From The GuardianOn your favourite summer song:
Peter Hook New Order
A certain type of record reminds me of summer. Acoustic guitar, not too serious (you save your winters for Joy Division). The sort of records I'm thinking of are Summer the First Time by Bobby Goldsborough; Afternoon Delight by Starlight Vocal band, Take It Easy by the Eagles and Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jacks.
One of our records, Technique, always makes me think of summer. We started it in Ibiza in March when their summer begins, and got completely hammered for four months. It was 1988 and I'd just discovered the demon E. A while after it came out and we'd split up, I was in Heaton Park in Manchester and this kid had the biggest ghetto blaster I've ever seen and he kept following me around playing the album. Even in my gloom it sounded totally summery.
This summer I've discovered Baby Bird again. Now that I do DJ-ing I look for things to annoy 'em in the middle, and I thought of You're Gorgeous. But the whole LP [1996's Ugly Beautiful] is actually pretty good. And like everyone else I'm listening to Bloc Party
