Every year I make a summer drivin' CD, this is designed to get you in that summer mood while driving to the beach so it must be upbeat, summery and sound good in a car and it doesn't matter if it's really obvious. Summer has now officially arrived here in Dublin as I have made the first draft of 2005's summer driving CD.

Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
Lotus - REM
SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the physic wall -The Flaming Lips (maybe the best feelgood summer hit ever only the Lips can sing such nonsense and make it sound meaningful)
Ice Cream Man - Jonathan Richman
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello (a controversial choice but Elvis is always summer for me)
Surfin' on a Rocket - Air
Jammin' - Bob Marley
Lazy - Press2 featuring David Byrne
Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield
Hey Ya - Outkast
Build me up Buttercup - The Foundations
Here comes the Summer - The Undertones
Tony's Theme - The Pixies
Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
Cross Town Traffic - Jimmy Hendrix
Personality Crisis - The New York Dolls
Hillbilly Motorbike - Stereolab
A message to you Rudy - The Specials
Groovejet - Spiller
Allo - Les Rita Mitsouko

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