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We all live floating on an ocean.
From the very beginning, from when we come into the world from a place without a name and without memory.
There are those who see it and occasionally dream of diving into it, to breathe in a preview of infinity.
Then to resurface to breathe in the sunlight.
There are those who do not see it at all, there are those who are terrified of it.
There are those who see it truly in the real form of an immense floating mass of saltwater, between two continents.
There are those who seek it, the infinite, above its impetuous waves, on a surfboard.
The only true beach boy, as the story goes.
The one who was liked by women, the one with the wrong and dangerous friendships.
The one who perhaps didn't have Brian's genius but certainly had the sensitivity and restlessness, and, thanks to these, though in smaller number, beautiful songs gifted to the band.
There are those who, one day, diving from a boat into that ocean, only wanted to make one more caress of love and who cannot return from that ocean, because the ocean recognized him too soon as made from its own substance.
Dennis Wilson was that man.
This is his first and last album in life, cold and wonderfully blue like the embrace of the Pacific Ocean that, one day, never let him go again.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
03 Moonshine (02:30)
Who made my moonshine intoxicate me
Oooooh who made me cry
Like the end of a beautiful play
Holds and tickles and hugs out the night
Hold her hand and started to cry
The audience thought they would die
It was you who said there won't be tomorrow
You said you love me now in another way
Oh in another way
Na na na naa na na naa no
Na na na naa na na naa no
Na na na naa na na naa no
Na na na naa na na naa no
It was you who said there won't be tomorrow
You said you love me now in another way
Oh in another way
Gone gone away gone gone away
Gone gone away gone gone away
Gone gone away gone gone away
Gone gone away gone gone away
05 Dreamer (04:24)
I know a carpenter who had a dream
Killed the man but you couldn't kill the dream
Who said it was easy
People gotta be free
And the band keeps on playin'
I know people who want to go far
Make big movies and become a star
People got to dream
Dreamer who said it was easy
And the band played
Play for me
Now I've seen people from near and far
They couldn't get to heaven in their car
Who said it was easy
Driver drive on uh
Oooo let the wind carry your blues away
That's all we're tryin' to say
How 'bout a better day
Fall in love
Oooooo ooh
And the band keeps on playin'
Play for me
Do you wonder where you are
Wake up in bed with a star
That was easy
Dreamer dream on
And the band keeps on playing
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Other reviews
By nessuno
Dennis Wilson was more than just the Beach Boys' drummer; he was a complete musician with a unique voice.
I consider this album as the Pink Moon of California.
By currahee72
"Pacific Ocean Blue provides an interesting social snapshot of aristocratic Los Angeles in the Seventies, when being a cocaine-addicted rockstar meant living in style."
"The twilight sounds, the rich melodies, its nocturnal and melancholic setting... make it stand the test of time better than any other Beach Boys record after 'Sunflower' and 'Surf’s Up'."
By London
Dennis Wilson was a tormented talent, a difficult and fragile soul inclined towards bad company, alcohol, and drugs.
The album failed commercially but the quality of the tracks was so high that time proved this work right making it progress from a cult record to a true classic.
