I could use some help from any/all music lovers. I am writing a teen comedy screenplay which takes place over the course of a summer. Every list I have seen on the internet for best summer songs include mostly older songs or songs that I would have already thought of. I am looking for some songs, that to you,remind you of summer. All genres of music are fair game. I listen to music while I write and I would love to be able to listen to some music that has a "summer" feel to it, in the hope that it can inspire me or put me in a summer mood. Please dont list these songs, I am already well aware of their summer ties 1. Any Beach Boys song 2. Boys of Summer - Don Henley or The Ataris 3. Summer Lovin - John Travolta and Olivia Newton John 4. Schools Out - Alice Cooper 5. Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful 6. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith 7. Wipeout - The Safaris 8. Any surf music for that matter. 9. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison 10. Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas As you can see, I am looking for more songs that have a feel of summer, not just those that mention "summer" or have "summer" in the title. I would appreciate any and all suggestions. Thanks!
look at "island music" as well, including old reggae. Iain Campbell Smith is a relatively new singer songwriter who was also using music as part of peacekeeping in the Solomon islands. He wrote a ditty for Radio Bougainville By that name, and it's a nice upbeat bit. www.iaincampbellsmith.com could "hot" also be a theme as compared to summer? Or the New Jersey surfpunk music? Keller Williams' "Breathe" has some island-tinged stuff.
Schools out- Alice Cooper starts her off Born to be wild- Steppenwolf The Grateful Dead- Morning Dew The song from the credits of pulp fiction To end her, Summers almost gone- The Doors
Yeah as drumminmama said, there is stuff like reggae which has a summery feel. I'd also put roots/dub music in that category - bands like The Black Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Kora...The Black Seeds have some definite summery songs like On The Sun...check them out at http://www.theblackseeds.com
Sublime - Pawn shop, get ready, caress me down, santeria, what i got, etc etc Oasis - Champaigne super nova Led Zeppelin - Kasmir, good times bad times Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl Steve Miller Band - Joker, Take the money and run, jet airliner Smashing Pumpkins - Today Slightly Stoopid - Pretty much any of their stuff Pearl Jam - Alive Eagles - Peaceful Easy feeling, hotel california The Doors - Love her madly, peace frogs, hello I love you, alabama song, 20th century fox I gotta stop somewhere, so might as well be with the Doors. Anything raggae/dub reminds me of the summer time as well
For nice, cool summer spring days where the air smells great, I always listen to the Houses of the Holy album by Led Zeppelin. It's an album made to be listened to on days like that.
Janis Joplin - Summertime Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer Joe Jackson - Summer in the City Girls Aloud - Long Hot Summer Placebo - English Summer Rain Smash Mouth - Summer Girl Arab Strap - Girls of Summer The B52s - Summer of Love Bob Dylan - Summer Days Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
led zeppelin - that's the way, ramble on, going to california. pretty much any joni mitchell or other folky music. acoustic stuff. that's what i associate with summertime music. also lynyrd skynyrd, allman bros, ccr remind me of summer nights.
The songs that remind me of summer are: Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders In the Summertime - Jerry Mungo Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Green River- CCR... well.. any CCR reminds me of summer.. Sunny Days - Lighthouse ehh.. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
