Summer of '69: Difference between revisions

When Adams appeared on ''[[The Early Show]]'' in 2008, he was asked about "Summer of '69" and its lyrical meaning. Adams said the song was not about the summer of 1969 but about having sex in the summertime; "69" being a reference to the sexual position [[69 (sexual position)|69]].<ref name=CBS>{{cite news |title=Bryan Adams: Hit Was About Sex, Not 1969 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-adams-hit-was-about-sex-not-1969/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=September 8, 2008 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909004951/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/earlyshow/leisure/music/main4425534.shtml |archive-date=September 9, 2008}} Also available in video form at {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-21ZNzeUA |title=Bryan Adams Talks '69' |via=YouTube |publisher=CBS |date=September 8, 2008 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114164531/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8-21ZNzeUA |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="explains">{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=March 7, 2019 |title=Bryan Adams explains why Summer of 69 flopped in the UK |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47473120 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225130852/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47473120 |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2020 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Vallance, however, has gone for the more conventional interpretation of the title being a reference to a year. He notes [[Jackson Browne]]'s "[[Running on Empty (song)|Running on Empty]]", which contains references to 1965 and 1969, as his own influence, and recalls Adams citing the film ''[[Summer of '42]]'' as his.<ref name="vallance">"{{cite web | url=http://jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-summer-of-69.html | title=Summer of '69 | publisher=Jimvallance.com | access-date=August 11, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926075104/http://jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-summer-of-69.html | archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> However, Vallance stated on the Song Facts message board that "When we recorded the demo in my basement, towards the end of the song Bryan sang a little naughty bit: 'me and my baby in a ’69'. We had a laugh about it at the time, and Bryan decided to keep it when he did the final recording a month or two later."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/music/is-bryan-adams-summer-of-69-about-what-you-think-it-is/ |title=Is Bryan Adams' "Summer Of '69" About What You Think It Is? |date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726225608/https://uproxx.com/music/is-bryan-adams-summer-of-69-about-what-you-think-it-is/ |url-status=live }}</ref>