{"id":818,"date":"2023-07-29T14:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T19:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/?p=818"},"modified":"2023-07-29T23:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T04:43:50","slug":"summer-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"Summer Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a9RandyBaran 1997\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once in awhile<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a certain smile comes gliding ‘cross my face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then ev’ry moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That I’ve been dreaming of you, gently falls into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember our walks on the beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

holding your hand, a world within reach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I almost can taste the wind in our faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I think of Summer Love, oh I think of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a beautiful day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The perfect time to break away from all my cares<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh but when I kick back, and close my eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can picture the sun in your hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back can be futile I know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are times, when it comforts me so<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I almost can taste, the wind in our faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I think of Summer Love, oh I think of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My spirit’s unbroken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And my heart’s been remade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words go unspoken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the thoughts stay the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I think of Summer Love, oh I think of Summer Love (repeat 4x, fade)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wrote this song a year after my mom died. It could apply to her, also to my ex-wife now. My mom’s favorite song was the Tymes ‘So Much in Love’ which nostalgically brings back summer days when I was a kid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends of mine who heard Summer Love said I should show it to Brian Wilson. Wouldn’t you know, three years later, July 2000, Sandy and I had a brief audience with Brian in his dressing room at the Chicago Theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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with Brian Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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He was about to premier Pet Sounds for the first time (with a huge orchestra), almost 40 yrs. after he recorded it. There wasn’t much time \u2013 you think I brought the tape of Summer Love? I should have \u2013 I could barely compose myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian might’ve liked it. It was a 12\/8 ballad; a meter and format which I know he likes. I wish I could link you to it, but the vocal register is so wide (low to high notes) that I sure can’t do it justice. So, it sits in the vault and only a few have heard it. On the other hand, my son, who has heard it countless times and was six when I wrote it, still reminds me if I get any of the words wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing about Brian’s concert, it was on my mom’s birthday, four years after she died. That one blew Carol Kaye’s mind – she helped set up the private meeting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a9RandyBaran 1997\/2023 Once in awhile a certain smile comes gliding ‘cross my face. Then ev’ry moment That I’ve been dreaming of you, gently falls into place. I remember our walks on the beach holding your hand, a world within reach And I almost can taste the wind in our faces. And I think of Summer … Continue reading Summer Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}