She's Goin' Bald
| "She's Goin' Bald" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album Smiley Smile | |
| Released | September 18, 1967 |
| Recorded | June 3 – July 14, 1967 |
| Studio | Beach Boys Studio, Los Angeles |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:15 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys |
| Audio sample | |
| "He Gives Speeches" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Beach Boys | |
| from the album The Smile Sessions | |
| Released | October 31, 2011 |
| Recorded | August 25 or September 1, 1966 |
| Length | 1:13 |
| Songwriter(s) | |
"She's Goin' Bald" is a song by American rock band
Background
"He Gives Speeches" was recorded for the abandoned Smile. After the collapse of Smile, "He Gives Speeches" was left unreleased.
The song was later rewritten and rerecorded for Smiley Smile as "She's Goin' Bald" with new lyrics by Mike Love.[citation needed] In 1995, Brian Wilson said that it was only a coincidence that Love himself "was on his way to goin' bald then," and that the group did the song without being aware that he might have thought it was about him. Brian then called it "one of the funnier songs [the Beach Boys] ever done, very current for its time."[2]
On Love's contribution to the song,
In 1976, Dennis Wilson claimed: "I took that song in a very strange way, I thought it was more or less about oral sex. You know, [sings] 'Get a job, sha na na na, sha na na na na. What a blow...' And I thought, Jesus, that's funny as shit — [moronic voice] 'Hey, it's about getting a blow job, huh huh huh.'[4] Love said of the song, "We were stoned out of our heads. We were laughing our asses off when we recorded that stuff."[4]
The Smiley Smile version includes some unusual effects, including the novel use of the
When it came time to assemble the Smile material for Brian Wilson Presents Smile in 2004, Wilson passed on the inclusion of "He Gives Speeches" or "She's Goin' Bald".[6] In 2011, the Beach Boys' recording of "He Gives Speeches" was issued as a bonus track for The Smile Sessions.
Personnel
Per band archivist Craig Slowinski.[7]
"He Gives Speeches"
- Brian Wilson – lead and backing vocals, upright piano (organ on early takes)
- Carl Wilson – Fender bass
- Dennis Wilson – drums
References
- ISBN 9781441107480.
- ^ Benci, Jacopo (January 1995). "Brian Wilson interview". Record Collector (185). UK.
- ^ Sharp, Ken (September 2013). "Bruce Johnston On the Beach Boys' Enduring Legacy (Interview)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2013.
- ^ a b Felton, David (1976). "The Healing of Brother Brian". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Carlos, Wendy (July 2008). "Vintage Technologies: The Eltro and the Voice of HAL". Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ Bell, Matt (October 2004). "The Resurrection of Brian Wilson's Smile". Sound on Sound. soundonsound.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ The Smile Sessions (deluxe box set booklet). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. 2011.
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