![]() ![]() But let’s allow Brian and Mike some creative license here because they managed to take the sound of early smashes like “Surfin’ Safari” and “Surfin’ USA” and move it from the beaches to the roads, with giddily exciting results. One look at the group circa 1964 suggests that the only member who might have fit into the sort of gang of hip tearaways described in “I Get Around” was their drummer, Dennis. Listen to the best songs by The Beach Boys on Apple Music and Spotify.Ĭlick to load video 16: I Get Around ( All Summer Long, 1964) We celebrate that musical legacy with a look at 25 of the best Beach Boys songs. As their sound matured in the 70s, the group released works that moved away from their original beach music focus, but which continued to influence the course of music in the years that followed. Producing singles and albums of increasing sophistication with each new release, The Beach Boys rewrote the pop rulebook in the 60s. That debut single may have been an inauspicious start, hitting No.75 on the US charts, but it was the first of a run of sensational releases that would see The Beach Boys become bonafide superstars, and the best Beach Boys songs considered cornerstones of American music. When a 19-year-old Brian Wilson gathered his younger brothers, Carl and Dennis his cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine to record his original song “Surfin’,” in October 1961, their wildest dreams wouldn’t have allowed for what would follow.
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