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A Casual LookThe Beach Boys

Released: July 5, 1976

Songwriter: Ed Wells

Producer: Brian Wilson

[Chorus][x5]
Dut da da dut
(Dut da da da da da dut)

[Verse]
A casual look (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
A little wink (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
Can reveal (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
Just what you think (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
So don't be shy (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
Don't even cry (Dut da dut da dut)
For I am your guy
I am your guy
A soldier boy (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
When he proposed (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) (baby please)
She said "no" (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) (oh come on baby)
His face just froze (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
You know she loved him (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
But was so young (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
Can't marry no one[x2] (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
Oh darling can't you see
That I'm going overseas
For two, three, four years
Don't know how long it will be
So hear hear my plea
And come marry, marry me
Before it's too late
And so with a smile (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
We walked down the aisle (Dut da da da da da dut da dut)
She in her wedding dress (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
A vision of happiness (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
And just to think (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
All it took (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
Was a casual look (Dut da da da da da dut dut)

[Chorus][x6]

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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