Summer sounds

High summer at last, Robin Thicke's BLURRED LINES may be the infectious sound of the summer (just how ironic/sexist is that video or lyrics?) - along with Daft Punk's GET LUCKY, Pharrell has certainly been busy, as has Nile Rodgers - his CHIC compilation is a treat, all those great tracks on one album, plus the new Pet Shop Boys on Monday - ELECTRIC, we can't wait. So, lets have a jug of Pimms and get the music going....

I was compiling a playlist of hot summer tracks, and songs from way back that remind one of those summers we used to have. It went something like this:

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee Lite

Summer In The City - Lovin Spoonful (Warm Baby - is their winter song)
Sunglasses At Night - Tiga

On The Road Again - Canned Heat

Night In The City & Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell

Hot Summer Nights - Marianne Faithfull

Summertime (I like Nina Simone's version best)

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Running Around Town - Billie Ray Martin (12 minute remix)
Nothing Really Matters - Madonna (13 minute remix) + Don't Tell Me, Impressive Instant.

Dancing in The City - Marshall Hain

Back To the Night - Joan Armatrading

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Leon Russell

Stranger In a Strange Land - Leon Russell

Riders on the Storm & Waiting For The Sun - The Doors

Sunshine Of Your Love & White Room - Cream

Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac

I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack

Laughed At The Judge - Grease Band

40,000 Headmen & Feeling Alright - Traffic

Rock & Roll Heart - Eric Clapton

Paradise & I Cherish The Day -  Sade

Pure Pleasure Seeker - Moloko

Finally - Ce Ce Peniston

Sun Rising Up - Deux

Brighter Days - Dejae

Where Love Lives - Alison Limerick

Big Fun - Inner City - their whole album still counts

Back To Life & Keep On Moving - Soul II Soul

Say I'm Your Number One - Princess

Gotta Save Your Love For Your Number One - Rene & Angela & Kurtis Blow, 
Thinking About Your Love - Skipworth & Turner (I had a great night out with them in Brighton in 1985)
and I must grab those Hed Kandi 'Back To Love' compilations for tracks like T-empo's Saturday Night, Sunday Morning or Young Disciples' Apparantly Nothing ....

 
Then there's all the Ibiza chillouts, I will be happy with my A Man Called Adam ("Barefoot In The Head", "Duende" and "Space, Ibiza") collections, or the Groove Armada compilations, plus the Global Underground deep funk series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBae0rfqIKE
 

Fond memories of those A Man Called Adam Friday nights at Heaven, chatting to the group's Sally Rodgers; or the Miami funk duo MURK (Funky Green Dogs) also raising the roof at Heaven, what a night that was, and 4 or 5 Pet Shop shows, including that great Savoy residency in '97.