It is time to move into the 21st century and abandon my traditional summer mix of Beach Boys, Bob Marley and Jimmy Buffet. For this important step I have consulted with some renowned (to me) twenty-something DJ’s: TLZ (red-eyed with aching follicles) and JAZ (middle-aged twenty-something). Here’s what we’re spinnin’ for Summer 2011:
Africa, Karl Wolf;
- Ambling Alp, Yeasayer;
- Baby, Justin Bieber & Ludacris;
- Bright Lights Bigger City, Cee Lo Green;
- Calgary, Bon Iver;
- Coconut, Zach Deputy;
- Coconut Radio, Coconut Radio;
- Everybody Got Their Something, Nikka Costa;
Forget You, Cee Lo Green;
- Good Life, One Republic Karaoke Band;
- Howlin’ For You, The Black Keys;
- I Need a Dollar, Aloe Blacc;
- Knee Deep, Zac Brown Band;
- Let Her Dance, Bobby Fuller Four;
Lights, Ellie Goulding;
- Love Me to Pieces, Erik Hassle;
- My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean;
- Possibility, Lykke Li;
- Rome, Phoenix;
- Set Fire to the Rain, Adele;
- Shark in the Water, V.V. Brown;
- Skinny Love, Bon Iver;
Sleepyhead, Passion Pit;
- Tighten Up, The Black Keys;
- Up, Up & Away, Kid Cudi;
- Where the Blacktop Ends, Keith Urban;
- Written in the Stars, Tinie Tempah;
- Your Song, Ellie Goulding; and
- 11th Dimension, Julian Casablancas.
M all over and down with da list, Masta F-ED, JAZ, TLZ,, Nic-Nac…
And here I sit in wintry London, soon to see the (n)ever old Leon Russell.
Predicting this new era playlist lasts 20 minutes…
Still holdin’ Brian Wilson in reserve.