The long-awaited followup to "Good Vibrations" from the Beach Boys was put together in much the same manner, from many discrete musical pieces that Brian Wilson would almost randomly assemble into a song. It was meant as a centerpiece for the doomed "Smile" album. The single's relative disappointment on the charts only added to Brian's crumbling, fragile mental state, detailed in "Love And Mercy." He and Van Dyke Parks wrote it on a piano inside the famous sandbox in Brian's bedroom.
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This is one of their better songs, in my opinion.
The charts don't always "rule" in my book. They only benefit the accountants and CEOs of the record companies anyway. And are also somewhat of a media propaganda tool, a psyop for the trend-obsessed.
The harmonies, as always, are GREAT. Brian Wilson may have over-thought the song, though. Seems like he did that a lot in those times.
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