tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post3343751684248087931..comments2024-03-28T14:27:19.894-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: Summer's Here And The Time Is RightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-28584481003691902322014-06-21T09:00:56.241-07:002014-06-21T09:00:56.241-07:00great list, thanks sal...the two I'd add seem ...great list, thanks sal...the two I'd add seem forever linked in my memory to transistor radios at jones beach: "friday on my mind" by the easybeats and"live for today" by the grass roots....stopped at the beach there last weekend while visiting family and "no radios" signs were posted all over the place...damnricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-45181949379451002112014-06-21T08:06:19.002-07:002014-06-21T08:06:19.002-07:00Expository intro floored me! Read it on my phone, ...Expository intro floored me! Read it on my phone, so I didn't grasp the length . . . was expecting: "Hope you like it, I do!"<br />My memories, although vivid and tactile, aren't so site specific - we are always in Kevin's car. Kevin, Kevin, Mac and me. So it was a moveable feast! One spot stands out - a tiered parking lot at Wagner college with a breathtaking view of the VNB. Great times. Great tunes. The other locale might have been Mac's house. Father died young, mother went to Maine every summer (still does). So we . . . moved in! Beautiful tudor in a nice section of Staten Island. Grilling steaks in the stone fireplace, stacking cans of Bud, well, as high as they would stack . . . .<br />Would go back in a minute. Thanks bro!<br />(Funny, right, about summer - a boat load of summer tune age. Spring, Fall, Winter - whatever! Name me one great Autumn rock anthem!)charlie c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04818788485351287001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-15405997996661106722012-06-22T17:13:00.617-07:002012-06-22T17:13:00.617-07:00Thanks for the share. A nice mix and great to have...Thanks for the share. A nice mix and great to have some Dean Martin in there. He was so cool.<br /><br /><br />Regards<br /><br /><br />RhodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-48322251457625426022012-06-21T04:11:43.210-07:002012-06-21T04:11:43.210-07:00You're on a roll lately Sal - great posts almo...You're on a roll lately Sal - great posts almost every day, and another great mix here. Thanks for the summer vibes!A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-31001854388241128442012-06-20T19:38:24.613-07:002012-06-20T19:38:24.613-07:00Thanks! You could also throw in Sinatra's &quo...Thanks! You could also throw in Sinatra's "Summer Wind" & "Grazin' In The Grass", but we can all make our own Vol. 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-38905168820004954822012-06-20T10:55:43.685-07:002012-06-20T10:55:43.685-07:00"Summer in the City" - I would have been..."Summer in the City" - I would have been 7 in 1966. My dad was working on the house - probably putting up paneling, that man loved his paneling - and so that summer, I slept on the screened-in side porch.<br /><br />As always, I fell asleep and woke up to my AM radio tuned to the Great 98, WTRY Albany, sort of WABC's poorer cousin, and that song was on infinite top-40 loop that summer. Lying in bed on a hot summer night, listening to that jackhammer and those dramatic minor chords, it just soaked into me.<br /><br />Another great summer song is "Spill the Wine." As a kid, that tune, esp. the woman speaking spanish in the background - it was like a broadcast from outer space. All I knew of the city was what I saw on TV, but I knew that woman was sitting on a stoop on some exotic NYC backstreet, and I wished I was there with her.<br /><br />And I could go on. But I think I'll download the mix and go listen to it in the hammock. With a cold drink. Lazing on a sunny afternoon.<br /><br />Summer of George!Noam Sanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-50363605936337082892012-06-20T10:40:10.604-07:002012-06-20T10:40:10.604-07:00A Shoes song in the mix!!!
