The "sound of summer" can be hard to define – is it a club banger or a sunset love song? No matter what it sounds like, you always know it when you hear it. With Memorial Day upon us, we wanted to celebrate with some favorites.
Earlier this week we asked for your most-loved summertime songs, and the responses created an excellent and wide-ranging mix for the warm months. Hit play on the Spotify playlist to the left to hear them, and continue on to read why they define summer for #RSFans...
@rollingstone #RSFans Burn it Down by @LinkinPark Because ... It is HOT in the summer. The flame is HOT, too...BTW I dislike summer :'(
— +hiro+ (@hysterics30_LP) May 22, 2012
@rollingstone @spotify Summertime by Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff because it describes a perfect summer. #rsfans
— Juan Alvarez (@ThaKidd319) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone @Spotify #RSFans Bananarama, "Cruel Summer". Dark, light, cool, and hot all at the same time.
— Nicole Laurenne (@NicoleLaurenne) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone #RSFans In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
— Shane McHugh (@smchugh38) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone "Temecula Sunrise" by @DirtyProjectors because it sounds like a perfect, bright, sun-spritzed summer morning. #RSFans
— Hunter Funk (@Funkmeister4) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone "Summertime" by Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. An awesome and magic warm summer breeze. @Spotify #RSFans
— Davor Bakara (@DavorBakara) May 22, 2012
#RSFANSSummer WindFrank Sinatra
— Rebeckah Christine (@GirlinCrinoline) May 22, 2012
Smashing Pumpkins-1979. Catchy, bright, and the best 90s summer song. RT @RollingStone: What's your favorite summer song and why? #RSFans
— Mike Smylie (@DJSmyles) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone @spotify San Berdoo Sunburn by Eagles of Deathmetal #RSFans
— JJ Gibson (@Dostanuggles) May 23, 2012
@RollingStone "Sunny Afternoon" by the Kinks #RSFans
— Erin McBride (@ErinMcBride82) May 23, 2012
#RSFans Feel Good Hit of the Summer by Queens of the Stone Age. Or any song off of Rated R for that matter.
— The Cards (@TheCardsBandFL) May 23, 2012
@RollingStone @Spotify #RSFans The Ramones "California Sun"
— Patrick Armitage (@Pat_Armitage) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone #RSFans Santigold's DESPARATE YOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Vlad Ilkevich (@ruolz) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone MGMT - kids. Can't explain why, just feels right on a summer day #RSFans
— Aubrey Burgess (@AubreyBurgesss) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone @Spotify #RSFans without a doubt, Mr Blue Sky, ELO...best song to get you in the mood to have fun the sun with friends
— Craig Francis (@fraggle360) May 23, 2012
@RollingStone @Spotify #RSFans California Girls by Beach Boys
— Darryl Morrison (@kingbud24) May 22, 2012
"@RollingStone: What's your favorite summer song and why?" Summer Days by Phoenix - relaxed summer listening. #RSFans
— Danny Miranda (@MilesHelm) May 23, 2012
#RSFans I'll go with "Fee" from Phish's Junta. It represents my first summer after HS, my first car, my first Phish CD and my first bong @19
— Greg Nice (@gnice3d) May 22, 2012
@RollingStone "Island In The Sun" - Weezer #RSFans
— Daniel Samora (@ZenithSamora) May 23, 2012
@RollingStone @Spotify #RSFans Bohemian Rhapsody, played in the car the night before my buddies left for college, last awesome jam session
— Nick Colonna (@LitStogie) May 22, 2012
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