Summer Music List

Every summer that I can remember from my teens till now have always had some type of album or single that was the “song for the summer”. So seeing I am having writer’s block today and can’t think of a good topic to write about, I decided to do a list of songs for the summer. Some are old and some are new, but all are songs for the summer. Don’t worry I am linking each song to the video, so you can click the song and reminisce. So let the list begin (these are in no order).

1. Summertime by Fresh Prince
2. School’s Out- Alice Cooper
3. Light My Fire- The Doors
4. Poison- Bell, Biv, Devoe
5. Spill the Wine- Eric Burden and War
6. Little Red Corvette-Prince
7. A Whiter Shade of Pale-Procol Harum
8. Hot Blooded- Foreigner
9. Under The Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Hard Knock Life- Jay-Z
11. Tennessee- Arrested Development
12. Brown-eyed girl-Van Morrison
13. Three Little Birds- Bob Marley
14. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen
15. The Real Slim Shady- Eminem
16. Hot in Herre- Nelly
17. P.I.M.P.- 50 Cent
18. Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
19. 1979-Smashing Pumpkins
20. What I Got-Sublime
21. Alive- Pearl Jam
22. Nothin’ But A G Thang- Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg
23. California Love- 2 Pac
24. Killing Me Softly-The Fugees
25. Scar Tissue- Red Hot Chili Peppers
26. Steal My Sunshine- Len
27. Big pimpin- Jay-Z
28. Hey Ya-Outkast
29. I’m Yours-Jason Mraz
30. Buzzin-Shwayze


This week’s Music:
You get a double dip of music for the week. Not only a thrown together list of summer music, but also a few albums that I have picked up this week.

Wolf Parade- Expo 86
Wolf Parade is yet another great Canadian band that is coming out on the indie scene. I had read something about this album last week and decided to pick it up and give it a listen. After the first run through the album, it’s not bad. I really love the songs Palm Road and Two Men In New Tuxedos. They should be getting some air time in not long on most of the indie stations, if they aren’t already.

The Henry Clay People-Somewhere On The Golden Coast
Another band I have read a lot about and hear great things as well. I have been interested in them since seeing they will be playing ACL this year. This is an indie band that comes from Glendale, California. After listening to their newest album a few times, it is really good and I can’t wait to see them live at ACL. I like the songs Keep Your Eyes Closed and End of an Empire.

So it’s been a while…………

Well I have actually settled down and am able to write a quick blog. I haven’t written anything since May 25th, and it’s been a lot of traveling between. I went to the (almost) last Big 12 baseball tournament in Oklahoma. Came back to Waco for a little over a week, and then went out to California for what I called the “Great California Backpacking Trip”. That consisted of me going to Visalia for my friend Daniel and Allison’s wedding then catching the train to Oakland to see my friends Dave and Jeremy and hanging out in San Francisco for a few days.

While in California I got to go to Amoeba Records in Berkeley and in the Height in San Francisco. Going there made me realize that I need to invest in a turntable and start buying vinyl. It was by far the coolest record stores I have been in and Kristen should be happy that music stores like Amoeba or Rasputin (which was also a very cool store in Berkeley). So I guess you can say on the horizon I will be purchasing vinyl and also have another thing to keep Kristen busy with.
While there I had to go down Height and check out all the cool graffiti and the house of Jimi Hendrix as well as searching for Jerry Garcia’s house, but to could not find it. We also went down to the Castro and walked around there and went by Harvey Milk’s camera store where the Gay and Lesbian rights movement started. I got to take in all the sites and even went by the Fillmore and got to see where not only the Dead played but The Doors and other’s graced the stage, of course we could not sneak past the doorman to get inside, but that could be for another trip.

I also got to go out to Alcatraz and tour the prison, which was a highlight of the trip. It was an amazing place and if you get a chance to go, take it. Of course while I was there, I also took in a Giants game, while wearing a fleece and jeans, which is not June baseball weather, but I won’t complain seeing how hot is it here in Texas. The first night I was there I also got to go to a concert and see Real Estate play the Independent. They were great live, the opening band wasn’t great, and the second band was good, but it was nice to hear Real Estate live.
I have been listening to a ton of music, some new and some old the past few weeks. It will be easier to list some albums that I feel should be a must get.

Here we go:
Lucero- 1372 Overton Park
Local Natives-Gorilla Manor
The Black Keys-Brothers
Eminem-Recovery
Foals-Total Life Forever
The Gaslight Anthem-American Slang
Gogol Bordello-Trans-Continental Hustle
The Hold Steady-Heaven Is Whenever
Nas and Damian Marley- Distant Relatives
The National-High Violet
The Roots-How I Got Over