The Beach Boys - When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (Ready Steady Go)

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The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. By the mid 1960s, Brian Wilson's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Wilson-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound that was a far cry from the simple surf rock of The Beach Boys' early years.

However, Wilson would soon lose control of the band due to mental-health and substance-abuse issues. Subsequently, although it released a number of popular albums (in various musical styles, with different line-ups) in ensuing years, the group never managed to reclaim its mid-'60s peak when The Beach Boys briefly challenged The Beatles both in terms of commercial and critical appeal. Since the 1980s, there has been much legal-wrangling among the group members over royalties, songwriting credits, and use of the band's name. While The Beach Boys released their last studio album in 1996, a number of versions of the band, each fronted by a surviving member of the original quintet (Dennis and Carl Wilson died in 1983 and 1998, respectively), continue to tour.

The Beach Boys have often been called "America's Band", and Allmusic has stated that "the band's unerring ability... made them America's first, best rock band." The group has had 36 United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and 56 Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles.[2] Rolling Stone magazine listed The Beach Boys at number 12 on their 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". The core quintet of the three Wilsons, Love and Jardine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was released on their 1965 album Today! and as a single the previous year hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, #7 in Cash Box. It spent two weeks at #1 in Canada's national RPM chart. The B-side of the single was "She Knows Me Too Well" and stopped one place under the Hot 100. The lead vocal is shared by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.

The song was recorded over two sessions in 1964 at Western Recorders. The instrumental track was most likely recorded on August 5 with the vocals being overdubbed five days later on August 10. The instrumental track, arranged by Brian Wilson, features Carl Wilson on lead and rhythm guitars; Al Jardine on electric bass guitars; Brian Wilson on acoustic piano & harpsichord; Carrol Lewis on harmonica and Dennis Wilson on drums. The song features both Mike Love and Brian Wilson on the lead vocals with backing vocals by Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine.

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• california
• surf
• car
• rod
• oldies
• 1960s

[dylanpresley]

"It's kind of sad."

[effizzul]

1:40 - 1:42

Cuteness!

[vj498]

The chord that begins this song is SO weird and dissonant... pulling that harmony out of thin air is extremely difficult, especially when you're getting your notes off a bass guitar with a bunch of screaming girls in the room.

[VisionForum11]

Love that song... they have to be one of the best bands of all time

[williamgatesenson]

@DragMeToHellLuc i never noticed that before, thats crazy!

[B1OOD4NDBULL3TS]

Me gusta

[animascat]

on the beach with my best and only girl. nice bonfire. moon full and shining on the ocean.

[TheWarPope]

@californialinchen Ah I know what you mean, yes something like ''this is gonna take while''

[californialinchen]

@TheWarPope

haha NOOO he says something RIGHT BEFORE THAT!!

[TheWarPope]

@californialinchen ''Will I dig the same things that turned me on as a kid?''

[DragMeToHellLuc]

do you know mike alternated singing both the bass line and the lead vocal, back and forth?

[28teenidol]

dennis was so awesome on the drums