Songs for the longest day of the year?
I think one can't go wrong with Coil's Summer Solstice: Bee Stings EP, part of the Moon's Milk cycle. But maybe there are even-better options?
Drop your lists.
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1. Elite Gymnastics “If U Love Me” REAL FRIENDS
2. Julien Baker “Appointments” Turn Out the Lights
3. O.V. Wright “You're Gonna Make Me Cry” Soul Food: An E-6 Mix
4. Horace Andy “Ain't No Sunshine (Alternate Version)”* Mr. Bassie
5. The Cranberries “Zombie” No Need to Argue
6. Fiona Apple “Sullen Girl” Tidal
7. Ray Charles “Making Believe” Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
8. Shirley Collins “Washed Ashore” Lodestar
a. Ash-colored Flycatcher* “Other Calls or Song Elements” (Cornell Master Set)
9. Eric Copeland “Synching Cycles” Brooklyn Banks
T. Everything But the Girl “Five Fathoms” Temperamental
E. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Out of Mind” The B-Sides to 'Time to Be Clear'
*Notes:
4. Bill Withers cover
a. I'm going to Phoenix on Sunday for a professional conference. I figured I should get familiar with the fauna.
Happy 25th Birthday to Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand. This is the album that got me hooked and ruined my life with regards to music.
Oh and case you missed I live tweeted a song-by-song review of Bee Thousand last night. On the twitters if interested.
01. "No Below" – Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana
02. "Sign On The Window" – Bob Dylan – New Morning
03. "Ab-Souls Outro" (Feat. Ab. Soul)" – Kendrick Lamar – Section.80
04. "International Lover" – Prince – 1999
05. "Bowling Trophies" – Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
06. "Seagull" – Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
07. "Take It In" – Wye Oak – The Knot
08 "I Was Cruel" – Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
09. "Haywire" – The Jayhawks – Sound Of Lies
10. "It Hurts" – Bad Bad Hats – It Hurts
My Sharona - The Knack
Jane - Jefferson Starship
Good Golly Miss Molly - Jerry Lee Lewis
Suicide Saturday - Hippo Campus
Down - Harry Nilsson
Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn
Burn Out - Midland
Time Wounds All Heels - Nick Lowe
On the Other Hand - Randy Travis
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
I should track down that Knack album. Fun power pop. Maybe doesn’t speak to a 50-something but still a good listen.
Everyone had the Knack-Sharona album in the dorms when I was in college.