This short song from their last album is as good as anything they’ve ever done and reminds me of the songs from Pet Sounds. It is beautiful and melancholy and the lyrics really suggest there will never be another record from the group.
https://youtu.be/XgtUccTqPBc?si=OvYI7KxbskG9o1xX
Almost feels like it's going to turn into an 80's-era Chicago-esque power ballad😱 (the piano chord sequence is very similar to "Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry"), but luckily doesn't go there😎
7.5/10. Wistful & very melancholic. Obviously a Brian song👍
Happy New Year MTX. Thanks for the response.
shareThanks! Sounds pretty good...
Big Beach Boys fan but I kind of shy away from these kind of things and hadn't heard anything from this album.
Will give it a metaphorical spin on the old spotify once my broadband has recovered...
This tune is part of brilliant three-song mini-suite that closes the record: “From There to Back Again” (Al Jardine on lead vocals) “Pacific Coast Highway” and “Summer’s Gone.” The suite reminds me of things the Beach Boys did on Pet Sounds and the Smile Sessions and they are truly as good as anything from the band’s late 60’s heyday. All three songs merge together and feel very sentimental and meant as a career curtain call. I really feel the blues when I listen to them. The vocals are fantastic for a bunch of 70+ year olds but the final song ends with the singing fading into waves quietly breaking on the beach. It really suggests that this was intended as the Beach Boys’ final statement to the world as a full band. I highly recommend the album for this suite alone
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