Tag Archives: The Beach Boys
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REWIND: Say goodbye to summer with Don Henley, the Beach Boys, Green Day
Don Henley, deciding that autumn is not that great, either. Courtesy. You may be expecting a Labor Day column full of songs about the working man, but some idiot decided to use that theme on May Day. But in the United States this weekend is the unofficial end of…
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REWIND: Sad songs about cars, in honor of the writer’s temporarily disabled car
Sad cars reacting over the editor’s brake problems, probably. A’s closer Blake Treinen isn’t the only one on the injured list this weekend. My beloved Camaro is also on the list… well, on a lift more specifically, in my dad’s shop. Ten to 14 days with brake issues until…
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REWIND: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the author are very tired
Actual image of editor Daniel J. Willis after his third concert in three nights. In my tireless quest to come up with a new topic every week, I’ve been lucky the past month or so. Holidays, awards shows; they’re conceptual gold. But my luck has run out. Do you…
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RIFF Rewind Interlude—The best songs of 1960-1966
If I’ve gotten one complaint more than any other about this column, it’s literally all of 1979. But aside from that it’s definitely snubbing Pink Floyd. But other than that…OK, there’s a lot of stuff, you all hate me. For the purposes of today’s edition, though, the complaint I’m talking…
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Brian Wilson revisits ‘Pet Sounds’ after half-century at Masonic
Photos: Roman Gokhman SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Wilson wanted fans to have fun, fun, fun at Thursday’s show at The Masonic in San Francisco, but not too much. “Please be seated,” he said for the first of two times as the crowd rose to its feet after a rousing…