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The Best Best Summer Songs Ever

July 15, 2008 by Svetlana Send to a Friend

Yesterday we ran our semi-seminal Best WORST SUMMER SONGS EVER post and all of you had an opinion

Today, we let you build your perfect summer soundtrack (then we will tie it all together, score some MP3s and present it to you at the end of the week, as a gift from the Gods of Summer).

SO, IT IS MAINLY ALL ON YOU TODAY
because while BAD is BAD, GOOD tends to be largely subjective. (write that down)

To get things rolling here are some of my favorites, from Lee Hazlewood to Joao to Devendra and the Beach Boys….listen up (I tend to skew old with these 9 but all classic)

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Lily Says:

few years back in college:
Miss Jane - it’s a fine day
(a remix/cover of britpop Jane’s song of the same name)

July 15, 2008 at 11:09 am

eddie Says:

i always liked j.a. summertime rolls. a LOT

July 15, 2008 at 11:50 am

Patrick Says:

EVEN THE THOUGH HIPSTERS DAMN NEAR KILLED IT THREE YEARS AGO

PULP “COMMON PEOPLE”

SUMMER 1995

July 15, 2008 at 12:13 pm

marcalamari Says:

Here’s some more lame summer happy tunes

RHCP - Behind the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suH0xS1zxHA

LEN - Steal my Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q

Happy Mondays - Step on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKaq-SNeEc

The Farm - Groovy Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ws0FPoEKE&feature=related

Sugar Ray - Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUtnwcv-quE

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTf52IsksKI

Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eONhto0x_nI

Wham - Wake me up before you Go go (hahah, just kidding but its nice and gay!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hksil-KkebQ&feature=related

July 15, 2008 at 12:58 pm

dan Says:

writing in all caps was also popular back in summer 1995

July 15, 2008 at 1:23 pm

Lily Says:

i second Len
still need to get that song

July 15, 2008 at 2:40 pm

ebel Says:

Rufus Wainwright
Instant Pleasure

http://www.imeem.com/evollime23/music/31CPD7fb/rufus_wainwright_instant_pleasure/

July 16, 2008 at 11:52 am

Hoodrat Says:

Constructive Summer/The Hold Steady
Heavy Metal Drummer/Wilco
Summer in the City/Lovin Spoonful
4th of July/Bruce Springsteen
Magic/Cars

July 16, 2008 at 2:22 pm

Megan Says:

Summer = The Zombies

Time of the Season and all the rest.

July 16, 2008 at 5:32 pm

John T Says:

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto are summer

http://www.imeem.com/basti815/music/Lv6Y2kiW/stan_getz_so_danco_samba/

oh and so is Astrud Gilberto

http://www.imeem.com/pinoyster123/music/tpf02ltQ/astrud_joao_gilberto_jobim_stan_getz_corcovado/

July 18, 2008 at 9:08 am

John T Says:

Oh and this goes way back to those early family vacations back in the 80’s, packed in the car, driving to far off destinations b/c it seemed like the most reasonable thing to do when your parents had 3 boys.

http://www.imeem.com/wo2csmchan/music/_i0LXFn1/roger_miller_king_of_the_road/

July 18, 2008 at 9:41 am