It's fucking hot. Breaking records hot. I was trying to think of a song to match the mood. Thinking about all sorts of hot weather songs, and dismissing them for one reason or another. "Hot, Hot, Hot" by Buster Poindexter? Hell no. Solo David Johansen is bad enough, let alone some alter ego shtick. Third World's "96 Degrees In the Shade"? Not really getting there. They had the unfortunate experience of having been on too many Island Records compilations with much heavier reggae acts. Hendrix's "Long Hot Summer Night"? Getting closer. Oh yeah, Sly and the Family Stone's "Hot Fun In the Summertime", that'll work. Not a song about excessive heat, but a song about, golly gee, fun in the summertime. I can get behind that. When I listen to it, for whatever reason, I'm transported back to my Mom's front lawn, hanging with friends trying to figure out what to do with the hours left of daylight after dinner. Pick some fruit and throw it at passing cars? Go skateboarding? It's still years away from beer and girls. No school for months. Not a damn care in the world. It doesn't matter what we do. We have tomorrow.
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Listen:Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun In the Summertime mp3 at So Well Remembered
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Long Hot Summer Night mp3 at ATumblr
Third World - 96 Degrees In the Shade mp3 at Internet Archive
2 comments:
Records broken 'round these parts too, Tom. Heatwave started back in May and just kept on going, just barely stopping for breath a couple times. Been struttin' around in nothin' but hot pants, shades and a layer of sweat for the last seven weeks. Back to work on monday.
(And although, come to think, not about climatic conditions, here's one for your list: Prince Buster's Too Hot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=XMu8836cgfk))
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Hey e,
Don't know what hot is over there but I woke up this morning and my apartment was 84 degrees, that's with the windows open all night. And it's muggy too, from an ocean water temperature hovering in the high 70s (the warmest it's been here in my entire live). Diggin' the warm water, just wish there'd be a breeze or sumpin'.
Good choice on the Price Buster, "hot" themed songs by cool artists are hard to come by. Feeling sad for you that your European length vacation is ending. Hopefully you made the most of it. You really do have to drag the whole e-mob out here sometime. Hell, at this rate it could still be summer-like at your Christmas break!
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