A: "Hey can you sign my yearbook?"
B: "Yeah, for sure! (do we normally talk...) Sign mine too!"
It's been great having you
in my English class this year!
Have a GREAT SUMMER
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TANGEREEN TEEN
The Memoirs of the Orange Skinned
Tanning.
My hobby, my fascination, my addiction
Whatever you want to call it
It has become a big part of my life.
I’ve tried it all from tanning beds, to mystic tans, to lotions, to ‘tan in a can’ to towelettes.
And luckily for you I’m here to educate you on the dos and don’ts of tanning. What works and what doesn’t.
Until recently most people were oblivious to my secret hobby as I was smart and tested it only on my legs. WHICH I recommend everyone does. However, even I have had those unfortunate days when I had to go toSCHOOL and WORK orange and blotchy.
Tanning Beds.
For me I’ve been in them once- Didn’t work for me because I’m ‘fair skinned’ so I just burnt and came out red. Plus final destination 3- the tanning scene has turned me off from tanning beds. However, if you want that golden brown REAL tan- tanning beds are the way to go. If I had the time and money I could even have a ‘real tan’. Just for us lighter skin people we need to build up gradually. It’s a process TANNING->BURN(fades into brown)-> TANNING repeat. If you do this enough soon your skin can handle the beds perfectly. A price for a tanning bed is anywhere from seven-ten dollars. But be prepared to buy the goggles and lotion an extra two-five dollars. Or if you’re a true addict ‘Tanning Passes’ fifty-seventy bucks unlimited tanning for a month.
Spray Tans- or Mystic Tans
My hobby, my fascination, my addiction
Whatever you want to call it
It has become a big part of my life.
I’ve tried it all from tanning beds, to mystic tans, to lotions, to ‘tan in a can’ to towelettes.
And luckily for you I’m here to educate you on the dos and don’ts of tanning. What works and what doesn’t.
Until recently most people were oblivious to my secret hobby as I was smart and tested it only on my legs. WHICH I recommend everyone does. However, even I have had those unfortunate days when I had to go toSCHOOL and WORK orange and blotchy.
Tanning Beds.
For me I’ve been in them once- Didn’t work for me because I’m ‘fair skinned’ so I just burnt and came out red. Plus final destination 3- the tanning scene has turned me off from tanning beds. However, if you want that golden brown REAL tan- tanning beds are the way to go. If I had the time and money I could even have a ‘real tan’. Just for us lighter skin people we need to build up gradually. It’s a process TANNING->BURN(fades into brown)-> TANNING repeat. If you do this enough soon your skin can handle the beds perfectly. A price for a tanning bed is anywhere from seven-ten dollars. But be prepared to buy the goggles and lotion an extra two-five dollars. Or if you’re a true addict ‘Tanning Passes’ fifty-seventy bucks unlimited tanning for a month.
Spray Tans- or Mystic Tans
I used to love them until one unfortunate day
I came out ORANGE and BLOTCHY and my hands looked terrible.
Now I’ve stopped the mystic tans and for good reason.
A friend of mine continued going and now looks- well
Not the greatest.
Mystic tanning thirty dollars.
TAN IN A CAN
DO NOT- DO NOT use them. The color you’ll get from them is terrible. Trust the knowledgeable. I never actually bought one- BUT- I did go to Shoppers and test them ALL on my leg. I looked like a zebra and not one of the shades were nice. I either looked VERY orange or like a I was BRUISED. Either way not something you want- Plus this aerosol cans you cant tell if your doing it evenly and they don’t come cheep, anywhere from 15 dollars upwards.
My favorites.
LOTION & Towelettes.
Some lotions don’t work- I won’t lie they often come out uneven and orange. I recommend Jergens moisturizer with colored tint. This lotion is a gradual build up so you can choose how dark you want to go. Plus its cheep, ten dollars or so. My new love affair is with tanning towelettes. I saw them on the shopping channel and didn’t order them. Then a knock off ‘life brand’ version came out so I got them. Once again they are a gradual build up so you control how dark you become. Plus when using the towelettes your tan is EVEN, which is very important when trying to make your tan look REAL.
DO-
Research the products.
DO-
WASH YOUR HANDS (regardless of what product you use)
DO-
Wait for the tan to sink in before you apply more. MOST tanning products take 3-7 hours to sink in fully.
DO NOT-
I came out ORANGE and BLOTCHY and my hands looked terrible.
Now I’ve stopped the mystic tans and for good reason.
A friend of mine continued going and now looks- well
Not the greatest.
Mystic tanning thirty dollars.
TAN IN A CAN
DO NOT- DO NOT use them. The color you’ll get from them is terrible. Trust the knowledgeable. I never actually bought one- BUT- I did go to Shoppers and test them ALL on my leg. I looked like a zebra and not one of the shades were nice. I either looked VERY orange or like a I was BRUISED. Either way not something you want- Plus this aerosol cans you cant tell if your doing it evenly and they don’t come cheep, anywhere from 15 dollars upwards.
My favorites.
LOTION & Towelettes.
Some lotions don’t work- I won’t lie they often come out uneven and orange. I recommend Jergens moisturizer with colored tint. This lotion is a gradual build up so you can choose how dark you want to go. Plus its cheep, ten dollars or so. My new love affair is with tanning towelettes. I saw them on the shopping channel and didn’t order them. Then a knock off ‘life brand’ version came out so I got them. Once again they are a gradual build up so you control how dark you become. Plus when using the towelettes your tan is EVEN, which is very important when trying to make your tan look REAL.
DO-
Research the products.
DO-
WASH YOUR HANDS (regardless of what product you use)
DO-
Wait for the tan to sink in before you apply more. MOST tanning products take 3-7 hours to sink in fully.
DO NOT-
Become a blotchy freak.
Shut Up and EAT
The modern birthday party equals a fun filled day consisting of Mandarin and the movies.
For anyone in my graduating class you know what I mean- we do it for every single birthday party. So when some brave soul brakes out of the ‘normal’ and says
“My birthday will be at Jack Astor’s”
We all cheer with joy and are excited.
I’ve been there before and have good experiences.
Meaning I was very excited to go again.
I even booked the day off of work.
Which is not like me.
Money is my BFF (Best friend FOREVER)
From my previous memories I remember fantastic food, a great environment, Christmas lights, comics and photos on the wall- very unique and what I remembered and was anticipating the most was the paper on table with the crayons to color with. Call me seven years old but when your bored waiting for food- coloring is a GREAT and I mean GREAT solution.
Back story- truly irrelevant but I feel the need to bring it up just to show how much I liked the restaurant before this interesting service. As I said before I missed work for it AND I wasn’t even talking to one half of the birthday girls definitely meaning I was there for the FOOD.
So we get there and PROBLEM-
“Your reservation is for 25 you need at least 75% to get the table.”
Oh great- we weren’t going to get our table.
Luckily enough of us ended up showing up.
I was all syked ready to color away and the walk us into the
“VIP PARTY ROOM”
More like the summer patio with the garage roof closed. We were in the MIDDLE of the parking lot. We could clearly see the cars. Let me remind you it was nighttime and not summer. So we were freezing and they wouldn’t turn on the heat. I got over that cause I can be ‘MATURE’. HOWEVER, the tables OUTSIDE were not covered in paper and I did not see crayons. Way to ruin my night JACK ASTORS!
THEN the waitress spilled a drink on someone.
Nice going IDIOT.
It wasn’t me- if it was it would have been a scene
Or, AT LEAST free food.
Plus the service started out VERY RUDE. We asked if we could move tables they ignored us. We asked for our drinks we waited an HOUR. But what can you do- It’s life.
Anywho we ordered and eventually the food came.
It was good I can’t lie.
