I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
It's automatic when I
Talk with old friends
The conversation turns to
Girls we knew when
Their hair was soft and long
And the beach was the place to go
Suntanned bodies and
Waves of sunshine
The California girls and a
Beautiful coastline
Warmed up weather
Let's get together and do it again
With a girl the lonely sea looks good
Makes your night times warm and out of sight (ou)
Been so long, long, long, long
Been, been, (so long) been, been, been (so long)
Been, been, (so long) been, been, been
Been so long
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now
Well I've been thinking 'bout
All the places we've surfed and danced and
All the faces we've missed so let's get
Back together and do it again
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Talk with old friends
The conversation turns to
Girls we knew when
Their hair was soft and long
And the beach was the place to go
Suntanned bodies and
Waves of sunshine
The California girls and a
Beautiful coastline
Warmed up weather
Let's get together and do it again
With a girl the lonely sea looks good
Makes your night times warm and out of sight (ou)
Been so long, long, long, long
Been, been, (so long) been, been, been (so long)
Been, been, (so long) been, been, been
Been so long
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now
Well I've been thinking 'bout
All the places we've surfed and danced and
All the faces we've missed so let's get
Back together and do it again
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
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One of the many songs that makes me miss high school soooo much!
Although the sound quality could be better, this is such a great song by the Beach Boys, definately one of their 'best of the best'. Although many hardcore fans disagree, by 1968 the Beach Boys weren't recording good music as much anymore, but this one stands way out from the rest (along with "I Can Hear Music" from the same album: "20/20"). "Do It Again" is pretty much the anthem for getting the old friends back together and starting up summertime. It charted at #20.
Actually not just their hardcore fans disagree, most rock music critics disagree as well. Most of their late 60s and early 70s albums are critically acclaimed, and deservedly so.
TH drums in the beggining sounds like from the 80s ....like 20 years before
i love this song.. fav by the beach boys
One of the most charismatic song of the boys I would say,I literally adore the guitar solo after the line "...been so long.." and the attitude of the entire tune;casually notice that the synth opening for the song is briefly similar to the one of "don't worry baby"...."20/20" lp is a masterpiece!
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