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What’s stuck in my head right now:

Posted on 7/17/2008 at 10:43:31 PM

God Only Knows by the Beach Boys.

I don’t know if everyone’s like this, but I live my entire life with some piece of music or other stuck in my head at all times. Often more than one. Like right now, even: I have the Beach Boys on top, and then on another deeper layer, I have the first movement of the Bach solo flute partita going on, just because it was the last thing I played (I like to play Bach for myself for kicks, usually late at night, when I start getting less focused on whatever tasks are at hand).

Anyway this Beach Boys song is worthy of being stuck. It’s there because earlier today I made a string duo arrangement of it for a colleague who needs it for a gig tomorrow, then decided that I LOVE the song and I arranged it for flute, violin, guitar, and cello, and I think we may have to debut it at Kerry and George’s wedding on Saturday provided they’re into it. Maybe as a post-lude after the recessional.

Oh wow what a gorgeous song… Ok, I’m calling a recording session. This can’t go unplayed!