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Title: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Mitchell on April 12, 2006, 08:24:50 AM He may not be Tony Asher or Mike Love but he did write some classic Beach Boys songs like In My Room, 409, Lonely Sea, and We'll Run Away, and then there are the cheesy story songs like County Fair, Heads You Win, Tails I Lose, Cuckoo Clock.
Gimme some root beer! Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Cabana Boy on April 12, 2006, 08:38:41 AM Made the word "arbitrarily" fit into a Pop song. Respect for that. '3 Surfer Boys' is a neat lyric, done with Nick Venet.
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Reverend Joshua Sloane on April 12, 2006, 08:42:53 AM We'll Run Away is fantastic lyrically and musically.
"It wasn't too long ago when our folks were Were going through the same thing we are now But one thing they're forgetting A thing they're not regretting They ran away and got married anyhow" This is another one of those revelatory lyrics like in When I Grow Up ( To Be A Man ) which show little quirks about generations and the generation gap which fuels a person's world. Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Jon Stebbins on April 12, 2006, 08:57:43 AM We'll Run Away is fantastic lyrically and musically. "It wasn't too long ago when our folks were Were going through the same thing we are now But one thing they're forgetting A thing they're not regretting They ran away and got married anyhow" This is another one of those revelatory lyrics like in When I Grow Up ( To Be A Man ) which show little quirks about generations and the generation gap which fuels a person's world. We'll Run Away is definitely one of the most underrated BB's songs. Brian's vocal on the bridge is one of his best non-falsetto moments. One thing that rarely gets mentioned about the Wilson/Usher collaborations is that Gary wasn't a traditional lyricist like Van Dyke or Roger Christian. Usher was truly invloved in the music end of things and in some cases, like Lonely Sea, Gary was more of the composer and Brian was more of the lyricist. Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: SurferGirl7 on April 12, 2006, 02:21:23 PM In booted material, I would say Thank Him.
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Mitchell on April 13, 2006, 05:51:27 AM Can't say I know that one. How does it go?
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Cabana Boy on April 13, 2006, 06:28:37 AM Thank Him
Think, think about the loveliest thing Think about a song we all sing Think about our love Try, try to find a happier joy Sweeter than a girl and a boy Sweeter than our love Nicer than a garden of beautiful flowers Deeper than the ocean you watch by the hour Marvel, marvel at this feeling we share Thank Him for a beauty so rare Thank Him for our love Thank Him for our love... Written with Norberg, tho'. Not Usher. Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Mitchell on April 13, 2006, 07:38:34 AM Thanks. I guess Him is God. Interesting to consider. "He only knows what I'd be without you."
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Reverend Joshua Sloane on April 13, 2006, 08:42:35 AM Either God or Murry. :D
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Surfer Joe on April 13, 2006, 10:02:45 AM One of those weird things that happnes to me now and then...years ago, a friend who was a Disney animator called me and said "you're the big Beach Boys fan, right?" He had just been to dinner with his real estate agent- a co-worker's wife- and she had mentioned that her dad had co-written a lot of Beach Boys songs but he could not recall what name she had said. I asked him to name the songs and he said"'409', 'In My Room'..." Unfortunately, this was after Gary was gone. She had stories of being around Brian a lot during the solo album.
So Gary Usher's son-in-law animated the Genie in "Alladin" and directed "Pocahontas"... Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Jonas on April 13, 2006, 10:10:02 AM That's awesome, Surfer Joe!
Title: Re: Best Gary Usher Lyrics Post by: Surfer Joe on April 13, 2006, 12:42:22 PM I love your sig, amosario.
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