"That's Why God Made The Radio" Single!

[Too Much Sugar]

The video is now up on Al Jardines facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/aljardine

I was going to mention that.  I saw that on Twitter.  Kind of funny how, as EMI is trying to clamp down on it, there's ol' Al linking it!  Which is good.  This deserves to be heard by as many people as possible; though I do expect this iteration to also be pulled soon, unfortunately... 

[EgoHanger1966]

Lyrics, as best I can decipher them:

Tunin' in the latest star
From the dashboard of my car
Cruisin' at seven
Push-button heaven
Capturin' memories from afar
In my car
In my car

chorus:
That's why God made the radio
So tune right in everywhere you go
He waved his hand
Gave us rock & roll
The soundtrack for fallin' in love
Fallin' in love
That's why God made the radio

Feel the music in the air
Find a song to take us there
It's paradise when I
Lift up my antennae
Recieving your signal
Like a prayer
Like a prayer

I'm not totally sure they sing "soundtrack" in the chorus, but I can't think of anything else that either fits or makes  sense... and how can you not adore this couplet ?

"It's paradise when I
Lift up my antennae"

These lyrics SCREAM BW.

[Wylson]

Only slight hint of sadness is that Brian could totally have nailed the high parts with Joe's help! But Jeff sounds great.

[brother john]

I'm not sure 'nailed' is quite the right expression, though he would certainly have given them his own unique twist.

So do we know who wrote and produced this? It sounds like Beach boys by numbers and not the sort of thing that B Wilson would have written for himself.

I might add that while I'm not a Marks evangelist I'm glad to see he is very present in the video. I guess the Management figured that they're all so old and grizzled now that no-one will be able to differentiate between them so that it doesn't matter, as long as they are all smilingl.  

[seltaeb1012002]

Only slight hint of sadness is that Brian could totally have nailed the high parts with Joe's help! But Jeff sounds great.

I wanna believe I hear him layered in some of the falsetto stuff. There's a high frequency that Jeff doesn't possess present during some of the chorus falsetto parts.

If it's not him (hard to decipher all of the voices as of now) The fact that BW's featured so prominently otherwise kinda overrides that.

There's definitely a lot of Al on the 2nd verse.

I'd even say this record sounds so good, that it makes me accept Jeff as part of the current Beach Boys sound. 

[Cam Mott]

They are sentimental old men, nothing is more sentimental then we old men therefore I dig it.

[Runaways]

So do we know who wrote and produced this? It sounds like Beach boys by numbers and not the sort of thing that B Wilson would have written for himself.

i agree with this.  But i think it's his production, and it sounds great.  I expect more musically from the rest of the album

[astroray]

The cherry on top in the video is Karen Lamm in her T-Bird cruisin!

[Zach95]

Not sure if this has been asked yet, but is there any way to extract that audio from the interviews so we can kind of hear the song and song only? Or should I just be patient.

[The Shift]

So do we know who wrote and produced this? It sounds like Beach boys by numbers and not the sort of thing that B Wilson would have written for himself.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,12601.msg258552.html#msg258552]
Y'know rhere's no sign of Jeff in this video, unlike the DIA feature.

[seltaeb1012002]

Not sure if this has been asked yet, but is there any way to extract that audio from the interviews so we can kind of hear the song and song only? Or should I just be patient.

I tried it, but it's more "interesting" than "enjoyable".  They really lowered the music during the talking parts. So with this one, wiping out the vocal means wiping out a bunch of other stuff in the song too. That said, you can hear some vocals not really audible in the promo.

Shoot me a PM if u want to hear what I've been listening to.

[CarlTheVoice]

Some of this song also reminds me of Kiss Me Baby, can anyone else hear this?

[The Shift]

Some of this song also reminds me of Kiss Me Baby, can anyone else hear this?

Aye, agreed. And, funnily enough, Hot Fun In The Summertime.

BBs by numbers? What-if? Seems to work!

