Summer Playlist 2009

This is probably not the 'ultimate' list for the entire summer as there's still a perfectly good August to go through but this is the start of a great, complete, playlist. Generally these songs are unforgettable personal favorites with a few new sassy ones mixed in but of course all meet the standards of a sexy, fun, breezy summer song. I think it'd make a fun mixtape.

Enjoy.








01. Will Dailey - How Can I Make You Happy
02. Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
03. Sly & the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime
04. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
05. Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
06. Mason Jennings - I Love You and Buddha Too
07. MGMT - Electric Feel
08. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
09. Pete Yorn - Don't Wanna Cry
10. The Monks - Oh, How to Do Now
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
12. Phoenix - 1901
13. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
14. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
15. The Cars - Just What I Needed
16. Pharrell - Frontin'
17. The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music
18. K.D. Lang - Summerfling
19. M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You
20. Bob Marley - Is This Love

Hang Me Up to Dry

(I just titled this post that because I'm listening to it and as a reminder that it's one of the greatest songs ever created - it's an A.D. favorite for sure)

This song makes me want to:

1. See Cold War Kids in person just to hear them play this song.
2. Learn the drums immediately.
3. Kill myself because it's so amazing.
4. Blast it at full volume on the best speakers in the world.
5. Cry.

don't you love songs that make you want to commit violence because of their epic nature? And I don't use that corny "epic" word typically - just in extreme cases such as the best songs in the world. This and "No Tell Lover" (that I could write about forever) are those songs for me right now.

Music is the only thing that can put me in a better mood when I'm sad, start me writing when I don't feel inspired, and get me up and doing things - although I am mostly just drawn to the shiny light of the computer screen lately - or the bottom of an alcoholic beverage. PS. If anyone knows of a bar with an amazing jukebox in New Jersey, let me know. I'm really tired of the same old j. box in New Brunswick with no Stevie Wonder, John Legend, or any other great R&B artist for that matter. They're racist.

That just leads me to thinking about Mary Wells and how much I love her songs and voice and sexiness. I love sexual songs because when you think about it: how can a song be sexual? When you think of sex, you think of skin and physical contact and all things in PERSON> with music it is just your ears and it's almost like the wind - you can feel it and therefore you know it's there - but you can never see it. What could be sexier than that?

The horns in Chicago's songs always make me feel that way, John Legend's voice, Billie Holiday, even Keb' Mo' who gets no credit - do you realize he's the most amazing person alive?

I'll show you:



And "Love in Vain" started me thinking about "Waiting in Vain", another gorgeous song, not to mention incredibly sexy and mentioned in my Top 25 Sexiest Songs post from a few months back. This video get bonus points for being utterly adorable: