Let’s bring back the sounds of summer

Lets bring back the sounds of summer

Summer sounded better in the ’70s.

Let’s bring back the sounds of summer

Summer sounded better in the ’70s.

Tom Purcell: Let's bring back the sounds of summer

Summer sounded better in the ’70s.

Guest: Let's bring back the sounds of summer

Summer sounded better in the ’70s. I woke every morning to the birds chirping outside my window screen, a dewy chill in the air. I’d smell my father’s pipe, which he smoked while he read the paper downstairs. I’d go down to greet him. He’d make scrambled eggs and toast covered with butter, and we’d eat while the birds kept on singing. The evening sounds were equally powerful: a dog barking; a moto...

Free-lance, wild, colorful – these are the 70s. Girls and boys like to wear plateau shoes and listen to disco music. Everyone falls into the Saturday night fairy and wants to dance like John Travolta.