MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Nominations please:
Songs which a redolent of long, lazy sunny days.
I'll start with [url=
Swimming Song[/url] by Loudon Wainwright III.
Just brilliant.
wildwood-Paul Weller
staying out for the summer-Dodgy
& loads more let me think!
staying out for the summer-Dodgy x2
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon...
Perfect day
Rolling Stones - [url=
Honk[/url] from Beggar's Banquet
With my six weeks of summer holiday, I think I'll make an STW playlist on YouTube. And ride my bike.
Nae shite though.
Pfft, six weeks? Im on my second month of four now 😀 (Uni (yes thats right, UNI) is rad)
P.S Bored already.
In the Summmertime - Mungo Jerry
Peaches - The Stranglers
Golden Brown - Stranglers
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- Faxing Berlin (Piano version)[/url]
[url=
9 - Hired Goons[/url]
both songs make me think of lazy summer days on the beach for some reason
Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac....
Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell gets my sunny summer song vote everytime!
Ce Matin La by Air
Bullion - "Time for Us All To Love" gives me a summer vibe this year.
(Sorry, no good for those happy listening to old sh1t year after year. And if anyone mentions Will f*£!ing Smith I'm leaving this forum for[s]ever![/s] an hour or so!)
Special One by Ultra Vivid Scene is one of my fave summer tracks:
Hell, the whole album 'Joy 1967-1990' is a great summer listen.
So many to choose from, but some other great lazy summer tunes for me would be:
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- FC Kahuna[/url]
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Income - DJ Shadow [/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwpZi2KkuwM ]In The Waiting Line - Zero 7[/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlk-9wRaUHM ]At The River - Groove Armada [/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonHquCgFl4 ]Slip Into Something More Comfortable - Kinobe[/url]
Teenage riot - Sonic Youth. It doesn't get much more summery than that.
Sparky's Dream Teenage Fanclub
Riverman Nick Drake
Listening to lots of Os Novos Baianos at the moment - a 70s Brazilian rock group along the lines of Os Mutantes. They look like a bunch of scary hippies and have some amazing songs and great chops (both musical and mutton). Here's some scratchy old footage of them:
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and The Gang - Summer Madness[/url]
Nothing more evocative... such a great tune.
Lazer Guided Melodies- Spiritualized
Seasons in the sun ?? (just in case you get too happy)
Nothing more evocative
...of the chill-out scene in Rocky. 😉
[i]...of the chill-out scene in Rocky[/i]
...or being invited to a bbq that's [url=
at four.[/url]. 😉
808 state - pacific 707
toots & the maytals - pressure drop
hurry on sundown - hawkwind
Joe Strummer and mescalereos - coma girl (RIP Joe)
groove armada - superstylin
tom petty - free fallin
OK - got everything down to Dr. J (went for the Nirvana version there :D).
Can't find your suggestion Hobster...
The playlist is [url= http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=ABC78DBD307E45C9 ]here[/url]. 27 tracks so far and, erm, [i]eclectic...[/i]
I'll keep updating it as the thread grows (please post links to make life easier for me - I'm on holiday after all)
Playlist link doesnt work, but this one will:
[url] http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ABC78DBD307E45C9 [/url]
Cheers GTDave.
What did I do wrong? Will your link update if I add more tracks?
Feeder: Just a day
Cheap: Trick Auf Weirdesain??
Damned: Smash it up
Queens of the stone age.. fell good hit for the summer 😀
Not much!! Your link pointed to your own playlist as if you were using it. My link is exactly the same playlist (and so will always be relevant), but accessible to all.
Simples!
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Noteeth, it also makes me think of Gangstarr's record spinning geezer doing the crossword.
Second Toots and the Maytals. Perhaps a dash of Astrud Gilberto's Beach Samba to loosen up to:
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[i]Gangstarr's record spinning geezer doing the crossword.[/i]
Ah yeah - great record.
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is my favourite hip-hop "summer" tune - ever, ever, ever!!
Pigface and Maxray:
Links please!
[i]GTDave - Member
Playlist link doesnt work, but this one will:
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Bollox! I've been going round in circles trying to login to the previous link!
Some balearic stuff...
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Generation - [i]Cafe del Mar[/i] (Underworld Mix)[/url]
I am digging the insanely catchy "We Have Nothing To Worry About" by Peter Jorn and John
And two other old faves are
Daydream in Blue
and
4 Heros mix of Les Fleurs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK60prBI_w
This is my favourite hip-hop "summer" tune - ever, ever, ever!!
Oh yes, fuggin' fantastic!
More summer-y hip hop. I love the Herb Alpert sample.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqtf8_black-sheep-flavor-of-the-month_music
2nd Teenage Fanclub - add Neil Jung to that
September Girls by Big Star (end of summer maybe)
anything from Astral Weeks by Van Morrison for lazy summer afternoons
YouTube links please guys.
I'm too thick and lazy to go searching for stuff myself 8)
Gosh, TJ's choice is making me all emotional!
