Released in November of 1964, The Beach Boys Christmas Album saw America’s biggest pop band blend their signature sunny surf rock with a California holiday. Over the last 6 decades, this album has come to include go-to Christmas music spanning generations. Today, we look at the surprising story of The […]
The music, all is lost for now. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on the Beach Boys’ second comeback, Surf’s Up (released 1971.) Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday! […]
Today, we remember Brian Wilson, the soul of the Beach Boys and a true voice of a generation. His unforgettable melodies defined an era, spanned generations, and shaped the early days of pop music. It’s time to reflect on his legendary career and the impact he had on music, and […]
“Y’know, I’m a fan. I just took it to extreme, what I’ve done in my life.” Welcome (or welcome back) to my channel! For the Vinyl Monday season 2 finale, I covered the “lost” Beach Boys album and Brian Wilson’s masterpiece, SMiLE. In a strange and wonderful turn of events, […]
In 2001, the most unlikely rock album took the world by storm. It didn’t feature seasoned musicians. It featured 200 elementary school kids in a school gym, performing rock and pop songs of the 1970s, in the 1970s, in a single take. It’s backbone: the music of Brian Wilson and […]
I once had a dream, so I packed up and split for the city… Welcome to a very special episode of Vinyl Monday: it’s the midseason special!! I’m Abby and is my weekly series where I chat about classic albums in my collection that I love. My thoughts on one […]
Surf’s up. Welcome to the season 2 finale of Vinyl Monday! I’m Abby and this is my weekly series where I chat about classic albums in my collection that I love. My thoughts on perhaps the greatest album never released: The Beach Boys’ Smile. Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday and […]
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is considered one of the greatest albums ever. But what makes this album so great, and how did Brian Wilson create Pet Sounds? In this video, I explore the topic of musicality and musicianship and consider how Brian Wilson created an album that perfectly […]
Smile was meant to be the follow-up album to Pet Sounds from The Beach Boys. It was highly anticipated to be the greatest album of all time, better than Revolver and Sgt. Pepper. However, the album was never completed until nearly 40 years later, when Brian Wilson finally presented Smile […]
How is it possible for great songwriters like Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson to write some of the greatest songs of all time in only 30 minutes or less? It’s much more common than you think, and many great songwriters have experienced this process of writing some of their best […]
