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Tag Archives: The Beach Boys
L.A. Girls, Seven Ways
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Yes, I realize that half of these titles refer to “California,” but let’s not be pedantic about it — the songwriters are clearly referring to L.A., not San Francisco or Bakersfield.
Posted in Music, Sex
Tagged David Lee Roth, Gretchen Wilson, Katy Perry, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Magnetic Fields, Weezer
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The Beach Boys’ Sixth Studio Album: All Summer Long
Sax von Stroheim writes: From journalists to mythologizers to metaphysicians. Not their first great album, but the first album that could arguably be considered their greatest.
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged music criticism, Southern California, Southern California Teenage Life, The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys’ Fifth Studio Album: Shut Down Volume 2
Sax von Stroheim writes: The Beach Boys’ second Hot Rod Album.
Posted in Music
Tagged California, music criticism, Southern California Teenage Life, The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys’ Fourth Studio Album: Little Deuce Coupe
Sax von Stroheim writes: The first of the Hot Rod Albums. Their third album of 1963, released just a month after Surfer Girl.
The Beach Boys’ Third Studio Album: Surfer Girl
Sax von Stroheim writes: The last album in their Early Surfin’ Trilogy. We have moved from the Specific to the Mythic. Of the title song, Mike Love tells us “the words were found on a tablet in a field in … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged music criticism, rock music, Southern California Teenage Life, surfing, The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys’ Second Studio Album: Surfin’ U.S.A.
Sax von Stroheim writes: The colonization of the imagination of the American Teenager: if everybody had an ocean, then everyone would be living the California dream. Question: Does it matter that they were just capitalizing on a fad? That they … Continue reading
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Tagged Music, music criticism, Southern California Teenage Life, The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys’ First Album: Surfin’ Safari
Sax von Stroheim writes: This is the New Journalism: they are reporters; they are actors. They catalog the rituals of Early 1960’s Southern California Teenage Life; they tell us where it’s at: “At Rincon they’re walking the nose.” And because it … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Music, music criticism, Southern California Teenage Life, The Beach Boys
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