Steak and potatoes
DELICIOUS
So the bill comes and once again they screw up charging people for things they did not order. Sheesh, people now a days can’t take simple orders and its there job too.
What is the restaurant world coming to?
Jack Astor’s Rating:
If you’re inside DEFINITLEY CEHCK IT OUT
If you’re in the VIP PARY AREA-
RUN.
& I’m not one to let one bad service permanently stop me from going there.
So I’ll most likely go again.
Overall rating on Jack Astor’s 8 Flip Flops out of 10
Overall rating on that one night 10 blotchy fake tans out 10
(PS that isn’t good )
For anyone in my graduating class you know what I mean- we do it for every single birthday party. So when some brave soul brakes out of the ‘normal’ and says
“My birthday will be at Jack Astor’s”
We all cheer with joy and are excited.
I’ve been there before and have good experiences.
Meaning I was very excited to go again.
I even booked the day off of work.
Which is not like me.
Money is my BFF (Best friend FOREVER)
From my previous memories I remember fantastic food, a great environment, Christmas lights, comics and photos on the wall- very unique and what I remembered and was anticipating the most was the paper on table with the crayons to color with. Call me seven years old but when your bored waiting for food- coloring is a GREAT and I mean GREAT solution.
Back story- truly irrelevant but I feel the need to bring it up just to show how much I liked the restaurant before this interesting service. As I said before I missed work for it AND I wasn’t even talking to one half of the birthday girls definitely meaning I was there for the FOOD.
So we get there and PROBLEM-
“Your reservation is for 25 you need at least 75% to get the table.”
Oh great- we weren’t going to get our table.
Luckily enough of us ended up showing up.
I was all syked ready to color away and the walk us into the
“VIP PARTY ROOM”
More like the summer patio with the garage roof closed. We were in the MIDDLE of the parking lot. We could clearly see the cars. Let me remind you it was nighttime and not summer. So we were freezing and they wouldn’t turn on the heat. I got over that cause I can be ‘MATURE’. HOWEVER, the tables OUTSIDE were not covered in paper and I did not see crayons. Way to ruin my night JACK ASTORS!
THEN the waitress spilled a drink on someone.
Nice going IDIOT.
It wasn’t me- if it was it would have been a scene
Or, AT LEAST free food.
Plus the service started out VERY RUDE. We asked if we could move tables they ignored us. We asked for our drinks we waited an HOUR. But what can you do- It’s life.
Anywho we ordered and eventually the food came.
It was good I can’t lie.
Steak and potatoes
DELICIOUS
So the bill comes and once again they screw up charging people for things they did not order. Sheesh, people now a days can’t take simple orders and its there job too.
What is the restaurant world coming to?
Jack Astor’s Rating:
If you’re inside DEFINITLEY CEHCK IT OUT
If you’re in the VIP PARY AREA-
RUN.
& I’m not one to let one bad service permanently stop me from going there.
So I’ll most likely go again.
Overall rating on Jack Astor’s 8 Flip Flops out of 10
Overall rating on that one night 10 blotchy fake tans out 10
(PS that isn’t good )
Le Prom
Its; something unpredictable and in the end its right
I hope you had the time of your life.
Prom. The chaos, the drama, the planning, the arguments, the shopping, the arrangements and now it is all done.
May 30- Prom Night.
A night full of memories.
First of all the weather was less then perfect- well that’s being nice- pouring rain is more accurate. The rain may have limited our outside picture taking but it didn’t dampen our spirits.
The hall had a very nice appearance- the dance floor could have been bigger. The food was…different. The most liberal way I could approach the topic of food. The meal consisted of hard bread that we heated on candles, dressingless salad and chicken, the potatoes very good- I cant be the ‘evil critic’ all the time. Enough on food, I know I’m making my readers hungry now. Wait a minute- while on the topic of food, the cake was nasty and we never got any of that birthday cake. Hmmmm. Where did it all go?
