Having been reminded of my “contract” which Andrew (of http://www.alleba.com/blog) and Ria (of http://politics.alleba.com) is well aware of, I am about to make a post even without really giving it much thought. But let’s see, I asked around and my misheard my muse saying “Beach” when she actually meant “Bleach” for possible keywords that’ll spark the content of this post. Not such a bad idea. It is after all summertime.
Let’s see.
Classic choices have always been between Reggae and Ska, and since not everyone’s into that sort of thing, I’ll give you a range of songs from genres that I can think of right now.
Let’s start with…
Alternative
The Sundays – Summertime
The Cardigans – Rise and shine
Hole – Malibu
Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
Pop
Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
Christina Aguilera – Candyman
Madonna – Ray of light
Nelly Furtado – Turn off the lights
RnB (the messy part, haha, at least for me; arguably…)
Fugees – Ready or not
2pac – Thugz Mansion
A tribe called quest – Awards tour
Cypress hill – I shot the Sheriff
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Outkast – Roses (Actually anything from Outkast is a summer go!)
Indie
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
The Postal Service – Clark Gable
Broken Social Scene – Pacific Theme
The Arcade Fire – Haiti
Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek (Morgan Page remix)
Electronica (my newest obsession!)
The knife – Like a pen
Ellen Allien and the Apparat – Way out
Garbage – Bad boyfriend
Okay, that’s it for now. Enjoy your summer! Let’s see if you’ll get…what you want this summer. And wait a minute. What’s with all these summer flings popping out? Tell me about it.

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#1 by Ria Jose - April 7th, 2007 at 07:15
Sweet Escape, Candyman, Ray of Light, Roses… ooohhhh I like!
#2 by ericzoo - April 10th, 2007 at 07:58
any upbeat Beach boys songs, The Shins – Australia, Lily Allen – Smile and that old Feist song – Mushaboom, All delectable and highly recommended!
#3 by Romina - April 10th, 2007 at 21:59
I saw Madonna’s Ray of Light at Myx or MTV before (in concert) & swear it was sooo beutiful. She really performs great!
Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
Christina Aguilera – Candyman
Madonna – Ray of light
** I always love POP!!
#4 by es - May 25th, 2007 at 10:48
try Emilie Simon for electronica.
do u like trip-hop as well? Great sounds.
also, i find Minus the Bear great for summer, too