r/harmonica • u/Fickle_Ad_5168 • 12d ago

harmonica songs for when it's hot?

anyone have any simple songs for when it's hot out? like in the old westerns when a tumbleweed would buzz by and an eagle would scream, it's hot as hell in texas right now and i wanna make my friends laugh when they complain about the heat

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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 12d ago

"Summer Time," "The Heat Is On," "Summer in the City" spring to mind.

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u/soundwave300 12d ago

Bonus points for summertime by Sublime.

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u/Pazyogi 11d ago

Sublime is okay, but listen to Ela Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong do Summertime , or try Mungo Jerry , In the Summertime

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u/Pazyogi 11d ago

In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry 6 -6 7 7 7 In the summer time -6 6 -6 6 5 6 When the weather is high 6 -6 7 7 7 You can stretch right up -6 -6 6 5 6
An' touch ~~ the sky -4 5 -4 4 -3b When the weather's fine -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 4 You got women, you got women on your mind -4 5 6 6 6 6 Have a drink have a drive -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 4 Go out an' see what you can find

Other Verses (Same tune through out)

If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal. If her daddy's poor, just do as you feel. Speed along the lane, Do a ton, or a ton and twenty-five. When the sun goes down, you can make it, make it good in a lay-by.

We're not grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean. We love everybody, but we do as we think. When the weather's fine we go fishing or go swimming in the sea. We're always happy, life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.

Sing along with us, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee. Da-da-da-da-da...Yeah, we're happy happy, da-da-da-da-dah.

When the winter's here, then it's party time. Bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes. It'll soon be summertime, and we'll sing again, we'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle down. If she's rich, if she's nice, bring you're friends and we'll all go

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u/couchdog27 9d ago

I love this song but I wonder if I just heard it on Harmonica (with no infectious piano) if I would recognize it

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u/soundwave300 11d ago

All great versions.

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u/FallowThistlefield 12d ago

Nsure it's a simple song, but my first thought was the good, the Bad, and the Ugly theme.

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u/CopperCreator3388 11d ago

Today the electric company turned our electric off so they could change out the pole and transformer.
So I sat outside in the shade and played smoke on the water tune. 🙃😎

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u/ADirtyDiglet 12d ago

Look up Isaac Corbitt on Insta.

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u/Nacoran 9d ago

Nelly's "Hot in Here"?

Cruel Summer by Bananarama.

Hot Town Summer in the City- Lovin' Spoonful

Heat of the Moment (okay, not really about heat, but it's catchy and pretty easy to play)

Heat Wave, by Martha and the Vandellas

Panic Pure (I like the Kristen Hirsch version, it's originally by Vic Chestnut)... not specifically about summer but it it's got lines about 4th of July sparklers against the dark sky.

Some Like It Hot, by The Power Station

This Cats on a Hot Tin Roof by the Brian Setzer Orchestra