New album info (as it rolls out...)

[Matt H]

He continues, “Most of the stuff I wrote in 1998 with my collaborator Joe Thomas. [Until now], the guys had never heard it before. They love it. They think it’s great stuff. The guys haven’t changed very much in 50 years, you know? They still sound just as good or even better than 50 years ago!”

http://illinoisentertainer.com/2012/05/cover-story-the-beach-boys/

Very interesting. As I understand it, BW seems to be saying here that most of the material for this album was written in 1998 with Joe Thomas, presumably during or after the Imagination sessions. Would certainly explain why he went back to see JT last year and did some mysterious recording at that time.

Makes one wonder what else Brian's got stashed away that the fans and public have no knowledge of.

Indeed. Joe said at the time they had enough material for a follow up album -- but I had always dismissed this. Why? Well, Joe had given titles for some other songs they recorded -- "Melinda, Honey," "Proud Mary," "It's Happening Again" (a remake of You're Still a Mystery) and another Paley remake or two. When Brian only recorded "How Could We Still Be Dancin'" for GIOMH, it struck me that the rest of the material must have either been retreads, or just no good.

Instead, it seems like some of the opposition was probably political. Of course, there have been hints elsewhere on the board that some of Brian and Scott's TLOS unreleased work was being considered for the album too, so I wouldn't be surprised if the material draws on a number of different eras.

I believe "Melinda, Honey" is a re-write of "My Maryanne," as well.

[brother john]

Think about it... final track on the last ever Beach Boys album is called "Summer's Gone". Poignant, yet somehow inevitable.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at that observation.

[brother john]

Spring Vacation:

"We're on a Spring Vacation,
Feelin' good vibrations,
Gonna take our tour
All over the nation!

Find some excitation
At the Lifeguard Station
Havin fun, fun, fun
No, you're not mistaken, it's

Spring vacation
Spring vacation
Spring vacation
Hey nowwwww....

When some loud braggart
Tries to put us down,
We go out of town
On a fun spring trip

When it gets too hot,
We go down by the sea
And we find a nice beach
Where the kids are hip"

The Private Life of Bill and Sue:

"Bill and Sue
Don't know what to do
They've got a weekend alone

They'll go down by the shore
Grab their swimsuits and boards
And they'll get into the zone..

The Surf Zone! Ba ba baaaaa..."

"From Here to back Again"

"Well I was a cork on the ocean
But now I'm a surfboard, ya know
Surfin' around all over the place
From Californ-i-a to Mexico...

You know we're

Here and back again
Find some summer friends
The summer never ends
The fun that never ends

Here and back again
Let's do it again
Swimmin' with our friends
The summer never ends...."

"Shelter"

"Weeeeeeeelllllllllllllll....

When I was hot (When he was hot)
On the beach (On his beach)
With the sun beating down (The sun beats down)
It was hot and sweltering
I looked for some shelter
And look what I found...

Shelter shelter shelter shelter shelter
Lookin for some lookin for some shelter
Lookin at tomorrow for a surf board I can borrow
Demonstratin' with the students even though it isn't prudent
Sheeeeeeelllltterrrrrrrr!"

Truly, truly, truly, truly dreadful. Though I'm not complaining. I'd rather have this rubbish than nothing at all. And for me it is more about the music anyway.

[Runaways]

something strange happened today, i was getting dressed and i started singing to myself "spring vacaation, gooood vibratiooon, we're still togeeether, suuuummer weaaaather".  and then my face..

[The Heartical Don]

something strange happened today, i was getting dressed and i started singing to myself "spring vacaation, gooood vibratiooon, we're still togeeether, suuuummer weaaaather".  and then my face..

Why?

It's so much more intelligible and human than:

"I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all"

[SMiLE Brian]

Mike Love is an American poet laureate for keeping the summer alive all these years.

[The Heartical Don]

Mike Love is an American poet laureate for keeping the summer alive all these years.

I agree. Something that has no words to it does not exist. The Lovester is the Robert Frost, the Walt Whitman, the Henry David Thoreau of contemporary American popular music culture - a national treasure.

Don't diss the man.

[Runaways]

something strange happened today, i was getting dressed and i started singing to myself "spring vacaation, gooood vibratiooon, we're still togeeether, suuuummer weaaaather".  and then my face..

Why?

It's so much more intelligible and human than:

"I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all"

i meant this more as "even though i said it was bad, the song is borrowing deep into my brain"

[The Heartical Don]

something strange happened today, i was getting dressed and i started singing to myself "spring vacaation, gooood vibratiooon, we're still togeeether, suuuummer weaaaather".  and then my face..

