↓ Today, I tell my partner that he scares me
Not because of anything he did
Because of all the men who came before him
They are right to be fearful
Because of the women who raised us in fear
I tell myself he's different
It feels like I've been gas-lit by my thoughts
I trust myself, but
I am often wrong about the wrong things
I know he would never hurt me
I still love my father
In spite of everything ↑
About the Creator
J
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (5)
I feel pain when I read this; feeling anything is a positive experience. No one excels with ease when writing from the heart. Bravo!
Outstanding piece!!! Highly effective both ways.
Gosh this hit me so hard, that two twice, when reading it normally and in reverse! It sure packed a punch! You did a brilliant job on this one!
J, reading it from top to bottom and immediately bottom to the top deeply impacted me. They say that Fathers are the first to form our image of a man. If I may offer just one remark, and It could be a personal confusion, since English is not my first language- In both readings I was a little bit confused by these 2 lines "They are right to be fearful Because of the women who raised us in fear" I wish I could text this to you personally so that it didn't seem like criticism - it isn't by any means.
Nicely done!