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Author Topic: Why Do So Many Beach Boy Songs Start with "well'  (Read 3902 times)
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« on: May 25, 2008, 06:31:26 PM »
Why do several BB songs start with the word "well?"

Little Deuce Coupe - "Well I'm not braggin"
California Girls - "Well east coast girls are hip"
Don't Worry Baby - "Well it's been building up inside me"
Fun, Fun, Fun - "Well, she got her daddy's car"
Help Me Rhonda " Well, since she put me down"

Well? Can anyone tell me why? ( This was mentioned in the Bob Greene book "When We Get To Surf City" as an example of some of the less loftier conversations among the band members )

Well?
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 06:58:32 PM »
Because it's a nice word for the pick-up beat?
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2008, 10:48:05 PM »
Because it sounds better sung as opposed to how it would look on paper?
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2008, 10:52:28 PM »
Maybe they were all big Jack Benny fans?
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 11:33:56 PM »
"You mean, if we take a tip and get wiped out in the ocean... I don't even know what that means!"
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2008, 12:49:17 AM »
Elvis made a joke about this at his 1968 NBC special refearing to his songs. It's just a good rock and roll starter word.
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2008, 02:57:02 AM »
Didn't Reagan start a lot of sentences with 'Well'? Must be something in the Californian sun. Wink
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 04:16:28 AM »
ever heard a Bob Dylan song?

lot's of well's too
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2008, 06:54:00 AM »
Lots of people do that because it makes the songs more conversational, which makes them more honest and universal.  People do that in conversation a lot, too.

You don't say "I'm going home.  Bye."...

You'd break the ice with "Well, I'm going home.... bye!"

If you drop the 'well' off each of those songs they lose a little bit of personality and sound more like a recital instead of a conversation.
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2008, 08:30:59 AM »
Nice answer Ron!
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2008, 09:51:27 AM »
Well, for the record, according to www.beachboysarchives.com the opening word for Help Me Rhonda was originally going to be "Uh,..."  You'd have to agree that "Well" sounds more appealing.
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2008, 10:37:40 AM »
There's a few Springsteen numbers begin the same way.
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2008, 03:17:14 PM »
WELL, there are also quite a few lines that end in 'now'

"Cuz we got a lot of things to do, now"
"I had to prove that I could make it alone, now"
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2008, 03:19:31 PM »
And quite a few with the word "columnated," too. Well, one.
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2008, 03:24:44 PM »
Because it rules!
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« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2008, 08:23:32 AM »
Quote from: Magic_Transistor_Radio on May 26, 2008, 03:17:14 PM
WELL, there are also quite a few lines that end in 'now'

"Cuz we got a lot of things to do, now"
"I had to prove that I could make it alone, now"

Fun Fun Fun is the worst offender of this. Each line in each verse ends with the word "now". And each verse begins with "well".
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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2008, 10:42:24 AM »
Well, now...
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« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2008, 02:26:22 PM »
Although it's not a song, per se, don't forget about "Bull Session With 'Big Daddy'".

"Well, uh...are we on...?"
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« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2008, 08:22:18 AM »
Well...now! is Mike's staple as a poet. Tongue
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« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2008, 08:24:00 AM »
Quote from: GLarson432 on May 27, 2008, 02:26:22 PM
Although it's not a song, per se, don't forget about "Bull Session With 'Big Daddy'".

"Well, uh...are we on...?"

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"Over the years, I've been accused of not supporting our new music from this era (67-73) and just wanting to play our hits. That's complete b.s......I was also, as the front man, the one promoting these songs onstage and have the scars to show for it."
Mike Love autobiography (pg 242-243)
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