LAist: Brian Wilson's Love Letter To Southern California

bobzilla77

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:43:56 -0800

The Ramones comment may have been too obscure, I guess I was making the point that even with Rockaway Beach just a subway ride away from Manahattan, they still have to sing about havin' fun in the warm California sun. Rockaway Beach is a great song but it's not a very good beach.

paul

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:19:07 -0800

uh, Rockaway Beach is a pretty well known beach in NYC. End of the subway line and all...

WagonMonster

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:43:12 -0800

"God Only Knows" still makes me misty-eyed.

Colfax

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:37:09 -0800

Brian Wilson sings of SoCal as if it's the most beautiful woman he's ever encountered. He finds a new reason to love her every day. That's the SoCal I know too. Kudos to BW!

doc_rockets

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:25:30 -0800

There's also a Rockaway beach on Long Island.

Elise Thompson

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:54:18 -0800

"So it’s nice to report that on That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol), he’s started staring at the sun again..." Mama always told me not to stare into the eyes of the sun.