Ten Tunes For Summer

If Towleroad can do it, so can I.

So here goes, ten tunes for summer:

James Brown Band - The Chicken
Classic JB strut. And that opening brass riff...where have I heard it before?

DJ Eurok v. Funkalicious - Make You Feel That Way
Follow that bass!

Quincy Jones feat. Bill Cosby - Hikky Burr
Dude, Bill Cosby is seriously fudged up.

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Don't believe those assbags at Pitchfork. This is the real deal.

Al Hirt - Harlem Hendoo
'70s funk weirdness, later used to good effect by De La Soul.

Ween - Piss Up A Rope
Ween does country.

Sloan - Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
The never-popular Canadian group cranks out another winner.

Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Two words: Sandy Denny.

Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck
Best lounge cover of a Dead Kennedy's song, ever.

Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
This is on a ton of chillout compilations. It's still good.

Bonus:

Usha Uthup & Chorus - One Two Cha Cha Cha
Mental whiplash, but in a good way. Put this on and it's an instant par-tay.

All of these songs have been posted on the Internet, so you may have some luck in finding them.