Summer music.

[Andy Shandy]

Because I'm Scottish


I though this one seemed obvious as well

Spoiler: And some more

I think they could all be summer-ish in their own ways anyway.

 

[Jonluw]

Lots o' snips.

You're pretty much the only one in this thread whose summer music I approve of.
All the rest is just annoying techno, remixes and dance music.
Way to go.

You start a thread asking people for what music they like and listen to in the summer. You then act surprised that people have different taste in music than you and proceed to slam said music. Seriously, what did you expect? I could call your music shit as well, but I don't, because I believe in letting people listen to what they like.

I am not surprised that other people like other kinds of music.
That would be stupid.
I'm surprised how consistent the like for one particular kind of music ("Party music") is. (For example, that Sublime song has been posted plenty of times)

The surprise wasn't that I got replies with other tastes than mine. The surprise was that Owyn's was pretty much the only reply so far (as far as I could see) to not post songs that would be appropriate in a club, and that used no form of synthesizers or such.

And how is it bad that I mention that I dislike the kind of music that is largely posted in this thread?
All I'm saying is that if an artist has the letters "DJ" in their title, I'll normally find their music obnoxious and uninteresting.
You could call my music shit. Feel free.
Why should that matter to me?
"I believe in letting people listen to what they like"? I'm not trying to stop anyone from listening to their music even if I tell them I think it's shit, you know?

Also, way to generalize:

And what's with all the dance music, techno and shit that gets posted here? Are frat boys the only people who enjoy the summer in other countries?

It would probably help if I told you that if I ever post something where I'm overly hostile against an opinion, or where I'm otherwise acting as if something that's completely subjective is a universal truth and that you're wrong for disagreeing with me, I'm normally joking.
Yes, I dislike the kind of music that largely gets posted here, and I wonder why there's so much of that kind of music when I ask for summer songs. It's just that I use hyperbole and stereotype to say that in a jokingly hostile manner.

 

[evenest]

While neither of these songs ranks as my favorite, for a couple of years there in the 80s, they stood as bookends for the beginning and the end of the summer.

It usually aired on the radio during the last month of school (June) and it signaled the beginning of the summer festivities:

Spoiler

This song would air throughout the summer, but, for some reason, I would never really hear it until late in august.

Spoiler

P.S., how do you get the video to embed with the frame? Can't seem to make it work in the spoiler code.--thanks for Jonluw for helping with the embed code.

 

[Jonluw]

bah! what is it with the romancisation of summer? (I'm freezing right now since its winter)

to me..summer means (or used to mean)

heat, heat and more heat
family vactions to some little beach place
heat
dry wasteland like conditions
stress as its harvest time and the parents were stressing out or whatever
christmas..yay
flies..lots of flies
and heat

You should try living somewhere where summer isn't so warm as to be uncomfortable, and warm weather in itself is such a rarity that you treasure every day of sunlight with all of your heart.
Then you'll probably understand the romantisation of summer.

Right now, it's overcast and raining a little bit here.

 

[Jonluw]

P.S., how do you get the video to embed with the frame? Can't seem to make it work in the spoiler code.

Do you mean like this?

Just write

[[color=black]youtube=CBRJ6jQfap0[/color]]

(in the case of the first video.)

 

[Sp3ratus]

-big snip-

I misinterpreted your post then, so apologies for that. Also, you're of course free to dislike whatever you want and for the record, I don't think the music you posted is shit, it was merely an example. I guess I just don't see the need to go around and proclaiming music I don't particurlarly like to be shit, I just choose not to listen to it.

Why so many people listen to that kind of music in the summer, I can't really answer. Personally, it's not just for summer time, I listen to electronic music all year round. I can't really say anything else than it makes me happy and that it's had a big impact on my life, which is why I listen to it.

As for the last paragraph, despite having read numerous of your posts, I haven't picked that up, but I'll try and keep that in mind for the future.

 

[Jonluw]

I misinterpreted your post then, so apologies for that.

That's okay.

Also, you're of course free to dislike whatever you want and for the record, I don't think the music you tasted is shit, it was merely an example. I guess I just don't see the need to go around and proclaiming music I don't particurlarly like to be shit, I just choose not to listen to it.

I don't normally either, but when the music you don't like is all around you, the urge sort of becomes overwhelming.

As for the last paragraph, despite having read numerous of your posts, I haven't picked that up, but I'll try and keep that in mind for the future.

I'm not surprised you haven't picked it up.
It's been a problem in the past.
My preferred humor delivery method is deadpan. In real life, it doesn't come across well since I have a rather stoic appearance.
And on the internet, it doesn't come across well because it's text, so deadpan just doesn't work.
And since this is the internet, any attempts at hyperbole and exaggeration are taken dead serious, because people are used to dealing with idiots.

It's my curse.