The clothes-
It’s always fun to see your friends dressed up and it was from. Obviously people were looking very sharp. Everyone’s hard work showed, as everyone looked stunning. Correction- the majority looked stunning. There were a few that were definitely on the ‘worst dressed list’. Unlike Perez Hilton I wont name-drop our post pictures with my comments on the outfits. Lets just say a few got dressed in the dark or got into a fight with a sewing machine and the machine won.
La musique. ‘Francais’ moment there. Parlez tu francais?
Okay I’ll stop for those whose French understanding ends after grade nine.
The music was from a wide variety of genres. Good job Dj. However, how do you honestly dance to Gym Class Hero’s –Girlfriend?
Take a look at my girlfriends, she’s the only one a I got.
Budd-da-da-daa-daaup
Yeah can’t dance to that, trust me we tried and ended up just singing.
There wasn’t enough danceable songs to be honest.THEN the DJ went all old school with some
JUMP ON IT! (Fresh Prince dance)
Cant lie it was fun- but NOT NEEDED.
The last two songs, very sad people were crying
And c’mon class of ’08 we are to cute dancing in one massive circle.
Prom equals = mediocre food, enough pictures to freeze a computer, dancing galore, and memories with friends that will last for a life time.
And no- I’m not exaggerating with the pictures, by the end of the night the we were immune to the flash.
After prom, McDonalds, and house parties. What happens at the house parties stays at the after parties.
Don’t you wanna’ know what happened now?
Well, just for you
….
SYKE!
The ultimate final dance song at Prom
Vitamin C- Graduation/Friends Forever
I hope you had the time of your life.
Prom. The chaos, the drama, the planning, the arguments, the shopping, the arrangements and now it is all done.
May 30- Prom Night.
A night full of memories.
First of all the weather was less then perfect- well that’s being nice- pouring rain is more accurate. The rain may have limited our outside picture taking but it didn’t dampen our spirits.
The hall had a very nice appearance- the dance floor could have been bigger. The food was…different. The most liberal way I could approach the topic of food. The meal consisted of hard bread that we heated on candles, dressingless salad and chicken, the potatoes very good- I cant be the ‘evil critic’ all the time. Enough on food, I know I’m making my readers hungry now. Wait a minute- while on the topic of food, the cake was nasty and we never got any of that birthday cake. Hmmmm. Where did it all go?
The clothes-
It’s always fun to see your friends dressed up and it was from. Obviously people were looking very sharp. Everyone’s hard work showed, as everyone looked stunning. Correction- the majority looked stunning. There were a few that were definitely on the ‘worst dressed list’. Unlike Perez Hilton I wont name-drop our post pictures with my comments on the outfits. Lets just say a few got dressed in the dark or got into a fight with a sewing machine and the machine won.
La musique. ‘Francais’ moment there. Parlez tu francais?
Okay I’ll stop for those whose French understanding ends after grade nine.
The music was from a wide variety of genres. Good job Dj. However, how do you honestly dance to Gym Class Hero’s –Girlfriend?
Take a look at my girlfriends, she’s the only one a I got.
Budd-da-da-daa-daaup
Yeah can’t dance to that, trust me we tried and ended up just singing.
There wasn’t enough danceable songs to be honest.THEN the DJ went all old school with some
JUMP ON IT! (Fresh Prince dance)
Cant lie it was fun- but NOT NEEDED.
The last two songs, very sad people were crying
And c’mon class of ’08 we are to cute dancing in one massive circle.
Prom equals = mediocre food, enough pictures to freeze a computer, dancing galore, and memories with friends that will last for a life time.
And no- I’m not exaggerating with the pictures, by the end of the night the we were immune to the flash.
After prom, McDonalds, and house parties. What happens at the house parties stays at the after parties.
Don’t you wanna’ know what happened now?
Well, just for you
….
SYKE!
The ultimate final dance song at Prom
Vitamin C- Graduation/Friends Forever
Honestly, listeing to this song makes me sad.