[Music Machine]

It sounded like Goin' On and Sail On Sailor put through a '65 Beach Boys filter to me. I like it a lot. The best Beach Boys single since California Dreamin' from '86 imo.

[Ron]

Sounds a LOT like Mid 60's Beach Boys to me.  Certainly more so than we could ever expect.  I agree with the poster who likened it to "All Summer Long".  Very similar vibe to the harmonies; which means, basically, it's the boys singing in full voice sounding fantastic. 

Somewhere, Carl and Dennis are very proud, imho.


The lyrics highlighted above about the Attenae, sound very brian wilson to me.  "We do it holding hands, it's so cold I go 'burr' ". 


Anyways, I think this song is fantastic and I hope the entire album is full of similar greatness.  If Al doesn't get kicked out of the band, lol. 

[Ron]

Another thing that passed through my mind:

You know, we've only heard 2 songs.  "DIA", and "TWGMTR".  Both are very good, in my opinion, better than I would have hoped for... and now, the rumours, the stuff swirling around is "Do It Again" may not be on the album.

So; as good as Do It Again sounds, they're considering NOT putting it on there, or as some extra track, or whatever.  That HAS to speak well for the quality of the other material on the album. 

[stack-o-tracks]

I hope Do It Again doesn't end up on the new album because that's basically saying "hey sorry we couldn't come up with some new songs."

That's why I think it'll just be on the Walmart zinepack or whatever and maybe some other compilations and not the album.

[Runaways]

Another thing that passed through my mind:

You know, we've only heard 2 songs.  "DIA", and "TWGMTR".  Both are very good, in my opinion, better than I would have hoped for... and now, the rumours, the stuff swirling around is "Do It Again" may not be on the album.

So; as good as Do It Again sounds, they're considering NOT putting it on there, or as some extra track, or whatever.  That HAS to speak well for the quality of the other material on the album. 

hope so man

[Wylson]

Further reflection on this. Jeff may be in the mix, and even perhaps one or two others, but this definitely sounds more like the Beach Boys than Brian's band, and it sounds better than them too. Huge testament to the Beach Boys after all these years.

[Mr. Cohen]

Word on the street has it that Foskett is fuming about this promo. Supposedly, they even went as far as to erase his lead in favor of Brian's! This was going to be his time to be the star and get the recognition he so justly deserves, and then the Boys stole it from him. Those harmonies, that arrangement - that was all Foskett's brainchild! He even played all the instruments! I for one am solely disappointed that this "reunion" has gone so sour!

[joshferrell]

Word on the street has it that Foskett is fuming about this promo. Supposedly, they even went as far as to erase his lead in favor of Brian's! This was going to be his time to be the star and get the recognition he so justly deserves, and then the Boys stole it from him. Those harmonies, that arrangement - that was all Foskett's brainchild! He even played all the instruments! I for one am solely disappointed that this "reunion" has gone so sour!

he's so angry that he's planning on blowing up the earth..he should be ready to do it by this december around the 21st or so..

[SMiLE Brian]

Jeff jokes need to stop.

[b00ts]

The video is now up on Al Jardines facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/aljardine

Gotta love Al. Capitol takes the track down from Youtube, so Al puts it on his Facebook page. He is using guerilla tactics at this point. What a maniac!

[Mr. Cohen]

Gotta love Al. Capitol takes the track down from Youtube, so Al puts it on his Facebook page. He is using guerilla tactics at this point. What a maniac!

Um... that's not a Youtube video. That's an exclusive promo video endorsed by Capitol. They just don't want Youtubers posting unauthorized copies of it, which is why those other links got taken down. It's rather draconian, but hey - they're a big record label. Being draconian is their business model.

Jeff jokes need to stop.

How do you know I'm not Jeff Foskett? I have a right to joke about myself.

[SMiLE Brian]

The video is now up on Al Jardines facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/aljardine

Gotta love Al. Capitol takes the track down from Youtube, so Al puts it on his Facebook page. He is using guerilla tactics at this point. What a maniac!

Al is a folk hero!