SAIL ON
SAILOR
THE
BEACH BOYS
SONGWRITERS: BRIAN
WILSON; JACK RIELEY; RAY KENNEDY; TANDYN ALMER & VAN DYKE PARKS
COUNTRY: U. S.A.
ALBUM: HOLLAND
LABEL: BROTHER RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1975
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne,
California in 1961. The group's original lineup
consisted of brothers Brian,
Dennis,
and Carl Wilson,
their cousin Mike Love,
and friend Al Jardine.
Distinguished by their vocal harmonies,
adolescent themes, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential
acts of the rock era. They drew on the music of older pop vocal groups,
1950s rock and roll,
and black R&B to create their unique sound, and under Brian's direction, often
incorporated classical or jazz elements
and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.
One of the first self-contained rock groups,
the Beach Boys began as a garage
band, managed by the Wilsons' father Murry,
and with Brian as composer, arranger, producer, and de facto leader.
In 1963, they had their first US and Canadian hit with "Surfin'
U.S.A.", beginning a string of top-ten singles that reflected
a southern
California youth
culture of surfing, cars,
and romance, dubbed the "California
sound". They were one of the few American
rock bands to sustain their commercial standing during the British Invasion.
"I Get
Around" and "Help
Me Rhonda" were US and Canada No. 1 hits, while their versions of
"Barbara
Ann" and "Sloop John B" became their first songs to also go
to the top two in the UK, Australia and many parts of Europe. Starting
with 1965's The
Beach Boys Today!, they abandoned beachgoing
themes for more personal lyrics and ambitious orchestrations. In 1966, the Pet Sounds album and "Good
Vibrations" single, a US No. 1 and
worldwide Top 5 hit, raised the group's prestige as rock innovators. That year
they also formed Brother Records, Inc.,
a corporation that continues to oversee affairs related to the band's legacy.
After scrapping the Smile album in 1967, Brian's contributions
diminished due to his mental health issues.
In the late 1960s, the group's commercial
momentum faltered in the US, and despite efforts to maintain na experimental sound, they were widely dismissed by the early
rock music press. Carl took over as the band's
musical leader, with records from this period later enjoying a cult following among fans. Following the mid-1970s, as their concerts drew larger
audiences, the band transitioned into na oldies act. Dennis
drowned in 1983 and Brian soon became estranged from the group. Following
Carl's death from lung cancer in 1998, the band granted Love legal rights to tour under the group's name. As of 2021, Brian and Jardine do
not perform with Love's edition of the Beach Boys, but remain official members
of the band.
The Beach Boys are one of the most critically
acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all
time, with over 100 million records sold worldwide. They helped legitimize popular music as a recognized art form and influenced the development of music
genres and movements such as psychedelia,
power pop,
progressive rock,
punk,
alternative,
and lo-fi.
Between the 1960s and 2010s, the group had 36 songs reach the US Top 40 (the
most by an American band), with four topping the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Beach Boys number 12 on its list of the greatest artists of all time.
The founding members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
"Sail On, Sailor" is a song by
American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland.
It was written by Brian Wilson,
Ray
Kennedy, Tandyn
Almer, Jack
Rieley, and Van
Dyke Parks. It was released as a single in
1973, backed with "Only with You", and peaked at number 79 on the
American singles charts. A 1975 reissue (also backed with "Only with
You") charted higher, at number 49. According to Jon Stebbins,
"It is perhaps the only perennial Beach Boys favorite to still thrive in
the classic rock and album rock FM radio formats of the present."
I sailed an ocean,
unsettled ocean
Through restful waters and deep commotion
Often frightened, unenlightened
Sail on, sail on sailor
I wrest the waters, fight neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders
Unrepenting, often empty
Sail on, sail on sailor
Caught like a sewer
rat alone but I sail
Bought like a crust of bread, but, oh, do I wail
Seldom stumble, never
crumble
Try to tumble, life's a rumble
Feel the stinging I've been given
Never ending, unrelenting
Heartbreak searing, always fearing
Never caring, persevering
Sail on, sail on, sailor
I work the seaways,
the gale-swept seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters
Uninspired, drenched and tired
Wail on, wail on, sailor
Always needing, even
bleeding
Never feeding all my feelings
Damn the thunder, must I blunder
There's no wonder all I'm under
Stop the crying and the lying
And the sighing and my dying
Sail on, sail on
sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor.
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