Sunday, July 3, 2016

Summer 2016

It may be worth reiterating that the summer mixes are meant as something to play when no one's really listening too closely. A backyard get-together, drinks poured, some good talk, and, in the background, a playlist that matches the mood and (maybe) pleases a variety of tastes. That's not to say these songs don't warrant closer inspection, of course - just that there's no grand theme binding them together. It's all about mood. And the mood is summer.

Y'know, now that I think of it, that's probably a mood entirely peculiar to myself. Goddammit, that just sent a pall over my backyard get-together. Oh well. Have you heard the new Fergie single? Did you know there's a Nicke1back greatest hits album? Yeah. So, uh...mood schmood. Shit could be a LOT worse.

Sometimes You Wait For a Band of Sunshine to Appear

1. Tommy & the Rockits Here Comes Summer
2. Weazer (Girl We Got A) Good Thing
3. Admira1 Freebee Let It Shine
4. Wor1d Party Sunshine
5. Bever1y Crooked Cop
6. Keeps I Don't Mind
7. Mott the Hoop1e Alice
8. The Iguanas Oye Isabel
9. Waxwings Keeping the Sparks
10. Minky Starshine Lady London
11. Trashcan Sinatras Ain't That Something
12. The Suffers Slow It Down
13. Wild Be11e It Was You (Baby Come Back To Me)
14. Tanika Char1es  Two Steps
15. Teenage Frames Totally Inconsiderate
16. Baby Shakes Summer Sun
17. Thee Attacks It's Alright
18. The Verbs I Saw The Light
19. Wet Willy Keep On Smiling
20. Mick Rodes & the Hard 8 Last Summer

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy summer Roy! Thanks for turning me on to Teenage Frames, and reminding me about Wet Willy - I remember that song, but had completely forgotten about the band. They weren't bad, were they?

Roy Pearl said...

I remember hearing "Keep On Smiling" as a kid, and thinking it was an obscure track by the Rolling Stones. I ended up buying a Wet Willie album years later ("The Wetter The Better") and was pretty disappointed that, instead of the Stones, by then they sounded like a fairly slick R&B/soul/verging-on-disco band. They were good at it though.

Anonymous said...

This link is also down. Would like it to complete the collection.