# Summertime Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985 "2010-06-21T15:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/1 "2010-06-21T15:06:47Z")
What song says “summer” to you? Y’know-the one playing on the radio when you’re sitting in the shade of that old oak tree early in the afternoon, sipping on a glass of iced heaven. Mine would be “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/2 "2010-06-21T15:19:39Z")
- Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone - Summer in the City - Lovin’ Spoonful ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/3 "2010-06-21T15:32:49Z")
_Summertime_–Janis Joplin _Ode to Billie Joe_–Bobbie Gentry ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/4 "2010-06-21T15:42:12Z")
_I Can See Clearly Now_ - Johnny Nash _Summertime (The livin’s easy)_ - Janis Joplin _Summer_ - War ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/5 "2010-06-21T16:10:03Z")
_Black Hole Sun_ - Soundgarden ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/6 "2010-06-21T16:19:07Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > _Summertime_–Janis Joplin I came _this_ close to picking Janis. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/7 "2010-06-21T16:20:17Z")
Anything Beach Boys. For some reason, I never listen to them in any other season. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/8 "2010-06-21T16:22:30Z")
There ain’t no cure for the _[Summertime Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FanTQ72IqDY)_. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/9 "2010-06-21T17:10:07Z")
Kool and The Gang - Summer Madness… And most music from the “Brown Sound” era… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/10 "2010-06-21T17:18:33Z")
What’s that song from the late 50’s that started “_Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime…_”? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/11 "2010-06-21T17:26:45Z")
All the ones noted, esp. Janis Joplin and Beach Boys Summer Nights - Grease soundtrack Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams Saturday in the Park - Chicago MacArthur’s Park - Donna Summer (really, picture yourself at the park in the summer and a summer downpour ruins your picnic … and the cake with green icing!!!) Weird song; cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/12 "2010-06-21T17:29:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What’s that song from the late 50’s that started “_Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime…_”? That would be The Jamies’ [Summertime, Summertime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvXw8cWDi4). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/13 "2010-06-21T17:29:51Z")
_Summertime, Summertime_ - The Jamies ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/14 "2010-06-21T17:39:16Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > That would be The Jamies’ [Summertime, Summertime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvXw8cWDi4). Thank you for one minute and fifty eight seconds of happy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/15 "2010-06-21T17:48:26Z")
For my daughter it’s The Eagle’s “Boys of Summer” and their Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. Nothing particular stands out at the moment for me. “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer?” Oh. And who was it sang, “In the summertime, I got fishin’, I got fishin’ on my mind?” Catchy little tune. . . ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/16 "2010-06-21T17:49:29Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Nothing particular stands out at the moment for me. “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer?” With a tall glass of real lemonade, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/17 "2010-06-21T17:52:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > With a tall glass of real lemonade, of course. Oh man. We’re under a heat advisory until sometime Wednesday here. Ice cold lemonade, in a tall glass…yeah, reckon that’d be about as close to Heaven as I’ll ever get. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/18 "2010-06-21T17:55:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Oh man. We’re under a heat advisory until sometime Wednesday here. Ice cold lemonade, in a tall glass…yeah, reckon that’d be about as close to Heaven as I’ll ever get. Try it with just a dollop of clover honey. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/19 "2010-06-21T18:05:13Z")
_That Summer Feeling_ - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985/20 "2010-06-21T18:08:14Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Oh. And who was it sang, “In the summertime, I got fishin’, I got fishin’ on my mind?” Catchy little tune. . . See the OP - that’s Mungo Jerry… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-music/543985.md?page=2)