Summer Grilling

judd.baker: Too obvious? I think not

• Regina Scime +2
• SamRobertsND +1 — An amazing choice, almost picked it myself. Chicago brass is never beaten.
• Joseph Harvey +1
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — ugh yes. Not enough votes 🤌🏼
• Edward James 0 — This is a summer chilling song, but not one that screams grilling to me
• Claire 0 — Love Chicago. Had the distinct privilege of hearing them play this very song live at ND last year. Somehow though even though the events described are spot on, musically it wasn’t giving grilling as much as I was looking for

• ared56 +1
• Edward James +1 — I love to hate this song, in the same way I hate to love it. It’s perfect, sadly.
• judd.baker +1 — Kid Rock invented grilling
• Claire +1 — This gets an upvote from me because it unlocked a long lost memory of the coach of my middle school club soccer team singing along to this while grilling for a team party
• fionmul 0 — yes.
• SamRobertsND 0 — Cookout vs grilling distinction is to be observed.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This is just Walmart brand Sweet Home Alabama
• Regina Scime 0 — Fun fact I grew up near Kid Rock’s house

fionmul: American Summer 🍉🇺🇸🍔

• [DELETED] +2
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — I just love this song man 🤘🏼
• SamRobertsND 0 — Cookout vs grilling distinction is to be observed, even for this banger (my sister and her husband Jesse walked into their reception to this so it holds a special place in my heart).
• Edward James 0 — Yes but not a standout imo
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Played this with my band at college!
• Claire 0 — Truly excellent song. It might be the most beautiful song I’ve ever been serenaded with at karaoke. Just wasn’t top 3 for the theme for me

• fionmul +1 — yep yep yep
• ared56 +1
• Edward James +1 — The year: 2003. Your cousin is returning from his second deployment to Afghanistan and your aunt is holding a barbecue to welcome him home. His 18 year old girlfriend Kathy is pregnant but neither of them knows it yet. As you put down your carton of Bug Juice™(the fluorescent blue one), you see your aunt’s third husband, Daryl, smoking a cigarette as he places a few more dogs on the grill, silhouetted by a gentle sunset. All is right in the world.
• Sam Ary +1
• judd.baker 0 — If I had a nickel for every song on this playlist about getting someone to cheat on their spouse, I would have two nickels
• Claire 0 — Narrowly missed my top 3. Uncle Kracker is unquestionably grillcore but I felt like lyrically other songs of his would have been a better fit. Respect the submission though
• [DELETED] -1

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1 — I hate this song with a burning passion but cannot vote against it. Consummate grilling vibe.
• Edward James +1 — Inspired choice. One of few that could bridge between every interpretation of “summer grilling”. Impeccable
• Sam Ary +1
• fionmul 0 — Mulholland core fr but doesn’t remind me of grilling
• shea nowicki 0 — Stellar song, slightly beat by other options
• Joseph Harvey -1 — I do not like this song. The narrator of the song sounds like a loser. Also obnoxious “wah wah” sounds

• fionmul +1 — I resisted the country urge because I know this crowd but thank you for doing this. I changed my last vote to this at the last second because the country vibes that important to me. And Kenny was a significant artist for me growing up 🥹
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Pretty fun
• Claire +1 — I’m not always a big country music girlie but this captures the vibe perfectly for me. I can so vividly imagine grilling somewhere in the south, sun beating down, cracking open a cold one, sitting on the tailgate…bliss
• Sam Ary +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — I love Kenny, one of the better bro country voices. But there were better choices from his repertoire (When the Sun Goes Down especially)
• shea nowicki -1 — it's a me problem... just not a Kenny Chesney girlie sadly

• SamRobertsND +1 — Luckily you picked the only Lynyrd song that works for grilling; just slow paced enough.
• judd.baker +1 — I’m trying to decide if it being a 7 minute song detracts from or adds to the grilling vibes and I think it is a plus
• fionmul 0 — It has to be a bit more hype imo or like upbeat
• Edward James 0 — Again, so good. But too melancholic. I think there’s a subtle distinction between “sunset grilling over an empty yard” and “summer grilling for friends” and I interpreted the latter as the way to go for this category.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — 😴
• Claire 0 — I guess you could listen to this while grilling some dogs to eat your feelings after the love of your life leaves you but idk if that’s the vibe

Joseph Harvey: Also recommended for lawn mowing

• judd.baker +1 — I will go against the grain. This is a great song for this theme. Inspired choice
• [DELETED] +1
• Claire +1 — Midwest lawnmower God bless America core 🦅🇺🇸
• fionmul 0 — Sounds like I burned the burgers (maybe in a good way but just not enough votes sry JH)
• SamRobertsND -1 — “Tell me you’ve never grilled without telling me you’ve never grilled”
• Edward James -1 — I actually think this song is pretty good, but fundamentally wrong for the category imo

• fionmul +1 — hard to miss here 😉
• shea nowicki +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — A fun one but not right for this. Props for not posting the terrible Fallout Boy version at least.
• Edward James 0 — Too frantic. Grilling is a meditative, transcendent reality. That doesn’t mean it’s slow, but it’s also not hectic.
• Claire 0 — It’s giving “dad” but not “grilling” for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• judd.baker -1 — I just hate this song so much

• Joseph Harvey +1 — Dang, this was surprisingly great
• fionmul 0 — ah yes the 9/11-induced vocals maybe grilling alone sorta thing?
• SamRobertsND 0 — Very close; my fourth vote.
• Edward James 0 — I love this interpretation, which is very much legit. However, this is a bit too melancholic for me. Another choice from the “fallujah-core” corpus would have done better imo
• judd.baker 0 — Sus cookout
• Claire 0 — Banger but didn’t quite hit for this theme alas
• Regina Scime -1

• Regina Scime +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — I like the interpretation, but it got beat out by others. Might’ve voted for it were it not for the vocals.
• Edward James 0 — I loved this, and in a perfect world it would be rewarded with an upvote. However, we live on this side of paradise, and it was beaten out by others.
• fionmul -1 — not it fo me at all
• ared56 -1
• Claire -1 — This is a cool song but for better or worse I can’t vote for a song this round that doesn’t feel distinctively American
• Sam Ary -1