Beach Boys Survivor #35 Winner: From There To Back Again

[Eric Aniversario]

Strange world

[Nicko1234]

That`s Why God Made The Radio

[Disney Boy (1985)]

The title track.

There's a few nice things about it (the 'when I/antenna' line), but the unpleasant moments outweigh the good stuff: the horrible drum sound just before the final chorus, the awful bit at the start of the middle-eight when the guitar goes 'dowwwwww', Jeff's ghastly singing of the word 'God', or rather 'Gaaaahhhhhh-d'.

[Please delete my account]

Isn't It Time.

[mikeyj]

Strange World

[Fall Breaks]

Title Track

[bluesno1fann]

The title track.

There's a few nice things about it (the 'when I/antenna' line), but the unpleasant moments outweigh the good stuff: the horrible drum sound just before the final chorus, the awful bit at the start of the middle-eight when the guitar goes 'dowwwwww', Jeff's ghastly singing of the word 'God', or rather 'Gaaaahhhhhh-d'.

I quite like this song, and I don't mind the drums and Jeff's singing. But the auto-tune is hard to take (if it really was used), and the line "Spreading the Love and Sunshine to a Whole New Generation! Whole New Generation!!!" is cheesier and more cringeworthy than any of Bruce Johnston's songs he wrote for the Beach Boys.

[Smilin Ed H]

Isn't It Time. AGAIN.

[Dudd]

That's Why God Made the Radio

[Watch a Cave]

Isn't it time.


The "Isn't it time we get ready and then,  isn't it time we go steady again"  line just kills it for me.

[Niko]

It's a strange world if no one else wants to vote out this song HAHA

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

That's Why God Made the Radio.  It's a nice song but the least adventurous of the remaining tracks.

[shelter]

Isn't It Time.

[drbeachboy]

While I like all of the remaining tracks, I am going to have to go with

Summer's Gone

[bossaroo]

the title track is actually quite adventurous in terms of composition. changes key several times throughout the song, similar to something like Girls on the Beach or This Whole World. it's classic Wilson.

Isn't It Time on the other hand just repeats the same few chords over and over and over.....

[Ovi]

That's Why God Made The Radio

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

TWGMTR

[Nicko1234]

the title track is actually quite adventurous in terms of composition. changes key several times throughout the song, similar to something like Girls on the Beach or This Whole World. it's classic Wilson.

Isn't It Time on the other hand just repeats the same few chords over and over and over.....

Shouldn`t that be, `classic Wilson, Thomas, Peterik and Millas`?  

[Orange Crate Art]

Summer's Gone

[bossaroo]

the title track is actually quite adventurous in terms of composition. changes key several times throughout the song, similar to something like Girls on the Beach or This Whole World. it's classic Wilson.

Isn't It Time on the other hand just repeats the same few chords over and over and over.....

Shouldn`t that be, `classic Wilson, Thomas, Peterik and Millas`?  

it was established here recently that Brian basically wrote the music and those other guys contributed lyrics. it's a great song with some not-as-great lyrics. pretty classic Wilson if you ask me.

[Nicko1234]

it was established here recently that Brian basically wrote the music and those other guys contributed lyrics. it's a great song with some not-as-great lyrics. pretty classic Wilson if you ask me.

I must have missed that. The last comments I read about it were still the:

`- Brian came up with the title over dinner with Millas, Peternik, Thomas and a DJ called Steve Dahl;When asked what he could hear (in his head) Brian described a '50s beat (like "Silhouettes on the Shade") with lots of modulations.

- Millas, Peternik, Thomas and Brian got together to work on it - Brian came up with the "Tune it in our latest star" bit. Millas and Peternik took it away and cooked up the demo, which JT said is quite different from the 2012 version to which Brian added parts and changed things around

- Brian always intended for it to be used on a BB album (apparently was one planned but didn't happen around this period '97/'98)`

It`s not in the same stratosphere as This Whole World anyway...

[joshferrell]

Strange world..

[bossaroo]

it was established here recently that Brian basically wrote the music and those other guys contributed lyrics. it's a great song with some not-as-great lyrics. pretty classic Wilson if you ask me.

I must have missed that. The last comments I read about it were still the:

`- Brian came up with the title over dinner with Millas, Peternik, Thomas and a DJ called Steve Dahl;When asked what he could hear (in his head) Brian described a '50s beat (like "Silhouettes on the Shade") with lots of modulations.

- Millas, Peternik, Thomas and Brian got together to work on it - Brian came up with the "Tune it in our latest star" bit. Millas and Peternik took it away and cooked up the demo, which JT said is quite different from the 2012 version to which Brian added parts and changed things around

- Brian always intended for it to be used on a BB album (apparently was one planned but didn't happen around this period '97/'98)`

It`s not in the same stratosphere as This Whole World anyway...

regardless of lyrics or production, the changes are quite impressive and modulations seamless

here's the quote from Ray Lawlor:

To be honest I was not around during the recording of the Beach Boys album at all ; I remember Brian fooling with that song in 1998 at the Chicago house at the piano ; I certainly remember the title part, the hook, the tempo, the chord changes and him banging on the piano but that's all. And the next time I heard it was the finished track.  I don't think he wrote much , if any , of the lyrics.

[baseball95]

Strange world

[Shady]

That`s Why God Made The Radio