If memory serves me Mo Ostin signed the boys to Warner Bros for distribution of the boys own label known as Brother Records beginning with Sunflower. Capitol Records isnt the only label in the history of blunders by any means. If it were not for EMI /Parlaphone's persistance regarding the Fab Four, (speaking of the cash cow of profits) their US partnership with Capitol may have forced the Brian and the entire crew to jump ship even sooner. New album & tour means redemption for Capitol Records !!
i only know 2 ppl named marcella and i thought it was such a unique name so i wanted to see if anyone on youtube had tht name so i looked it up and i saw this and was like OMG
I haven't heard this song since back when it was released! Sometimes a song will pop into my head from somewhere in my memory banks and thats what happened with this one. It sounds so great to hear again!
This song is from 1972 and it STILL rocks today. I first heard this song in 2003 when I got the "Classics Selected by Brian Wilson" compilation. Liked it ever since.
@1obxeclipsedriver I first heard this song when my brother played the "Concert Album" for me, I was about 10 years old then and I thought this song was really cool. I already loved the surf songs by then but the early 70´s Beach Boys got me really. In a way, that was their best time. Would have loved to have heard more from Carl at that time. He should have started his solo carrier then but I guess he was too much inclined with his family.
@1obxeclipsedriver I agree with you. But it is too bad that Carl postponed his solo carrier until the 80´s. He was still making good songs then but his producer was "of the times" too much.
If your name is Marcella than you will probably appreciate my boutique in Michigan. It is called Simply Marcella and all the packaging has your name on it! Go Beach Boys!
@thomascomis He added a word or two here and there, the guys in the wrecking crew contributed more to the creative process than MikeyLoveless ever did.
The more I listen to stuff from Carl And The Passions, the more I like it. I maintain that they were at their best when Blondie and Ricky were in the band.
I was actually relieved to find out that Brian didn't really write Wouldn't It Be Nice. The writer called this album "a miserable flop I had no part of"--which wasn't true because he did contribute some songs. Also in the book, Blondie and Ricky aren't mentioned anywhere. I'd have been angry if I'd been either of those guys.
The Beach Boys were incredible between "sunflower" and "holland". Much more diverse in styles, and democracy among the band members for writing, and solo lead vocals.
Carl Wilson was paying attention while Brian was still lucid, Thank God! I always dug this tune, i agree with the comment that this should have been a hit, but W B had quite the stable of artists back then, and face it folks The Beach Boys were putting us all through some heavy changes about the time this was initially released! R I P Carl, you are missed and I agree with Mike Love when he called you the hardest working man in show business! At least, the hardest working Beach Boy! AMEN, ROS!!!!
Marcella is one funky twangy tune. It's more proof as to how inventive and talented the Beach Boys were. It's also more ongoing proof as to how Capitol Records lame promotions department again dropped the ball. This song should have been the hit single released from the album.
@RJW14863 Yeah, after a little research I found that out. Still, Capitol marketed the Beach Boys like red-headed step children compared to the Beatles.
i've been looking to replace my copy of "carl & the passions" bw "pet sounds". it was a strange album being stuck together like that. i went thru 2 copies of it. i need another one. i hope it is still available. anybody know?
@thomascomis It is/was available as a twofer CD. I still have the original wax LP. I was a Beach Boys fan from 1964 till Carl's way to early death. Today I am a Brian Wilson fan, the Mikey Loveless touring juke box has no interest for me. Brian is at least still trying to be creative. Carl, Dennis and Brian were/are artists, Love is a performer nothing more.
@SyvetheShairks The band was going through some morphis at the time and Carl thought that the name Beach Boys was holding them back with the newer contempory stuff they were preforming. Carl and the passions was NOT the name of the album but a new name they were floating to replace Beach Boys. The album name is simply So Tough and was a reference to their tough time trying to shed the beach, surf and cars image.
@spacepatrolman been looking for some of Blondies stuff for a while now I know where to go look, is he also still part of The Stones touring band? met him during the Stones concert in Toronto after the SARS epidemic, and we talked Beach Boys stuff for a while Blondie really loved his time with Carl, there are others in the band he was not so fond of...
