Video: Ten Songs To Help You Cool Down During The Heatwave
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The Velvet Underground's "Cool It Down" is the platonic ideal for this type of song. Especially when you're thinking about looking for your very own Miss Linda Lee.
Sutton Foster's "Air Conditioner" is eerily appropriate: "Oooh this summer has got me down again/ fry an egg on the street."
The Beach Boys's lesser-known classic "Cool Cool Water" always reminds us to stay hydrated: "In an ocean or in a glass/cool water is such a gas!"
Former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus's solo song "Phantasies" tells a quirky little tale about Karakatu, Alaska, where we'd like to be right about now: "It's cold as shit/always that way/sometimes it gets to 99 below"
Van Halen's "Ice Cream Man." Guess what David Lee Roth? Summer is bad, and we do need something to keep us cool. Actual ice cream would be lovely.
The Rolling Stones's "She's So Cold" is a fun video with a riled up Mick Jagger, but his description of a frigid ladyfriend sounds kind of nice to us currently: "And when I touch her my hand just froze!"
The slowed-down album version of The Fiery Furnaces's "Tropical Ice-Land" is a perfect complement to the hazyness of the summer sun.
Yoko Ono's original version of "Walking On Thin Ice" is good...but we vastly prefer Elvis Costello's cover. Check it out.
Foreigner's "Cold As Ice." Nuff said.