Only if real life were like songs.Truth is next year, I’ll be friends with five people from highschool
Surfs Up
Blue Crush, yes it is an older movie released in 2002, but one I just watched recently. Seeing that it is fresh in my mind I have chosen to give the the TANGERINE TEEN perspective on a 'surfer chick' movie.For those who haven’t seen the movie the story line is simple and anyone can follow along. First of all there are three girls who are best friends and love to surf. They are Anne Marie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth), Eden (Michelle Rodriguez), and Lena (Sanoe Lake). The three girls also watch Anne’s little sister Penny (Mika BooremMika) who also loves to surf. The central character in the movie is Anne, who was close to going pro in surfing but her career was cut short after a surfing accident. The movie displays Anna practicing to get ready for the next big surfing competition. The three girls spend a lot of the time on the beach and work as maids at a hotel. At the hotel is where the love affair begins. Anne meets football player Matt (Matthew Davis) who asks for surfing lessons. These surfing lessons lead to a romance between the two. Eden worries that Anne does not care about surfing anymore as she does not practice and spends all her time with Matt. Anne is then faced with a hard decision, either stay with Matt and live the glamorous life or stay with her friends and aim for surfer glory.
I wont spoil the ending but let me just say the movies predictable. That alone and you should know what happens.
The movie is what you would expect it to be, three girls in bikinis the whole movie. So if you love the beach and bikinis this movie is for you. There are a lot of things to hate about Blue Crush. The dialogue in the romance scenes are very week and put you to sleep. The whole story line regarding the romance is quite laughable. Also, serious issues such as the relationship between Anne and Penny are skipped for more shots of surfing. The movie is filled with clichés. For example the ‘locals’ get mad when visitors come.
Despite all the movies flaws there are some ‘cute’ moments, many scenes in the hotel provide laughs and allow you to understand the relationship between the friends. Also, the footage in the movie is breathtaking. The water is crystal clear and the girls look gorgeous when surfing. By the end of the movie you really do care for the two-dimensional characters as if you had known them personally.
Also, the movie had a sample of the old classic from Ace of Bace – Cruel Summer. The version in the film had the chorus paired with a rap. The soundtrack to the movie was inspiring and had a good balance of new and old songs.
Blue Crush is every bit as shallow as you’d expect, but much more fun then what was expected. The movie shows a passion for surfing and girls in bikinis.
The movie pitch was sold as, “ Three girls, bikinis, surfing.”
This movie was worth watching and I would watch it again.
Tangerine Rating:
7 Flip Flops out of 10
I wont spoil the ending but let me just say the movies predictable. That alone and you should know what happens.
The movie is what you would expect it to be, three girls in bikinis the whole movie. So if you love the beach and bikinis this movie is for you. There are a lot of things to hate about Blue Crush. The dialogue in the romance scenes are very week and put you to sleep. The whole story line regarding the romance is quite laughable. Also, serious issues such as the relationship between Anne and Penny are skipped for more shots of surfing. The movie is filled with clichés. For example the ‘locals’ get mad when visitors come.
Despite all the movies flaws there are some ‘cute’ moments, many scenes in the hotel provide laughs and allow you to understand the relationship between the friends. Also, the footage in the movie is breathtaking. The water is crystal clear and the girls look gorgeous when surfing. By the end of the movie you really do care for the two-dimensional characters as if you had known them personally.
Also, the movie had a sample of the old classic from Ace of Bace – Cruel Summer. The version in the film had the chorus paired with a rap. The soundtrack to the movie was inspiring and had a good balance of new and old songs.
Blue Crush is every bit as shallow as you’d expect, but much more fun then what was expected. The movie shows a passion for surfing and girls in bikinis.
The movie pitch was sold as, “ Three girls, bikinis, surfing.”
This movie was worth watching and I would watch it again.
Tangerine Rating:
7 Flip Flops out of 10
Here are some clips of the movie accompanied by P.O.D. Youth of the Nation
For the movie soundtrack click the link below
Who's Being Naive?
