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Listen Up! Summer Memories Edition
This week, Listen Up!—our music column featuring songs from bands and performers coming through town—takes a look at some of this summer's biggest hits.
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Alejandro Salinas
Published Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Summer, for all intent and purposes, has been over for less than 24 hours but we're already feeling nostalgic. No more beach, no more white, no more—gasp— summer hours. Soul-crushing thoughts, we know. So to cheer things up, we decided to compile a list of songs so ubiquitous in our iPods, they instantly bring back flashes of warm weather, cold beer and, hmm...BBQ—our picks for this year's summer anthems, if you will.
Now, we're sure a couple of great songs may have missed our music radar, so we want you to let us know what song or songs you thought were inescapable this summer. Leave us your thoughts in the comments and we'll add your suggestions to our playlist, compiling a monster Summer Anthem playlist worthy of one last walk down memory lane. There is only one rule: No Katy Perry. We really, really can't stand that song.
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You can’t spend an hour in the car without hearing "Shake It" by Metro Station at least once. Also, "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" by OAR is a great driving song.
Posted by: No white shoes after Labor Day, Sep 05, 2008 10:50:31 AM
Audelle, thanks for the suggestion, but we can’t find the song in our music player database. Got any other suggestions?
Posted by: Alejandro(washingtonian.com), Sep 04, 2008 12:00:33 PM
I’ve been blasting Laura Story’s "Mighty to Save"
Posted by: Audelle, Sep 04, 2008 11:36:48 AM
"Lights Out" by Santogold and "Forever" by Walter Meego.
Posted by: Amelia, Sep 04, 2008 09:19:04 AM
Handlebars by the Flobots :)
Posted by: Adrie, Sep 04, 2008 08:29:29 AM
"All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
Posted by: Elizabeth, Sep 04, 2008 08:24:59 AM
"All Summer Long" by Kid Rock, hands down the song of the summer!
Posted by: Sharon, Sep 04, 2008 08:13:40 AM
A song that should have been a summer anthem but, not surprisingly, ended up being overlooked in the US is Annie’s "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me." It’s damn catchy!
Posted by: Alejandro(washingtonian.com), Sep 02, 2008 12:29:07 PM
Leavin’, by Jesse McCartney.
Posted by: Abby, Sep 02, 2008 11:45:48 AM
Great selection, but there are two more that I think are must-adds to this list! Low by Flo Rida and Damaged by Danity Kane!
Posted by: Vanessa, Sep 02, 2008 10:15:45 AM
I’m a Detroit girl who’s been in DC for a few years, so when I first heard "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock this summer, it immediately brought me back to summers in Michigan going to friends’ cottages, hanging out on Lake Michigan, and just enjoying a much slower-paced time of the year.
Posted by: Kristen, Sep 02, 2008 09:54:31 AM
Chicago (or anything really) by Kate Voegele
Posted by: Bekka, Sep 02, 2008 09:33:27 AM
Great driving/road trip song: Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire"
Posted by: Matt, Sep 02, 2008 09:26:44 AM
Don’t forget "See you again" by Miley Cyrus.
Posted by: Sarah, Sep 02, 2008 09:25:57 AM
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