# Boys Of Summer cover. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861 "2016-11-24T02:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/1 "2016-11-24T02:15:17Z")
[Boys Of Summer by The Jump Off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64FQHtXeaig). I always liked this song, flashback to a really good time in my life. Stumbled across this cover version and really liked it. Never heard of the band before. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/2 "2016-11-24T03:45:23Z")
I liked it, **River Hippie**! buncha hipsters 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/3 "2016-11-24T04:23:05Z")
Good cover, but I hated the camera switching. The camera switching back and forth was actually making me sick. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/4 "2016-11-24T13:39:45Z")
I like it…but the guy on the right should try plugging in his guitar, you couldn’t heard any of his leads. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/5 "2016-11-24T13:49:02Z")
> [@tonyfop](#): > > Good cover, but I hated the camera switching. The camera switching back and forth was actually making me sick. Yeah, I don’t even get what they were going for: If it was just establishing visual interest, they chose a really boring, repetitive way of doing it. If it was making it more MTV with quick cuts, they should have chosen a less Country-influenced cover of the song. If it was showing off their video editing software, I’m sure any number of fades, wipes, and other effects were readily to hand. They should have made a much more minimalist visual presentation to match the relatively minimalist musical interpretation. Country is an inherently minimalist genre. Work with that, not against it. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/6 "2016-11-24T18:31:06Z")
On the other end of the intensity spectrum is the cover by The Ataris: [https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU](https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/7 "2016-11-26T03:15:54Z")
I guess one thing that I like about this version is that I could see these guys pulling this off around a campfire, out in the woods. I think in the video there is a little “sweetening” of her vocals but I am not certain. I think they could make it work with no electronics at all. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/8 "2016-11-26T03:45:04Z")
Quite nice, and yes you could imagine a really stripped down impromptu performance. > [@K364](#): > > On the other end of the intensity spectrum is the cover by The Ataris: [https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU](https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU) A cover I’ve liked for some time - dig the sociocultural update to “saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac”. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-of-summer-cover/772861/9 "2016-11-26T04:00:26Z")
> [@K364](#): > > On the other end of the intensity spectrum is the cover by The Ataris: [https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU](https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU) YT won’t let me see that here. ☹ Found it here [Ataris, Boys of Summer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzIZbd0K2CM)