Surf's Up

Thursday, October 29 2009

I recently picked up a re-issue of 'Surf's Up' and have been (somewhat embarrassingly) learning a good deal of the record for the first time. I had always known songs like "Surf's Up" and "Til I Die" but there's a good deal of additional material on this record that I was unfamiliar with until recently so I'm awfully glad to finally own a copy.

The Beach Boys' struggles (both artistically and personally) during much of this era of their career are all well-documented and frankly, I in no way resemble the kind of expert on the subject that has any business acting like I should be writing about it.

So... I'll instead simply take this opportunity to say that there's a huge amount of unsung greatness to this record and a lifetime's worth of drug-induced, existential dread within it as well. This is some painfully beautiful stuff. I encourage any and all to get familiar with it.

Tags: The Beach Boys, Assorted Musical Musings

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