The Ultimate Summer Music Mix

[Doc Safari]

What's your list?

Mine tends toward surf guitar and fun songs. (Some of these are hard to find, but worth it).

Kawabunga!

1. Summer Fun--The Barracudas
2. Summer Means Fun--Bruce and Terry
3. Pipeline--The Chantays
4. Pleasant Valley Sunday--The Monkees
5. In the Sun--Blondie
6. Telstar--The Tornados
7. I Live for the Sun--The Sunrays
8. Pier Pressure--Teisco del Rey
9. Bangalore--The Blazers
10. Walk, Don't Run--The Ventures
11. Misirlou--Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
12. Seville--Teisco del Rey
13. Penetration--The Pyramids
14. Rockaway Beach--The Ramones
15. Hawaii Five-0--The Ventures
16. Wipe Out--The Surfaris
17. Pacifica--Los Straitjackets
18. Haunted Beach Party--The Pandoras
19. Bitchen Summer/Speedway--The Bangles
20. I Get Around--The Beach Boys
21. Tailspin--Los Straitjackets
22. Surf City--Jan & Dean
23. Born to Be Wild--Steppenwolf
24. Saints--The Breeders
25. White Tornado--R.E.M.
26. Hot Summer Nights--Night
27. Bite the Hand That Feeds (instrumental)--Agent Orange
28. Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
29. California Sun--The Rivieras

[26 Inf]

You forgot:

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

And, it's been a long time since I listened to Telstar, memories. Thanks!

[Doc Safari]

You forgot:

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

And, it's been a long time since I listened to Telstar, memories. Thanks!

Sometimes when I make a mix CD, I'll change my mind about the song list and end up giving the "reject" to a buddy of mine.

Last time I did that, I thought he was going to kiss me when he saw it had Telstar on it.

[titsonritz]

No Jimmy Buffett?? Fail!

[MegademiC]

No summer in the city by three dog night?

Good list though.

[Doc Safari]

No summer in the city by three dog night?

Good list though.

Summer in the City was Lovin' Spoonful.

And yes, I left some obvious choices out.

Play the ones I did post and it becomes obvious. Okay, I'll make it easy on ya. Find and listen to "Summer Fun" by the Barracudas for that "Oh, THAT's what he was talking about" moment.

:neo:



https://youtu.be/JhvHZ__0dPs

[Jellybean]

Well, I don't go back that far, and I really don't have a set "playlist" of anything... But I like more "fun"/ Open road driving type music, and nothing is better for that than a good remix of some of the music out there that is either awful or overplayed interminably everywhere.... almost makes life worthwhile again... :laugh:

Green Day "Boulevard of..." 80's pop remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2ZyBt2Qcs
Green Day "september" 80's pop remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamjlib6IlI
Adele "Hello" 80's hair metal remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY8EuxGFCaM
LDR "Summertime sadness" 80's synth remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4xhldVpQc
LDR "born to die" 80s/synth remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeByRifFdDA
For the retro 80's folks, there's literally hundreds of 80's remixes of current pop songs...not to mention all the Synthwave re-do's.

KP "kissed a girl" rock/metal remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzFl1j5-urE
Lorde- Royals rock/metal remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shRLgMADMB0
IG "Radiocative" rock/metal remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUHWlMIbQU
Sia "cheap thrills" rock/metal remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jrp6IrV6gY
Leo's channel is a gold mine for rock/metal remixes of songs you thought you hated...

KP "E.T." metal cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hys383pDfA
Gaga "alejandro" metal cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaBzi4T6h78
Pharell "Get Lucky" metal cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbDpmsgwSU
Arianna Grande "side to side" metal cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMcuUFt4-8Q
Chainsmokers "closer" metal cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Kaz_h8plo

[26 Inf]

This pretty much filled my first MP3 player:

Lucas Davenport's "Best Songs of the Rock Era" list, in no particular order,except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road trip will start with ZZ Top.