@IainB1511 there was a couple of videos of him playing live in los angeles in here a couple of years ago I dont know anything about him and the stones [he got into a fight with mike loves brother backstage and that was the end of that relationship i have his album and that flame 45 wasnt ricky playeing with the guy that quit the stones because he didnt want to be a dope addict like keith richards mick taylor before that the rutles ther was supposed tobe a pacific ocean blue tour that never did
My name's Marcella..........oh.....wait, it's Bob, but now i feel left out, it's a great record nontheless, am i the only person who is reminded of George Harrison during the slide solo ?.
Saw them live in `72(Ocean City, Md) and `73 (Wash DC) perform this song. What great shows and memories still 35 years later. Named my second daughter Marcie ( she says after my favorite Baech Boys song!)
Saw the Beach Boys in `72(Ocean City, Md) and `73(Wash DC) perform this song live. Had both LPs, Carl and the Passions So Tough and Holland on my turntable quite often. Named my second daughter Marcie ( she says because of this song!)
I was working with the band back then. If I'm not mistaken, that was a labor day concert at the convention center. We did 2 shows that night. Jack Reiley (who was their manager at the time) was up in Delaware taking care of some other business. We got to OC a couple days before the shoes as we had just done Columbia MD. Several of the bandmembers and I went to a club called "Ocean Underground" across from where we were staying. (continued in next reply)
The guys decided they wanted to jam while the house band was on break. They sent me to the manager of the club. Ricky Fataar told me to tell him I'm their manager and that they wanted to jam, but not be introduced as part of the BBoys, but to wait until we were gone. As I recall it was Ricky, Blondie, Billy Hinsche & Carly Munez. They didn't do any BBoy songs, but they did some serious R&B, It was a great night. One of the best memories I have with them. Thanks for reminding me of this.
That is so cool. Really enjoyed your Ocean City, Md. story. I lived there every summer from `71-`79 working in the family business.I remember the `72 OC, Md. concert. It was a big deal with us "hippie" surfers. The BBoys by then were quite shaggy with their beards and all and their new eco-friendly songs. Dennis Wilson sang solo at the piano a song called "I got a Friend?". I think the encore was 'Jumpin Jack Flash". They were really good. I liked them best `70-73.
That song Denny did "I've Got A Friend" was written for his wife Barbara. It was on that tour that he received word she was divorcing him. That happened while they were playing College Park, MD. Not enough space here to go into it, but it led to an unfortunate incident at the concert. I wound up having to console him in the dressing room to calm him down. God love him, he came through and finished the show, but it was such a bizarre night, yet it bonded my friendship with him forever.
Big Chief, I remember when I saw the BBoys in Wash DC,Dec`73,. It was right about the time they put out that dbl/vinyl BBoys In Concert.Dennis Wilson was wearing a dark tailored 3pc suit on stage,and the girl I was with so ready to get out of her seat and jump his bones. The guy was just a magnet for woman, was a huge talent with his songwriting, and then he just destroyed himself. What a waste. Later at midnight Mike Love was on live in studio WHFS/Bethesda 102.3 FM the local rock station.
If I'm not mistaken, that concert was probably at DAR Constitution Hall. I think it was about that time that Ted Kennedy Jr. had his leg amputated due to cancer. Some of the band members stopped by the Hospital to visit him and cheer him up. I had a friend who worked at WHFS. His name was Will, but his on-air name was Chad Periwinkle. Also, back in the early '70s, I also spent time working at an arts newspaper called "Woodwind." Great times and memories in the Nation's Capital.
This is another underrated song from the early 70's by a great sixties band. There was definitely a different groove going on at the time and 'Marcela' is yet another manifestation of it.
Great song. The Carl & The Passions album is underrated. Marcella is the best song, but You Need A Mess of Help, All This is That and Dennis's tunes are good too. Plus they do a cool country-ish groove with Hold On Dear Brother where they sound like The Band. Blew me away the first time I heard it.
Totally agree with bchbys. This is one of my all time fav BB song! Saw Brian do this at one of this solo shows... before he stated doing only BB classics.
you know what's funny, a boy told me he wrote a song for me, my name is Marcela and last night while listening to the radio this song came up...hahaaha boy was I mad lol
The only reason I know this song is because of the title = my name.
roseheroine 2 weeks ago
My name is Marcella. Haha.
cellanogr 1 month ago
WOO HOO for all us Marcella's out there !
