SUMMER TUNES SUMMER IN THE CITY LOVIN SPOONFUL #1 AUGUST 13 1966

This song hit #1 at the perfect time-the dog days of summer in 1966.

This one literally hits you with a jackhammer-an amazing way to open a song.  

There’s nothing like the melodious sound of a jackhammer breaking pavement accompanied by angry horn-honking to really sell a song...

But it works. This song defines a sweltering summer night in some kind of urban jungle circa 1966...

What better way to describe a hot, sweaty, short temper inducing, muggy summer day- “ all around people looking half dead walking on the sidewalk hotter than a matchead”.

Summer’s a lot more than that –it’s about the eternal quest for babes “cool cat lookin’ for a kitty, gonna’ look in every corner of the city”.

That’s a custom-made summer quest so if you were a 19 year old punk in the summer of 1966 you really bought what The Lovin Spoonful was selling...even if it was 90 degrees because of the endless possibilities- “at night it’s a different world, go out and find a girl”.

Try doing that outside at midnight on January 15th in Minnesota.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdv4a3AVIY