Songs for the summer

Cafe Society
#1

Here in the northern hemisphere it’s summer, and so I’ve put together a mix CD to listen to with my friends in the car. Here’re my picks:
Dr Dre - Let Me Ride
Sublime - Doin Time
Common - The light
Pixies - Here comes your man
Black eyed peas - Hey Mama
Tupac - It Ain’t Easy
Coolio - Fantastic Voyage
Black Eyed Peas - Joints and Jams
Enigma - Return to innocence
The roots - The Seed 2.0
Wilco - I’m Always in Love
Naughty By Nature - Feel me Flow
Cake - Never There
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

What songs do you guys think are perfect for summer?

#2

Pretty much anything and everything from the Jimmy Buffett and Beach Boys oeuvres.

#3

SLAYER!

SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER! and then some more SLAYER!

#4

Here Comes The Summer by The Undertones
Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran
The Summer Sun by Chris Stamey

#5

Summer in the City–Loving Spoonful
Summer Night City–ABBA

#6

Some oldies:

Magic - Pilot
Beach Baby - First Class
Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies

#7

Stone in Love by Journey

Summer Nights from the Grease soundtrack

#8

One Summer Night–Danleers
See You in September–Tempos
Lazy Summer Night–Four Preps
The Girl in 301–Johnny Cash
Summertime–Sam Cooke

#9

“Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” – Nat King Cole
“Buggin’” – The Flaming Lips
“Summer’s Cauldron,” “Grass,” and “The Meeting Place” – XTC
“Let’s Go For a Ride” – Cracker
The entire album Dirt Track Date by Southern Culture On the Skids.

#10

Sorry for the repeat posting, but:

“Love Rollercoaster” by The Ohio Players has to be on the list.

#11

Mungo Jerry’s “In The Summertime” is absolutely essential.

#12

You have not truly lived until you have heard this.

[sub]Recorded by Ezio Pinza and the Budapest String Quartet. I kid you not.[/sub]

#13

“Summer Song” - Chad and Jeremy
“Summer Rain” - Johnny Rivers

#14

Qwertyasdfg, I’m puzzled — how do the songs in your list relate particularly to summer?

#15

Summertime - Doc Watson

#16

“Montana” by Venus Hum.

#17

Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly and the Family Stone

Welcome to Miami by Will Smith

Summer by War

#18

“Summer Guest” The Go Find
“Boys of Summer” either version is good, Don Henley or The Ataris
“Summer Luv” Lesbians On Ecstasy
“D.U.I.” The Offspring
“Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)” Incubus
“Summer Breeze” Type O Negative (so much cooler than the orginal)
“Bleed American” Jimmy Eat World
“Blue Skies” Tori Amos & BT
“Feel Good Hit Of The Summer” Queens Of The Stone Age
"Waterfall"The Din Pedals
“Sparks Are Gonna Fly” The Catherine Wheel
“Hello Timebomb” Matthew Good Band
“Touch, Peel and Stand” Days of The New