1. Sharp-Dressed Man · ZZ Top
2. Legs · ZZ Top
3. Mustang Sally · Wilson Pickett
4. Superman's Song · Crash Test Dummies
5. Rock On · David Essex
6. Radar Love · Golden Earring
7. Heart of Glass · Blondie
8. White Rabbit · Jefferson Airplane
9. Somebody to Love · Jefferson Airplane
10. Layla · Derek and the Dominoes

11. Roadhouse Blues · Doors
12. House of the Rising Sun · Animals
13. Sweet Emotion · Aerosmith
14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) · Aerosmith
15. Dancing in the Dark · Bruce Springsteen
16. Born to Run · Bruce Springsteen
17. Thunder Road · Bruce Springsteen
18. Every Breath You Take · Police
19. Heart of Saturday Night · Tom Waits
20. Hot for Teacher · Van Halen

21. Won't Get Fooled Again · Who
22. Hotel California (covers the Eagles) · Gipsy Kings
23. Give Me One Reason · Tracy Chapman
24. Down on the Corner · CCR
25. Lyin' Eyes · Eagles
26. Life in the Fast Lane · Eagles
27. Skateaway (Roller Girl) · Dire Straits
28. Mary Jane's Last Dance · Tom Petty
29. Me 'n Bobby McGee · Janis Joplin
30. Black Water · Doobie Brothers

31. I Love Rock 'n Roll · Joan Jett
32. Jack and Diane · John Mellencamp
33. The Wall (Part 2) · Pink Floyd
34. Money · Pink Floyd
35. Piano Man · Billy Joel
36. After Midnight · Eric Clapton
37. Lay Down Sally · Eric Clapton
38. You Shook Me (All Night Long) · AC/DC
39. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap · AC/DC
40. Long Cool Woman · Hollies

41. Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
42. Knockin' on Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan
43. Subterranean Homesick Blues · Bob Dylan
44. Satisfaction · Rolling Stones
45. Brown Sugar · Rolling Stones
46. Sympathy for the Devil · Rolling Stones
47. Anarchy in the UK · Sex Pistols
48. Sugar Magnolia · Grateful Dead
49. Slow Hand · Pointer Sisters
50. Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics

51. Jailhouse Rock · Elvis Presley
52. Ziggy Stardust · David Bowie
53. Night Moves · Bob Seger
54. Bye-Bye-Love · Everly Brothers
55. Purple Haze · Jimi Hendrix
56. Lola · Kinks
57. Tender is the Night · Jackson Browne
58. Louie Louie · The Kingsmen
59. Bad to the Bone · George Thorogood
60. Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) · Metallica

61. Sweet Home Alabama · Lynryd Skynyrd
62. We Will Rock You · Queen
63. Ramblin' Man · Allman Brothers
64. Rock 'n Roll · Led Zeppelin
65. What's Love Got to Do With It · Tina Turner
66. Born to Be Wild · Steppenwolf
67. With or Without You · U2
68. Paranoid · Black Sabbath
69. Blue Morning Blue · Foreigner
70. White Wedding · Billy Idol

71. Sweet Child o' Mine · Guns 'n Roses
72. Paradise City · Guns 'n Roses
73. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (covers Dylan) · Guns 'n Roses *
74. Walk on the Wild Side · Lou Reed
75. Feel Like Makin' Love · Bad Company
76. Rock of Ages · Def Leppard
77. Brown Eyed Girl · Van Morrison
78. Devil With a Blue Dress · Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
79. Respect · Aretha Franklin
80. I'm in the Mood · John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt

81. I Got You (I Feel Good) · James Brown
82. Unchained Melody · Righteous Brothers
83. Little Red Corvette · Prince
84. Roll Over Beethoven · Chuck Berry
85. Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) · Byrds
86. Ohio · CSNY
87. Peggy Sue · Buddy Holly
88. Great Balls of Fire · Jerry Lee Lewis
89. Pretty Woman · Roy Orbison
90. Runaway · Del Shannon

91. Walk This Way · Aerosmith / Run-DMC
92. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay · Otis Redding
93. Smells like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
94. Still Crazy After All These Years · Paul Simon
95. Who Do You Love? · Bo Diddley
96. One Toke Over the Line · Brewer and Shipley
97. I Wanna Be Sedated · Ramones
98. Should I Stay or Should I Go · Clash
99. Burning Down the House · Talking Heads
100. Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite · Dimitri Shostakovich

* Yeah, yeah, I know it's on the list twice.

