Freekin' Hurts...

if it isn't one thing, then it's another. my throat is on fire!!! it hurts sooooo bad i can hardly swallow or gulp. i'm probably goin' to the indian hospital tomorrow here in the city, not in ada. my step mom looked at the area and said my left tonsil was swollen real bad. i've never really had problems with my tonsils growing up like some unfortunate people, but it seems to finally have caught up with me. ugh, this all follows a-sort-of bad week of recovery from my easter weekend of pain and suffering. i'm just falling apart all over and on top of this, i'm planning on dancing at the OU powwow next saturday...

i want some sunshine right now, and i'm not talking about what's outside, but what's inside. i think this group can help with that a bit. here are The Beach Boys.



after reading all the rave reviews on their most accomplished work, Pet Sounds, i gave in and tried out this old surf rock band for the first time. what i found was something truly heartfelt and emotional. pet sounds became one of the most important albums i've ever listened to in my entire life, and what a shock it was to find out it came from the guys who wrote and played the songs "little deuce coop" and "kokamo"!!! throughout all of this, i discovered the work of singer/songwriter brian wilson. what a brilliant and tragic man. you can hear and feel his pain and emotion it all the music they all created.



the beach boys started in 1961 and quickly became one of america's best musical groups, which ultimately led them to become "america's band" and the best selling american band as well. their album, pet sounds, is ranked number 2 in the Rolling Stone Top 500 Greatest Albums Ever Made, and it's rightfully so. many people argue over the power and position this album has in the music world. it stands right next to, Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band, by The Beatles as the greatest album EVER made. it's a sheer force of studio wizardry that was never heard of before and has never been done since. on first listen you might think it's nothing special, but you have to dog deeper to penetrate it's artistic roots and golden heights.



after the making of pet sounds, brian wilson went further into his own personal trauma, and became secluded and withdrawn from the group. after the failure of the groups sessions for their next album, Smile, brian left the group and kept to himself. it's a shame because smile seemed to be the next evolution in the band, but certain members didn't like the new, experimental direction the band was going. the smile sessions were cut short and those few songs that were finished, were later released on the album, Smiley Smile, but it proved to be a commercial failure. the song, "hero's and villans" was an awesome example of the growing talent that brian had and the amazing arrangements the group were heading toward. it really is a shame. to think of what could have been...



but oh well. things aren't all bad though, because brian wilson came back and finished the smile album and released it to raving reviews in 2004. yep, that's about it. i love the beach boys and i hope you will too. the song i chose from the pet sounds album is my personal favorite and one that i connect with real personally. jam these songs and give this all a chance because you don't want to miss something special. dig it...


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I keep looking for a place to fit
Where I can speak my mind
I've been trying hard to find the people
That I won't leave behind

They say I got brains
But they ain't doing me no good
I wish they could

Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good goin' for myself
But what goes wrong

Sometimes I feel very sad
Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into)
Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into)

I guess I just wasn't made for these times

Every time I get the inspiration
To go change things around
No one wants to help me look for places
Where new things might be found

Where can I turn when my fair weather friends cop out
What's it all about

Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good goin' for myself
But what goes wrong

Sometimes I feel very sad
Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into)
Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into)

I guess I just wasn't made for these times
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
I guess I just wasn't made for these times