Celebrated Summer
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| Single from New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü | ||
| Released | December 1984 | |
| Recorded | July 1984 at Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Length | 3:59 (A side)
2:31 (B side) |
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| Label | SST | |
| Producer(s) | Hüsker Dü and Spot | |
| Hüsker Dü chronology | ||
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| Eight Miles High (1984) | Celebrated Summer (1984) | Makes No Sense At All (1985)
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"Celebrated Summer" is a song by Hüsker Dü from their album New Day Rising. The song was released as a promotional single given to radio stations in December of 1984, along with the album's title track, "New Day Rising." [1]
The song is known for its opening guitar riff, as well its twelve-string acoustic guitar breaks towards the middle and at the end of the song. This was something that was very different for a band labeled as hardcore punk, although the song "Never Talking To You Again" from their previous album Zen Arcade had also been recorded with an acoustic guitar.
The song, written by guitarist Bob Mould, recalls summers past in its lyrics, with lines like "Getting drunk out on the beach or playing in a band / Getting out of school meant getting out of hand" as well as its chorus of "Is this your celebrated summer? / Was that your celebrated summer?".
The song was called "a prime example of Hüsker Dü's unique ability to effectively combine wistful, even tender moments with the hardest elements of rock & roll" in a review on All Music Guide. The reviewer added that "Celebrated Summer" is "a step toward the mainstream — unflinchingly melodic and well-produced — but it never compromises the passionate spirit of the band nor the ferocious energy that fuels them."[1]
In 1996 the song was covered by the heavy metal band Anthrax.
[edit] Track Listing
A side
- Celebrated Summer (Mould)
B side
- New Day Rising (Mould, Hüsker Dü)
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Celebrated Summer (http). allmusic.com. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
Hüsker Dü annotated discography
- "Celebrated Summer" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample of "Celebrated Summer" from New Day Rising
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| Hüsker Dü |
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| Discography |
| Albums: Land Speed Record | Everything Falls Apart | Zen Arcade | New Day Rising | Flip Your Wig | Candy Apple Grey | Warehouse: Songs and Stories | The Living End |
| EPs and Singles: Statues | In A Free Land | Metal Circus | Eight Miles High | Celebrated Summer | Makes No Sense At All | Sorry Somehow | Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely | Could You Be The One? | She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man) | Ice Cold Ice | Eight Miles High/Makes No Sense At All |
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| Nova Mob | Sugar | Grey Area |
