Jan. 11, 2024

Summer is on my mind tonight. And with it, summertime music.

The drive home this evening was filled with snow and slippery roads. A big, windy storm (the second in less than a week) is coming Saturday, and there are two big snowstorms possible next week.

So I’m thinking of summer.

On the list of things that make me happy, going for a drive on a sunny summer day with the windows down, music blasting, is pretty high on the list. I love it as much now as when I was 16.

Tonight’s song, from The Bird and the Bee’s incredible album of Hall & Oates covers, Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1, is a meta summer song. It’s as much a song about summer songs as it is a summer song.

Now I’m off to close my eyes and drift away into summer.

And every time I hear it play
I think of you and those summer days