[Doc Safari]

That reminds me: my road trip songs


51965

[MegademiC]

Summer in the City was Lovin' Spoonful.

...

My whole life, ive been lied to:angry:

[Bogart]

No Jimmy Buffett?? Fail!

You beat me to it.

Also, no Grateful Dead???

[elephant]

Mostly alternative- non radio/non commercial music.

Strictly Nighttime driving music:

1.When your out- Kauf
2.Sometimes - Miami Horror
3. Fireflies - Still Corners
4.Heart in the pipes- Kauf Remix
5.Always- Panama
6. Shine a light- C90's
7. Living in America- Dom
8. From Nowhere- Dan Croll (Baardsen Remix)
9. Polish Girl - Neon Indian
10. Oh Sheit its X - Thundercat
11. Sleepwalking - The Chan Gang of 1974
12. Synrise- Goose
13. K.Y.S.A - Phantogram
14. Night Train - Mitch Murder
15. So far away - Lazerhawk
16. Lean on- Major Lazer
17. Abandoned streets - Jordon F

[SeriousStudent]

That reminds me: my road trip songs


51965

Midnight Rider by the Allman Brothers would be a nice addition to that playlist.

[elephant]

I feel like I'm on a forum with a bunch of old men who grew up in the 60's-70's. Don't forget:

Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Dire Straits,
Fleetwood Mac,
Hall & Oates,
Phil Collins,
Huey Lewis,
Earth Wind & Fire
SOS Band
Chicago
Howard Jones
Peter Cetera
Steve Winwood
The Whispers

[Doc Safari]

Midnight Rider by the Allman Brothers would be a nice addition to that playlist.

Yeah....I can see that one. That song reminds me of the many road trips where you stop at some greasy spoon at nearly midnight, exhausted, just wanting a bite to eat, and looking around at the other patrons to figure out which one is "The Hitcher".

[26 Inf]

I feel like I'm on a forum with a bunch of old men who grew up in the 60's-70's.

And your point is?

[Bogart]

I feel like I'm on a forum with a bunch of old men who grew up in the 60's-70's.

I'm 28. Just grew up with a dad with good taste.

[The_War_Wagon]

I get mellow with my summer parties. Like this. :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xra7sDcdOMI

[titsonritz]

I'm 28. Just grew up with a dad with good taste.

Exactly. That is just when the best music was made. My kids are 24 and 25, they listen to the same music I do.

[titsonritz]

I get mellow with my summer parties. Like this. :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xra7sDcdOMI

Mark Knopfler is basass

[SteyrAUG]

This pretty much filled my first MP3 player:

Lucas Davenport's "Best Songs of the Rock Era" list, in no particular order,except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road trip will start with ZZ Top.

1. Sharp-Dressed Man · ZZ Top
2. Legs · ZZ Top
3. Mustang Sally · Wilson Pickett
4. Superman's Song · Crash Test Dummies
5. Rock On · David Essex
6. Radar Love · Golden Earring
7. Heart of Glass · Blondie
8. White Rabbit · Jefferson Airplane
9. Somebody to Love · Jefferson Airplane
10. Layla · Derek and the Dominoes

11. Roadhouse Blues · Doors
12. House of the Rising Sun · Animals
13. Sweet Emotion · Aerosmith
14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) · Aerosmith
15. Dancing in the Dark · Bruce Springsteen
16. Born to Run · Bruce Springsteen
17. Thunder Road · Bruce Springsteen
18. Every Breath You Take · Police
19. Heart of Saturday Night · Tom Waits
20. Hot for Teacher · Van Halen

21. Won't Get Fooled Again · Who
22. Hotel California (covers the Eagles) · Gipsy Kings
23. Give Me One Reason · Tracy Chapman
24. Down on the Corner · CCR
25. Lyin' Eyes · Eagles
26. Life in the Fast Lane · Eagles
27. Skateaway (Roller Girl) · Dire Straits
28. Mary Jane's Last Dance · Tom Petty
29. Me 'n Bobby McGee · Janis Joplin
30. Black Water · Doobie Brothers

