This is a great album firmly rooted in the 60s. It doesn't even make any effort to sound "modern", but it is really melodic through the whole album. It's been a long time since I've had the inpulse to rush out and buy the album after, erm, sampling it. I would have got this album, if not for the fact that I am currently located in a part of the world where the album prices are easily twice that of Singapore. I love how the songs blend into each other seamlessly into one whole listen. This is the kind of album that you must listen to in its entirety, which is why I couldn't just pick one song out of the album as the song of the week.
Lovely, lovely songs. The Beach Boys (at least one of them) are back. Trust me, just go out to the record store and buy it blindly!
Oh, well, in five years time we could be walking round the zoo With the sun shining down in every me and you
And there’ll be love in the bodys of the elephants tool I’ll put my hands of your eyes, but you pick throught
And there’ll be sun, sun, sun All over our bodys. And sun, sun, sun I’ll die in next There’ll be sun, sun, sun All over our faces And sun, sun, sun So, what the hell
‘cause i’ll be laughing around your silly little jokes And we’ll be laughing about how we use to smoke All those stupid little cigarretes and drinks to put wine ‘cause it’s what we need to have good times
But it was fun, fun, fun When we were drinking. It was fun, fun, fun When we were drunk And it was fun, fun, fun When we were laughing It was fun, fun, fun Oh, it was fun.
Oh, well, i look while you’re saying: “it’s the happiest that i’ve ever been” And i’ll say: “i love to feel that i have to be james dean” And you say: “yeah, and i feel a pretty happy too, and i’m always pretty happy when i’m just thinking about with you”
And will be love, love, love Love throught our bodys. Love, love, love All throught our minds And will be love, love, love All over her face And love, love, love All over our minds.
And i’ll remember all these moments suggesting my head I’ll be thinking about then and there’s lying in bed And i know that you believe that might not keeping come through But in my mind i’m having a pretty time with you
Five years time I might not know it Five years time We might not speak And five years time We might not care about Five years time We might to prove it along
Oh, there’ll be love, love, love Wherever you go There’ll be love, love, love
I love pop songs. Attempting to write pop songs has really led me to understand that pop writing in itself is really an art. I don't understand people who diss pop songs as something bad, something you should avoid as a musician. To me, pop song writing is one of the least self-indulgent forms of music. How do you manage to cram a story into a mere 3min++ of music? No extended guitar solos for you. No unnecessary wanking. Everything into a clear concise format that tells the story, sets up the groove and most importantly move the listener - no more. Oh, and it helps if you have a killer hook. Of course, books will tell you to do this and that to make something into a commercial pop song, leading many musicians to feel that they are manufacturing something. After all, no one, not just musicians, like to be told what to do. Behind every pop song are a team of really experienced guitarists/songwriters/arrangers/lyricists and whatever else the song needs.
So the next time you hear britney on the radio - look beyond the singing, absorb the arrangment and what makes it essentially "pop" - that is, if you want to write pop songs :D.
