Beach Boys - California Saga: Big Sur

Holland is the sole 1973 studio release by The Beach Boys, their nineteenth studio album. It was famously (and expensively) recorded in Baambrugge, Netherlands over the summer of 1972.

Do do do do do do do do do

Cashmere hills filled with evergreens
Flowin' from the clouds down to meet the sea
With the granite cliff
(Big Sur mount)
As a referee
Crimson sunsets and golden dawns
A mother deer with their newborn fawns
All under Big Sur skies
(Big Sur mount)
That's where I belong.

Big Sur I've got plans for you
Me and mine are going to
Add ourselves to your lengthy list of lovers
(Big Sur mount)
And live in canyons covered in springtime green
Wild birds and flowers to be heard and seen
And with my old guitar
I'll make up songs to sing.
Where bubbling springs from the mountainside
Join the Big Sur river to the oceanside
Where the kids can look for sea shells at low tide
Big Sur my astrology it says that I am made to be
Where the rugged mountain meets the water

And so while stars shine brightly from up above
The fog rolls in through a redwood grove
And to my dying fire I think I'll add a log.

From time to time I must go away
The thoughts of Big Sur won't let me stay
Away from Big Sur
Oh Big Sur

Category:

Music

Tags:

• beach boys
• holland
• california saga
• big sur
• brian wilson

[FrostLagoon]

Andrew.

[Stubblecat]

Mike Love's finest moment. While many of his post-1960s contributions to the Beach Boys legacy are mediocre at best, 'Big Sur' stands out as a beautiful love letter to pastoral beauty.

[BlueEnvoy4413]

There was a lot of "one-upsmanship" in those days. But it was respectful!

[FrostLagoon]

@ArthurRimbaud31 yepp yepp. My music library branches out when I listen to songs that influence my favourite bands/artists. :D

[ArthurRimbaud31]

@FrostLagoon of MGMT? :)

[spiritfree]

@PatrickEganLong ...both under the influence of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. McCartney said that Sgt Pepper woudn't have happened without Pet Sounds, while Brian Wilson put that together after hearing and being so impressed by Rubber Soul. We owe so much to both bands.

[PatrickEganLong]

the beach boys evolved much like the beatles, from insanely catchy, masterfully crafted pop tunes to mature and reflective melodic wonder and in the most beautiful of ways

[voomero]

I love both arrangements, but maybe even especially like this looser, humbly charming version.

[rouens]

the original off lanlocked so way better, this is a horrid arrangement