By Jim Fusco:
ALBUM – SURFER GIRL
Hawaii – 7
Surfer Girl – 9
In My Room – 9
Catch A Wave – 8
Little Deuce Coupe – 8 (great blues song)
Surfer Moon – 8
Surfers Rule – 5
Our Car Club – 6 (I like it better on the Little Deuce Coupe album!)
Boogie Woodie – 3
Your Summer Dream – 7
The Rocking Surfer – 2
South Bay Surfer – 1 (ugh)
** Other than a little flakiness at the end of the album, this is a GREAT one- some classics on Side One and the songs I like, I like a LOT. **
To see how it’s played in the cover song music video, CLICK HERE!
“Getcha Back”
The Beach Boys (Love – Melcher)
Intro: A F#m Bm E (x2)
E A F#m
The other night, they were playin’ our song.
Bm E
Hadn’t heard it for oh so long.
A F#m
Took me back darlin’ to that time in my car when you
Bm E
Cried all night ‘cuz we’d gone too far.
E A F#m
Can I ever getcha back, getcha back, baby,
F#m Bm E
Gonna getcha back now.
E F G
Can I ever getcha back?
I’m getting tired, layin’ around here at night.
Thinkin’ ’bout some other guy holdin’ you tight.
He may have money and a brand new car,
May even treat you like a movie star.
Ain’t no matter what he ever do for you:
He can never love you like I can do.
So if I leave her and you leave him,
Can we ever get it back again?
E A F#m
Can I ever getcha back, getcha back, baby,
F#m Bm E
Gonna getcha back now.
E A
Can I ever getcha back?
Middle: B Abm C#m F#
F# B Abm
Getcha back, getcha back, baby,
Abm C#m F#
Gonna getcha back now.
I’ll leave her, and you leave him.
Can we baby get back again?
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By Jim Fusco:
Welcome to Day 10 of Jim Fusco’s 14 Days of Rock’n’Roll Christmas! I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as I’ve officially finished the album. And only four days ahead of time! I had to re-record some parts and mix down the last couple of songs, but I’m finally done. Now, I can give my friends and family high quality versions on CD so they can import into their iTunes libraries.
Tonight’s song is another you probably haven’t heard of (don’t worry- this is the last one!), but it’s a really great song. It’s called “On Christmas Day” and is written by Brian Wilson. he recorded it and included it as a bonus track on his Christmas album from the mid-2000’s. I love the video of the band making this song- it’s so cool seeing it come together in the studio.
An interesting thing to me is that this song really was done back in the 70’s and was called “Bells of Paris”. Of course, the tune was slightly different, but it’s really the same song. I’d be interested to find out what came first- Brian’s Christmas lyrics or the ones about Paris. I know the Beach Boys had a failed Christmas album in the mid-70s and there’s actually a version called “Bells of Christmas” that replaces the lyrics with holiday-themed ones. But, the version Brian re-tooled that eventually became “On Christmas Day” is by far my favorite and that’s why I had to make my own version!
I hope you like the song as much as I do. Come back tomorrow (for a song you’ve heard of!) for Day 11 as we roll-on!
By Chris Moore:
This is a tough category. All of the songs on the my upcoming top fifty songs list have excellent vocals, many of which are standout performances. However, there are also songs that go unrecognized on the top fifty list that are notable for their outstanding vocals. Thus, as a rule, songs included in the top fifty list are not considered here.
I suppose you could consider this my way of sneaking in an extra ten songs that I didn’t find room for on my best songs list, but I hope you’ll consider it an additional category. These ten songs are great in their own rights, but especially by virtue of the excellence of their vocals. Some are smooth, some are rough; some are passionately outraged, some are tenderly heartfelt. Taken together, they’re the standout vocal performances of 2011:
1) “Something to Believe In” – Parachute (The Way It Was)
2) “Estate Sale Sign” – The Mountain Goats (All Eternals Deck)
3) “Blue Spotted Tail” – Fleet Foxes (Helplessness Blues)
4) “Shakin’ All Over” – Wanda Jackson (The Party Ain’t Over)
5) “2012” – The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (La Carotte Bleue)
6) “When You Wish Upon A Star” – Brian Wilson (In the Key of Disney)
7) “Talking At The Same Time” – Tom Waits (Bad As Me)
8 ) “Sunloathe” – Wilco (The Whole Love)
9) “Bridge Burning” – Foo Fighters (Wasting Light)
10) “Amy, I” – Jack’s Mannequin (People And Things)