Alright, alright- this entry is going to be a re-hash. I've already done an "Indian Summer" post back in February, in retrospect a very unsuitable month for this song. Then again, this point in time isn't particularly suitable either. An Indian summer is technically in Autumn: the last days of warm weather and sun before Winter comes its way. This period was also when Native Americans would harvest their crops, hence the name.
Like I mentioned in the last entry, the song's simple, only 2 chords, but man is it fantastic. Easily one of Beat Happening's best, if not the best. Thematically it's pretty simple as well. It recounts the tradition of two summer lovers: meeting up again during Indian Summer for a picnic in a ceremony. One time it rained, but that doesn't matter to them. They're together, and nothing will change that.
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
"Breakfast in cemetery
Boy tastin wild cherry
Touch girl, apple blossom
Just a boy playin possum
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways
What is that cheerful sound?
Rain fallin on the ground
We'll wear a jolly crown
Buckle up, we're wayward bound
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways
Motorbike to cemetery
Picnic on wild berries
French toast with molasses
Croquet and Baked Alaskas
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways
Cover me with rain
Walk me down the lane
I'll drink from your drain
We will never change
No matter what they say"
To further rehash my previous entry, here's Luna's cover. This time however it's a video! According to Dean Wareham, lead singer of Luna and Galaxie 500, "Indian Summer is indie rock's Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
Beat Happening - Jamboree @K Records
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