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Post by Cam Mott on Jul 7, 2020 9:40:23 GMT -5
Brian, August 1966:
"But Mike Love and I wrote that first one, "Surfin'" while we were in school, just because the sport was becoming a big craze. Me? - I've never surfed in my life. But Mike is a big sportsman and he communicated to me the excitement of the whole business - we just tried to bring the essence of the sea to music."
A surfing Mike, with ol' Bob Jackson, ain't such a unicorn after all.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 7, 2020 10:45:26 GMT -5
I thought it was Dennis who communicated the surfing scene to Brian. Brian has even stated in interviews over the years that Dennis was the influence who got things going in that genre.
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Post by Autotune on Jul 7, 2020 11:25:40 GMT -5
No Mike = No “Surfin’”
No “Surfin’” = No Beach Boys
No Mike = No Beach Boys
The song “Surfin’” is 90% Mike. The lyric, the verse melody, and the bop bops are his.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 7, 2020 11:37:28 GMT -5
No Mike = No “Surfin’” No “Surfin’” = No Beach Boys No Mike = No Beach Boys The song “Surfin’” is 90% Mike. The lyric, the verse melody, and the bop bops are his. Mighta been, but Dennis was the one who suggested that they write about surfing. The bop bops and bom bom dididititdit's were influenced by Jan & Dean. |
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Post by Cam Mott on Jul 7, 2020 11:54:52 GMT -5
I take it that Dennis brought the concept and Mike communicated his own experience.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 7, 2020 14:25:31 GMT -5
I take it that Dennis brought the concept and Mike communicated his own experience. Cameron, I'm thinking that both Dennis and Mike had ideas and terminology for the song and Mike put it on paper. Audree thought it was a "cute" song". You know the significance of this house, don't you?  |
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Post by Cam Mott on Jul 7, 2020 15:50:33 GMT -5
I take it that Dennis brought the concept and Mike communicated his own experience. Cameron, I'm thinking that both Dennis and Mike had ideas and terminology for the song and Mike put it on paper. Audree thought it was a "cute" song". You know the significance of this house, don't you? It's where you first "made out" with Laura Magdalena Linguine? |
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Post by Autotune on Jul 7, 2020 16:37:51 GMT -5
Supposedly Dennis suggested they write a song about the sport. I have never read or heard that he made a contribution of any kind to the actual song “Surfin’”.
A few years ago it was discussed if it was Dennis or Judy Bowles’ brother who provided the list of surfing places for “Surfin’ USA”.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 7, 2020 17:26:38 GMT -5
Cameron, I'm thinking that both Dennis and Mike had ideas and terminology for the song and Mike put it on paper. Audree thought it was a "cute" song". You know the significance of this house, don't you? It's where you first "made out" with Laura Magdalena Linguine? Yes! How'd you know about that? |
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Post by Cam Mott on Jul 7, 2020 17:52:59 GMT -5
I'm a stable genius guesser too you know.
(The address didn't ring any bells, if I ever knew it)
It looks like my hometown in the early 60s.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 7, 2020 20:00:42 GMT -5
Dorinda Morgan - "My husband asked Brian if he thought he could write something along the lines of Chuck Berry; something with a good backbeat and simple chords. Brian and Michael looked at each other and nodded. We told them that what they needed was an original idea, something that hadn’t been done to death. To our surprise, Dennis broke in excitedly and said, “No one has ever written a song about surfing!” We all looked at him in amazement. Surfing? Undaunted, Dennis continued “But all the kids listen to the surfing reports on the radio. It’s new, but it’s bigger than you think.” I was intrigued. It might work. I asked Dennis to write down a list of surfing terms. He did, and Brian and Michael starting writing immediately. They had a rough draft of Surfin’ before they left". They came back later to record the songs they had written. Above is a recent picture of Hite & Dorinda Morgan's old house in L.A., where the Beach Boys recorded demos of "Surfin'", "Luau", and "Lavender". Check out the pictures of inside the house, particularly the living room. Could that opening on the wall near the ceiling be Hite Morgan's old control room? www.zillow.com/homedetails/2511-Mayberry-St-Los-Angeles-CA-90026/20744055_zpid/ |
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