Summer days
 

I'm making a summer compilation and I'm looking for any suggestions of summery tunes that I may have forgotten. I'm going quite classic 60s and 70s mainly but anything is game as long as it's perfect for summer. Thanks.

mommas and papas- california dreamin
beach boys- i get around
beatles- lucy in the sky with diamonds
the kinks- sunny afternoon.
wings- jet
led zeppelin- rock and roll
hanson- mmm bop (ooooooh yeeeeeah)
hal- play the hits
the thrills- big sur
the coral- pass it on
love- love.

Haha, cheers LedZepStu, I'd actually missed most of those songs. The Kinks Sunny Afternoon is the only one of your list I had. Mmm Bop has to be on it, brilliant!! Hanson are apparantly playing Leeds festival this year which I'm going to, so I guess it should be on this summer's compilation. Here's my list so far for your viewing pleasure...

Don Maclean - Bye Bye Miss American Pie
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
Johnny & The Hurricanes (The Shadows) - Red River Rock
New Order - Morning Sun
QOTSA - Feelgood hit of the Summer
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer/Jesus Etc
Sons & Daughters - Johnny Cash
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane/Oh, Sweet Nuthin'/Sunday Morning
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Buzz****s - Ever fallen in Love (with someone you shouldnt)
Super Furry Animals - Anything from 'Radiator'
Pulp - Sorted out for Es & Whizz/Common People
Sheryl Crowe - All I wanna do
Elton John - Tiny Dancer/Mona Lisa & Mad Hatters
Ryan Adams - Firecracker
Sam Cooke - Wonderful world/Summertime/Save the last dance for me/Stand by me
Robert Palmer - Addicted to love
REM - Losing my religion
PJ Harvey - This is love
The Pixies - Debaser
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Phil Spector - Da Doo Ron Ron
Orange Juice - Rip it up
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Jimmy Eat World - Crimson and Clover
Jefferson Airplane - Good Morning, Vietnam
Jackson C Frank - Milk & Honey
Iggy Pop & The Stooges - The Passenger
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit me/Sex Drugs, Rock & roll
Genesis - I can't dance
Four Tops - Reach out & I'll be there
ESG - Dance (that's the toyata advert song)
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Dandy Warhols - Get off
Cream - Crossroads/Sunshine of your love
The Charlatans - You're so pretty, we're so pretty
Breeders - Cannonball
Beck - Peaches n Cream
Air - Sexy Boy/Kelly Watch the stars/Playground Love
Belle & Sebastian - Sleep the Clock Around/Like Dylan in the movies/Dirty Dream Number Two
The Beatles - With a little help from my friends/Come together
The Who - The Seeker/My Generation/Sparks
Led Zepplin - Misty Mountain Top
Gomez - Whippin Picadilly
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
Roy Orbitson - Pretty Woman
The Temptations - Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch/My Girl
Richie Valens - La Bamba
Boy George - Karma Chameleon
Oasis - Girl with the dirty shirt/She's electric

the best summer music is Bob Marley....listening to it on the beach...ah yes...the sea and the hot sun in the silent summer afternoon...i'm sorry got a little carried away there...man i love living near the sea....

There is a song called Sumertime by Sublime off of 40oz to Freedom check it out.

You need the Barenaked Ladies-One Week for any great compilation album.

"Days like this" by the cat empire actually any of their songs and "ride wit me" by spod

here comes the sun- beatles

in the summertime - thirsty merc....

you have to have the pixies- heres comes your man. a must have. so...summery.

Last Summer - Lostprophets
Heart Attack - Sum 41 (reminds me of summer when i hear it)
Girls And Boys - Good Charlotte

Walk on th Wild Side by Lou Reid
or that song "stuck in the middle with you " from Resivoir Dogs

Download the song Home by Sean Lennon

Thats a great summery unknown gem.

Also Hand in my Head by Money Mark

And how on earth did you leave out Summertime Rolls by Janes Addiction :p:

Hi SJ :wavey: Check out some of these ;) {I know you looooove gangster rap you thug, don't try and hide it}
Al Green- Let's Stay Together
Billie Holiday- Summertime
The Slackers- Manuel
The Black Keys- Have Love Will Travel
Deborah Harry- Rush Rush
Sex Pistols- EMI
Snoop Dogg- What's My Name
Talib Kweli- Africa Dream
The Stranglers- Golden Brown
Postal Service- The District Sleeps Alone Tonight; Brand New Colony
Tsunami Bomb- The Invasion From Within
Le Tigre- Deceptacon
2pac- To Live And Die in LA
Social Distortion- Ball n' Chain
The Faint- Call Call; Agenda Suicide
Murder City Devils- Press Gang
The Toasters- 2 tone Army
Ice Cube- Good Day
Tiger Army- Outlaw Heart
The Specials- Ghost Town; A Message to You Rudie
Hepcat- Prison of Love
Bob Marley- Could You Be Loved
The Eels- Novocaine (For The Soul)
The Clash- Guns of Brixton
Fugazi- Waiting Room
The Cure- In Between Days
Eazy E- Real Mutherphukin G's
Curtis Mayfield- Pusher Man
The Dwarves- Better Be Women
David Bowie- Let's Dance
The Descendents- When I Get Old
Voodoo Glow Skulls- They Always Come Back
The Zombies- Time of the Season
Dead Kennedys- Police Truck
PJ Harvey- The Letter
Devin The Dude- 'Lacville '79

The list was still a work in progress :p:

I actually missed out the summeriest tune ever - Bobby McFerrin - 'Don't Worry Be Happy :cool:

Yo Hookers, you've sussed me, didn't know I was so transparent, true dat dogg. ;) You know me, can't make jokes about your gansta rap tastes if I haven't given it a shot (boom boom) so it's all on the way. As is everything recommended so cheers peeps!

whenever i hear "stand by me" i imagine these black guys on an island dancing near a fire.. and this other guy (i think he might be white), away from the dancing group, laying on the sand with his girl, looking at the moon. so it's obviously a summer night. so romantic, ey? :rolleyes:

good day sunshine- beatles
any king missile song

The Kinks - You Really Got Me
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Moloko - Things To Make And Do (album)
Chesney Hawks - I Am The One And Only (j/k)

Dave

that song what goes "and its always youu....and me..." "baaa.ba baaaaa" etc, great song.