The Beach Boys

Released: October 31, 2011

Featuring: Michael Vosse Danny Hutton David Anderle Van Dyke Parks

Songwriter: Brian Wilson

Producer: Alan Boyd Mark Linett

Brian:
Well...look, I'll see you guys later.

David:
Where'd he go? He went in the piano. He's disappeared right into the piano.

Michael:
Hey, Brian? Brian? Brian, where are ya?

Brian:
I'm in the piano.

Michael:
Come outta there, man!

Brian:
I can't! I'm stuck between the C and the C#.

Michael:
Well, try to get out!

Brian:
I did, but I hit my head on the mallet.

Michael:
Let's see, how we gonna get him out, David?

David:
I don't know.

Brian:
It's freezin' in here.

David:
Let's see if we can play him out...

Brian:
It's really cool- NO! Don't hit the C#! Oh!

Michael:
Oh, I'm sorry!

Brian:
Ow! Careful, man.

Michael:
There?

Brian:
Oh! Oooh. No. Yow!

Michael:
Aw, there he is! Now listen: I'll hit it with the mallet and you grab the mallet as it goes up and it'll lift you outta there.

Brian:
Alright. Go slow because I'm on, uh...

Michael:
Here we go...

Brian:
All right.

Michael:
Just a little at a time...

Brian:
Alright, hit it! Ow! There, I'm on!

Michael:
Alright! Now one more time and boost yourself all the way out.

Brian:
Wait a minute! Strike the Bb.

Michael:
The Bb?

Brian:
Yeah! My left foot's on it. Oh, there I am! Ah, okay, I'm on top the C#. Now hit the C# real hard and I'll come flyin' out. How are ya?

Van:
Hey! We're glad to see ya.

Michael:
Hey, that was great!

David:
Glad to have ya back.

Brian:
Weird thing to happen. Weirdest thing that's ever happened to me out there.

Van:
What a thing, tappin'!!

Brian:
Danny! What's happening? Where'd Danny come from? Suddenly showed up.

Van:
I wanna be 'round my vegetables.

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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