Surf's Up (song)
"Surf's Up" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. The song was intended as one of the centrepieces for the aborted Beach Boys' album Smile, which was begun in late 1966 but shelved in mid-1967. It was reworked and used as the title track for the twenty-second official album by The Beach Boys, Surf's Up, released in 1971. It also appears as the tenth track in Brian Wilson's re-recorded Smile, released in 2004.
Read more about Surf's Up (song): Lyrical Themes, Smile Recording, 1971 Overdubs, The Smile Sessons Composites, 2004 Version, Other Releases, Critical Reception
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“Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)