09 Jul 2010

Summer Anthems

What is your definition of a summer anthem? A song, released in the summer [HOBviously] and one that doesn’t really start to get old until the end of it. It’s fun, poppy, original, refreshing, etc etc. I’m sorry, when I listen to Katy Perry’s “California Girls,” I do not see a summer anthem. Blame it on my biased opinions of her Bumbershoot ’09 performance or not, I don’t care. She’s just too much hype for me.

When I think of summer anthems, I think of Sheryl Crow’s “Soak up the Sun,” Will Smith’s, “Summertime,” or  Sublime’s “Doin’ Time.”

I was driving into Seattle yesterday during peak-traffic jam time and was listening to my radio when they announced the classic summer song. Can you guess what song I’m going to say next?

Of course, it’s LFO – Summer Girls!!!

Stuck in traffic, the only thing I was paying attention to were the lyrics:

I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I’d take her if I had one wish,

[take her where…is this supposed to be suggestive?]

When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets

[yep, that’s really in the song.]

You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock n roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you’re near
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[What is going on with this verse? You go from something really nice about lemonade and then when the dad leaves when you’re four…Paul Revere? History lesson? Also I know Rich is the the lead singer and all, but how come we don’t hear Devin and Brad name drops in the song.]

What’s your favorite summer anthem?

  • “DJ Sammy – Heaven”
  • “Ben Lee – Catch My Disease”
  • “Kiss – School’s Out Forever”
  • “Steel Train – Bullet”
  • “K’naan – Wavin’ Flag”
  • “Jason Durulo – Ridin’ Solo”
  • “Bon Iver – Skinny Love”
  • “Kid Cudi – Cudder Is Back
  • “Ke$ha – Your Love is My Drug”
  • “Allo Darlin’ – If Loneliness Was Art”
  • Belle and Sebastian – We Are the Sleepheads
  • The Roots – The Seed 2.0
  • Kid Cudi – Simple As…

This list was compiled by my frands. If you were looking for new music, you just got it!

In case you were wondering my favorite right now is Florence and the Machine – Dog Days Are Over and my favorite summer song of all time is Minus the Bear – Pachuca Sunrise.

How embarrassing, my own brother said LFO – Summer Girls.

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