It is now September. Autumn is definitely here. I finally post up my Summer Songs playlist. I am not very good with calendars.
The Thrills – Big Sur. I like to think it is always summer at Big Sur. I went there in December once and it felt like summer, even if the huge Christmas Tree Farms they have there ruined the illusion a little.
Juxtaposed With U – Super Furry Animals. Included despite being sunnier than summer.
The Summerhouse – The Divine Comedy. Always reminds me of The Go Between.
Hanging Around The Day – The Polyphonic Spree. Listening to the Polyphonic Spree gives you all the fun of joining a cult, but without the drawbacks.
Summer Here Kids – Grandaddy. Kudos to Grandaddy for two entries on this compilation and one on Sarah’s. They own Summer.
Love Generation – Bob Sinclair. Summer is for dancing out of doors to wild utopian fancies.
How ‘Bout I Love You More – Mull Historically Society. Staying utopian, Mull Historical Society here give us the answer to everything.
Summer Rain – Meri Everitt. Great song from someone who you always used to see playing in the pubs of Brighton, but who seems to have disappeared recently. Lovely voice & marvellously tactless lyrics.
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas. Actually a song about winter, but what the hell.
The Beach Is Free – Billy Bragg. I’m not normally one for Billy Bragg but you can’t argue with this.
The Great Gig In The Sky – Easy Star All Stars. Dub reggae covers of Pink Floyd = summer.
It’s Summertime – The Flaming Lips. Too obvious?
Days – Kirsty MacColl. Takes me back to a long ago summer, anyway.
Higher Than The Sun – Bat For Lashes. Very lovely cover, from a BBC session I think. I sometime worry that I like this song a little bit too much.
Summer… It’s Gone – Grandaddy. It’s only fitting to finish with an ‘end of summer’ song. But I couldn’t resist…
Indian Summer – Glenn Miller. …bringing in a surprise Indian Summer at the end. Indian Summers are tied up with nostalgia, so why not Glenn Miller?