31. I Love Rock 'n Roll · Joan Jett
32. Jack and Diane · John Mellencamp
33. The Wall (Part 2) · Pink Floyd
34. Money · Pink Floyd
35. Piano Man · Billy Joel
36. After Midnight · Eric Clapton
37. Lay Down Sally · Eric Clapton
38. You Shook Me (All Night Long) · AC/DC
39. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap · AC/DC
40. Long Cool Woman · Hollies

41. Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
42. Knockin' on Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan
43. Subterranean Homesick Blues · Bob Dylan
44. Satisfaction · Rolling Stones
45. Brown Sugar · Rolling Stones
46. Sympathy for the Devil · Rolling Stones
47. Anarchy in the UK · Sex Pistols
48. Sugar Magnolia · Grateful Dead
49. Slow Hand · Pointer Sisters
50. Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics

51. Jailhouse Rock · Elvis Presley
52. Ziggy Stardust · David Bowie
53. Night Moves · Bob Seger
54. Bye-Bye-Love · Everly Brothers
55. Purple Haze · Jimi Hendrix
56. Lola · Kinks
57. Tender is the Night · Jackson Browne
58. Louie Louie · The Kingsmen
59. Bad to the Bone · George Thorogood
60. Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) · Metallica

61. Sweet Home Alabama · Lynryd Skynyrd
62. We Will Rock You · Queen
63. Ramblin' Man · Allman Brothers
64. Rock 'n Roll · Led Zeppelin
65. What's Love Got to Do With It · Tina Turner
66. Born to Be Wild · Steppenwolf
67. With or Without You · U2
68. Paranoid · Black Sabbath
69. Blue Morning Blue · Foreigner
70. White Wedding · Billy Idol

71. Sweet Child o' Mine · Guns 'n Roses
72. Paradise City · Guns 'n Roses
73. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (covers Dylan) · Guns 'n Roses *
74. Walk on the Wild Side · Lou Reed
75. Feel Like Makin' Love · Bad Company
76. Rock of Ages · Def Leppard
77. Brown Eyed Girl · Van Morrison
78. Devil With a Blue Dress · Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
79. Respect · Aretha Franklin
80. I'm in the Mood · John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt

81. I Got You (I Feel Good) · James Brown
82. Unchained Melody · Righteous Brothers
83. Little Red Corvette · Prince
84. Roll Over Beethoven · Chuck Berry
85. Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) · Byrds
86. Ohio · CSNY
87. Peggy Sue · Buddy Holly
88. Great Balls of Fire · Jerry Lee Lewis
89. Pretty Woman · Roy Orbison
90. Runaway · Del Shannon

91. Walk This Way · Aerosmith / Run-DMC
92. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay · Otis Redding
93. Smells like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
94. Still Crazy After All These Years · Paul Simon
95. Who Do You Love? · Bo Diddley
96. One Toke Over the Line · Brewer and Shipley
97. I Wanna Be Sedated · Ramones
98. Should I Stay or Should I Go · Clash
99. Burning Down the House · Talking Heads
100. Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite · Dimitri Shostakovich

* Yeah, yeah, I know it's on the list twice.

Nice list. I'd add "Driver's Seat" by Sniff n The Tears and My Sharona by The Knack. And lose Skynard.

[SteyrAUG]

I feel like I'm on a forum with a bunch of old men who grew up in the 60's-70's. Don't forget:

Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Dire Straits,
Fleetwood Mac,
Hall & Oates,
Phil Collins,
Huey Lewis,
Earth Wind & Fire
SOS Band
Chicago
Howard Jones
Peter Cetera
Steve Winwood
The Whispers

Robbie Neville - C'est la Vie
Karyn White - "Secret Rendezvous"
Brenda K. Starr "Pickin' Up Pieces"
Paul Hardcastel - Forest Fire & Sound Chaser

Lose Huey Lewis. Glad to see somebody else who gets Howard Jones.

