Songs For The Seasons: Summer

So...I tend to post these "Season" songs right at the end of the season, if Spring and Summer are evidence of a trend. But better late than never, I suppose. Here you have them...a bunch of songs about the summer. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brad Paisley  ~  "Beat This Summer"

2)  Josh Gad  ~  "In Summer"

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Summertime Sadness"

4)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  "Indian Summer"

5)  Yellowcard  ~  "Always Summer"

6)  The Corrs  ~  "Summer Sunshine"

7)  Percy Faith  ~  "Theme From A Summer Place"

8)  Richard Marx  ~  "Endless Summer Nights"

9)  ABBA  ~  "Summer Night City"

10)  Keith Urban  ~  "'Til Summer Comes Around"

11)  Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs  ~  "For The Summer"

12)  Bananarama  ~  "Cruel Summer"

13)  Metallica  ~  "Lords Of Summer"

14)  Placebo  ~  "English Summer Rain"

15)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Summer Day"

16)  The Cure  ~  "The Last Day Of Summer"

17)  Simple Plan ft. MKTO ~  "Summer Paradise"

18)  Oh Land  ~  "Next Summer"

19)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  "You're So Last Summer"

20)  Coheed and Cambria  ~ " Blood Red Summer"

21)  Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood  ~  "Summer Wine"

22)  Stereophonics  ~  "Indian Summer"

23)  Aaron Lewis  ~  "Endless Summer"

24)  Leighton Meester  ~  "Summer Girl"

25)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  "Summertime"

"Groovy" Songs

Last week, I posted a collection of "Funky" songs. So it seems only fitting that I should now post a few "Groovy" ones as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"

2)  The Mamas And The Papas  ~  "Somebody Groovy"

3)  The Clash  ~  "Groovy Times"

4)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'"

5)  ZZ Top  ~  "Groovy Little Hippie Pad"

6)  Lou Rawls  ~  "Groovy People"

7)  The Troggs  ~  "Wild Thing"  (No, "Groovy" isn't in the title. I cheated. But it's repeated several times throughout the song in the chorus. So there.)

8)  Gene Chandler  ~  "Groovy Situation"

9)  Stick  ~  "No Groovy"

10)  The Partridge Family  ~  "Workin' On A Groovy Thing"

11)  Gov't Mule  ~  "Left Coast Groovies"

12)  The Mindbenders  ~  "A Groovy Kind Of Love"  (This is the original version of the Phil Collins song above. Totally different feel than the other one, so I included it here as well.)

13)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "Your Groovy Self"

14)  Thomas Helmig  ~  "Groovy Day"

15)  People's Choice  ~  "Party Is A Groovy Thing"

16)  Joe Dodo & The Groovers  ~  "Groovy"

17)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"

18)  Aztec Jackal  ~  "Feeling Groovy"

19)  The Farm  ~  "Groovy Train"

20)  Jocelyn Alice & Right The Stars  ~  "So Groovy (Reach Out Of The Darkness)"

"These" Songs

I hope you enjoy "These" songs. Next time, I will post "Those" songs. That is all.  ~  JH

1)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Times Like These"

3)  Cassadee Pope  ~  "Wasting All These Tears"

4)  Bon Jovi  ~  "In These Arms"

5)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "These Words"

6)  The Killers  ~  "All These Things That I've Done"

7)  Heart  ~  "These Dreams"

8)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)"

9)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "These Are Days"

10)  a-ha  ~  "Stay On These Roads"

11)  Jamie Cullum  ~  "These Are The Days"

12)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "These Roses"

13)  O-Town  ~  "These Are The Days"

14)  FFH  ~  "One Of These Days"

15)  Martina McBride  ~  "For These Times"