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3/18/2016 4:24:23 PM
You know, I love this story, and I love this song.
I love this story, because this is rock folklore at its best.
For absent friends who have loved our music. Here's to them.
May they all be listening still, wherever they are up there.
And I love this song,
because, well, I believe I may have mentioned I'm pretty sure
I came here from a parallel universe? Yes I suspect so, immensely,
all the more as time goes on; I've compared memories with that of
my brother and they do in places differ significantly.
Well, somewhere in the furthest reaches of my mind,
I can almost imagine this,
as having been one trippy-ass Beach Boys record.
Something Brian Wilson had to go into rehab after they dragged
him out of the studio after his three month recording session,
which was visited by literally every major rock n roll star on the planet.
And even then, they dragged him out kicking and screaming.
"It has to be PERFECT You Idiots!! NOOOOOO!!!"
But, they mixed for about 47 hours straight,
(nevermind the 'boosters' that went into that spectacle of debauchery)
and they came out with an absolute classic, which this is.
If Brian Wilson in this universe owed me a favor,
I'd be tempted to ask him to do a Beach Boys version.
And he'd listen to it, immediately realize the major undertaking it would be,
because this isn't just a three chord ditty, this is a rock n roll commitment.
The guitar stuff at the end alone has me experiencing LSD flashbacks.
And thanks for that. Three months sober, and now this.
It's okay, I've navigated the waters well and often enough in my youth,
I'll swim my way out this time too.
Well, I'm sure Banker has to be loving this still.
Come to think of it,
I think I once did a very Beach Boys-esque record....
nothing on the scale of this, I'm afraid.
One of those three-chord ditties I mentioned, actually....
May put it out though, just 'cause this put me in the mood
to hear some new Beach Boys.
And in this universe, they haven't made any in a while.
Bravo, Mr Time.
~L
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Father Time
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3/18/2016 5:17:44 PM
Thanks, it was nice reading that. Here I thought it was cool enough that there was a surf sub genre listed under rock. :)
A friend PMed me on facebook today and told me that Banker died. but you know, I sense he read my post today and probably clicked on the song too.
As for the old Fury, I was also (on facebook) recently reunited with the friend who had the red Ford Fairlane. Those were such great times, sowing our wild oats so to speak. The picture on my songpage, that was my dad's sporting goods store behind the car. I had an idyllic youth I suppose which is probably the seeds of my adult lack of contentment. heh
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