LaFemme's Pen(s) - Summer Hits

To: Never Enough Notes Magazine
Subject: Summer Hits

Dear ‘Note’able

Please enjoy my sample review. I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best

- R.LaFemme


The Sunkist Summer Hits tape might sound like a ‘car cophony’ to some but to its fans it’s a real ‘driving force’. By which I mean an essential purchase for mother’s car when being ferried long distances. (i.e. from home to Meadowhall to do some shopping). What qualifies this double cassette to be the definitive sound of summer? Everything that’s what!

For starters it’s sponsored by Sunkist, the ultimate in summer refreshments. You might not be able to get it in most shops but you can certainly get hold of cans intended for miscellaneous Middle Eastern states. Some might say that it coats your throat with a sort of orange mucus but most orange based drinks do that, it’s what summer is all about! You can also take advantage of the special offer included with the tape to get a FREE Sunkist T-shirt.(£10.99 p&p) Essential summer wear, the short sleeves allow cool air to circulate in the hot weather and of course show off your sleeve tattoos to the ladies. (That is if they can take their eyes off the striking Sunkist logo on your chest – go get ‘em stud.)

The summer hits tape also features an image of the sun. However he is not depicted as a mere ball of burning gas rather he is a smiley fellow who even dons a pair of sunglasses. Ironic as he would actually be trying to block out his own bright rays. However we shouldn’t question his facial adornment too much as then we would have to wonder what material those glasses must be made of to not immediately melt.

What about the actual music? Well if you’re a fan of cartoon solar portraits then you’re certainly going to be a fan of pop hits from the mid 90’s featuring kettle drums. From Aswad to Chaka Demus and Pliers the double tape provides all the high energy kettle drum related music that’s fit to print. My particular favourite being the song that goes “Tease me tease me tease me tease me baby” (I forget the name of the song.) However don’t go thinking it’s all mindless pop because there is a dark side to everything – even summer and this is explored in depth by Will Smith in his song ‘Summertime’. They say Jazzy Jeff helped him do that song but considering he was always getting thrown out of the house by Uncle Phil I don’t know when they had the time to do it!

All in all it’s a pop classic with some sunshine vibes and a good mix of orange flavours, but enough about Sunkist! This tape is good too and I can safely award it three Suggs.