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Title: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: Jarethon on November 05, 2009, 04:55:41 PM
Hello all.

I was wondering if lyrics have ever been seen for In My Childhood. From what I read in Peter Carlin's (awesome) book, Brian had the song pretty much done, and even sent Tony Asher a demo of the song. I am only assuming it had lyrics with it.

Based on the sessions I have heard (the official release and the incredible Sea of Tunes) the song was still In My Childhood when the tracking sessions began. Although, now that I think of it, the vocal sessions have the new lyrics...

Has anyone seen the lyrics anywhere?

Thanks!!!!



Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: punkinhead on November 05, 2009, 05:56:50 PM
I think it's on that one album called Remember the Zoo.     ;D


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on November 05, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Hello all.

I was wondering if lyrics have ever been seen for In My Childhood. From what I read in Peter Carlin's (awesome) book, Brian had the song pretty much done, and even sent Tony Asher a demo of the song. I am only assuming it had lyrics with it.

Based on the sessions I have heard (the official release and the incredible Sea of Tunes) the song was still In My Childhood when the tracking sessions began. Although, now that I think of it, the vocal sessions have the new lyrics...

Has anyone seen the lyrics anywhere?

Thanks!!!!



One of the very first questions I asked Tony - nope, no lyrics that he knew about.


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: mikeyj on November 05, 2009, 11:00:21 PM
I think it's on that one album called Remember the Zoo.     ;D

Andrew, can you confirm this?


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: punkinhead on November 06, 2009, 04:09:03 AM
I can confirm it's not a real album.   8)


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: The Heartical Don on November 06, 2009, 08:13:01 AM
I can confirm it's not a real album.   8)

Hmmm... what a disillusion. See: I happen to have an album by the Beach Boys bearing just that title. Sort of a test copy. It is quite good, I must say. On a par with SMiLE, but certainly better that the awful Pet Sounds drama.

So it does not exist? OK, I will get a lighter then and turn it into a nice ashtray.


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: A Million Units In Jan! on November 06, 2009, 04:30:19 PM
I can confirm it's not a real album.   8)

Hmmm... what a disillusion. See: I happen to have an album by the Beach Boys bearing just that title. Sort of a test copy. It is quite good, I must say. On a par with SMiLE, but certainly better that the awful Pet Sounds drama.

So it does not exist? OK, I will get a lighter then and turn it into a nice ashtray.

Is it just the acetate, or do you have a sleeve, too?
I have one with a sleeve. It's pretty cool- it's got a group photo on the back (featuring Brian, but oddly not Mike Love), and says 'produced by Mike Love' on it.


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: punkinhead on November 08, 2009, 02:10:23 PM
i just thought it was a boot or fan mix


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: punkinhead on November 08, 2009, 02:12:35 PM
my source was AGD:
http://www.btinternet.com/~bellagio/unreleased.html.


 ;D


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: Aegir on November 10, 2009, 10:36:37 AM
I think they're just joking.

Or crazy.


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: Alex on November 12, 2009, 10:50:34 AM
I loooove Remember the Zoo!!


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: punkinhead on November 12, 2009, 05:05:57 PM
Remember the Zoo is a great concept for us BW fanatics...it's the pre-show of Pet Sounds, which we all pretty much believe to be Today!/Summer Days...but this is even closer. Some compare the 'Little Girl I Once Knew' single to the Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane single because it's a precursor of what's to come for the next album. Remember the Zoo (wonder who came up with that) seems even more quirkier than any of Brian's ideas pre- GV...I believe it would still be rock-symphonic related.


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: TonyW on November 12, 2009, 06:45:05 PM
I've got an acetate of the Bruce Johnston 1976 disco remix of Remember the Zoo.

Sadly .......  :-[ ....... it's horrible .......  :afro


Title: Re: In My Childhood lyrics?
Post by: pixletwin on November 13, 2009, 12:43:08 PM
It was always my impression that the name "In My Childhood" was just a working title Brian gave it because that was feeling it gave him.. not because it went with a coherent set of lyrics.