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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <8b5a82f0-39b5-4cec-9cc4-83ab1a84ec65@l5g2000pbo.googlegroups.com>,   
   The old geezer   wrote:   
   >Guess not.   
   >   
   >TOG   
      
   #1 on Amazon in "Music" "Pop" & "Rock"!   
      
   Who would have thought we would have a "real" Beach Boys record in 2012?   
      
   My amazon review:   
      
   5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Much Better Than I Was Expecting!, June 5, 2012   
   By   
   E. Nolan   
   	   
   Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)   
      
   This review is from: That's Why God Made the Radio (Audio CD)   
      
   When the hoopla for the Beach Boys 50th anniversary started with a   
   promotional video of them re-recording "Do It Again" (a medium-sized   
   1968 hit), I was expecting this album to be a warmed over collection   
   of remakes and stuff found from digging in the vaults. Not so! Not   
   only did "Do It Again" not make the final cut for the album, but   
   every track on there is new, or at least never heard before.   
      
   While not every track is a classic, every track *is* taken seriously   
   like a band doing more than just going through the motions.   
      
   To my mind, the surprise standout is the bouncy "Isn't It Time"   
   which I would seriously like to hear on the radio. The same goes   
   for "The Private Life of Bill & Sue" -- the lyrics are some sort   
   of commentary on reality TV and as cultural comment, well, so what?,   
   but as music it is incredibly catchy and appealing. Also good are   
   "Spring Vacation", the title track, and the stunningly melancholy   
   "pure Brian" closer "Summer's Gone" which sounds as though it should   
   have trains and barking dogs at the end.. (I assume most people   
   reading a review for a Beach Boys album at this late date will know   
   what I mean).   
      
   It's interesting how much they lyrics on this album, while ostensibly   
   often about boy/girl relationships can be read more as metaphors   
   for the inter-personal relationships in the band..   
      
   Minor nits: Neither Al nor Bruce gets a song of their own (though   
   Mike does) and David Marks apparently does not get to sing at all,   
   though his guitar is heard throughout. But those are only *minor*   
   nits. When the last "new" Beach Boy record was 1992's weak and   
   Brian-less "Summer In Paradise" and then next occasion all the band   
   was united for was a limp album of country remakes with the Beach   
   Boys actualy *backing* the Country singers and completely wasting   
   Carl's last sessions, then "That's Why God Made The Radio" is an   
   incredible coda to a spectacular American story (and if they want   
   to make another one, that's fine by me too!)   
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