Ah…Summertime With War
Monday, August 9th, 2010
I miss basements.
They were places to throw a parties for half the neighborhood without having to ‘get the house ready’; or fashion your own little ‘apartment’ when you wanted to pretend you had your ‘own place’ while still in high school. Or, they were living rooms that could get a little messy. Best of all, they were a cool refuge during the hot summers when most homes didn’t have central AC.
Nothing reminds me more of those hot summers in cool basements than the music of War. “All Day Music” was the first War album that caught my attention; and the lazy, hazy harmony of the title song still makes me stop whatever I’m doing, relax a little, and smile at the memory of the basement where I first heard it.
