Originally posted 2010-08-28 10:00:32.
By Chris Moore:
As the summer months draw to a close, I figured it was about time to share my summer themed playlist. What follows are twenty-five songs that celebrate the warmest season of the year, either in name or in spirit.
I’ve included the classics, like “Summer in the City” and “Hot Fun in the Summer Time,” as well as lesser known gems like America’s “Indian Summer” and the Prelude era Moody Blues track “Long Summer Days.”
Just for fun, I’ve thrown in “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and I’ve made sure to update the list with the best song about summer to be released in years, the Barenaked Ladies’ “Summertime”
So, there’s a little bit of everything: retro classics (Mungo Jerry), all-out rock (the Who), indie (Dashboard Confessional), acoustic (Jack Johnson), dated eighties pop (Miami Sound Machine), rap (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince), and songwriter rock (Bob Dylan).
From me to you, I hope this’ll help you to keep on keepin’ the summer alive!
1) “Indian Summer” – America
2) “Summertime” – Barenaked Ladies
3) “All Summer Long” – The Beach Boys
4) “Summertime Blues” (Live) – The Who
5) “Summer Skin” – Dashboard Confessional
6) “Banana Pancakes” – Jack Johnson
7) “It Must Be Summer” – Fountains of Wayne
8) “Long Sweet Summer Nights” – The Thorns
9) “Feels Like Summer Again” – The Wallflowers
10) “The Other Side of Summer” – Elvis Costello
11) “Hot Fun in the Summer Time” – Sly & the Family Stone
12) “Summer in the City” – The Lovin’ Spoonful
13) “Summertime” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
14) “San Francisco” – Brett Dennen
15) “In the Summertime” – Mungo Jerry
16) “Summer Means New Love” – The Beach Boys
17) “Asleep on a Sunbeam” – Belle & Sebastian
18) “In the Sun” – She & Him
19) “Hot Summer Nights” – Miami Sound Machine
20) “Walk in the Sun” – Bruce Hornsby
21) “Keep An Eye on Summer” – Brian Wilson
22) “Long Summer Days” – The Moody Blues
23) “Keepin’ the Summer Alive” – The Beach Boys
24) “Summer Days” – Bob Dylan
25) “Your Summer Dream” – The Beach Boys
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- Christmas, Volume 3 – Playlists on Parade
- The Bob Dylan Concert Primer: November 2010 – Playlists on Parade
- “Chris’ Mix (Vol. 2): Music I Discovered in 2009″ – Playlists on Parade
- Chris’ Mix (Vol. 1): Music I Discovered in 2008 – Playlists on Parade
- Wilco Summer 2009 REVIEW – Wappingers Falls, NY: Saturday, 7/18/2009
This is one in a series of acoustic cover songs, original music, and free mp3 downloads here on the Laptop Sessions Music Video Blog.