The Godfather- for those who haven’t seen it… I have no comment – luckily your reading this blog and have chosen to leave your hiding place of under a rock. So I welcome you to an enriching entry regarding The Godfather.No, this is not a movie review but just to set the quote in perspective I will give you some background on the film. The epic plot takes place over many years, telling the story of Vito, his family--including Michael (Al Pacino), Santino (James Caan) and Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), his associates, and their interactions with other mob syndicates.
Now for the quote.
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino): My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a President or senator.
Kay Adams (Diane Keaton): Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino): My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a President or senator.
Kay Adams (Diane Keaton): Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.
Michael Corleone: Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?
Amazing quote- simple, blunt and direct.
Even if you haven’t seen the movie the quote is self-explanatory. From these few lines of dialogue it is implied that presidents and senators have people killed just as a mob boss would. The only difference between the two is the preconveived notions that come with each title.
When one hears ‘Mob Boss’ or ‘The Godfather’ the assumption is money hungry, drug abusing, Armani suit wearing, business driven, killing machine.
However, when one hears ‘President’ or ‘Senator’ the assumption is a leader, a good person with the ability to make good decisions to benefit the greater good.
Reality Check.
The only difference between a ‘mob boss’ and a ‘presidident’ is the mob boss is honest about what there doing. No sugarcoating oversensationalized speeches- just the truth- raw and honest. Personally, I’d want the honest version apposed to believing someone cares about you.
The Presidant is a job title. Meaning money is being made. In the world in which we live everyone is out for them selves even the president. Presidents are deceiving liars who pay speech writers to make the worst things sound good.
Wars are started how? Presidents getting to comfortable and sitting and the comfortable chair and oak desk.
“Whats on the agenda today…..nothing (spins globe)…Hmnm France- A war against France?”
Presidents are killing innocent people. How? Who is funding the military? Presidents… If the budget didn’t allow for the military there would be no massive wars.
In the world of organized crime, murders only happen when one betrays the orders given. When in that situation its do or die and one joining the organization knows this.
When electing a president – you don’t think that you will be sent into war.
Mob Boss or Preisdent
The Godfather or the Senitor
Either way- money is made, people are hurt.
The end product is the same in either title.
Even if you haven’t seen the movie the quote is self-explanatory. From these few lines of dialogue it is implied that presidents and senators have people killed just as a mob boss would. The only difference between the two is the preconveived notions that come with each title.
When one hears ‘Mob Boss’ or ‘The Godfather’ the assumption is money hungry, drug abusing, Armani suit wearing, business driven, killing machine.
However, when one hears ‘President’ or ‘Senator’ the assumption is a leader, a good person with the ability to make good decisions to benefit the greater good.
Reality Check.
The only difference between a ‘mob boss’ and a ‘presidident’ is the mob boss is honest about what there doing. No sugarcoating oversensationalized speeches- just the truth- raw and honest. Personally, I’d want the honest version apposed to believing someone cares about you.
The Presidant is a job title. Meaning money is being made. In the world in which we live everyone is out for them selves even the president. Presidents are deceiving liars who pay speech writers to make the worst things sound good.
Wars are started how? Presidents getting to comfortable and sitting and the comfortable chair and oak desk.
“Whats on the agenda today…..nothing (spins globe)…Hmnm France- A war against France?”
Presidents are killing innocent people. How? Who is funding the military? Presidents… If the budget didn’t allow for the military there would be no massive wars.
In the world of organized crime, murders only happen when one betrays the orders given. When in that situation its do or die and one joining the organization knows this.
When electing a president – you don’t think that you will be sent into war.
Mob Boss or Preisdent
The Godfather or the Senitor
Either way- money is made, people are hurt.
The end product is the same in either title.
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer.
The title alone and I bet your already wanting to sing.
Its just one of those songs you always sing regardless of where you are. Trust me it happens, the song will begin to play while shopping at your favorite store; you start of humming and by the chorus the whole store is singing along.
