It’s just about love and holding hands and, ugh, none of the sweaty stuff, making it the rare classic rock staple that doesn’t make you feel weird when you’re singing it with your parents in their beat-up Chevy. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, ‘Please lend a little ear to my pleas.’ The double use of the word ‘please.’ So it was a combination of Roy Orbison and Bing Crosby.” ( Via) John Lennon: “I remember the day I wrote it, I heard Roy Orbison doing ‘Only the Lonely,’ or something. That’s definitely about oral sex, right? Wrong. Take “Please Please Me” by the Beatles, for instance. Sometimes it’s obvious, like Weezer’s “Tired of Sex” or every track on Love Gun other times, it’s less explicit, such as “Tusk.” Then there are songs you have a hunch are about Doing It, but you’re not entirely sure. Everything started to unravel after Reckless.At least 84% of every song ever written has been about sex. In January 1984 we were still writing songs for all the right reasons. Vallance reflected on writing the hit and said he isn’t sick of “Summer Of ’69” either. It proves that people who program radio don’t always have their finger on what people want,” Adams said. charts at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, Adams said he doesn’t care much for the ratings. And the guitar intro is about the only thing I can play, so that was pretty easy.” Numbers aren’t everything At one point while we were doing the demo, I just threw in the lyric ‘It was the summer of ’69’ and it stuck. “Originally the song had been called ‘The Best Days Of My Life,’ but we had always played around with the idea of writing a song about summertime. “I had no idea it would become such a classic,” admits Adams. “I basically fought with everyone until it became the way it is today. “I wanted to capture a special energy on the track-and nearly lost my team doing it,” Adams said. The correct lyrics are, I got my first real six-string / Bought it at the five and dime / Played it till my fingers bled / Was the summer of ’69.ĭespite the sexual innuendos, Adams and co-writer Jim Valance both knew they had a hit on their hands. “Summer of ‘69” was written in Valance’s basement and was recorded three separate times. I had someone in Spain ask me once why I wrote the first line I had my first real sex dream… I had to laugh.” “For me, the ’69 was a metaphor for making love, not about the year. “It’s a very simple song about looking back on the summertime and making love,” Adams said. Adams revealed the song’s double-meaning implications behind the lyrics: The ’80s classic is a staple for many in their repertoire of feel-good music, but the track is not as innocent as it seems. The iconic guitar riff starts and immediately you’re transported to the “Summer of ‘69.”īryan Adams’ smash hit “Summer of ‘69” comes from the 1984 studio album Reckless. Shortly after its release, the single climbed to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped push Reckless to the number one position on the Billboard 200 album chart in August 1985. #SUMMER 69 BRYAN ADAMS WINDOWS#Arguably, there is a perfect summer song, fit for rolling the windows down on a warm evening, watching the sun go down. There’s a song for every occasion-your morning commute, a pump-up song before hitting the gym, coming home after a long day.
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