In the Summertime v. Summer in the City = Fite

I really dislike "Summer In the City" intensely so this is no contest for me

this dude otm ^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxRijqJHOOE&feature=related

YES!

I sort of think Summer in the City rules pretty hard but In the Summertime is sort of lighter and airy and not as intense and therefore inherently more summery. It's a tough one for me.

Summer in the City is an amazing song.

The other one, whatever.

Mungo, a fibrous woollen material generated from waste fabric

Quincy jones's summer in the city over three6mafia's "in the summer"

Not the question at hand, buddy!

:( ok "summer in the city" it is

lol my roommate and i were singing mungo jerry in with new gibberish lyrics all last summer

it is one catchy ditty

also: a jug player

also: look at them muttonchops

lol They are pretty great.

mungo jerry kinda looks like sly stone and a werewolf had a baby

if her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
if her daddy's poor just do what you feel

hmm

surely if her daddy's rich then she should be taking YOU out for etc etc.

the back of my neck does get pretty dirty and gritty tbh

"Summer In The City" has that spooky-ass electric piano. Plus, it rocks harder than any other Spoonful song. Goin' with the Spoonful on this, by a mile.

MUNGO

You cannot fuck with that piano.

"In the Summertime" just feels like some overly-cutesy "Sweet Georgia Brown" knockoff to me. "Summer in the City" otoh is a stone cold classic.

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So, dig your vote in now..

Honestly surprised that this is a question.

"Summer In The City" by several miles.

it's winter

del, tarfumes otm

MUNGO FTW

I don't hate Summer in the City or anything, but I really do <3 In the Summertime.

if you like that cutesy faux-old time tippity-tap bullshit more than the most thoroughly hood pop-rock joint of the 60s you can just gtfo and never be seen again.

summer in the city makes me feel like http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=66775

that's all i have to say

Surprised I missed this. "In the Summertime," not even close. I got sick of "Summer in the City" 25 years ago (loved it as a teenager, continue to love a few other Spoonful songs). "In the Summertime" may sound even better today than when I loved it in 1970, as a kid. There was some discussion of the "Have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find" line on a Mungo Jerry thread a little while back.

Summertime > > > Summer In The City > > > > > > > In The Summertime

summer over the rainbow >>>> any of em

Love 'em both, especially the way they both break down to false ending w/noisy engine sound fx halfway through. The Spoonful track is unusual in that it appears to be the rare ANTI-summer day song, with that pessimistic descending piano line. But at least it offers hope, since at night it's a diffeent world...And then that wistfulness that the days can't be like the nights. Great song! I guess I really have to vote for that one. I do love "In The Summertime" too, though (had the single when I was six.)

if you like that cutesy faux-old time tippity-tap bullshit more than the most thoroughly hood pop-rock joint of the 60s you can just gtfo and never be seen again.

― hemioblock (The Reverend), Monday, January 7, 2013 3:37 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

CTRL+F "Hot Fun in the Summertime"

No results.

Click "Flag post" repeatedly.

no "Hot Child in the City"?

Mention not that.

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I would vote for "Hot Fun in the Summertime" ahead of "In the Summertime" too, not to slight the latter. I'd vote for "Hot Fun" ahead of almost anything.

"Hot Fun" can go toe to toe with "Summer in the City"

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mungo voters suck it

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Rockists! (Just kidding--I'm parodying somebody who would say that in earnest.)

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I'd vote for "Hot Fun" ahead of almost anything.

― clemenza, Monday, January 7, 2013 3:33 PM (2 hours ago)

No doubt, brother.

What about "Sunny Days" by Lighthouse?

In the Summertime is like a retarded nursery rhyme.

I have no idea why I left this poll open for a year and a half. I also have no recollection of starting it to begin with.

In the Summertime is like a retarded nursery rhyme.

― Poliopolice, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:41 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol word

YOU'RE like a retarded nursery rhyme.

:(

IN THE SUMMERTIME FOREVER

"Hot Fun" > War's "Summer" = Kool & the Gang "Summer Madness" >>>>> "In the Summertime" > "Summer in the City"

I'll call "Hot Fun," "Summer," and "In the Summertime" a draw, "Summer Madness" second, and, the one song that's mostly dead for me, "Summer in the City" a distant fifth ("Do You Believe in Magic," though, now that's a fantastic summer song).