Beach Boys "Surf City!"

[Teasing the Korean]

I always wished that this had been recorded for the Surfer Girl album. Well, 60 years later, here it is!

 

[felser]

Two versions for every song.

[JSngry]

Why do they call that Beach Boys? Even with the AI factor, that's Jan & Dean.

The voices sound real, but like the tape was slowed down just ever so slightly.

You know who did the artwork for Love You, right? 

[Teasing the Korean]

11 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Why do they call that Beach Boys? Even with the AI factor, that's Jan & Dean.

The voices sound real, but like the tape was slowed down just ever so slightly.

You know who did the artwork for Love You, right? 

Instruments:  Wrecking Crew.  Beach Boys cred?  Check.

Vocals:  Brian sings on the Jan and Dean record.  Beach Boys cred?  Check.

Lead vocal:  AI - artificial intelligence, not Al Jardine - Mike Love, replacing Jan.

So this is basically the Jan and Dean record, with AI Mike instead of Jan.  Which means it's basically a Beach Boys record anyway.

So I will happily take this over the original any day.  YMMV.

All I can say is that I'm pleased as punch that this is available, and I will happily dump "South Bay Surfer" or "Boogie Woodie" and add this instead. 

Edited July 15, 2023 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

You know who did the artwork for Love You, right

[Teasing the Korean]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

You know who did the artwork for Love You, right

No, who?  It looked like an issue of Dynamite, which was popular among kids my age at the time.

[JSngry]

Dean Torrence.

That became his career after Jan Berry's unfortunate accident. 

[Teasing the Korean]

33 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Dean Torrence.

That became his career after Jan Berry's unfortunate accident. 

I did not know that!  Love You is easily in my Beach Boys top five LPs, and it was their last great album.