'Til I Die:The Beach Boys

Artist: The Beach Boys

Album: Surf's Up

Appears On (Mixes): Plastic Music Exchange 2006 - Rev. DOG.

Song Notes: I guess I'm just a sucker for "cork on the ocean" imagery -- that's one of the reasons I love "Cloudburst On Shingle Street" so much. A lot of people slag the post-Pet Sounds/Smile Beach Boys, and while it's true that after that, Brian Wilson did go a bit more 'round the bend, he was still capable of amazingly beautiful, heartbreaking songs like this one. But yeah, if you want Wacky Brian Wilson, check out the "Brian Wilson comeback album", Love You. Whooo, boy. Johnny Carson indeed. -Rev. Syung Myung Me