rvi

4y

having it come right after the extreme tenderness of disney girls only accentuates those negative (imo) qualities too

Eyesonthesmile

4y

Great listen @DonutHole Thank you 🏄‍♀️ 🏄‍♂️ 🆙

DonutHole

4y

I still don't get what Disney's girl is about
Ithaka linked a story about someone witnessing a shooting but I still don't get it 💀

rvi

4y

i just always took it as a song about nostalgia and wanting to escape back to childlike innocence and peaceful times. (also relevant for the time/rest of the album with the social unrest/war stuff going on). lots of references to things that make me think of an older time ( older than 1971) in the USA with specifically American cultural references. Patti Page, summer days and trips from youth, disney, bingo (lol), old time dances, telling his parents he's in love. and Bruce Johnston was 14-15 in 1957, not sure why that specific year in the title though. i think its really effective creating a fantasy image of that impossible dreamlike world. the musical backing is also perfect for this, i especially love the intro with the acoustic guitars (almost sounds mandolin-like with how its played i think?) and the wah-wah sounding synth

Bruce's best moment with the beach boys except maybe his harmony vocal in the outro of God Only Knows.

i didn't know that back story Ithaka mentioned but it fits along with the theme of wanting to escape the unpleasant realities that you learn as you grow older. would be interesting if that specific event was the reason for the 1957 in the title

rvi

4y

techno??? yeah i actually disagree that its ahead of its time just think its an amazing song

but yeh honestly carl's magnum opus in my opinion (not counting just songs he did godly vocal and didnt write)

DonutHole

4y

I got the wanting to escape current reality

just the title threw me off

I expected it to be about Cinderella and s*** 😅😂💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂

DonutHole

4y

I still don't get what Disney's girl is about
Ithaka linked a story about someone witnessing a shooting but I still don't get it 💀

rvi

4y

techno??? yeah i actually disagree that its ahead of its time just think its an amazing song

but yeh honestly carl's magnum opus in my opinion (not counting just songs he did godly vocal and didnt write)

ithaka

4y

bruce losing his innocent witnessing a ruthless murder - disney reminding him of the times before that when he still had the innocence, since the year in the song title

DonutHole

4y

Bruce soft

DonutHole

4y

Bruce soft

Cant pick

4y

have you ever witnessed a murder donut

ithaka

4y

daaaaam

Cant pick

4y

have you ever witnessed a murder donut

DonutHole

4y

Wym??? "tEcHnO?¿?"

Beach Boys invented all music, what part of that don't you understand???

ithaka

4y

not what i said but y’all have fun with it

DonutHole

4y

Wym??? "tEcHnO?¿?"

Beach Boys invented all music, what part of that don't you understand???

rvi

4y

doesnt sound remotely like techno, but i think ithakas probably using the term in the commonly used incorrect sense to describe a broader sort of electronic music

this is techno

but yeah for surf's up album to be groundbreaking for synths it comes a little late in the game, even for synths used in that same pop/rock context. it fit in with a sound that was already being adopted by a decent amount of artists in the time period. (and its done well on surfs up imo)

rvi

4y

doesnt sound remotely like techno, but i think ithakas probably using the term in the commonly used incorrect sense to describe a broader sort of electronic music

this is techno

but yeah for surf's up album to be groundbreaking for synths it comes a little late in the game, even for synths used in that same pop/rock context. it fit in with a sound that was already being adopted by a decent amount of artists in the time period. (and its done well on surfs up imo)

DonutHole

4y

So the beach Boys weren't VERY ahead of their time with synths

Beach Boys let me down

DonutHole

4y

Where are the others

I'm ready to go, need to be distracted like right tf now 😭

imdoinf

4y

At work :///

DonutHole

4y

Hope you have a great day at work