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"The summer can be filled with many wonderful things, but the one constant is soundtrack. Now that we\u2019re approaching the dog days, you may be thinking: What am I going to listen to? Well [cough, cough] we have a few suggestions. More than a few, actually. A whole mixtape. Let Side A be a guide for your summer days (and check out Side B for your summer nights). The essential songs, with clips, are below. Read all the way to the end to find a Spotify playlist with additional tunes.\u201CIt\u2019s Summer\u201D \u2014 Dave BarkerThe sun is out, the weather\u2019s perfect, and the birds are chirp-chirp-chirping. What do you put on first? No better song to start off your day than Dave Barker\u2019s \u201CIt\u2019s Summertime,\u201D a joyous ode to the pleasures of the season. \u201CThere\u2019ll be a million things to do,\u201D sings Barker, a statement I\u2019m sure everyone can agree with.\u201CBar-B-Q\u201D \u2014 Wendy Rene You ever hear a song and truly don\u2019t understand how it\u2019s not the biggest song on the planet? Here is my selection: Wendy Rene\u2019s \u201CBar-B-Q.\u201D There might not be a better track that epitomizes that summer feeling, sitting around with your friends by a smoky grill, than the Stax Records soul-girl\u2019s blistering tune, full of handclaps, high energy, and, as you\u2019ll see if you listen, tons of pertinent summer advice: Everybody loves bar-b-q, even the dog, some throw him some scraps. Listen to this one on repeat and your party won\u2019t be a bore.\u201CRockaway Beach\u201D \u2014 RamonesRun out of hamburgers? If so, take the advice of New York\u2019s favorite lanky, leather-jacketed sons, The Ramones, and hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach. Or any beach, really. If you live too far away, it\u2019s probably a bad idea to hitchhike all the way there. On the way, play this song at full volume. And please remember to chip in for gas. It\u2019s really expensive.\u201CIn the Sun\u201D \u2014 BlondieOnce you\u2019re at the beach, presumably, you\u2019re going to need something to listen to, right? The sound of waves gets boring after a while. You can\u2019t go wrong with anything by Blondie, but, keeping with the theme, I\u2019d suggest going with \u201CIn The Sun,\u201D since, you know, that\u2019s where you\u2019ll be. In the sun. Get it?\u201CGet Off Your Ass and Jam,\u201D FunkadelicAll that sitting around in the sand getting sunburned means you need to get up and shake a leg. You want to start an impromptu dance party? There\u2019s only one song that I know of that is guaranteed to get people dancing, instantly: \u201CGet Off Your Ass and Jam,\u201D by the mighty Funkadelic. Anything by the Parliament-Funkadelic mothership can achieve the same effect, but I suggest starting here and seeing where it takes you. Also: The party is about to get wild, so keep it away from the children, they don\u2019t need to see that."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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