Add Some Music To Your Day

A serious and critical perspective on the musical works of the legendary American pop group, taken from the pages of "Add Some Music", the acclaimed Beach Boys fan journal.Q"Billboard"

“A vivid account . . . Young and old fans alike will enjoy” (Publishers Weekly). This book offer a unique journey through The Beach Boys’ long, fascinating history by telling the stories behind fifty of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans. Filled with new interviews with music legends such as Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Alan Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Blondie Chaplin, Randy Bachman, Roger McGuinn, John Sebastian, Lyle Lovett, Alice Cooper, and Al Kooper, and commentary from a younger generation such as Matthew Sweet, Carnie Wilson, Daniel Lanois, Cameron Crowe, and Zooey Deschanel, this story of pop culture history both explores the darkness and difficulties with which the band struggled, and reminds us how their songs could make life feel like an endless summer.

Early '70s Radio focuses on the emergence of commercial music radio "formats," which refer to distinct musical genres aimed toward specific audiences. This formatting revolution took place in a period rife with heated politics, identity anxiety, large-scale disappointments and seemingly insoluble social problems. As industry professionals worked overtime to understand audiences and to generate formats, they also laid the groundwork for market segmentation. Audiences, meanwhile, approached these formats as safe havens wherein they could re-imagine and redefine key issues of identity. A fresh and accessible exercise in audience interpretation, Early '70s Radio is organized according to the era's five prominent formats and analyzes each of these in relation to their targeted demographics, including Top 40, "soft rock", album-oriented rock, soul and country. The book closes by making a case for the significance of early '70s formatting in light of commercial radio today.

(Guitar Chord Songbook). Complete lyrics, chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams for 59 Beach Boys favorites: Barbara Ann * Be True to Your School * California Girls * Catch a Wave * Don't Worry Baby * Fun, Fun, Fun * Good Vibrations * Help Me Rhonda * I Get Around * In My Room * Kokomo * Little Deuce Coupe * Surfin' U.S.A. * Wild Honey * Wouldn't It Be Nice * dozens more!

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 55. Chapters: God Only Knows, Do It Again, Good Vibrations, Wouldn't It Be Nice, 'Til I Die, Surfin' USA, I Get Around, Surf's Up, Caroline, No, California Girls, Fun, Fun, Fun, Surfer Girl, Help Me, Rhonda, Heroes and Villains, In My Room, Surfin' Safari, Sail On, Sailor, That's Not Me, Darlin', Here Today, Little Deuce Coupe, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, Dead Man's Curve, Wild Honey, Roll Plymouth Rock, I Know There's an Answer, Don't Worry Baby, Cabinessence, I'm Waiting for the Day, Don't Talk, Break Away, You Still Believe in Me, Wind Chimes, Wonderful, Let's Go Away for Awhile, Be True to Your School, The Warmth of the Sun, All Summer Long, Can't Wait Too Long, Vegetables, The Little Girl I Once Knew, She Knows Me Too Well, Catch a Wave, Pet Sounds, Kiss Me, Baby, Dance, Dance, Dance, 409, When I Grow Up, Girl Don't Tell Me, Little Saint Nick, Time to Get Alone, Surf City, Add Some Music to Your Day, Here Comes the Night, Little Honda, Please Let Me Wonder, Take a Load Off Your Feet, Shut Down, The Man with All the Toys, Little Bird, Wendy, It's OK, Ten Little Indians, Marcella, Our Prayer, Friends, A Day in the Life of a Tree, Solar System, Cool, Cool Water, Good Timin', The Beach Boys Medley, Child of Winter, Gettin' Hungry, Honkin' Down the Highway, You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone, Goin' On, Still I Dream of It, Soulful Old Man Sunshine, (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Drag City, Little Surfer Girl. Excerpt: "God Only Knows" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group's 11th studio album, Pet Sounds (1966), and one of their most widely recognized songs. "God Only Knows" was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Tony Asher and lead vocal by Carl Wilson. The song broke new ground in many ways....

Presents an account of the rise of the Beach Boys and sheds light on their rivalry with the Beatles, the release of the influential "Pet Sounds" album, and the nervous breakdown of Brian Wilson, the group's creative genius.

Rolling Stone declared the Beach Boys “one of the most innovative bands ever” and the “inventors of California rock,” so it was hardly a surprise in 2004 when Rolling Stone ranked the band at number twelve on the list of “100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.” AllMusic called the Beach Boys “America’s first, best rock band”—and with one hundred million in worldwide records sales, the Beach Boys are also one of the most successful and influential bands in music history. Now from the author of music trivia titles such as The Beatles IQ and Rock & Roll IQ comes a new challenge for fans of The Beach Boys. Celebrate this legendary band with the ultimate trivia test—51 Questions for the Diehard Music Fan: The Beach Boys.

They were almost The Pendletones--after the Pendleton wool shirts favored on chilly nights at the beach--then The Surfers, before being named The Beach Boys. But what separated them from every other teenage garage band with no musical training? They had raw talent, persistence and a wellspring of creativity that launched them on a legendary career now in its sixth decade. Following the musical vision of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys blended ethereal vocal harmonies, searing electric guitars and lush arrangements into one of the most distinctive sounds in the history of popular music. Drawing on original interviews and newly uncovered documents, this book untangles the band's convoluted early history and tells the story of how five boys from California formed America's greatest rock 'n' roll band.

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.