of course the songs don't have to have the word 'summer' in them, it's all about the memories they dredge up.

Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
Shatner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Primus - Tommy the Cat
Quicksand - Dine Alone
Smile - Staring at the Sun
April Wine - Lorelei
Toadies - I Burn
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean
Jawbox - the entire second half of their self-titled
Men at Work - Overkill
Frantic Dogpaddle - Nick Cave's Smokes
Minibosses - Castlevania
ELP - Take a Pebble
Rush - Analog Kid
Ookla the Mok - Rishathra
Burning Airlines - 1999
Shiner - Semper Fi
Local H's entire catalog
Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faun
Police - Synchronicity II
The underworld music from the original Super Mario Brothers
The Las - There She Goes
Strong Bad - Everybody to the Limit
Bel Biv DeVoe - Poison
Grinner (the Band) - On Our Vacation, We Went Horseback Riding
Ian Saint Ian - Outside
Ryan Adams - The Summer of '69
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
Blind Guardian - Lord of the Rings
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - Power up
Tricky - Christiansands
Harvey Danger - You Miss the Point Completely I Get the Point Exactly
Run DMC - Proud to be Black
Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Warrant - Cherry Pie
Winger - Seventeen
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
BT feat. M. Doughty - Never Gonna Come back down
Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
Pink Floyd - Time
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
David Essex - Rock on
.38 Special - Hold on Loosely
The Band - Up on Cripple Creek
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
Tom Petty - You Got Lucky
Staind - Mudshovel
Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'

My brain is too swiss-cheesey at the moment to bust out a list, but I can tell you that the two genres that say summer to me are psychedelia and power pop.

Wow.
I'm overwhelmed at the response! Thanks bunnies! Feel free to submit anything else that comes to mind!

I'm going to be busy for a couple of months...

The stuff the rest of y'all like to hate: Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville and almost anything by the Eagles. Yes, of course the Beach Boys, almost anything by the Go-Gos, Cruel Summer by Bananarama, Elton John stuff from the '70s, Brown-eyed Girl by Van Morrison, You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate. Songs by Kansas, America, the Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones, Donna Summer, Blondie. I think most of what comes to mind is what I was hearing in the '70s - stuff my brothers and mum played, stuff I heard on the jukeboxes at the bars my mum frequented*.

The rules were rather loose on the weekends due to the softball teams. They'd play their games and everyone would head back to the bar(s) and get beers for the adults and sodas for the kids. We'd be there for a couple hours before heading home (usually just outside with the front door propped open, the jukebox cranked up and a ton of kids sitting on the dirty sidewalk; we'd wander in for a bathroom break or to get a refill).

Dick Dale.
Anything Salsa-ish.

They always play Bob Marley on the ski slopes where I ski, so now I associate him with all board sports.

Oh snap. Deborah. That gives me an idea.

Maybe if an admin/mod/whatever we call them could add this to my More Inside description, that'd be great:

If you have a specific memory that goes with a song you suggest, why not share it with us! I'm a sucker for stuff like that, and a little background on why that song means something to you would be nice.

"Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts (I think). I remember riding in the back of my parent's VW bus, looking up at the stars, coming back from the boardwalk.

Anything by the Cars. I wore out a couple of their cassettes in my first car. The wind in my hair (it didn't have AC), the music turned up..heaven!

"Boys of Summer", "Summer of 69", and add me to the list of Jimmy Buffet fans. I love them all!

Good reminder, hellbient, Tenor Saw, indeed. Don't forget, Sister Nancy — What a Bam Bom.

yeah I'm hating on Jimmy Buffet. ack.
Love Van Morrison's TB Sheets. Beautiful. The rest, meh.

I prefer Girls Aloud, not GoGo's. Their 'Wake Me Up', 'Love Machine' are great.

I'll add,
Amadou & Mariam — La Triste Réalité, Fête au Village. Love'em. They're from Mali, you could feel the heat and taste the dust. Wicked. You may have heard them with Manu Chao — Senegal Fast Food.
Je Pense a Toi. Sweeet.
Alpha Blondy — Come Back Jesus, Sweet Fanta Diallo, Sebe Allah Ye
Majbour — Addio A Cheyenne ]a tip to Ennio Morricone[

okay. i'm home. i'm at my mac. life is good.

CitrusFreak, in homage to your followup i'll tell you exactly what each of these songs makes me think about:

The Crystal Method - Over The Line
this is just a summery grooving techno tune that reminds me of colorful warm summer sunsets and the smell of pine trees. i dated a guy with a honda S2000 and we'd drop the top, blast this CD and go cruising up the canyons on hot summer evenings.

The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin Camaro
i discoverd this gem the first summer i moved out of my mom's place. this song represents that feeling of utter freedom and mild panic at having to make my own way in the world. my first 'real' job. my first set of roommates. skateboarding to work and practising tricks on every curb, railing and staircase within reach. being a pain in the ass to mall rent-a-cops. picking scabs. putting 'skateboarding is not a crime' stickers on every damn thing i could find. good times.

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
as i mentioned before, this song just really encapsulates 'summer' for me. the dreamy vocals, the memories of watching the video with my best friend, hanging out at the dairy queen with my first really serious boyfriend, and that whole feeling of endless hope and potential you have throughout your senior year in high school

The Apples in Stereo - Energy
my SO turned me onto this band last summer, back before we were dating. he burned me some songs and this one in particular became my 'summer 2006' anthem. he took me to see them live last sunday, incredible show. also, not only are AiS a denver band, but this song in particular not only sums up our relationship, it also brings to mind images of the denver cruise, and all the close friendships i've formed with the odd, wonderful, eclectic bunch of bike nerds who belong to it.

G Love & Special Sauce - Cold Beverages

Lou Reed - Fly Into The Sun

Will Smith - Summertime

Janis Joplin - Summertime

Everything - Hooch, Ladybug, Good Things

Tom Petty IS Summery. Huh.

4 Non Blondes - What's Going On

Pink - Mizzundastood

This is the song of summer 2007. Ice Cream.

School's Out -- Alice Cooper.