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Still Surfin’The Beach Boys

Released: August 3, 1992

Songwriter: Terry Melcher Mike Love

Producer: Terry Melcher

[Verse 1]
He used to ride the sidewalks in a landlocked town
A solitary surfer still he got around
He had his favorite spots now
Where the best rides could be found
With posters on his wall from "surfer" magazine
His room looked like a shrine to the surfing scene
Go to hawaii out of high school was his big time college dream
(That's where the girls are)
Did you ever wonder what happened to surfer joe
He up and took a trawler down to mexico
With a pretty senorita we both used to know
You can see him catch a wave in the morning light
And sometimes you can find him on his board at night
A silouette on water as the sun dips outta sight

[Chorus]
He's still surfing
(Still surfing)
He's still surfing
(Still surfing)
You'll catch him on a wave on his way to class
Then be back there after school on his daylight glass
He's still surfing
(Still surfing)
He's still surfing
(Still surfing)
Surfers always love them summer days
With a board in the water rolling with the waves
He's still surfing

[Verse 2]
He's always been a surfer since the early days
Spending the summer searching for that perfect wave
He and his surfing senorita never seem to age
He doesn't do a whole lot with his law degree
They thought about a major oceanography
But he does a lot of thinking about how to save the sea
(That's where the waves are)
Things up north were getting kinda out of hand
So he got a break to see the ride on the sand
With his little mama seated in a surfer's never never land
You can see him catch a wave in the morning light
And sometimes you can find him on his board at night
A silhouette on water as the sun dips outta sight

[Chorus]

[Outro]
In the morning light he still surfing
On his board at night he's still surfing
In the summer days he's still surfing
Rolling with the waves he's still surfing

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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