The Boys of Summer was originally sung by Don Henley and released on his 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast. The song was written by Henley and Mike Campbell. Since the release of his version many covers began to follow. Some of the most memorable covers of the song are done by Dj Sammy and the Ataris. All of the versions have the same song lyrics yet each one sounds different because of the genre of music the lyrics are presented.
In the original Don Henley version the song is done in a mellow rock style. The introduction is very haunting and later builds into the fun summer hook of the song. The Dj Sammy version takes a complete twist on the classic song. This version is done in a euro/electronic genre. This version starts off up tempo and joyful and remains fun and playful throughout the whole song. The Ataris version takes the song to a whole new direction. In this version the song is done in a Rock/Screamo version. This version starts very uptempo and builds into the lyrics much faster then the two other versions.
Both the Don Henley version and Dj Sammy version are sang much slower emphasizing the words while the Ataris version is done very fast and the words are slurred together with no pauses.
The title alone and I bet your already wanting to sing.
Its just one of those songs you always sing regardless of where you are. Trust me it happens, the song will begin to play while shopping at your favorite store; you start of humming and by the chorus the whole store is singing along.
The Boys of Summer was originally sung by Don Henley and released on his 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast. The song was written by Henley and Mike Campbell. Since the release of his version many covers began to follow. Some of the most memorable covers of the song are done by Dj Sammy and the Ataris. All of the versions have the same song lyrics yet each one sounds different because of the genre of music the lyrics are presented.
In the original Don Henley version the song is done in a mellow rock style. The introduction is very haunting and later builds into the fun summer hook of the song. The Dj Sammy version takes a complete twist on the classic song. This version is done in a euro/electronic genre. This version starts off up tempo and joyful and remains fun and playful throughout the whole song. The Ataris version takes the song to a whole new direction. In this version the song is done in a Rock/Screamo version. This version starts very uptempo and builds into the lyrics much faster then the two other versions.
Both the Don Henley version and Dj Sammy version are sang much slower emphasizing the words while the Ataris version is done very fast and the words are slurred together with no pauses.
Now for the music video’s.
Don Henley’s version typical 80’s music video - Black and white and cheesy galore.
The video shows a young boy through different stages of his life and through relationships. From a directorial point of view its well done with the flashbacks. Only thing is the close ups on Henley were not needed. Last comment on this one- it’s a song about the summer and the beach, we notice the beach one whole time. Woah!
Dj Sammy’s version, the best in my opinion. It’s a song about the beach and the summer so the video has a group of people in little clothes on the beach- Boring…simple idea? Yes it is. But it works- Also this version fallows the song lyrics – long brown hair- the tan it all works very well.
Happy summer time love song with a fun music video
The Ataris- Honestly, I don’t know what happened. This video has nothing to do with the song. Personally I think the video was done for another song.
The song says
But I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
Yet the video shows a pale skinned black hair no sunglasses wearing female. ‘Common Ataris the details were there for you!
Another problem with this version, it’s about summer love and the beach, I did not see any love connection or any beach- I did see a lot of ladybugs.
Ladybugs do not equal love and the beach.
Usually I think covers ruin a song.
“ You can’t beet the original- it’s a classic.”
WRONG.
My favorite of the versions….
Hands Down Dj Sammy.
So what if I’m biased- I cant help but love euro.
So take a listen to all three versions-
If you don’t have the time-
I’ll rank them for you
1) Dj Sammy
2) The Ataris
3) Don Henley
Once again biased I know- being young it is enivedible I like the never versions of the song with more of an up temo.
Don’t worry I know you wanted to sing along. The lyrics are posted below the videos. Just click the link. It's simple - well to must.
ENJOY =)
"The Boys of Summer" (Don Henley 1984)
"The Boys of Summer" (Dj Sammy 2002)
"The Boys of Summer" (The Ataris 2003)
"The Boys of Summer" (Dj Sammy 2002)
"The Boys of Summer" (The Ataris 2003)
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