(It was the first dance at my wedding, back before Elton f$%*ing John croaked all over it on the BBC's "version")
[url=
- Summer Sun[/url]
Its still growing and still nothing really bad! (Had to skip over Nirvana unfortunately).
Here's a Spritualized as requested earlier:
and still no Will f%&*ing Smith! Sorted!
still no Will f%&*ing Smith! Sorted!
You can't escape [i]that[/i] easily! 😉
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/a-song-for-summer#post-495344
sorry Stuartie-c
[url=
Good hit for the summer[/url]
😀
[url=
E's Beautiful Blues[/url] (well, if you ignore the lyrics...
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Calm - Morcheeba[/url]
Excellent!
45 tracks and counting.
(There was a, ahem, [i]technical problem[/i] with the Will Smith number...)
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- Offshore[/url]
[url=
Man Called Adam - Estelle[/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMIXgCaJPQ ]The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds[/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2hzlEd ]The Beloved - Sun Rising[/url]
Struggling now to think of any that aren't all blissed out ravey! Hazey, crazy, lazy summer sunny daze 8)
YouTube links please JP!
The two best ones haven't worked!
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A Man Called Adam - Estelle[/url]
[url=
Beloved - Sun Rising[/url]
There we go hadn't cut and pasted the full URLs.
Just enjoying these tunes with a nice chilled case of Peroni, preparing for a top night out. Have a good weekend people! 🙂
I also feel some 12 bar blues, maybe in the key of Cm would go down quite well 🙂
stuartie_c - MemberExcellent!
45 tracks and counting.
Fair play to you for actually listening to them!
A Man Called Adam - Estelle
what a cracking tune, thanks for reminding me of that one!
For the evening, Groove Armada, At The River
For the daytime, the Avalanches, Since I Left You
For lazing, Biffy Clyro, All the Way Down Prologue Chapter 1 (3:09 for the laziest drumbeat in the world)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o9AYm98pJE
For everything else, the Go! Team, Everyone's a VIP to Someone
(can't find the studio version, here's a slightly different live version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0DbjSRIyAk&feature=PlayList&p=DB900A5677CD2EA8&index=12
oh yeah - ash
Elbow [url=
Day Like This[/url] My tune to ride to this year
Classic ELO [url=
Blue Sky[/url] just because...
Fair play to you for actually listening to them!
I've only really listened to the ones I suggested...
I'll listen to the rest later.
(Northwind - the M&S theme tune is already in :wink:)
If you want a nice summery mix, try this
[url= http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2006/09/the_trip_2_navi.php ]Tom Middleton, The Trip II[/url]
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That link again:
[url= http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ABC78DBD307E45C9 ]
] http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ABC78DBD307E45C9 [/url]
[url=
Picture of Summer- Lotus Eaters[/url]
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My current favourite just rediscovered through the joys of spotify
Patio Song - Gorkys Zygotic Mynci
you tube link [URL]
I prefer Stay with me to Estelle, doesn't seem to be on Youtube
anyway here are a couple more winners
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- Mescalin[/url]
bestest groove ever from about 3:10, filthy
and this is just ****ing lovely, especially the piano, dreamy
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Profeeta - Kovion Lentaen Kotiin Kaipllan[/url]
The Barracudas - Summer Fun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvHZ__0dPs
The Undertones - Hers comes the summer
Might be showing my age a bit!
Matt
will smith summer time
It hasn't got the word summer in it, but I've been listening to it a lot: Aphrodite - crazy diamond
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gotta love the starwars samples... I was playing this looped most of the afternoon while building a Koga track bike mmmmm
Scraprider - you've restored my faith in people having NO TASTE!!! Cheers!
have a nice day - stereophonics
[url=
of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer[/url]
[url=
back to the start of the 90s[/url]
[url=
thump[/url]
[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLQmCLpm_RE&feature=related ]summer love[/url]
brown eyed girl - Van Morrison
take the weather with you - Crowded House
YouTube links please Rogerthecat and sharki. Ta!
Mogrim - links 1 and 3 not working.
Tankslapper - already in!
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have a niceday, doing owt, not even typing in song titles in youtube [/url]
flippety heck, ok
[url= http://www.220.ro/jfHT7pJhsL/Van-Morrison-Brown-Eyed-Girl ]brown eyed girl - best toon adn a niceer vide than looking at van[/url]
[url=
best toon to drive VW camper to[/url]
doing owt, not even typing in song titles in youtube
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Hey! I picked some socks up off the floor earlier, so go easy on me!
Rog. - BEG isn't a YT link so can't be added to the playlist. I've even gone to the trouble of searching [i]myself[/i] (FFS!) but can't find a decent version. what can you come up with?
[url=
Freddies Drop - Midnight Marauders[/url]
You'll be wanting me to come round and put the bins out next, sheesh!
Here is the best version on YT I can find [url=
That's it in there now Rog.
You couldn't manage the dishes when you're round, could you? Grass is needing a bit of a trim too.