@Haplotype0 Assisted , you know I really doubt Brian Wilson was at every recording. Sure he may have helped co-write somethings, you can hear a difference between BB and Jan and Dean.
Co writing and producing are a light years apart from each other .
@Haplotype0 Where Jan benefited from Brian's music, Brian benefited from Jan's production skills. As Dean Torrence once said..."It was a formidable team".
@Haplotype0 Not exactly true...4 out of 7 of their top 10 hits: Jenny Lee, Baby Talk, The Little Old Lady From Pasadena and Ride the Wild Surf had nothing to do with Brian Wilson. Don't get me wrong, I think Brian Wilson is amazing in his own right, with that said, don't sell Jan Berry short either. They collaborated very well together.
@crusherc The answer? Both are great!! Why pick? The original is fantastic despite Mike Love's noticeable head cold. Then Jan and Dean knocked it out of the park reworking the lyrics into the skateboarding anthem!
Jan and Dean wrote new lyrics to the tune of "Catch A Wave" in order to make it into a jocular song about skateboarding - cf. the refrain, "Bust your buns / Bust your buns, now" - and renamed it "Sidewalk Surfin.' " It was released as a single in 1964.
The fact that "Catch a Wave" was just an album cut, and "Sidewalk Surfin" actually charted as a single in the Top 40, one would have to question which is better. As far as which was more commercially successful? The answer is Sidewalk Surfin.
@Haplotype0 Assisted , you know I really doubt Brian Wilson was at every recording. Sure he may have helped co-write somethings, you can hear a difference between BB and Jan and Dean.
Co writing and producing are a light years apart from each other .
ezpowerequipment 5 months ago
@Haplotype0 Where Jan benefited from Brian's music, Brian benefited from Jan's production skills. As Dean Torrence once said..."It was a formidable team".
crusherc 6 months ago
@Haplotype0 Not exactly true...4 out of 7 of their top 10 hits: Jenny Lee, Baby Talk, The Little Old Lady From Pasadena and Ride the Wild Surf had nothing to do with Brian Wilson. Don't get me wrong, I think Brian Wilson is amazing in his own right, with that said, don't sell Jan Berry short either. They collaborated very well together.
crusherc 6 months ago
SUPER COOL!!!
yrmop 10 months ago
@crusherc The answer? Both are great!! Why pick? The original is fantastic despite Mike Love's noticeable head cold. Then Jan and Dean knocked it out of the park reworking the lyrics into the skateboarding anthem!
TheBeachboys4ever 11 months ago
Jan and Dean wrote new lyrics to the tune of "Catch A Wave" in order to make it into a jocular song about skateboarding - cf. the refrain, "Bust your buns / Bust your buns, now" - and renamed it "Sidewalk Surfin.' " It was released as a single in 1964.
hwgray 11 months ago
I didn't mean better commercially, I meant musically, I like Catch a Wave better.
Haplotype0 1 year ago
I agree with what you said. But it is funny how the best stuff Jan and Dean did was assisted by Brian Wilson.
Haplotype0 1 year ago
The fact that "Catch a Wave" was just an album cut, and "Sidewalk Surfin" actually charted as a single in the Top 40, one would have to question which is better. As far as which was more commercially successful? The answer is Sidewalk Surfin.
crusherc 1 year ago
@colindominy While I agree, the original was better. This still was produced well.
ngnnick1967 1 year ago