# Recommend a song that captures the joy of this beautiful summery day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282 "2014-06-07T19:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/41 "2014-06-08T15:51:57Z")
“Sunny” by Bobby Hebb. 🙂 “California Sun” by the Rivieras has screamed ‘summer’ to me my entire life! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/42 "2014-06-08T15:59:16Z")
[Renaissance- “The Winter Tree”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGn4jXtJP6k) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/43 "2014-06-08T16:54:18Z")
[California Dreaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qL1C1ffKa4) ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/44 "2014-06-08T17:15:37Z")
Gershwin’s “Summertime” as covered by … all kinds of people. Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/45 "2014-06-08T19:25:48Z")
What a great playlist all of these tunes would make! Can some technically able person make one and post it for download somewhere as a public service? Talk about a remedy for the rainy-day blues. _'Scuse me, I have to go put on some sunscreen._ ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/46 "2014-06-08T19:40:21Z")
[Summertime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFvzIo6cK5s), Carolyn Hester. [The Summer Knows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6XxwQcf1Fk), Jackie Evancho & Chris Botti. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/47 "2014-06-08T20:01:16Z")
England Dan & John Ford Coley [I’d Really Love to See You Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nURYc5gsc) “There’s a warm wind blowing. The stars are out, and I’d really love to see you tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/48 "2014-06-08T20:05:22Z")
[Summertime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-WxWv5RgEc) - Janis Joplin [Summer’s Almost Gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEAI5p-wUg) - The Doors (“Noon burned gold into our hair.”) Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/49 "2014-06-08T20:16:09Z")
[Dawn is a Feeling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxnZvlvOqw) - The Moody Blues (“The smell of grass just makes you pass into a dream.”) Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/50 "2014-06-08T20:17:50Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned [\*Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNEUtN21cuU), \*from “Oklahoma!” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/51 "2014-06-08T20:24:00Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > England Dan & John Ford Coley > [I’d Really Love to See You Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nURYc5gsc) > > “There’s a warm wind blowing. The stars are out, and I’d really love to see you tonight.” I always heard it as “There’s a warm wind blowing the stars around,” and your link seems to agree. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/52 "2014-06-08T20:27:49Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I always heard it as “There’s a warm wind blowing the stars around,” and your link seems to agree. You’re wrong. One of the most misheard lyrics in history, along with “Purple Haze” and “Live and Let Die.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/53 "2014-06-08T21:39:20Z")
[Year of the Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs) - Al Stewart “She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolour in the rain.” “By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls there’s a hidden door she leads you to.” The imagery is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/54 "2014-06-08T21:49:06Z")
[Ventura Highway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5J54RVZjYs) - America “Alligator lizards in the air.” ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/55 "2014-06-09T00:46:31Z")
Another vote for “Summertime.” The one [by Billy Stewart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWxYx9mmr7U&feature=share) is my favorite version. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/56 "2014-06-09T02:04:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You’re wrong. > > One of the most misheard lyrics in history, along with “Purple Haze” and “Live and Let Die.” I’d like to see some great evidence for this, because it sure sounds like “around” to me, every single time the chorus is sung. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/57 "2014-06-09T02:16:27Z")
[http://www.metrolyrics.com/id-really-love-to-see-you-tonight-lyrics-england-dan-john-ford-coley.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/id-really-love-to-see-you-tonight-lyrics-england-dan-john-ford-coley.html) > **[Barry Manilow - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/barrymanilow/idreallylovetoseeyoutonight.html)** > > Barry Manilow "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight": Hello, yea it's been awhile Not much, how 'bout you I'm not sure why I called I guess I really just... > **[I\`d Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan](http://www.songlyrics.com/england-dan/i-d-really-love-to-see-you-tonight-lyrics/)** > > England Dan - I\`d Really Love To See You Tonight Lyrics. England Dan Miscellaneous I'd Really Love To See You Tonight I'd Really Love to See You Tonight England Dan & John Ford Coley Hello, yeah, [http://lyrics.wikia.com/England\_Dan\_%26\_John\_Ford\_Coley:I'd\_Really\_Love\_To\_See\_You\_Tonight](http://lyrics.wikia.com/England_Dan_%26_John_Ford_Coley:I%27d_Really_Love_To_See_You_Tonight) > **[I'd Really Love To See You Tonight Chords - Dan Seals - Cowboy Lyrics](https://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/seals-dan/id-really-love-to-see-you-tonight-13726.html)** > > Dan Seals - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight Chords, Tabs, Tablatures for Guitar. + Dan Seals song lyrics . ringtone . MP3 Yeah, you can find sites that state “stars around” but how the fuck does the wind blow stars around? “The stars are out” is the occam’s razor of the lyrics here. And it totally sounds like that to me. 'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/58 "2014-06-09T05:36:27Z")
[Here Comes The Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6j4TGqVl5g), by the little known band called the Birtles. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/59 "2014-06-09T05:40:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah, you can find sites that state “stars around” but how the fuck does the wind blow stars around? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. Or we could ask the writer, if he’s still about. (looks around online) Probably isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Lethargic\_Prawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@A\_Lethargic\_Prawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Lethargic_Prawn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/60 "2014-06-09T12:45:23Z")
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