Brian gets his legs a-movin' in the morning
Today I’ll post some of my favorite Saturday-themed songs. Most of these are dedicated to the night, which seems a bit unbalanced to me, seeing as how the morning is one of the highlights of the whole week. Consider: either you sleep in (ah, bliss), or you get up and jump into gleeful, leisurely activity with the whole weekend ahead of you. Brian Wilson does the latter, or so he claims in one of the giddiest of his paeans to healthy and vivacious living, “Saturday Morning In The City.” Enjoy the chromatic runs and the usual stellar, precise melodies from Brian. I love this guy. The picture he paints here may not be totally in line with reality of life at any given examined moment, but hey, neither was that whole California myth. It still works great for singalongs and serves as inspirational material to find happiness in one’s life.
Stay tuned later today for a bunch of Saturday night songs. Be seeing you.
First time I’d ever made a connection to R&B and black doo wop music from Brian Wilson.
I can never enjoy these scenes of domestic americana. I don’t know why they come across as so contrived, like Leave it to Beaver, or rather, I don’t know why I can’t get into the contrivance. I get into plenty of contrived things.
But the melody is fantastically modulated. A pleasure to hear it along with my cup of coffee. Okay, swinging my legs off the couch and going into the city.