History Music / SummerDaysAndSummerNights

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined the group primarily to replace Glen Campbell as Music/BrianWilson's substitute for live performances, Brian having quit touring in December 1964.

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined primarily to replace Glen Campbell as Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement, Brian having quit touring in December 1964.

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell as Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement, Brian having quit touring in December 1964.

It is their first album to feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell, who was merely Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement after Brian quit touring in December 1964.

[[caption-width-right:350:Looks like Al and Bruce [[Pun missed the boat]]...]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Looks like Al and Bruce missed the boat...]]

* TruthInTelevision: The joke song "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" is roughly based on the abuse Brian, Dennis and Carl went through under their father Murry Wilson.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city"[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_(amusement_park) Lagoon]], the amusement park in question, is still around and is still a popular attraction[[/note]], "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality, Salt Lake City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggerating a bit. The song is actually enduringly popular in Salt Lake City itself, partly because of the novelty of a famous group singing about the city, but also partly because the song ''does'' [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales come off as an amusingly backhanded tribute]], with the guys struggling to come up with two minutes-worth of things to say about Salt Lake.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city", "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality, Salt Lake City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggerating a bit.

--> ''She was gonna be my wife''
--> ''And I was gonna be her man''
--> ''But she let another guy come between us''
--> ''And it ruined our plan''

* {{Instrumental}}: "Summer Means New Love".

# "You're So Good To Me" (2:14)

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city", "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality Salt Late City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggerating a bit.

* TimeMarchesOn: In "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" the protagonist's father jerks his son's phone right out of the wall. Nowadays, he would just take his cellphone away.

* FakeOutFadeOut/StopAndGo : The bonus single-only track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" features two periods of complete silence. Since radio stations want to avoid DeadAir as much as possible, those ended up hindering the single's performance in the charts, causing it to stall at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. [[note]]Capitol rush-releasing "Barbara Ann" from Music/BeachBoysParty the very next month might've killed it's chart momentum.[[/note]]

* FakeOutFadeOut: The bonus single-only track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" features a couple periods of complete silence. Since radio stations want to avoid DeadAir as much as possible, those ended up hindering the single's performance in the charts, causing to stall at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

* StopAndGo: The bonus track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" did this not once but twice, which almost certainly hurt the song's performance on the singles chart. Radio programmers were loath to play it due to its moments of dead air.
* SurfRock: "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man"

* FakeOutFadeOut: The bonus single-only track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" features a couple periods of complete silence. Since radio DJs want to avoid DeadAir as much as possible, those ended up hindering the single's performance in the charts, causing to stall at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''.]]

* ArchnemesisDad: The father in "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" certainly has tyrannical streak to him. At first he seems like a typical strict father, since he makes the protagonist stay in his room and he is mad when he comes in a little late. But as the song progresses he almost seems like a dictator. He sells his son's surfboard, cuts off his hair in his sleep, tacked up boards on his window so he can't look outside, jerked his phone out of the wall when his son tried to call up his girlfriend, stole his radio and to top it all off he is out eating steak, while his son just gets some breadcrumbs and a little glass of water for dinner! Though the last line does turn tables as it reveals that all this might just be a severe punishment for the fact that the boy got suspended from school.

** More straightforward is "Let Him Run Wild", where the protagonist warns his former girlfriend in advance that her new partner is basically a jerk. "Girl Don't Tell Me" is about a girl who doesn't answer the letters of her boyfriend any-more.

* FaceOnTheCover: A group shot of the band members, minus Al and Bruce.
* FakeOutFadeOut: The bonus track "The Little Girl I Once Knew" has sudden stops and patches of silence between its verses, limiting its radio play, and robbing the song of hit-status.

* TimeMarchesOn: In "I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man" the protagonist's father jerks his son phone right out of the wall. Nowadays such problem could be avoided since everyone owns a cell phone.

'''''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''''' is the ninth studio album by Music/TheBeachBoys, released in 1965.

It is their first album to officially feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell, who was merely Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement after Brian quit touring in December 1964.

It is their first album to officially feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while it was being recorded. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell, who was merely Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement after Brian quit touring in December 1964. However, due to a pre-existing contract with Music/ColumbiaRecords, Johnston would not be allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967. (Al Jardine is also missing from the cover, due to being sick at the time of the the photo shoot.)

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: While fully averted on the album itself, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston are missing from the album cover. The former because he was ill at the day of the photo-shoot and couldn't make it. The latter was at the photo-shoot, but he was contractually not allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967.

'''''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''''' is the ninth studio album by Music/TheBeachBoys, released in 1965. It is their first album to officially feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while this album was being made. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell, who was merely Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement after Brian quit touring in December 1964. However, due to a pre-existing contract with Music/ColumbiaRecords, Johnston would not be allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967. (Al Jardine is also missing from the cover, due to being sick at the time of the the photo shoot.)

'''''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''''' is the ninth studio album by Music/TheBeachBoys, released in 1965. It is their first album to officially feature Bruce Johnston, who joined the band while this album was being made. Johnston joined mainly to replace Glen Campbell, who was merely Music/BrianWilson's tour replacement after Brian quit touring in December 1964. However, due to a pre-existing contract with Music/ColumbiaRecords, Johnston would not be allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967.

Along with ''The Beach Boys Today!'', this album is musically seen as the immediate precursor to ''Music/PetSounds'', as Brian's song-writing, production and arrangement skills were clearly developing rapidly. Hits and fan favourites include "Girl Don't Tell Me", "Help Me, Rhonda", "California Girls" and "Let Him Run Wild".

* Dennis Wilson - drums, vocals, tambourine

* AgeProgressionSong: "She's All Grown Up" and "Girl Don't Tell Me", both tell how the protagonist and the object of his desire have both grown older since they last saw each other. In both cases she no longer has interest for him.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: "Salt Lake City", where the protagonist feels really excited of going there, because "it got the grooviest kids" who "talk so cool". There is also a "number one radio station", a "park near the city", "all kinds of girls", "sun" and in "winter time the skiing is great". In reality Salt Late City is not exactly the most exciting place to hang around when you're young, so the protagonist in this song might be exaggarating a bit.

** More straightforward is "Let Him Run Wild", where the protagonist warns his former girlfriend in advance that her new partner is basically a jerk. "Girl Don't Tell Me" is about a girl who doesn't answer the letters of her boyfriend anymore.

* FaceOnTheCover: A group shot of the band members.

* InTheStyleOf: "Girl Don't Tell Me" sounds very much like Music/TheBeatles' song "Ticket To Ride" from ''Music/{{Help}}'' It's likely that the former, which was recorded on April 30, 1965, was influenced by the latter, which had been released on April 9 of that year.

* InTheStyleOf: "Girl Don't Tell Me" sounds very much like Music/TheBeatles' song "Ticket To Ride." It's likely that the former, which was recorded on April 30, 1965, was influenced by the latter, which had been released on April 9 of that year.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: The bonus track "The Little Girl I Once Know".

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: While fully averted on the album itself, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnstone are missing from the album cover. The former because he was ill at the day of the photo-shoot and couldn't make it. The latter was at the photo-shoot, but he was contractually not allowed to appear on a Beach Boys album sleeve until ''Music/WildHoney'' in late 1967.