Need to dust off the BBQ, methinks...

I've started listening to Summer songs this week, because it feels right. I know it's still, really, a Spring month, and I know we're less than weeks removed from bitter Winter weather, and I know SpringWatch has only just started on telly, but it still feels right. Temps in the late twenties, the heat barely dissipating at night, sleeping with the windows open, a slight feeling of sunburn. All these things have combined to make me feel as if I've either a) gone abroad on holiday without realising it, or b) been fast-forwarded through a couple of months and dumped in the end of July. So - Summer songs it is. And they are landing very, very well. My playlist mostly bypasses the classic, obvious numbers and concentrates more on tunes that remind me of specific times in Summers past, or have a certain vibe to them that seems to match the weather. 'Give It Up' by KC and the Sunshine Band, for example, which has no mention of a particular time of year in its lyrics, but absolutely screams 'late Summer evening' when I hear it. And I've heard it a lot this week!
It's great how this stuff feeds itself, exponentially. It's warm, so I feel warmer, so I feel better, so I play warm music, which makes me feel more Summery, which makes me feel better, which makes me more inclined to go outside in the sun, which warms my body, which lifts my mood, which makes me play faster songs, which cheers me up further, which means I can enjoy the change in climate more, which provokes me to choose a playlist that accentuates the brightness, which lifts me higher...
And so on, and so forth.
And my last couple of lines there has made me think of Jackie Wilson's song "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" which itself is a Summer-style banger, and needs to be added to my collection, like NOW!

RC 29-5-26