summer dream
Hopefully without jinxing it
It looks like summer has come to our little section
of the Southern California bight
It's a little damper in the mornings but the howling south wind has stopped
and the beach has been clearing off
much to the enjoyment of inlanders traveling to the beach for a break from the IE heat
and the local businesses that sell them cold drinks, t-shirts and sun block
I have seen with my own feet the blue sky and warm sand at the local secret spot
which was filled to capacity last weekend
nothing to do but sit back
enjoy the tomatoes
and dream about south swells and mini mats
Now for the audio visual part of today's program
You almost got Summer Breeze the Seals and Crofts #1 hit from 1972 in this spot but I was feeling more Mungo Jerry this morning. The epitome of 70's music videos, it really has everything, a prerecorded soundtrack (do the guitars even have strings?) that Mungo and his prodigious sideburns make an only passing attempt at syncing to. None of the electrical instruments are plugged in. I give extra points (or take them away depending on how you are playing the game) for a quick shot of the glass jug but we never see the no doubt classically trained percussionist who is doing a mean job playing sandpaper through the song. Remember it was the early 70's and cowbells hadn't even been invented yet. But there you have it. You be humming this song for the rest of the day.
It looks like summer has come to our little section
of the Southern California bight
It's a little damper in the mornings but the howling south wind has stopped
and the beach has been clearing off
much to the enjoyment of inlanders traveling to the beach for a break from the IE heat
and the local businesses that sell them cold drinks, t-shirts and sun block
I have seen with my own feet the blue sky and warm sand at the local secret spot
which was filled to capacity last weekend
nothing to do but sit back
enjoy the tomatoes
and dream about south swells and mini mats
Now for the audio visual part of today's program
You almost got Summer Breeze the Seals and Crofts #1 hit from 1972 in this spot but I was feeling more Mungo Jerry this morning. The epitome of 70's music videos, it really has everything, a prerecorded soundtrack (do the guitars even have strings?) that Mungo and his prodigious sideburns make an only passing attempt at syncing to. None of the electrical instruments are plugged in. I give extra points (or take them away depending on how you are playing the game) for a quick shot of the glass jug but we never see the no doubt classically trained percussionist who is doing a mean job playing sandpaper through the song. Remember it was the early 70's and cowbells hadn't even been invented yet. But there you have it. You be humming this song for the rest of the day.
Comments
In The Summertime was one of my all time favorites, second only to Hot Fun in the Summertime.
Raise your hand if you had python boots like Mungo's!!