I'm piggybacking off a discussion I heard on the Takeaway radio show this morning. What does your summer playlist include? Here's mine, more nostalgia than great music. It's where I'm at today I guess.
1. Leaving Lost Vegas, Sheryl Crow. Best sung with the windows down...and you have to leeeeaving Lost Veeeegaaas! Tuesday Night Music Club came out when I was in high school (and check out Crow's grunge look). I still have fond memories of listening to it at my mom's house with the windows open. It was also one of Crow's more melancholy albums. Before she met Lance, dumped Lance and offered the saccharin, "Soak up the Sun" song.
2. Summertime, Fresh Prince. Don't hate. That's the jam. Every time I hear that, "DRRRUMS PLEASE, Barbecue starting at 4" it's summer. It's just a happy song...again reminds me of high school. Maybe that was the last time I had summer freedom?
3. Calm Americans, Elliott. Ah...emo, how I still love thee. I saw these guys in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at a city park shelter house. Amazing. Reminds me of road trips late at night through the corn and soybean fields of the Midwest. Feeling misunderstood, wondering what adult life would hold and wearing a lot of sweaters.
4. Firecracker, Ryan Adams. I just like this song. Makes me want to have a PBR and hang around the table outside. Sweat, a little romance and a nice harmonica.
5. Horchata, Vampire Weekend. This whole album is good for the summer. I love the beats, the ska influences...and I love Horchata. This is a nice stripped down version. Fast forward to the 2-minute mark to hear the song.
I'm taking suggestions for the rest of this list. What does your summer playlist include?
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