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Surfin' U.S.A.

Surfin' U.S.A.

Song by Brian Wilson and Chuck BerryWikipedia

Search complete. 7 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Surfin' U.S.A.".

Sep 10, 2026

speaker_0HOST
8:29
It's more of the abrasive to me, uh, you know, Kenny G type sax solo that, uh, disqualified it.
speaker_0HOST
8:39
The Lonely Sea, uh, very nice ballad off of, uh, Surfing USA from the early years.
speaker_0HOST
8:49
Um, The spoken word portion towards the end docked it a little bit for me.
speaker_0HOST
8:58
Catch a Wave, an underrated rocker from the Surfer Girl album, which I think was their first really solid album.

9 MINS LATER

speaker_0HOST
18:05
So, uh, we'll leave it in 31st, uh, 30th.
speaker_0HOST
18:10
I've got surf and safari, which is the, uh, the first song on their first album.
speaker_0HOST
18:17
So probably many people's introduction to them, um, And like Surfing USA, which we'll talk about a couple spots higher, it was cool when I finally went to California for the first time to drive past road signs for places that I knew from listening to these songs.
speaker_0HOST
18:40
And even though it's very early in their career, you can already hear the intricacies of the harmonies and how the different parts are all arranged.
Kat GretaGUEST
7:25
Yeah.
Kat GretaGUEST
7:27
So that was the first taste of songwriting.
Kat GretaGUEST
7:30
And then I just gave it a rest.
Kat GretaGUEST
7:32
I went hardcore into classical piano for a while.
Andy RintmoreHOST
57:52
And you've got, you can double up a bit.
Andy RintmoreHOST
57:54
You've got two sequential Surfing USAs.
Andy RintmoreHOST
57:56
You've got two Salt Lake Cities.
Andy RintmoreHOST
57:58
You've got two Bar Brands.
Harry WilliamsHOST
21:14
There was.
Harry WilliamsHOST
21:15
And when we get to it and you look on the writing credits, you will notice that Surfing USA is credited to Wilson Love Berry.
Andy RintmoreHOST
21:24
And I'll say it, rightfully so, I think.
Harry WilliamsHOST
21:27
Rightfully so,

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