Your Soundtrack to the Summer.

Pick some songs that, to you, either evoke memories of a Summer, or just the feeling of Summer. Even if you just associate it with Summer, that counts.

GO!

Some of mine, in no real order:

Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers.
Golden Skans by Klaxons.
Summertime by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Always).
High/Seven Days in the Sun/Buck Rogers by Feeder.
Gold by Prince.
The Bends by Radiohead.
Go with the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age.
Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Revenga by System of a Down.
Your Time Has Come by Audioslave.
Beverly Hills by Weezer.
Warmth of the Sun by The Beach Boys.
Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros.

-AC

there's a few by JJ Grey and Mofro that do it for me

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Air
Brighter days

Delays: wanderlust
Amos Lee: southern girl
Knockin on heavens door: Guns n Roses

Summer Girl by Type O Negative. They remade "Summer Breeze" and turned it into a bit more explicit version (not too bad though).

Also, Girl by Beck.

Most music by The Doors, that's usually the music I have playing when sitting out eating in the garden during the Summer. Anything like that, Psychedelic, 60s/70s.

Swollen Summer by the Bravery
Smile Like You Mean it by the Killers
Obstacle 1 by Interpol
How Soon is Now by the Smiths
Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
Sweet Charity by Mr. Bungle
Scar Tissue by RHCP
Road Trippin' by RHCP
Australia by the Shins
Hunted by a Freak by Mogwai
Cherub Rock by the Smashing Pumpkins
Spaceboy by the Smashing Pumpkins

RJD2 - Clean Living
Fingathing - Walk in Space
Mr. Scruff - Get a Move On
Pixies - Where is my Mind?
Sublime - What I Got
Bonobo - Pick Up
Evil Nine - Hired Goons
Nightmares on Wax - Morse
Fluke - Blue Sky
Danny Byrd - Fresh 98
Pharoahe Monch - Push
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Manu Chao - Mr. Bobby
Foo Fighters - Generator
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
The Pharcyde - Y? (Jay Dee Remix)

Alice Cooper - Schools Out

Unfortunately in my program I will only have August off.

Over the hills and far away--LED ZEPPELIN

Blister in the sun--Violent femmes

Shambala--three dog night

funny little feeling--rock and roll soldiers

California sun--rancid

ATliens--outkast

summer of 69--bowling for soup is my favorite version, but they will all do

The freshman--mustard plug

gin and juice--snoop

The river--The clarks

SL2- On a Ragga Tip
Tom Morrello
A bunch of Remix themes

Hazey Jane II by Nick Drake
Hallelujah by Nick Cave (a bit weird, but hey)
The Bends by Radiohead
Summer in the City by The Lovin Spoonful
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
Tender by Blur
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough by Michael Jackson.

Summertime Girls - Y&T
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Down Boys - Warrant
Up all Night - Slaughter
Bathroom Wall - Faster Pussycat

Just to name a few

Guns N Roses - Paradise City
The Offspring - Spare Me The Details
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Matchbox 20 - Rainmaker
Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Blink 182 - Wendy Clear

Pretty much fast, loud rock you can turn up in your car while going for drive to the beach. Also listen to a lot of UK Hardcore/Happy Hardcore/Whatever you wanna call it during summer.

paint it black

Light by KMFDM
F*ck your God by Deicide
The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears by Machine Head
Rockaway Beach by The Ramones

.....to name a few.

The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
The Kooks - Jackie Big ****
Paramore - Hallelujah
Weezer - The Other Way
Weezer - Peace
Weezer - Hold Me
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
Blink 182 - Dysentary Gary
Blink 182 - Time To Break Up
Loudon Wainwright III - You Can't Fail Me Now
Loudon Wainwright III - Daughter
Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
The Starting Line - Island
The Starting Line - 21
Sum 41 - Fat Lip
Panic At the Disco - That Green Gentleman

Some of these evoke pretty old memories, but regardless, it's my list.

Aphex Twin / Windowlicker
The Doors / L.A.Woman
Björk / I Miss You
Gotan Project / Diferente
Koop / Summer Sun
Massive Attack / Karmacoma
Radiohead / Idioteque
Depeche Mode / Lilian
Nirvana / All Apologies
Faithless / Tarantula
Looptroop / Millitant Vinylist
Thom Yorke / Atoms For Peace
Blind Melon / No Rain
Led Zeppelin / WHole lotta Love

The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
MGMT - Kids
Band of Horses - Weed Party
Justice - Waters of Nazareth
Mogwai - Summer
Audioslave - Cochise
The Datsuns - Mother****er from Hell
Bright Eyes - Arc of Time
Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
The Pistolas - Listen, Listen

I burn a hole in Pet Sounds every summer.

"Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran
"Lowrider" - War
"Fantastic Voyage" - Coolio
"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band
"Love Shack" - The B-52's
"I Love Rock'n'Roll" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"You Know How We Do It" - Ice Cube
"The Sign" - Ace of Base
"1st of Tha Month" - Bone Thugs
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" - The Gap Band
"She's a Brick House" - The Commodores
"Kabhee Naee" - Adnan Sami
"Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream
"Magic Carpet Ride" - Steppenwolf
"Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Oye Como Va" - Santana

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel
The Horizon Has Been Defeated - Jack Johnson
Anything by Jimmy Buffett
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Nothing But a Good Time - Poison