# We're all in the mood for a melody **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851 "2021-07-19T20:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/41 "2021-07-20T17:28:42Z")
I really liked this one. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/42 "2021-07-20T18:02:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Playing For Change has some great offerings. _The Weight_ features Ringo Starr and Robbie Robertson, along with musicians across 5 continents. That was super cool. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/43 "2021-07-20T18:32:23Z")
Not in the mood for sad today, here’s the other version… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UO-yy2LqeFY/hqdefault.jpg "VAN MORRISON - MADAME GEORGE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO-yy2LqeFY) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/45 "2021-07-20T18:43:02Z")
I feel like some songs belong to the summer and we can’t let newer generations miss out on them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XKYgtwsqnxs/maxresdefault.jpg "Young-Holt Unlimited "Soulful Strut" 1968 HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKYgtwsqnxs) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/46 "2021-07-20T18:46:08Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I feel like some songs belong to the summer and we can’t let newer generations miss out on them. Oh, that’s a good idea, and since I reread the OP and saw that we are allowed to post a second song on another day (a quota I shamelessly broke already in my first post), here’s one more cool summer song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bg0tFRea0wA/maxresdefault.jpg "Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0tFRea0wA) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/47 "2021-07-20T19:35:36Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I feel like some songs belong to the summer and we can’t let newer generations miss out on them. Amen. Living in the desert, this is one of my go-tos for this time of the year. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cbIlR2fFXM8/hqdefault.jpg "The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbIlR2fFXM8) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/48 "2021-07-20T20:27:50Z")
Lots of good music here! I’m about halfway through the list so far. Here’s mine. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-ZVhOfLyagY/hqdefault.jpg "W. TX. Teardrops") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZVhOfLyagY) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/49 "2021-07-20T20:42:00Z")
[You’ve Got The Touch (TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDAoJIJ2ljU) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/50 "2021-07-20T20:56:49Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > Wow, so many great songs above! Loved Jack White, Fanny, Billy Currington, Pomplamoose, L.A.B., and Lord Huron. But most of all, the song by Teenage Fanclub, with those Byrds-like harmonies. (Thanks, @EinsteinsHund!) While I’m already far above my one song for day quota, I wanted to thank @Chad_Sudan with another beautiful song from Teenage Fanclub’s best album, “Songs From Northern Britain”. There really is no bad Teenage Fanclub album, but this is their materpiece. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JZsZx7uoTro/hqdefault.jpg "Teenage Fanclub-Start Again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZsZx7uoTro) Of course, you’re dead on with liking them to the Byrds, they were gods to Teenage Fanclub. They even had a song named “Gene Clark”, which surprisingly sounded like a Neil Young & Crazy Horse song. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PzKFH-m9NGU/hqdefault.jpg "Teenage Fanclub - Gene Clark") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKFH-m9NGU) But then, they also had a song cleverly named “Neil Jung” that was very Byrdsian: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WJpBlfJLbRM/hqdefault.jpg "Teenage Fanclub - Neil Jung") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJpBlfJLbRM) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/51 "2021-07-20T21:01:33Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Good one. 🙂 And I cannot let it go with also a treat for @Aspenglow. Another forgotten gem by the Everlys that came a bit too late to be a hit, just after the Beatles had taken over. But it absolutely holds a candle to everything the Beatles did in 1964. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5yUqK9ClE) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/52 "2021-07-20T21:09:42Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > While I’m already far above my one song for day quota - [Yello](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QbJRAWvRU) card for you. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/53 "2021-07-20T21:14:25Z")
This kind of Yello I can live with. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/54 "2021-07-20T21:15:13Z")
Sorry, Celine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SyiUanJ-f8E/hqdefault.jpg "Los Straitjackets......"Conan O'Brien Show" November 13, 1999") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyiUanJ-f8E) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/55 "2021-07-20T21:17:09Z")
> [Yello](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QbJRAWvRU) card for you. I will not flout the rules of this thread by posting Cake’s The Distance. You cannot fully understand how much discipline this takes. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/56 "2021-07-20T21:19:46Z")
Technically, I broke my own thread rule. You’re a bigger girl than I. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/57 "2021-07-20T21:21:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I will not flout the rules of this thread by posting Cake’s The Distance. You cannot fully understand how much discipline this takes. Do it! I love the song. It was the first Cake song I ever heard, it was on a giveaway promo CD in the German Rolling Stone magazine, and I was instantly hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/58 "2021-07-20T21:25:36Z")
Well now I _really_ can’t after I bragged. Someone who has a video to give should do it. Or maybe even a scofflaw. If my husband posted here I’d have him post a bunch of videos. That’s what NYC DOJ called him when they towed his vehicle (a long time ago. I still call him a ‘scofflaw’ to this day). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/59 "2021-07-20T21:28:01Z")
Ok, if you’re too timid to post it, here it is. It’s fantastic: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cno20onK9dY/hqdefault.jpg "Cake-The Distance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cno20onK9dY) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/60 "2021-07-20T21:53:16Z")
Bleed into your shoes, Man [(1) Pinback - “From Nothing To Nowhere” - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMPJWcC1Dk) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851/61 "2021-07-20T21:55:37Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > And I cannot let it go with also a treat for @Aspenglow. Wowowow, treat for sure! It lifted my day – thank you! Takes me back to my days of, uhh, single-digit birthdays, when I carried my very groovy transistor radio with me everywhere to stay up to date on the coolest music. I have a dim recollection of hearing that rocking song once or twice. 🙂 They were underappreciated in their time, but The Everly Brothers did pretty well with Wake Up Li’l Susie, Bye Bye Love and others. In keeping with the Golden Oldies and Summer themes, I offer the following as my Pick of the Day: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xa9vWVEYojg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFsgOihyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC_Iys3xzVyuPep7NYgDk5PxAorqw "Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa9vWVEYojg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851.md?page=4)