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Summer's here. I need some music to play while I'm hanging out in my yard or when I'm rolling in the car, sunroof and all windoes open [8D] Let's make the compilation to end all compilations! So far, I have:

I Wanna Be a Lifeguard, Blotto
Vacation, The Go Go's
The Tide Is High, Blondie
Holiday, Madonna
Hawaii Five-0, The Ventures
My Sharona, The Knack
Hot In The City, Billy Idol
Rio, Duran Duran
Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime), Simple Minds
Cruel Summer, Bananarama
Summer Of Love, B-52's
Johnny Too Bad, UB40
Sun In My Morning, Saint Etienne
I'm A Rainbow Too, Bob Marley & Fatboy Slim
Simply Sexy, Ray Cokes & The Sex Gods

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Summer - WAR
Hot Time In The Summertime - Sly Stone
Coolin' - Two Live Crew
Clambake - Elvis Presley
Summertime - Sugarhill Gang
Anything by Dick Dale or the Beach Boys pre-1965

The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Ice Cube- Today Was A Good Day
Danzig - Dirty Black Summer
The Cult - Sun King
The Dears - Warm And Sunny Days
LL Cool J - Around the Way Girl
The Posies - Solar Sister
APB - Summer Love
Refused - Summerholidays vs. Punkrock
Eye Like Knives - Summer Song
Surf Punks - My Beach
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster
Vandals - Summer Lovin' (lyrically altered cover of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta) [:D]




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Nikki and the Corvettes-Fun on the beach
Sparks-Over the summer
Zombies-Summertime
Style Council-Long hot summer
Lovin Spoonful-Summer in the city
B-52s-Rock lobster

Excellent suggestions everyone. This is definitely going to have to be a multi disc compilation [:p]

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Some more
Blondie-In the sun
Dead Kennedys-Holiday in Cambodia
Revillos-On the beach
Nick Gilder-Hot child in the city

My summertime soundtrack:

"The First Picture of You" - the Lotus Eaters
"Come Summer" - Fra Lippo Lippi
"Always the Sun" - the Stranglers
"Somewhere In My Heart" - Aztec Camera
"The Love Parade" - the Dream Academy
"Come With Me" - Translator
"Long Hot Summer" - the Style Council
"When All's Well" - Everything But the Girl
"Big New Beginning" - the Big Dish
"Skills of Summer" - Wire Train
"Burn" - the Pin-Up Girls
"The Windmills of Your Mind" - the Colourfield
"My Boyish Days" - Care
"Rattlesnakes" - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
"Always Saturday" - Guadalcanal Diary
"Harborcoat" - R.E.M.
"Between Something and Nothing" - the Ocean Blue
"Lovely Little Swan" - the Close Lobsters
"Sunshine Reggae" - Laidback
"Everyday Is Like Sunday" - Morrissey
"Lips Like Sugar" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"Grass" - XTC

Michael Sutton
CEO/Sutton Records
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I'm working on a compilation that includes lots of summertime/surfer tunes, including:

B Girls - Fun at the Beach
Barracudas - Surfers Are Back
Jon & the Nightriders - Rumble at Waikiki
Pandoras - Haunted Beach Party
Pandoras - Hot Generation
Raybeats - Calhoun Surf
Raybeats - Searching
Revillos - Scuba Scuba

Other good ones to consider:
5,6,7,8's - Woo Hoo (the Vonage theme)
Academy - At the Beach
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (you'll definitely get funny looks from other motorists for this one!)
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun




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Summer-Blink The Cocteau Twins
Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
Summer Rain - Alphaville
Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies
Wipe Out - The Safaris

Well.. since you threw is a bunch of different stuff MM, here's a real mixed bag of newer and older multi genre suggestions that jog my summertime memories going back 30+ years[8D]

(Sorry NW'rs if I got carried away with the other stuff..chaulk much of the NNW cheese to years of summer block parties in Long Beach[:I][8D])

Thank You Flettin Me Be Myself - Sly & The Family Stone

Tear The Roof Off The Sucker - Parlament

Hollywood Swingin - Kool & The Gang

I Think We Can Make It - Donna Summer

Best Of My Love - Emotions

Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

Spank - Jimmy Bo Horne

Grooveline (12") - Heatwave

A Lovers Holiday - Change

You're The One For Me - D Train

Betcha Wouldnt Hurt Me - Patti Austin / Quincy Jones

Burning Up - Madonna

That's Love That It Is - Blancmange

10-9-8 - Face to Face

Imagination - Belouis Some

I Want That Man - Debbie Harry

Hot In The City - Billy Idol

Love Tempo - Quando Quango

Montego Bay - Amazulu

Annie I'm Not Your Daddy - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Dance With Me (12" ver) - Alphaville

Boy - Book Of Love

Medicine Show - B.A.D.

