Surfin' U.S.A.
Song by Brian Wilson and Chuck BerryWikipedia
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Surfin' U.S.A.".
Sep 10, 2026
E208: My Top 31 Beach Boys Songs
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8:29speaker_0HOST
It's more of the abrasive to me, uh, you know, Kenny G type sax solo that, uh, disqualified it.
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8:39speaker_0HOST
The Lonely Sea, uh, very nice ballad off of, uh, Surfing USA from the early years.
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8:49speaker_0HOST
Um, The spoken word portion towards the end docked it a little bit for me.
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8:58speaker_0HOST
Catch a Wave, an underrated rocker from the Surfer Girl album, which I think was their first really solid album.
9 MINS LATER
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18:05speaker_0HOST
So, uh, we'll leave it in 31st, uh, 30th.
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18:10speaker_0HOST
I've got surf and safari, which is the, uh, the first song on their first album.
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18:17speaker_0HOST
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.
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18:40speaker_0HOST
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 Greta
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7:25Kat GretaGUEST
Yeah.
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7:27Kat GretaGUEST
So that was the first taste of songwriting.
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7:30Kat GretaGUEST
And then I just gave it a rest.
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7:32Kat GretaGUEST
I went hardcore into classical piano for a while.
#2 The Birth of The Beach Boys
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57:52Andy RintmoreHOST
And you've got, you can double up a bit.
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57:54Andy RintmoreHOST
You've got two sequential Surfing USAs.
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57:56Andy RintmoreHOST
You've got two Salt Lake Cities.
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57:58Andy RintmoreHOST
You've got two Bar Brands.
#1 Early Influences
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21:14Harry WilliamsHOST
There was.
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21:15Harry WilliamsHOST
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.
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21:24Andy RintmoreHOST
And I'll say it, rightfully so, I think.
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21:27Harry WilliamsHOST
Rightfully so,