[Doc Safari]

Lose Huey Lewis. Glad to see somebody else who gets Howard Jones.

Since I started subscribing to satellite radio, he's one of the few artists that I've started thinking, "Why didn't I like his music back in the day?"

[26 Inf]

Nice list. I'd add "Driver's Seat" by Sniff n The Tears and My Sharona by The Knack. And lose Skynard.

I'm not a huge Skynard fan, so we are in agreement.

I don't know if you follow John Sandford, the main character in his LE books is a guy named Lucas Davenport (and now slowly transitioning to Virgil Flowers). In one book he (Davenport) was always asking folks what to put on his new MP3 player, this was the result.

[SteyrAUG]

Since I started subscribing to satellite radio, he's one of the few artists that I've started thinking, "Why didn't I like his music back in the day?"

Weird dude haircut, looked like a guy version of Cyndi Lauper. Put me off at first too, but once I got past the look I realized he had some actual talent.

[flenna]

Mark Knopfler is basass

Totally. Sultans of Swing is sublime and has one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Dire Straits and Tom Petty are at the top of my play list.

[Gunfixr]

Some great lists.
A few I'm not familiar with, but know and really like almost all of it.

Mark Knopfler is badass.
I might have to pull out Brothers in Arms and give it a turn on the table.

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[SteyrAUG]

I don't know if you follow John Sandford, the main character in his LE books is a guy named Lucas Davenport (and now slowly transitioning to Virgil Flowers). In one book he (Davenport) was always asking folks what to put on his new MP3 player, this was the result.

I don't have much time for fiction.

[tb-av]

Not sure why, but these songs always remind me of summer. The first one is pretty obvious.

Summertime blues - The Who
Low Rider - War -- several of their songs actually.
Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus just left Chicago - ZZ Top
She's a Woman - Jeff Beck
St. Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast / Father O'Blivion - Frank Zappa
Long Cool Woman - The Hollies
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie
Panic in Detroit - David Bowie
In the Summer time - Mungo Jerry
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
The Letter - The box Tops
Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Rock and Roll Doctor - Little Feat
Light My Fire -the Doors
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

[flenna]

Some great lists.
A few I'm not familiar with, but know and really like almost all of it.

Mark Knopfler is badass.
I might have to pull out Brothers in Arms and give it a turn on the table.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwJ11-pmxg

Any questions?

[Gunfixr]

Nope, I know that song as well.

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[ABNAK]

I gotta go with the songs big the summer I graduated HS. Had those three months to enjoy before leaving for the Ft. Benning School For Boys in September.

Every Breath You Take
Photograph
Electric Avenue
It's a Mistake
Our House
Beat It (only for the Eddie Van Halen solo in it)
She's a Beauty

Went to my first concert ever a week before I left for the Army (Eddie Money).

[Doc Safari]

Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus just left Chicago - ZZ Top


"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" by ZZ Top.

Frankly, one of the happiest times of my life was when I didn't have a girlfriend and only a few casual friends and bar buddies. I used to go to this little saloon on Friday night and eat pizza and drink enough beer to get me started. Then I'd drive home and really get with the beer consumption. It was somewhat of a solitary life but I loved it and miss it so. Not a care in the world. I'd stay up and listen to Coast-to-Coast AM until I fell asleep (read: passed out), and I'd get up on Saturday morning as if nothing had happened the night before--because it didn't--and that "nothing" is what made it special. I could relax and not stress about anything and just enjoy the evening.

Anyway, that's what "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" reminds me of. I hated for that time of my life to end. But now I've got a chick that I really dig and my life is a lot more complicated, and I guess the only thing you can count on is that things change.

[26 Inf]

I don't have much time for fiction.

Porn? Star Wars? Ayn Rand? Robert Heinlein? :jester:

[26 Inf]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwJ11-pmxg

Any questions?

Maybe not your genre, but this guy was one of the most badass guitar players ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bhuxkzjuQc

[Gunfixr]

Well, myself, I'm not limited to one or two genres, so I know both the artist, and the song in your video.

And yes, he was a hell of a guitar player.

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