You ever think about Sandahl Bergman? I do.
I also think about the Beach Boys.
Thanks to a dominating, manipulative father, the Wilson brothers (Brian, Dennis, and Carl) were emotionally retarded and utterly unprepared for life. Mercifully, they happened to be musically gifted, as well.
So, have you ever heard their 1965 release, Beach Boys' Party!?
Legend has it that each copy came with a free bag of official Beach Boys potato chips. I guess that was all you needed for an instant party in 1965.
Some chips.
Beach Boys' Party! was a "live-in-the-studio" LP featuring twelve tracks of raucous... fun. Girlfriends and well-wishers filled the studio, laughing and participating in a loose (possibly drunken) "jam session". It wasn't really spontaneous, but it was a reasonable facsimile of spontaneity.
Among the tracks were three (!) Beatles covers, which is excessive considering that the Beach Boys had two #1 singles and a dozen other hits by '65. Obviously, the record didn't require a Lennon/McCartney homage to garner interest.
But supposedly Carl and Brian were huge Beatles fans.
Oh, and they covered Dylan, too.
See, the album's true highlight, aside from Mike Love's receding hairline, was the inclusion of a medley: "I Get Around" and "Little Deuce Coup". The boys were able to shift effortlessly into their trademark dick-melting harmonies, thus cutting through the inherent campiness of a giggling white bread nerd-orgy -- and the result is magical.
Check it out.
I have more to say about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, but it can wait.
See you soon!
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