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Six decades after first launching as the 鈥淧endletones鈥� a few miles from the California coast, the iconic band — soon better known as The Beach Boys — is still at it with a Labor Day concert planned Monday at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup.

Deep into the band鈥檚 60th-anniversary tour, singer and band co-founder Mike Love gave Dori Monson Show listeners a sneak peek into the history of one of their early 鈥� and perhaps still most successful 鈥� songs and how, at age 81, Love doesn鈥檛 intend to stop singing any time soon.

Love recalled skyrocketing onto the music scene in 1962 with 鈥淪urfin鈥� Safari鈥� at a time when the new 鈥淐alifornia sound鈥� of beach life, cars, and young romance was driving the music industry. With his cousins Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and friend Al Jardine, Love鈥檚 melodies and lyrics helped The Beach Boys score more than 36 songs on the U.S. Top 40; four of these hits topped Billboard鈥檚 Hot 100.

Pick a Beach Boys classic that shows the process of making a No. 1 hit 鈥� from conception to final product 鈥� Dori invited Love.

The answer came easy: 鈥淕ood Vibrations鈥� 鈥� a 1966 hit.

鈥淚 dictated the poem that became the lyrics my then-wife, Suzanne, on the way to the studio,鈥� where they were to record that day, Love told Dori. 鈥� ‘I love the colorful clothes she wears. And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair.鈥� I was envisioning this girl back in the 鈥�60s and peace, love, and flower power, and I wanted her to be this dream, idyllic beautiful girl who was all into those kinds of positive things. Good vibrations, right? I came up with that line.鈥�

Brian Wilson, meanwhile, had been hard at work on the music for weeks, Love said.

鈥淚 am a great procrastinator,鈥� Love revealed. 鈥淚 could have written this back in my apartment weeks before, but 鈥� no. I had to procrastinate on the vocals and I was under the gun. Literally driving and dictating this poem.鈥�

Brian Wilson, meanwhile, 鈥渨as the master of harmonies,鈥� Love said. 鈥淭here is no question about it. He took to production like a duck to water.鈥�

Soon after, 鈥淕ood Vibrations鈥� was another runaway hit, and 鈥渨e were voted the No. 1 band in Great Britain with No. 2 being The Beatles,鈥� Love laughed. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the tune No. 6 on the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.鈥�

With all their success, Dori wondered, what鈥檚 the relationship now between Love and Brian Wilson? Do the two men talk?

鈥淣o,鈥� Love said. 鈥淗e hurt himself so badly with drugs that he鈥檚 not capable of doing much. He goes out and sometimes tours, but recently canceled all his future dates. It鈥檚 sad, but between the heroin, LSD, and cocaine 鈥� they had an effect.

鈥淏ut if it was just he and I at a piano?鈥� Love contemplated. 鈥淲e love each other and experienced such great success. If it was just he and I at the piano? The DNA just kicks in, but the incursion of drugs came in, and that screwed things up quite a bit.鈥�

Meanwhile, six months shy of his 82nd birthday, Love and The Beach Boys are performing at least 100 shows a year. He calls it a 鈥渇amily tradition and we have the blessing of having all these songs.

鈥淎udiences really enjoy them and it鈥檚 uplifting to us to have our songs still appreciated.鈥�

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