SUMMER OF ’69
“Summer of ’69” is a song recorded by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams, from his fourth album, Reckless (1984). The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams. It was released in June 1985 under A&M Records as the fourth single from Reckless. “Summer of ’69” is an up-tempo rock song. The single had a strong effect on music charts internationally, with its highest peak being number four in the Netherlands. (More from Wikipedia)
First-wave punk rock bands were probably the last group of rock bands that were started by people who likely didn’t expect them to last. This was true of most 1960’s bands also, as immortalized in the Bryan Adams song “Summer of ’69”: “Me and some guys from school / Had a band and we tried real hard / Jimmy quit, Jody got married / Shoulda known, we’d never get far”. After shaking their collective fist at the world and putting up with the chaotic atmosphere inside most young punk bands, it is not surprising that most never got past the release of two or three singles. Even 40 years later though, these early punkers put out staggeringly good music on these modest discs.
(March 2017)
