Boys of summer rock version

According to him, one day, while driving down the famous San Diego Freeway, he was suddenly overtaken by an expensive Cadillac Seville that had a Deadhead Grateful Dead sticker placed on the bumper of the car. Henley said what he saw was a classic example of how his generation had sold out. The first storyline, which actually dominates the track, features the singer — for lack of a better word — stalking an ex-girlfriend. Indeed Don is convinced that these interactions will be fleeting and that he will eventually win her back. And he seems unable or unwilling to get over her as he reminisces on their past romantic experiences. Meanwhile the third verse veers the song in completely-different directions.

In the world of music, this honored position in the zeitgeist is serious business, meriting features , polls , and endless assertion and debate on social media. My vote goes to "Why the Fuck You Lying? Pretending you don't like music with a very catchy tune is tiring, so people take the summer off. Listen to this playlist on Apple Music. The Porgy and Bess standout is, in a sense, the genesis of Songs of the Summer. Wilson and squad de facto perfected the archetypical Song of the Summer in the '60s.

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