Cure for the Summertime Blues.

This post is available for comments about your summertime activities. Just add a comment if you'd like to share what you've been up to this summer.

And who, you ask, could be blue during the summer? Well, someone who has to work, when others are on vacation. The song, Summertime Blues (1958), was performed and co-written by Eddie Cochran. It's one of the more covered songs of rock and roll. The story in the song, is about a teen whose lack of money and parental insistence have forced him to work. Bummer.

I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar

And the guy can't go on a date, doesn't have time for much of anything but work, and like those of us in the 5x5x5 class, doesn't see his friends on a regular basis. But you can share here, what you've been up to. Give us a cure for the summertime blues.

The Who's version of the song is probably the most well-known, although artists as diverse as James Taylor, The Beach Boys, and Bruce Springsteen. The version I remember best was performed by Blue Cheer.

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues