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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006
posted July 06, 2018 12:15 AM
Hope you lot are enjoying your summer up there in the Northern Hemisphere...I dedicate this old record to you. Originally recorded back in 1970, my teenage years it was a huge hit at the time, anyway here it is from Mungo Jerry
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011
posted July 06, 2018 11:37 AM
I remember that song very well Graham...was that a "one hit wonder" for Mungo Jerry? It was very popular at the time. This song is very "California"...Summer is raging here...a great time of year. Got my son and grandkids driving up for SoCal to visit today. Going to take advantage of this beautiful weather we are having.
-------------------- Janice
"I'm having a very good day!" Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).
posted July 06, 2018 03:51 PM
I have a relative (a five year old first cousin, twice removed) called Summer. That song always reminds me of her, in fact it was almost the first thing I thought of when I heard her name for the first time. It was literally "Here Comes Summer."
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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006
posted July 06, 2018 05:49 PM
Pretty much a one hit wonder Janice but its one you never forget
Interesting story Brian
The last summer we spent in the Northern Hemisphere was way back in 1992. I notice on Facebook at the moment, the old Waverley paddle steamer doing its regular summer sailings on the Clyde. If you are ever up in Scotland, its well worth going on one. Here is a quick video I took of her during the summer of 1992.
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
posted July 08, 2018 05:37 AM
Check this out. It's the English version of the Spanish/French childrens' cartoon "Pirata & Capitano" showing on Channel 5 Milkshake! programme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5rVR0yTBw
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From: Burnsville, MN, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
posted July 09, 2018 11:21 AM
I was 19 in 1967 when McKenzie released that song. It was sort of the theme song for the Hippie movement. It was a wonderful time. Then our involvement in Viet Nam ramped up and things turned to $hit.
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From: Poughkeepsie, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2010
posted July 16, 2018 08:03 PM
I remember this record very well. I remember that, in stereo, each line of the singing alternated from left channel to right channel.