We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.
Meaning of the quote
The quote by American musician Bruce Johnston means that his band or group tries to do unique and creative things, rather than just focusing on making music that is popular and sells well. They want to explore different ideas and styles, not just make commercial or mainstream music. The quote suggests that they value artistic expression and experimentation over simply trying to be popular or make a lot of money.
About Bruce Johnston
Bruce Johnston is an American singer, musician, and songwriter who is a member of the Beach Boys. He has collaborated with other artists and even composed the hit song “I Write the Songs” for Barry Manilow. Johnston had a varied career, starting as a staff producer at Columbia Records and later joining the Beach Boys as a vocalist and contributing original material to their albums.
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But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent – the cleanliness thing.
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You know, The Beach Boys’ image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?
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Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love’s a cousin.
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I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.
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I mean it shouldn’t hang you up emotionally if your record fails.
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Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.
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Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there’s always four or five.
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I really dig the scene that’s happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow… you can’t beat that.
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Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn’t that important, but again, I have to just say that we’re making our records.
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We’re not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously.
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I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated – in their original form – pop group.
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You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.
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Records… a record just shouldn’t be that important.
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Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al’s the original member of the group.
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You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.
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We’re just kinda surviving at a very comfortable level.
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Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them.
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We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.
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I’ve been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.
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Everybody can dig The Beatles, but why should everybody dig us?
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For us… you know, we’re not The Beatles.
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We are a business, and you do a little of what you think’s right, pay your bills, and attract… a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.
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The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group.
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We’ve recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.
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