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Best summertime song

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marchone said:


Summer memories have to include this novelty record.
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I had the "My Son The Nut" Lp... must have been a present. At the time Alan seemed very popular in the Seattle area. I remember watching some parade on television (it might have been the Rose Bowl) and he was singing that song on a float going down the street. Maybe It was a West Coast thing might have had some East Coast attention but he was huge on the West Coast so it was the Tijuana Brass.
 
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This song is a total masterpiece, one of the more underrated songs of the 90s.

A mix of jazz, reggae, hiphop, and a bit of ska just to balance things out.



Although I don't really think of this song as a summer song, the concept is super relatable. For a generation that spent their summers watching nothing but television, that feeling of being trapped in a purposeless lonely summer really hits home.

This song is pretty great, the lines in it are just wild. I feel like it if were an American band it's get better notoriety as a truly great rock song.

It was also pretty cool that a replacement singer could walk in and add such a seamless transition. To top it off he's basically the most successful musician from my home town.
 
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