# What Song(s) Mean Summer to You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198 "2003-06-29T19:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/41 "2003-06-30T17:12:33Z")
Oh, yeahhhh Jackson Browne…I don’t like his newest CD tho, “The NAked Ride Home” … OMG Bunny!!! Don’t feel bad, now that song, in its entirety is ringing in my head…next thing you know we’ll be reminded of “Hungry like the Wolf” and such lol ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/42 "2003-06-30T22:57:06Z")
Neil Young - Live Rust Perfect for a Friday night when the windows are open to a warm breeze. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/43 "2003-07-01T00:35:16Z")
Every song on the Men at Work albums **Cargo** and **Business as Usual**. Why? Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/44 "2003-07-01T01:16:14Z")
I have to second “Summer Song” by Chad and Jeremy. Brings back some bittersweet memories of my teen years. ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/45 "2003-07-01T01:39:21Z")
Loveshack… actually, the entire Cosmic Thing album. My dad always used to play that one on the outdoor speakers out by the pool in our old house, and now when I hear one of those songs I can practically smell the chlorine and hot concrete… ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/46 "2003-07-01T01:51:15Z")
Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder. My best friend and I used to listen to that 45 up in his (non airconditioned) room, over and over one summer. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/47 "2003-07-01T05:13:15Z")
I thought of some more– “Whenever I Call You Friend” by Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mack (and most other songs off of their album “Rumours” “Just a Song Before I Go” by C S N & Y “Every Breath You Take” by the Police “Sick of Myself” by Matthew Sweet “Love is a Drug” by Roxy Music ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/48 "2003-07-01T05:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigNik \* > \*\*Sounds of Then - Gangajang. Nothing summons up those hot, humid, January days on the verandah like this one. > Deep Water - Richard Clapton. Actually, most stuff by Richard Clapton. > Breakfast at Sweethearts - Cold Chisel > Come Said the Boy - Mondo Rock > I’ll Be Gone - Spectrum \*\* Ah, yes, some excellent Aussie stuff there. I completely agree with you regarding “Sounds of Then.” It’s the quintessential Australian summer song. Others that come to mind for me (Australian and otherwise) include: “Say Goodbye,” by Hunters and Collecters “Rock Lobster,” by the B52s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” by Otis Redding “Summertime,” by George Gershwin (sung, preferably, by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong) “December '63 (Oh, What a Night),” by The Four Seasons “Flame Trees,” by Cold Chisel ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/49 "2003-07-01T06:01:46Z")
…and “Dreadlock Holiday,” by 10CC ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/50 "2003-07-01T06:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quantum Butterfly \* > \*\*Loveshack… actually, the entire Cosmic Thing album. My dad always used to play that one on the outdoor speakers out by the pool in our old house, and now when I hear one of those songs I can practically smell the chlorine and hot concrete… \*\* Good call! Reminds me of my first summer at UGA. Plus “Dirty Back Road” by the B-52’s. And “Cannonball” by The Breeders. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/51 "2003-07-01T07:16:50Z")
Anything by Leon Redbone. It makes me want to sip lemonade on the front porch and say “my oh my,. the heat” ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/52 "2003-07-01T08:09:22Z")
**Spill the Wine** ~ Eric Burdon & War 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/53 "2003-07-01T10:44:18Z")
Albatross by Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/54 "2003-07-01T13:25:54Z")
_Saturday in the Park_ by Chicago. I used to have Sunday season tickets for the Orioles, and they would play this song before the game while showing video highlights of the previous days’ games. Very pleasent memories. ---
**Author:** ![Parkerz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Parkerz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parkerz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/55 "2003-07-01T18:21:22Z")
Feelin Groovy (I think thats the title)- by Simon and Garfunkle [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198.md?page=2)