Why?

It's so much more intelligible and human than:

"I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all"

i meant this more as "even though i said it was bad, the song is borrowing deep into my brain"

Ah, I see... tks for claryfing!

[Shady]

Interesting comment from an Uncut writer he has a review copy

#nowplaying The Beach Boys, "That's Why God Made The Radio", the album. Better than "Stars And Stripes Volume One", I'm saying.

Doesn't sound too promising 

[coco1997]

Interesting comment from an Uncut writer he has a review copy

#nowplaying The Beach Boys, "That's Why God Made The Radio", the album. Better than "Stars And Stripes Volume One", I'm saying.

Doesn't sound too promising 

How would that guy get his hands on a copy of the album over a month in advance?

[I. Spaceman]

The reviewers are already hearing it, a friend of mine is listening to it right now.

[I. Spaceman]

Apparently, the word is:

Think Jimmy Buffett.

[Lowbacca]

A somewhat more positive voice: http://twitter.com/#!/michaelroffman

[urbanite]

Very encouraging snippets of a review.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Interesting comment from an Uncut writer he has a review copy

#nowplaying The Beach Boys, "That's Why God Made The Radio", the album. Better than "Stars And Stripes Volume One", I'm saying.

Doesn't sound too promising 

How would that guy get his hands on a copy of the album over a month in advance?

Same way some folk laid ears on the Smile box a good two months before release: review streams.

[Shady]

A somewhat more positive voice: http://twitter.com/#!/michaelroffman

wow, very positive

[guitarfool2002]

Interesting comment from an Uncut writer he has a review copy

#nowplaying The Beach Boys, "That's Why God Made The Radio", the album. Better than "Stars And Stripes Volume One", I'm saying.

Doesn't sound too promising 

How would that guy get his hands on a copy of the album over a month in advance?

Same way some folk laid ears on the Smile box a good two months before release: review streams.

Then it's off to the Hoffman boards for 15 minutes of fame until the album comes out.

[Shady]

a lot of fun singles to be had off #thebeachboys new LP. "shelter", "isn't it time", and "from there to back again". classics. hands dow

Holy sh*t I'm so excited

[b00ts]

Spring Vacation:

"We're on a Spring Vacation,
Feelin' good vibrations,
Gonna take our tour
All over the nation!

Find some excitation
At the Lifeguard Station
Havin fun, fun, fun
No, you're not mistaken, it's

Spring vacation
Spring vacation
Spring vacation
Hey nowwwww....

When some loud braggart
Tries to put us down,
We go out of town
On a fun spring trip

When it gets too hot,
We go down by the sea
And we find a nice beach
Where the kids are hip"

The Private Life of Bill and Sue:

"Bill and Sue
Don't know what to do
They've got a weekend alone

They'll go down by the shore
Grab their swimsuits and boards
And they'll get into the zone..

The Surf Zone! Ba ba baaaaa..."

"From Here to back Again"

"Well I was a cork on the ocean
But now I'm a surfboard, ya know
Surfin' around all over the place
From Californ-i-a to Mexico...

You know we're

Here and back again
Find some summer friends
The summer never ends
The fun that never ends

Here and back again
Let's do it again
Swimmin' with our friends
The summer never ends...."

"Shelter"

"Weeeeeeeelllllllllllllll....

When I was hot (When he was hot)
On the beach (On his beach)
With the sun beating down (The sun beats down)
It was hot and sweltering
I looked for some shelter
And look what I found...

Shelter shelter shelter shelter shelter
Lookin for some lookin for some shelter
Lookin at tomorrow for a surf board I can borrow
Demonstratin' with the students even though it isn't prudent
Sheeeeeeelllltterrrrrrrr!"

Truly, truly, truly, truly dreadful. Though I'm not complaining. I'd rather have this rubbish than nothing at all. And for me it is more about the music anyway.

Brother John, those lyrics are pretty bad. I guess you're right though, it is about the music...

[pixletwin]

Ah you ruined my expectations. I was hoping these songs were going to be instant classics, but now having read the new lyrics I haz a sad.  

[b00ts]

I wonder how that "Shelter shelter shelter shelter shelter..." chorus sounds...

[pixletwin]

Done! 

[urbanite]

I doubt very much those are the lyrics.

[b00ts]

a lot of fun singles to be had off #thebeachboys new LP. "shelter", "isn't it time", and "from there to back again". classics. hands dow

Holy sh*t I'm so excited

It looks like "Isn't It Time" is an a capella intro in the style of "Our Prayer," and "Shelter" seems to be one of the best trcks on the record. "Spring Vacation" seems to be the weakest, which is good news!