It was 108º today in my little corner of the Desert Southwest and I wanted to put together a ‘Jesus Christ it’s Hot!’ playlist but I can only think of three songs.
Hot Summer Day, It’s a Beautiful Day
Summer in the City, Lovin’ Spoonful
The Heat is On, Glen Frey
Little help?
“Summertime” by Gershwin.
“Furnace Fan” Robert Earl Keen
“Fire” by Arthur Brown.
“I’m on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen
“Fire” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
“Hot Hot Hot” - Buster Poindexter
“Too Darn Hot”, by Cole Porter.
Heat Wave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Well, maybe not about…
Where Are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat).
Listen to the video but don’t watch–it’s just a shitty photo compilation.
What? The title fits, at least.
Slow Hot Wind, Sergio Mendes (there’s an ad at the beginning of this YouTube video)
“Another Hot Day” from 110 in the Shade.
Flanders and Swann did a song about the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics in a sort of “Beatnik” style. “Heat is work and work is heat…” Lovely stuff.
“That’s entropy, man!”
“Mexican Home” by John Prine
Is there a song that says “I live in Arizona…what the fuck?”
If so…that’s the winner!!!
Heat Treatment - Graham Parker.
SO fun to sing along with!
(In your loving I wanna wallow - yeah!)