I read a rather interesting point in a book somewhere. The author noted the nostalga wave in America in the early to mid 1970s (ie American Graffiti, Happy Days, Endless Summer LP, etc). But then he went onto make the point that the Beach Boys were already becoming a "nostalga" version of themselves with the Summer Days/Summer Nights album. The group was already moving in an entirely different direction, and the "surfing" phase of their career had passed, but here they were, making songs about the beach and girls once again, retreading old ground even in 1965. Of course that discounts the leaps and bounds of the album production-wise, but it's an interesting way of looking at how quickly things changed in the 1960s.![]()
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