Monday, October 6, 2008

Greatest Summer Songs

It's over 90 degrees, humidity is through the roof, and tornadoes are touching down. So, it's time for the top 10 greatest summer songs.
10. Summer Nights- Van Halen (1986): Girls, fishing holes, and radios...it has it all
9. Night Moves- Bob Seger (1976): Someone looking back at the good old days of his youth. It captures the magic of discovery with the sad part of growing older.
8. Summer Nights- Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta (1978): Gives both the guy and girl version of a summertime fling.
7. Good Vibrations, I Get Around, California Girls, etc- The Beach Boys (1962-2008): The Beach Boys are the boys of summer. Their earlier work was groundbreaking and themes usually included summertime fun.
6. Heat Wave- Martha Reeves and The Vandellas (1963)- This is self explanatory
5. Girls in their Summer Clothes- Bruce Springsteen (2008)- An older version of summer. The main character watches the girls go by...hinting at a time when they did not turn their heads and walk away.
4. Summer in the City- The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)- The Lovin' Spoonful paint a vivid picture of summer with grit, jackhammers, car horns, and so on.
3. The Boys of Summer- Don Henley (1985)- An eery look back at a summer relationship that is no more. Don't look back; you can never look back!
2. Summer of '69- Bryan Adams (1985)- Another nostalgic look back at the teen years. Adams was like 8 that summer...
1. Summertime Blues-The Who (1970)- This song has it all. Teen angst, evil congressmen, a tough father... "I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote!" "You can't take the car because you didn't work late!" Townsend's guitar, Daltrey's vocals, Entwhistle's vocal interplay with Daltrey, and of course Keith Moon! Does not get better.
Tags: Summer Songs, The Who, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen, Martha Reeves, Lovin' Spoonful, Van Halen, The Beach Boys, Classic Rock

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