In 2025, Song turned over 60 years since it was released and is still remembered as one of the group’s main hits
Just over 60 years ago, on April 6, 1965, the Beach Boys They gathered to record one of the band’s biggest hits. Composed of Brian Wilsonkilled this Wednesday, 11, at 82, and MikeLove, “California Girls” It is part of the disk Summer Days (and Summer Nights !!), launched in the same year, and reached third place on the successful charts, and is in the top 10 from several countries.
The idea for music came up when Wilson I was hallucinating for experimenting LSD for the first time. According to Los Angeles Timesthe singer was in the apartment in Hollywood When images of mother and father began to come in mind. Then the musician found the perfect way to ward off these thoughts: the piano.
“I was thinking about movies from movies cowboy. I sat down and started playing, Bum-BUHDEDA, Bum-Buhdeeda. I did it for about an hour. I got the chords. So I got the melody, came very fast after that. The rest is history, right? ”
The next day, Love He went to the singer’s apartment, where they finished composing the song. About the letter, the author revealed the inspiration:
“Everyone loves girls, right? Everyone loves California and the Sun. That’s what I wanted from music. And to mention all parts of the country, it’s fun, people will like it.”
On April 6, 1965, the group met to record “California Girls” node Western Recorders in Hollywood. 44 support tracks were recorded until Wilson was satisfied with the result – finishing the session only after midnight. With melody made by drums, piano, guitar, saxophone, trumpet and organ, the music became the largest hit in the group.
“It was special. I knew it would become the theme song of Beach Boys. It is a hymn. It was third in the country. This song speaks louder than ever. Everyone knows California girls and this song is the reason. “
Subsequently, the song inspired the parody of Beatles, “BACK IN THE USSR”and other songs with equal or similar title, as “California Girls” of Magnetic Fields, “SEPTEMBER GURLS” of Big Star and “California Gurls” of Katy Perry.
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Source: Rollingstone
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