Upon publication in 1972, The Boys of Summer was a commercial and critical success. It is often mentioned in discussions of the best baseball books, although some reviewers have criticized it for what they have perceived as excessive sentimentality.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in his New York Times review that the book had "very real shortcomings" including "Mr. Kahn's unremitting tone of veneration, as if all his memories had been removed from the altars of the world's great cathedrals", but nevertheless found it to be "a book that succeeded for me despite almost everything about it."
"The Boys of Summer" is a song released in 1984 by Eagles vocalist and drummer Don Henley, with lyrics written by Henley and music composed by Henley and Mike Campbell.
The song's music video won many awards. "The Boys of Summer" was also performed live by Henley with the reunited Eagles; such a version is included on the group's 2005 Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne DVD.
Composition and history
Henley's song is cemented by Campbell's 1-7-5 repetitive riff over a vi-IV-V-IV chord pattern. Superficially, the song appears to be about the passing of youth and entering middle age, with the theme of 'summer love' apparent in the choruses, and of reminiscence of a past relationship.
"The Boys of Summer" is written in the key of E minor (performed in E♭ minor) and follows a tempo of 88 beats per minute in cut time. Henley's vocals span from G3 to B4 in the song.
Boys of Summer is a three volume Original English-language manga written by AmericanChuck Austen and illustrated by Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka. It is a romantic comedy that deals with the main character's relationships with women upon his arrival at college as well as his relationship with the school's baseball team. The series is published by Tokyopop and is rated as suitable for persons over the age of 16 as it contains scenes with partial nudity.
Publication history
The first volume of Boys of Summer was released May 9, 2006, running approximately 200 pages, and is the only volume that has seen print in the US. The second volume was released in October 2007 in Hungary. An omnibus edition, collecting all three volumes, was announced but never released.
In August 2009, Tokyopop announced that the remaining volumes would be released online, as part of their new online manga program. On September 23, 2009, the serialization of the second volume started on Tokyopop.com, with a new chapter scheduled each Wednesday.
A boy is a young malehuman, usually a child or adolescent. When he becomes an adult, he is described as a man. The most apparent difference between a typical boy and a typical girl is the genitalia. However, some intersex children with ambiguous genitals, and genetically female transgender children, may also be classified or self-identify as a boy.
The term boy is primarily used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions or both. The latter most commonly applies to adult men, either considered in some way immature or inferior, in a position associated with aspects of boyhood, or even without such boyish connotation as age-indiscriminate synonym. The term can be joined with a variety of other words to form these gender-related labels as compound words.
Etymology
The word "boy" comes from Middle Englishboi, boye ("boy, servant"), related to other Germanic words for boy, namely East Frisianboi ("boy, young man") and West Frisianboai ("boy"). Although the exact etymology is obscure, the English and Frisian forms probably derive from an earlier Anglo-Frisian *bō-ja ("little brother"), a diminutive of the Germanic root *bō- ("brother, male relation"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhā-, *bhāt- ("father, brother"). The root is also found in Flemishboe ("brother"), Norwegian dialectalboa ("brother"), and, through a reduplicated variant *bō-bō-, in Old Norsebófi, Dutchboef "(criminal) knave, rogue", GermanBube ("knave, rogue, boy"). Furthermore, the word may be related to Bōia, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.
The Boys is an EP by The Shadows, released in October 1962. The EP is a 7-inchvinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Columbia SEG 8193. Also known as Theme music from The Boys or
Theme music from the Galaworldfilm Production "The Boys", the EP was the UK number-one EP for 3 weeks in November 1962.
The 1962 film The Boys was produced by Galaworldfilm Productions. The Shadows recorded the soundtrack and the production company is namechecked on the record sleeve of the EP which is titled Theme music from the Galaworldfilm Production "The Boys". All four tracks were recorded under the supervision of Norrie Paramor.
None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK. However, the Kent Music Report retrospectively placed "The Boys"/"The Girls" as the Australian number-one single in February 1963. In Italy, the tracks "The Boys" and "Theme from The Boys" were released as a double A-side called "Tema Dal Film: The Boys" (Columbia SCMQ 1619) and in Denmark and Norway, the tracks "The Boys" and "Sweet Dreams" were released as a double A-side single (Columbia DD 755).
Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone I'm drivin' by your house, though I know you're not home But I can see you, your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream? Now I don't understand what happened to our love But baby I'm gonna get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you, your brown skin shinin' in the sun I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said "Don't look back you can never look back" I thought I knew what love was, what did I know? Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go but I can see you, your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that top pulled down and that radio on baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone
LANCASTER – The summer of 2024 will long be remembered as the year the LancasterPost 11 American Legion baseball team went on a historic run and made history ... Post 11 went 2-2 in the regional, played just outside of Chicago.
“The boys of summer are back,” said Chadron Hazelbaker, who emceed the on-field entertainment ... “The kids always love to meet the players before the games, but now they were like, ‘Wait, we can meet all of them?’” Brianne Davis said.
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) MenudoStars at The 10th Anniversary Year of BOYS OF SUMMER Tour 2024 Boys Of Summer Tour 2024 This year's tour, set to dazzle fans in 21 US cities from July 7th through ... .
and Madison Nelson-Gira, center, co-directors of the ‘Boys of Summer’ documentary, are interviewed by Rollie Lipp, far left, and Juli Hoesel-Mauch, far right ... ‘Boys of Summer,’ but their filmmakers.
The Post and Courier
06 Jul 2024
The Post and Courier
06 Jul 2024