You are, indisputably,...A Shoes song in the mix!!!<br /><br />You are, indisputably, The Man.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-33654741869606703892012-06-20T09:09:53.686-07:002012-06-20T09:09:53.686-07:00Well, Sal, you've done it again - another thou...Well, Sal, you've done it again - another thought-provoking, memory-inducing post!<br /><br />No matter where I am, as soon as I hear the first few notes of these songs (and many of yours) I'm transported back to my room in Toronto, Zenith Radio on the nightstand, pale blue Seabreeze record player across the way or out on the blazing hot street with my pals, transistor radio glued to my ear.<br /><br />Unit 4 + 2: Concrete and Clay<br />Doris Troy: Just One Look<br />Terry Stafford: Suspicion<br />Beatles: You're Gonna Lose That Girl<br />Barbara Lewis: Hello Stranger<br />and the oddest one of all:<br />George Martin & His Orchestra (instrumental): And I Love Her (yeah, I know . . .)<br /><br />Thanks for the memories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-27064178363021564402012-06-20T08:15:39.877-07:002012-06-20T08:15:39.877-07:00So great. Thanks yet again, Sal!So great. Thanks yet again, Sal!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570321625853743608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-44053381946164640572012-06-20T07:20:32.416-07:002012-06-20T07:20:32.416-07:00Summer as a kid was camp in Taconic, Ct. My counse...Summer as a kid was camp in Taconic, Ct. My counselor Norm Winer (later Saxophone Joe on WBCN) would bring his tape recorder and enough tapes to last the summer. All Fm-like tunes, but there was also the transistor tuned to the Ct. stations. I still remember our entire bunk cheering when they declared "People Got To Be Free" No. 1 in the summer of '68. <br /><br />Summer as an older kid in a searingly hot studio apartment on the top floor of a brownstone on West 69th. The AC didn't work. The windows were small and opened sometimes. On the other hand, the dancers in the building liked to climb up on the roof , take off their tops and sun themselves (to borrow from the beach boys, that's why god invented the skylight). I fell head over heels for a beautiful young actress who lived down the street. She turned me on to Hoyt Axton, but frankly I was so ga-ga that "Wreck on the HIghway" could have felt like a happy summer song.jeff knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-61819941019476553242012-06-20T07:00:23.972-07:002012-06-20T07:00:23.972-07:00Classic.Classic.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-90821901124870778662012-06-20T06:45:37.547-07:002012-06-20T06:45:37.547-07:00Yes it is certainly the music. Many memories. It&#...Yes it is certainly the music. Many memories. It's what keeps us going for sure. The mix is a true one, very nice, thanks. Stay cool!FD13NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964671671960423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-5880029574861724872012-06-20T06:32:35.901-07:002012-06-20T06:32:35.901-07:00Stellar! Happy Summer and a very Happy 70th Birthd...Stellar! Happy Summer and a very Happy 70th Birthday to the one and only Brian Wilson, fitting his very special day falls on the first day of summer this year.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995401767239413515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-8991376942439399332012-06-20T06:02:33.282-07:002012-06-20T06:02:33.282-07:00Yggi,
The Drifters' Golden Hits LP was never ...Yggi,<br /><br />The Drifters' Golden Hits LP was never taken off the turntable in my grandparents house. Absolute summer fave. I imagine there will be a lot more I forgot about, as well.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-30586144912162051102012-06-20T05:59:09.072-07:002012-06-20T05:59:09.072-07:00Hi Sal. Wonderful mix. My only addition would be s...Hi Sal. Wonderful mix. My only addition would be something (almost anything) by The Drifters. For me, they were the sound of summer in The South. Maybe not so much in your neighborhood. In any case, thanks for this great set.<br /><br />Yggiiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943661630697527170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-33374604605627142472012-06-20T05:43:09.113-07:002012-06-20T05:43:09.113-07:00"No leads. There are no leads. How can there ..."No leads. There are no leads. How can there be no leads? NO leads!" I'm dying.<br /><br />Allen,<br />The Tymes song is a killer. Wish I had thought of that. So perfect.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-27442539852800678702012-06-20T05:38:49.102-07:002012-06-20T05:38:49.102-07:00Wonderful. Summer and music sre so evocative, your...Wonderful. Summer and music sre so evocative, your mix hits a bunch of those notes. We all have our summertime song memories, thanks for reminding me to revisit them. Early to mid 60's summer music resonates strongly, and like you said..listening to all those great DJ's on am radio, and the eclectic mix you heard on any given day made for some powerful moments in time. oh yea... The Tymes...So much in Love...see? Grazie!!allen vellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933816768162968168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-38453633379466202062012-06-20T05:04:54.274-07:002012-06-20T05:04:54.274-07:00Quote from Anthony: "There are no l@#$% leads...Quote from Anthony: "There are no l@#$% leads on this album" ... repeated at least 12 times in various forms.<br /><br />Great mix, can't wait to listen in one sitting to get into the summertime mood.itsok2berighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328535596081756997noreply@blogger.com