Thursday, February 12, 2009

Sloop John B - Beach Boys

The famous single included on Pet Sounds, due to its success. I just wish Good Vibrations was on this album as well.
I can only call this music, or better put, arrangement and composition, beyond amazing. It's so rich. Nothing sounds like this era of the Beach Boys. Pet Sounds is so real. So emotional. Such rich harmonies and dense melodies. This vid is kinda funny.

Little know fact: this is a cover. Not an original. Wikipedia: It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title "Wreck of the John B", the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927)

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