Bleeding Ears Sick Playlists # 1 - Summer

So its pretty hot in Sydney right now. Not crazy hot, thanks to a week of very welcome rain, but hovering nicely around 30 degrees in that pleasant way that makes you smile when you walk out of the house.

I’m not Australian, so this is novel for me. I’m used to two snatched weeks’ worth of moderate warmth scattered amongst three months of dreary overcast days. This change in situations makes me happy.

Happy summer feelings need happy summer music, so here’s the first of Bleeding Ears’ Sick Playlists, a series of suggested songs organised into a fucking shit-hot order. Yeah you have to make it up yourself in iTunes (other music-playing software is available) but we’ve done all the leg work so stop being so lazy. Anyway, they’re well worth the effort - and this one’s for Summer.

(Also, I just watched (500) Days of Summer and now am even more totally and utterly in love with Zooey Deschanel, even when she’s being a douche. So this one really is for Summer.)

Summer

1. Seaside - Kooks
2. Colorful Life - Cajun Dance Party
3. La Breeze - Simian
4. I Chase the Devil - Max Romeo
5. Country House - Blur
6. Sunny Afternoon - Kinks
7. Spandex Man - Mr Scruff
8. Surfin’ USA - the Beach Boys
9. Bohemian Like You - the Dandy Warhols
10. Against All Odds (feat. Kano) - Chase & Status
11. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
12. Peaches (feat Rodney P and Terry Hall) - Dub Pistols
13. Kicking Pigeons - [spunge]
14. Island in the Sun - Weezer
15. Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
16. Connected - Stereo MCs
17. Just One Second (Apex Remix) - London Elektricity
18. Summer in the City - Butthole Surfers
19. Little Yellow Spider - Devendra Banhart
20. Mr E’s Beautiful Blues - Eels

Enjoy!
Haddock