Summertime - A hot summer's day can be so psychedelic

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The song
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin.
The song soon became a popular and much-recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century"However I have made it instrumental, more in a hip hop style, trying to give it an original twist with a lead guitar dominating it.

Lyrics ( In case you'd like to know what they are to sing along!)
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But until that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With your daddy and mammy standing by

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Gershwin-Summertime-lyrics.html

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It is a classic and has been done many ways. My band do our version, what does have singing. I like your interpretation too. Makes it more moody and perhaps a little creepy. Are those real drums?

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Ah thanks ....Well they are played, on superior drummer but quantized heavily!

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Damn bro, this is incredible. Saved it on spotify to surprise myself in the future. Maybe one of these days I'll mix this into a dj set. I love bringing in obscure and vibey stuff to balance out edm. This is perfect for that. Great work.

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