The "Perfect" Summer Playlist

I have a lot of ideas running through my head this afternoon about what to write this blog about. I'm trying to touch on every aspect of entertainment in this first week or so of existence as a "blogger", but I keep finding myself wanting to write about celebrities and sports since they're both easy to write about, entertaining enough for people to read, and basically ever-changing. As a result, I have decided to quiet my mind by doing one of the things I do best: create a super-incredible, awe-inspiring, emotion-provoking, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, feet-tapping, pulsating mix-tape. So, if your summer is lacking in the music department (or you just need some new music to listen to) here's some of the most infectious sounds of the 2009 summertime season (in no particular order). Enjoy!

The "Perfect" Summer Playlist
"Don't Stop Believin" - Journey
“Closer to Love” - Mat Kearney
"You Found Me" - The Fray
"Sequestered In Memphis" - The Hold Steady
"Baba O'Riley" - The Who
"Kids" - MGMT
"No You Girls" -Franz Ferdinand
"Something Like That" - Tim McGraw
"Earthquakes and Sharks" - Brandtson
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding
"Love Drunk" - Boys Like Girls
"Good Times Roll" - The Cars
"Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
"Life Is A Highway" - Tom Cochrane
"Daydream" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Renegade" - Styx
"Dark Blue" - Jack's Mannequin
"Use Somebody" - Kings Of Leon
"Mistakes We Knew We Were Making" - Straylight Run
"The Boys Of Summer" - The Ataris
"Rock & Roll" - Eric Hutchinson
"Waking Up In Vegas" - Katy Perry
"This Town" - O.A.R.
"Dizzy" - Jimmy Eat World
"Sunny Hours" - Long Beach Dub All Stars & will.i.am
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Story Of My Life" - Social Distortion
"Don't Trust Me" - 3OH!3
"Second Chance" - Shinedown
"Know Your Enemy" - Green Day
"Good Girls Go Bad" - Cobra Starship
"Smile" - Uncle Kracker
"Beautiful Day" - U2
"Her Diamonds" - Rob Thomas
"Sexy Can I" - Ray J
"Ocean Breathes Salty" - Modest Mouse
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
"In The Summertime" - Mungo Jerry
"The Sound Of Settling" & "Crooked Teeth" - Death Cab For Cutie
"What I Got" - Sublime
"Spitting Games" & "Chocolate" - Snow Patrol
"You Never Know" - Wilco
"Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen
"Centerfield" - John Fogerty
"All Summer Long" - Kid Rock

And pretty much anything by the following bands (with a few suggestions):

The Beach Boys ("Fun Fun Fun", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Kokomo", "Barbara Ann", "California Girls")
Jimmy Buffet ("Fins", "Volcano", "Coconut Telegraph", "Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger In Paradise")
The Eagles ("Life In The Fast Lane", "Take It Easy", "Heartache Tonight", "Hotel California")
Bob Marley & The Wailers (the entire "Legend" album)
Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Californication", "Under The Bridge", "Scar Tissue", "By The Way", "Dani California")
Jack Johnson ("Bubble Toes", "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing", "Upside Down", "Constellations", "Inaudible Melodies", "Do You Remember")


Let me know if I missed any, and feel free to add some of your own to the list.