Get ready for some "Fun, Fun, Fun" this weekend at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. The Beach Boys are coming to town!
On Sunday, April 15 at 7 p.m., you can catch the legendary American surf rock group play some of their greatest hits since they formed in the 1960s.
Tickets range from $68 to $274. You can purchase tickets by clicking here.
If their 2017 Wild Honey World Tour was any indication of what the band may play, expect to hear their hit surf and car songs like "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Surfer Girl," "Little Deuce Coupe," "California Girls," "Surfin' Safari" to even their slower rock ballads like "Don't Worry Baby," "God Only Knows," and the 80s hit, "Kokomo." And of course, you can't forget their trippy song, "Good Vibrations."
Below, we included some those hits, plus a few facts about each!
Surfin' U.S.A. - When you think of surfing and California, chances are, this song comes to mind. Turns out, when this song was released in 1963, it became the symbol of California's sound. Brian Wilson said that he wrote surf-related lyrics set to the music of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen." (Click here to compare for yourself!)
I Get Around - Released in 1964, this became the band's first No. 1 on the charts in the U.S. Seen as a fun song about cars, girls, and friends, Brian Wilson always referred to this song as autobiographical.
Don't Worry Baby - This song is one of the band's most memorable rock ballads. Released as the B-side to the band's first-ever No. 1 song in the U.S. "I Get Around," Wilson said this song was inspired by one of his all-time favorite song "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes. (Click here to hear his inspiration!)
Fun, Fun, Fun - Like "Surfin' U.S.A.," this song defines California's early sound back in the 1960s. The Beach Boys released this song in 1964, depicting images of southern California teens with their surfboards and cars.
Wouldn't it Be Nice - Released in 1966, this song was the opening track to their monumental album "Pet Sounds." It also was the B-side to "God Only Knows." This song encompasses the saying "puppy love," being about a young couple in love fantasizing about how nice life would be if they were older when they could get married and spend the rest of their lives together.
Good Vibrations - Deemed as one of the greatest rock and roll masterpieces, "Good Vibrations" encompasses waves of pop experimentation and psychedelic rock. When it was released in 1966 (also on the album "Pet Sounds," this song quickly topped charts both in the U.S. and the U.K. It was also one of the expensive singles to record, costing $50,000, which is equivalent to $380,000 in 2017, according to Rolling Stone.
(Another fun fact: The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" was heavily influenced by The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds." Paul McCartney often said he was blown away by the album, according to Rolling Stone.)
Kokomo - Created in 1988, this song likely makes you think of the movie "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise. That's because The Beach Boys were paid to record the theme song for the movie. It sold more than one million singles and gave the Beach Boys their first No. 1 since "Good Vibrations," according to Entertainment Weekly.
Melissa Guz is a digital producer for First Coast News. You can follow her on Twitter: @mguznews