Rewind - B.A.D. (Great lead Off Track BTW)

Hypnotised (Dan Miller Remix)- Cabaret Voltaire

I Dig You - Cult Hero (This is a top down turn it up tune)

Is It Love - Gang Of Four

Enjoy The Silence - DM

Land Of Hunger - Earons

Heaven (Must Be There) - Eurogliders

She Drives Me Crazy (US Mix) - FYC

Secret Separation - Fixx

The Honeythief (Galus Mix) - Hipsway

No Promises - Icehouse

So Alive - Love & Rockets

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Urban Mix) - Tears For Fears

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

Burn For You - INXS

Accidentally 4th St (Gloria) - Figures On A Beach

I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed

Scatterlings Of Africa - Juluka

Black Stations White Stations - M&M

Big Wheel - Mental As Anything

Obsession (Extended Version) - Michael Des Barres & Holly Knight

Destination Unknown - Missing Persons

Shoot You Down - APB

Promises Promises - Naked Eyes

Heart - Pet Shop Boys

Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys

Images Of Heaven - Pete Gotwin

Kiss Me - Tin Tin

Around My Dream - Silver Pozzoli

Sexy & Seventeen - Stray Cats

Sunscream - Love You More

Toms Diner - DNA / Suzanne Vega

Too Funky - George Micheal

Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn

Crazy - Seal

Just Another Dream - Cathy Dennis

Everybody Everybody - Black Box

Rhythm Of The Night - Corona

F'dat - Sagat

Cantaloop - US3

Fly - Sugar Ray

Connected - Stereo MC's

Back To Life - Soul II Soul

Finally - CeCe Peniston

Gypsy Woman - Crystal Waters

I've Been Thinking Of You - Londonbeat

Saturday Night - Whigfield

What Time Is Love - KLF

Groove Jet - Spiller

Played A Live - Safri Duo (The Bongo)

Lady Hear Me Tonight - Modjo

Rapture - iio

Once In A Lifetime - Wolfsheim

Big Time Sexuality - Bjork

Take Your Time - The Love Bite

Don't Give Up - Chicane

Superstrings - Cygnus X

He's All I Want - Angel Moon

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"A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on" - Mark Twain

I can't think of much more than what's already been posted, but:
Blondie - Love at the Pier, Island of Lost Souls
Go-Gos - Vacation, Remember Walking in the Sand
Most anything from Kid Creole...
[;)]

Jeez, what's left?

The Adult Net - Waking Up in the Sun

edit: OK, not "New Wave" but:

Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" and "Sunset Grill" seemed written for the summer season.

The Asphalt Beach - Briskeby

One Summer Night - The Danleers

California Nights - Lesley Gore

Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts

The Last Day of Summer - The Cure ..... just to name a few.

[i]Hot Hot Hot[/i] The Cure
[i]Summertime[/i] Fun Boy Three
[i]Some Like It Hot[/i] The Power Station
[i]Beatnik Beach[/i] The Go-Go's
[i]Too Hot[/i] Prince Buster...or The Specials (you pick)
[i]Walkin' On The Sun[/i] Smashmouth
[i]This Fire[/i] Franz Ferdinnand
[i]Always the Sun[/i] The Stranglers
[i]Burning Down The House[/i] Talking Heads
[i]Walking On Sunshine[/i] Katrina & The Waves
[i]Peaches[/i] The Stranglers
[i]Behind The Sun[/i] Red Hot Chili Peppers
[i]Everyday Sunshine[/i] Fishbone
[i]Hot You're Cool[/i] General Public
[i]Violence of Summer[/i] Duran Duran
[i]Summertime Rolls[/i] Janes Addiction
[i]Sunshine & Love[/i] Happy Mondays
[i]Sunbathing[/i] Lush
[i]Doin' Time[/i] Sublime
[i]Locals Only[/i] Surf Punks
[i]Pulling Muscles (From The Shell)[/i] Squeeze
[i]Long Summer Days[/i] EMF
[i]Hotwax[/i] Beck
[i]Taste The Summer[/i] Duran Duran
[i]I Live For the Sun[/i] Surf Punks
[i]Burning Bright[/i] General Public
[i]Summer Rain[/i] Belinda Carlisle
[i]Shark Attack[/i] Surf Punks

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Just a few adds:

The Durutti Column - Sketch for Summer
Eurythmics - English Summer
Tik and Tok - Summer in the City
The Stranglers - Always the Summer
Bel Canto - Shimmering Warm and Bright

[8D]