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10 May 2008

Summer Vacation →[More:]I need a vacation. A tropical vacation where I'm sipping drinks in a lawn chair and fishing and boating and eating fish. Yes, I can do that here, but it's not the same.

Here is some music for the vacation mood.

The Girl from Ipanema

You're the Ocean

Is This Love

Run River

post by: LoriFLA at: 16:00 | 8 comments

Link malfunction above.

Is This Love by Bob Marley

posted by LoriFLA 10 May | 16:21

"The Girl From Ipanema" is like taking a vacation in your mind. I find myself reclining on some classy Euro-style patio overlooking a gorgeous beach, cold alcoholic drink in hand, sometime in the early 1960s. Thanks for these, Lori. :)

posted by BoringPostcards 10 May | 16:33

Yeah... the saxophone in The Girl From Ipanema is just...... superb.

posted by Doohickie 10 May | 16:40

You are welcome, guys. It is a great song. I love it.

Here is another that conjures up a vacation in your mind. You might get the urge to do the samba on the beach, though. Mais Que Nada by Sergio Mendes.

posted by LoriFLA 10 May | 16:57

Here's another Ipanema by Sammy Davis Jr. because you can never have enough versions of this tune in your library. Also, more Astrud Gilberto with Fly Me To The Moon.

Now I'll go back to my vacation fantasy where I'm wearing a linen suit, jacket slung over my shoulder, bare-chested, brandy in hand, on a South American veranda, overlooking a windy South American sea. Won't you join me for a drink, lover? And later, we'll go to the casino and play baccarat and drink dry martini's until sunrise.

posted by MonkeyButter 10 May | 17:29

Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles conjure up that vacation mood for me: listen, for example, to Comodon Johnson & Playa Azul.

posted by misteraitch 10 May | 17:49

That "Fly Me to the Moon" is beautiful, MonkeyButter. Thanks!

As is, Los Amigos Invisibles. I need to get some of their stuff. I think I have one song of theirs.

posted by LoriFLA 10 May | 19:35

My pleasure! Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto stuff is wonderful. And, I also am liking Los Amigos Invisibles. Good stuff all-round.

posted by MonkeyButter 10 May | 19:58

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