# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/61 "2014-06-09T13:33:08Z")
I always play The Animals’ Greatest Hits when I have my grill out for the first time in summer. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/62 "2014-06-09T14:29:44Z")
Maybe I missed seeing it above, but [Summer in the City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m648v4s5sFc) by the _Lovin’ Spoonful_. Or [Tar Beach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGoz2xHNDs) by _John Sebastian_, about hanging out on flat roofs in the city in hot weather. The _Zombies_ version of [Summertime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f12GBhib1k) _Daniel Boone_’s [Beautiful Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwjuKhBIIIQ). Fairly big hit in the UK in the early 70s; don’t know how it did in the US. [Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXnRX0N9-4E) by _Peter Hammill_ [Happy Feeling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byy6phquRzw) by _Manu Dibango_ ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/63 "2014-06-09T14:31:30Z")
[Blue Sunny Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNuTEUUUZ4k&feature=kp) by Jonathan Coulton ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/64 "2014-06-11T19:35:00Z")
I’m indebted to [the Dope itself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680088) for identifying “Infinite and Tenderlovin’” by Adron, which seems to be a mood piece about dawn breaking: [https://soundcloud.com/adron-1/infinite-tenderlovin](https://soundcloud.com/adron-1/infinite-tenderlovin) I’m still genuinely amazed that the first reply identified the song. Adron is an obscure band, the lyrics don’t seem to be on the internet anywhere, my description was pretty naff. Perhaps it was just on college radio a lot at the time. One (1) Amazon review from someone who hasn’t actually met the band in person. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/65 "2014-06-12T00:55:19Z")
How could you people leave out A Summer Song by Chad & Jeremy? “Trees, swaying in the summer breeze…” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/66 "2014-06-12T01:01:46Z")
And don’t miss _Summertime_ by Sam Cooke. A great song unto itself. But with his voice it becomes transcendent. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/67 "2014-06-12T01:06:51Z")
Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/68 "2014-06-12T16:55:52Z")
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers. Really a love song with not many lyrics but the light, uplifting music captures the feeling of a beautiful summer day. It makes you happy just to be alive. [The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky (Eat A Peach, February 12,1972) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwyXQn9g40I) ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/69 "2014-06-12T17:15:50Z")
Missed the edit window but, since I brought up the Allmans, I might as well mention my current favorite Brothers tune - Where It All Begins. Dickey Betts and Warren Haynes tear it up. How can you not feel good listening to that? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOXU-Ayt40) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/70 "2014-06-12T18:29:11Z")
[Mr. Blue Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPqsDU0j2I&feature=kp) by ELO. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/71 "2014-06-12T23:04:56Z")
[“Wonderful World”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU) by Louis Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/72 "2014-06-20T02:43:52Z")
“Black Water” and “Taking It To The Streets” by the Doobie Brothers. OMG. Takes me right back to the summer in the mid-70’s, when I was at the height of my powerz, and the most difficult problem I faced was which guy to go out with on a weekend. Driving around in the hot city, and out into the country to get a watermelon sherbet off the turnpike. Good times! Something about Michael McDonald’s voice just conjures up ‘summer’. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/73 "2014-06-20T03:11:28Z")
[Prelude in D Major](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2s9QRekyTY), Op. 23 no. 4, by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/74 "2014-06-20T18:11:16Z")
‘It’s a Lazy Afternoon’ - Helen Merrill ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282/75 "2014-06-20T19:40:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You’re wrong. > > One of the most misheard lyrics in history, along with “Purple Haze” and “Live and Let Die.” And in the same song/line as “I’m not talking 'bout the linen, and I don’t want change your life…” England Dan and John Ford Coley are too mellow to enunciate! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282.md?page=3)