The Beach Boys - All Summer Long

Since this is the last full week in August, it's time to wrap up the summer songs theme. "All Summer Long" is one of the Beach Boys' classic early summer-themed songs, and of course the lyrics serve as a kind of summing-up of their young attitude toward fun in the sun. But as bright as it sounds, it's a kind of valedictory about summer, looking back and remembering the good times but nevertheless saying goodbye. George Lucas used it very effectively as the last song on the soundtrack of American Graffiti -- I can't quite match that, but as a final offering in this series of songs it should work well.