Iknoeitall 1 month ago
If memory serves me Mo Ostin signed the boys to Warner Bros for distribution of the boys own label known as Brother Records beginning with Sunflower. Capitol Records isnt the only label in the history of blunders by any means. If it were not for EMI /Parlaphone's persistance regarding the Fab Four, (speaking of the cash cow of profits) their US partnership with Capitol may have forced the Brian and the entire crew to jump ship even sooner. New album & tour means redemption for Capitol Records !!
oakmediamusic 1 month ago
My names marcella <3 but i hate it. do yourselves a favor looks your guys names up on urban dictionary
AndreasCellaBear 2 months ago
There are shades of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in this song. And if so, Brian took it to a much higher plateau.
pmoyer50 3 months ago
omg ! lol tehe :-)
MarcellaDavi3s 3 months ago 2
great lp - my theory - i think they released the weak singles so the lp would flop and that would make carl join the beach boys.
gailmckennag 4 months ago
no me impresiona
kenshirothefist3000 5 months ago
i only know 2 ppl named marcella and i thought it was such a unique name so i wanted to see if anyone on youtube had tht name so i looked it up and i saw this and was like OMG
stephenwodadancerfan 5 months ago
The SEXIEST song they ever recorded!
ShockDoc 6 months ago 3
Oh yeah xD
94marcella 6 months ago
marcella is my grandmas name :D
Imp3rf3ctAng3lXOXO 7 months ago
I Love my friend who is named Marcela! She's amazing and I bet every Marcella or Marcela Is TOO THUMBS UP FOR THEM GIRLS!
Snip3rshots 7 months ago
I love the guitar solo so much ^_^
MrM1GarandGuy 8 months ago
I haven't heard this song since back when it was released! Sometimes a song will pop into my head from somewhere in my memory banks and thats what happened with this one. It sounds so great to hear again!
hankyhoyo 9 months ago
This song is from 1972 and it STILL rocks today. I first heard this song in 2003 when I got the "Classics Selected by Brian Wilson" compilation. Liked it ever since.
1obxeclipsedriver 9 months ago
@1obxeclipsedriver I first heard this song when my brother played the "Concert Album" for me, I was about 10 years old then and I thought this song was really cool. I already loved the surf songs by then but the early 70´s Beach Boys got me really. In a way, that was their best time. Would have loved to have heard more from Carl at that time. He should have started his solo carrier then but I guess he was too much inclined with his family.
ClubViking63 4 months ago
@ClubViking63 It's tough to leave a band when most of them are your family members...
1obxeclipsedriver 4 months ago
@1obxeclipsedriver I agree with you. But it is too bad that Carl postponed his solo carrier until the 80´s. He was still making good songs then but his producer was "of the times" too much.
ClubViking63 3 months ago
@ClubViking63 Not only that, but after Dennis died, the band needed Carl more than ever.
1obxeclipsedriver 3 months ago
@1obxeclipsedriver I was talking about the times before.
ClubViking63 3 months ago
@ClubViking63 Heh. My bad.
1obxeclipsedriver 3 months ago
Marcella's taking over the fk world ! ;D
marcellaaa00 9 months ago 2
If your name is Marcella than you will probably appreciate my boutique in Michigan. It is called Simply Marcella and all the packaging has your name on it! Go Beach Boys!
simplymarcella1 9 months ago
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MY NAME IS MARCELLA!!! My friends call me Mar Mar.
shanedawsontvlove100 10 months ago
I,ve known once a Girl named Marcella
289gerald 10 months ago
lol, im a blonde beach bimbo named Marcella
TheAmazingTechWizard 11 months ago 2
MY NAME IS MARCELLA!!!!
