Lama,
I may be wrong but can't imagine Berry wrote all the lyrics to this song -
there are too many "local" references in it that only a native like Brian
Wilson would have known at the time.
> Chuck Berry, 1963:
> If everybody had an ocean
> Across the U. S. A.
> Then everybody'd be surfin'
> Like Californi-a
> Bobby's world isn't all sunshine and sand. Neither is mine.
> Lama
Yeah, but those surf, sand and sun songs were great for getting one out of a
funk and up to dance, or prodding one out of adolescent self-absorption to
get out in the fresh air and sunshine. In SoCal we really didn't have
Greenwich Village-type coffeehouses and the like in which to seek solace
back in the old days - the beach was not only a "scene" but a major place of
solace and refuge for many. Brian could even be a bit pensive himself back
then -
THE SURFER MOON
(Brian Wilson) 1963
There's a moon in the sky somewhere I know
Waiting for all the love to burn below
If you fall and it happens all to soon
Blame it all on the surfer moon
'Neath the hill 'hind the cloud one dreamy night
Rising up throwing down its golden light
If your heart hears this melancholy tune
Then you'll know it's the surfer moon
Brings the tide in
Takes it all away
Helps us ride in
Brings us waves each day
I say
Other moons have brought light and love before
Promising to remain for evermore
But they all disappeared with each new tune
They make way for the surfer moon
Sure, it ain't Dylan, but it's sweet ;-)
Kakki
