OT: your favorite summer song

[DaddyChoc]

Will Smith and this guy became 2 of the best rappers turned actors along with LL Cool J

 

[johnnyc]

 

[8893]

 

[8893]

 

[Bliss]

Sunroof open, throaty exhaust, Route 66, your honey by your side-----------BORN TO BE WILD!

 

[CL82]

 

[Scud49]

Maybe the prettiest "summer song" I know:

 

[wire chief]

probably not a summer song, but worth 5 minutes of your time - 158 million people have seen it

SWonderful...I'd like it, if we learn of his future.

 

[wire chief]

From the Summer of Love:

Every now and then, I'm reminded that the youngsters there might have trouble recognizing today's youth as from the same society.

 

[Replicant]

 

[Replicant]

 

[Scud49]

Renaissance's gorgeous "Trip to the Fair" reminds me of soft summer days when I used to hear it on the FM dial:

 

[JordyG]

Nothing like the original, which needs more love around here.

 

[johnnyc]

 

[johnnyc]

Nothing like the original, which needs more love around here.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[8893]

 

[BearJWS]

My personal summer favorite on those hot, oppressive summer days...

 

[JordyG]

And why not this exciting version?

 

[Mdoggie]

 

[JordyG]

Okay I know I'm revealing my age but I saw Blue Cheer, The Tymes, Billy J. Kramer, Sly and The Family Stone, War, Steppenwolf, The Drifters, Chad and Jeremy, and Martha and The Vandellas all in their prime doing these songs. I saw Santana 4 times, but way before "Smooth". I just missed seeing Mungo Jerry, The Beach Boys, and Scott McKenzie during their prime periods. Guys, I was an avid concert goer.

 

[Kaizen]

Okay I know I'm revealing my age but I saw Blue Cheer, The Tymes, Billy J. Kramer, Sly and The Family Stone, War, Steppenwolf, The Drifters, Chad and Jeremy, and Martha and The Vandellas all in their prime doing these songs. I saw Santana 4 times, but way before "Smooth". I just missed seeing Mungo Jerry, The Beach Boys, and Scott McKenzie during their prime periods. Guys, I was an avid concert goer.

Jordy, you have a good taste...

 

[JordyG]

Jordy, you have a good taste...

Thanks man, but it all now seems just luck and serendipity. I was born in Brooklyn just a short distance from the old Paramount theater where some of the first R & R shows in the world were showcased. Because of R & R's origins I would hear vocal groups practicing on the street corners, in the subways and in the apartment hallways. Alan Freed was the man responsible for the Paramount shows then. I was only 3 or 4, but my sisters were 10 years older than I and would drag me along to babysit (secretly of course). A few years later the shows were taken over by Murray the K and his shows were mainly early Motown Revues with added acts. I saw almost every Motown act at least once, some 4 and 5 times. The Temps, Smokey, Marvin, The Supremes. Also others like Dusty, Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, The Four Seasons, The Rascals. I could just hop on the bus across from my house which left me off across the street from the theater. Honestly, by the time I was 12 I'd seen 100 live acts. Luck and serendipity. And yes, I was raised on Rock and Roll.

 

[Huskee11]

Great call BearJWS love that Bananarama song summer of 1984, I think.

Spent a lot of time on Connecticut shore summer of 1977, no iPhones or earplugs, just lots of transistor radios on the beach blaring rock from the New York stations. Seemed like Barracuda by Heart was constantly on, and that was a good thing. Those Wilson sisters can rock!

 

[Kaizen]

Great call BearJWS love that Bananarama song summer of 1984, I think.

Spent a lot of time on Connecticut shore summer of 1977, no iPhones or earplugs, just lots of transistor radios on the beach blaring rock from the New York stations. Seemed like Barracuda by Heart was constantly on, and that was a good thing. Those Wilson sisters can rock!