TheAmazingTechWizard 11 months ago 5
my name also^^
marcliese 11 months ago
My name's Marcella
mrtnzmars 1 year ago 3
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hahaha thts my name :)
Marcy464646 1 year ago
High five to all the Marcellas out there! We all rock! *high five*
aquaotaku4895 1 year ago 53
@aquaotaku4895 Yeahh!!! LETS GO, MARCELLA'S!!! WE RULE!!!!!! AND WE ARE ALL SMOKIN HOTT!!!
shanedawsontvlove100 10 months ago 3
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aquaotaku4895 1 year ago
hey dis is my name marcella reedy from new zealand an im moari i love dis song
mar58bm 1 year ago
SHE'S A BAD GIRL :09
truthasfineprint 1 year ago
don't short change mike love. he co-wrote all those hits by the b.b. he sang most of the leads. and he was way cool back in his hey-day.
thomascomis 1 year ago
@thomascomis He added a word or two here and there, the guys in the wrecking crew contributed more to the creative process than MikeyLoveless ever did.
IainB1511 1 year ago
hehehehe thats meh name! dont wear it out! ;)
xXHelloKittyAnimexX 1 year ago
One of the best 70´s songs of the Beach Boys, without question!
ClubViking63 1 year ago
RIP Dennis and Carl Wilson
saanzacs 1 year ago
hahah this song is sooo cool! that's my name =))
marcellaakch 1 year ago 2
@marcellaakch Hello Marcella, lucky lady!!!!!
saanzacs 1 year ago
@marcellaakch It's all in the name!
xxmarcellaaxx 1 year ago
One of the MOST Sexy songs EVER!
WooHooo..
yobnez 1 year ago 3
that's my name too XDDD
bubbleguuuum 1 year ago 3
The more I listen to stuff from Carl And The Passions, the more I like it. I maintain that they were at their best when Blondie and Ricky were in the band.
I was actually relieved to find out that Brian didn't really write Wouldn't It Be Nice. The writer called this album "a miserable flop I had no part of"--which wasn't true because he did contribute some songs. Also in the book, Blondie and Ricky aren't mentioned anywhere. I'd have been angry if I'd been either of those guys.
RoyFive 1 year ago 2
PORRA , COÉ CARA!!
gfrancocsa 1 year ago
That's my name!!!!
roseheroine 1 year ago 2
Holy crab! Thats my name! ^^
xXHelloKittyAnimexX 1 year ago
The Beach Boys were incredible between "sunflower" and "holland". Much more diverse in styles, and democracy among the band members for writing, and solo lead vocals.
gazzymodo 2 years ago
That's my name!
lavieboheme68 2 years ago
My wife's 97-year-old grandmother's name, too.
rgglick 2 years ago
dead yet?
TheUpperRoom477 1 year ago
@TheUpperRoom477
No. She is very much alive.
rgglick 1 year ago
I wonder how much babymaking and baby names this song inspired?
rbolo29 2 years ago
Brian was still there he co-produced and co-wrote this one and sings back up.
MikeEder 2 years ago
Carl Wilson was paying attention while Brian was still lucid, Thank God! I always dug this tune, i agree with the comment that this should have been a hit, but W B had quite the stable of artists back then, and face it folks The Beach Boys were putting us all through some heavy changes about the time this was initially released! R I P Carl, you are missed and I agree with Mike Love when he called you the hardest working man in show business! At least, the hardest working Beach Boy! AMEN, ROS!!!!
9erfandex 2 years ago 10
@9erfandex to what youve said:yes,yes,yes and oh yes indeed.
johnfarnetijr 2 years ago
Thanks for this excellent track. Havent heard this for 30 years . Was Brian with them then still or I guess just Carl
clockwise770 2 years ago
God bless Carl Wilson
ThePeacepoet 2 years ago 3
I love this song and thought of it frequently during my recent 9 month trip throughout southeast Asia, during which I mostly wore sandals.
"Sandals dance at my feet..."
I love it!
jennyamelie 2 years ago
it realy holds well
they were so ahead of there time
wasjunk 2 years ago
Marcella is one funky twangy tune. It's more proof as to how inventive and talented the Beach Boys were. It's also more ongoing proof as to how Capitol Records lame promotions department again dropped the ball. This song should have been the hit single released from the album.
westentrance 2 years ago 23
this was not a Capitol release, but agree with you -
maida1982a 2 years ago 2
@westentrance
The band wit6h with Warners when this was released, not Capitol.
20/20 was the last Capitol album before they signed for Warner/Reprise
RJW14863 1 year ago
@RJW14863 Yeah, after a little research I found that out. Still, Capitol marketed the Beach Boys like red-headed step children compared to the Beatles.
westentrance 1 year ago
@westentrance this album wasn't released on capitol. they'd been off capitol since sunflower.
libertyhopeful18 2 months ago
i've been looking to replace my copy of "carl & the passions" bw "pet sounds". it was a strange album being stuck together like that. i went thru 2 copies of it. i need another one. i hope it is still available. anybody know?
thomascomis 3 years ago
carl thought it was making people buy a record they had already [pet sounds ].
spacepatrolman 2 years ago
@thomascomis It is/was available as a twofer CD. I still have the original wax LP. I was a Beach Boys fan from 1964 till Carl's way to early death. Today I am a Brian Wilson fan, the Mikey Loveless touring juke box has no interest for me. Brian is at least still trying to be creative. Carl, Dennis and Brian were/are artists, Love is a performer nothing more.
IainB1511 1 year ago
I don't recall MY original copy of "So Tough" having the BB's name on it..... What gives?
BTW... My name is NOT Marcella.
SyvetheShairks 3 years ago
@SyvetheShairks The band was going through some morphis at the time and Carl thought that the name Beach Boys was holding them back with the newer contempory stuff they were preforming. Carl and the passions was NOT the name of the album but a new name they were floating to replace Beach Boys. The album name is simply So Tough and was a reference to their tough time trying to shed the beach, surf and cars image.
IainB1511 1 year ago
@IainB1511 blondies music publishing company is called jungle bunny music
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman been looking for some of Blondies stuff for a while now I know where to go look, is he also still part of The Stones touring band? met him during the Stones concert in Toronto after the SARS epidemic, and we talked Beach Boys stuff for a while Blondie really loved his time with Carl, there are others in the band he was not so fond of...
IainB1511 1 year ago
@IainB1511 there was a couple of videos of him playing live in los angeles in here a couple of years ago I dont know anything about him and the stones [he got into a fight with mike loves brother backstage and that was the end of that relationship i have his album and that flame 45 wasnt ricky playeing with the guy that quit the stones because he didnt want to be a dope addict like keith richards mick taylor before that the rutles ther was supposed tobe a pacific ocean blue tour that never did
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
happy birthday dennis wilson
789pequignot 3 years ago
My name's Marcella..........oh.....wait, it's Bob, but now i feel left out, it's a great record nontheless, am i the only person who is reminded of George Harrison during the slide solo ?.
bobssweetinsanity 3 years ago
Sure, it's a George Harrison tribute moment. The Beach Boys loved the Beatles (and vice versa) and gave them lots of musical respect.
caraphyllis 2 years ago 2
My middle name is Marcella.. after this song :P
Foxes93 3 years ago 2
OMG THATS MY NAME LOL
welcomehome5 3 years ago
Aw, I love this song. My name is Marcella, too. =]]
20Campioni06 3 years ago 2
OMG my name is Marcella!!!!!
MaeRae2014 3 years ago
As usual, the tag Brian creates at the end is complex and brilliant. Genius at work.
dlanodrelda 3 years ago 2
My name is Marcella :) True story, I love this song for that reason.
ASHIYAME1292 3 years ago
Saw them live in `72(Ocean City, Md) and `73 (Wash DC) perform this song. What great shows and memories still 35 years later. Named my second daughter Marcie ( she says after my favorite Baech Boys song!)
NickD58 3 years ago 2
Saw the Beach Boys in `72(Ocean City, Md) and `73(Wash DC) perform this song live. Had both LPs, Carl and the Passions So Tough and Holland on my turntable quite often. Named my second daughter Marcie ( she says because of this song!)
NickD58 3 years ago
Hey Nick,
I was working with the band back then. If I'm not mistaken, that was a labor day concert at the convention center. We did 2 shows that night. Jack Reiley (who was their manager at the time) was up in Delaware taking care of some other business. We got to OC a couple days before the shoes as we had just done Columbia MD. Several of the bandmembers and I went to a club called "Ocean Underground" across from where we were staying. (continued in next reply)
BigChiefLtd 3 years ago
The guys decided they wanted to jam while the house band was on break. They sent me to the manager of the club. Ricky Fataar told me to tell him I'm their manager and that they wanted to jam, but not be introduced as part of the BBoys, but to wait until we were gone. As I recall it was Ricky, Blondie, Billy Hinsche & Carly Munez. They didn't do any BBoy songs, but they did some serious R&B, It was a great night. One of the best memories I have with them. Thanks for reminding me of this.
BigChiefLtd 3 years ago
Hey Big Chief,
That is so cool. Really enjoyed your Ocean City, Md. story. I lived there every summer from `71-`79 working in the family business.I remember the `72 OC, Md. concert. It was a big deal with us "hippie" surfers. The BBoys by then were quite shaggy with their beards and all and their new eco-friendly songs. Dennis Wilson sang solo at the piano a song called "I got a Friend?". I think the encore was 'Jumpin Jack Flash". They were really good. I liked them best `70-73.
NickD58 3 years ago
Nick,
That song Denny did "I've Got A Friend" was written for his wife Barbara. It was on that tour that he received word she was divorcing him. That happened while they were playing College Park, MD. Not enough space here to go into it, but it led to an unfortunate incident at the concert. I wound up having to console him in the dressing room to calm him down. God love him, he came through and finished the show, but it was such a bizarre night, yet it bonded my friendship with him forever.
BigChiefLtd 3 years ago
Big Chief, I remember when I saw the BBoys in Wash DC,Dec`73,. It was right about the time they put out that dbl/vinyl BBoys In Concert.Dennis Wilson was wearing a dark tailored 3pc suit on stage,and the girl I was with so ready to get out of her seat and jump his bones. The guy was just a magnet for woman, was a huge talent with his songwriting, and then he just destroyed himself. What a waste. Later at midnight Mike Love was on live in studio WHFS/Bethesda 102.3 FM the local rock station.
NickD58 3 years ago
If I'm not mistaken, that concert was probably at DAR Constitution Hall. I think it was about that time that Ted Kennedy Jr. had his leg amputated due to cancer. Some of the band members stopped by the Hospital to visit him and cheer him up. I had a friend who worked at WHFS. His name was Will, but his on-air name was Chad Periwinkle. Also, back in the early '70s, I also spent time working at an arts newspaper called "Woodwind." Great times and memories in the Nation's Capital.
BigChiefLtd 3 years ago
Oh yes, Marcella. What a great song.
NickD58 2 years ago 3
did you know that brian wrote this about a masseuse?
Sporksruleyou 3 years ago 3
What a guitar solo part way through. It took me a little bit for this to grow on me, but it's a rocking song.
TimeToGetAlone 3 years ago 2
NO. 1 BEACH BOYS SONG OF ALL TIME!!! Underrated as hell.
wjerseyfan 4 years ago 3
one of their best songs-great, fantastic medley
chazz2404 4 years ago 2
ur right
chazz2404 3 years ago
Great song, ashame you never here it anywhere, thanks
mybadgtp 4 years ago 3
This is another underrated song from the early 70's by a great sixties band. There was definitely a different groove going on at the time and 'Marcela' is yet another manifestation of it.
Great great song!
gbj11 4 years ago 4
Great song. The Carl & The Passions album is underrated. Marcella is the best song, but You Need A Mess of Help, All This is That and Dennis's tunes are good too. Plus they do a cool country-ish groove with Hold On Dear Brother where they sound like The Band. Blew me away the first time I heard it.
caraphyllis 4 years ago 2
The sexiest song they ever recorded!
ShockDoc 4 years ago 2
Totally agree with bchbys. This is one of my all time fav BB song! Saw Brian do this at one of this solo shows... before he stated doing only BB classics.
cbeachwood 4 years ago 2
love it, my name is Marcela;)
MIVIDABILAL 4 years ago
I bought this record for Triple S Blue Stamps I can hear Mike sing "When shes with" at 2:56 but I cant hear it on the record.
spacepatrolman 4 years ago
you know what's funny, a boy told me he wrote a song for me, my name is Marcela and last night while listening to the radio this song came up...hahaaha boy was I mad lol
pride1ll 4 years ago 2
I bought the LP in february 1974...
hervepaulmichel 4 years ago
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.........i love the song...
btw.....my name is marcella
macbiel 4 years ago 2
I love this song! The Beach Boys were so underated at this period of their career.
bchbys 4 years ago 4