Good grief, I did not even know that the Beach Boys still existed, and here they are with a new album titled That’s Why God Made the Radio.
Lyrics excerpt follows:
Tuning in the latest star
From the dashboard of my car
Crusin’ at 7, push button heaven
Capturing memories from afar
In my car
That’s why god made the radio
So tune right in everywhere you go
He waved his hand, gave us rock’n’roll
The soundtrack of falling in love
(Fallin’ in love, oh)
That’s why god made the radio
Thus the Beach Boys have added their contribution to our songs about radio collection. It sure sounds like a Beach Boys tune, with a great big dollop of religiosity thrown in.
“It’s paradise when I Lift up my antenna,” the song continues. “Receiving your signal like a prayer.”
This spiritual observation will doubtless play well with a nice chunk of the 60+ crowd—it might even get some time on religious stations. I’m not sure how it will do with music lovers 40 years younger, though.
I’m also wondering if four decades from now their band icons will release tunes with titles like “That’s why God made Spotify,” or Pandora, or Slacker, or Facebook?
Oh Internet, where is the romance?
