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The 1st surf tune to reach #1 on a national record chart (per Wikipedia), this 1963 tune was written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry, with uncredited parts by Dean Torrence.

The Doors – Love Me Two Times - 1967

From 1967, it's from their 2nd album Strange Days. This is the 3:16 album version, but there was also a cut-down 2:37 single version, which got to #25 on the charts. Yes, that's a harpsichord.

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They'd like to know why Volkswagen no longer names cars after them.

And not a smartphone charging port to be found. Interesting that the accent pillows are in neutral black and white, as picking up the gold, green, and yellow from the rug would work well.

The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun - 1964

From the 1964 album Shut Down Part 2. Also released as a single (backed with Why Do Fools Fall In Love), which made it to #5. The fade-out of the stereo version (heard here) differs from the mono mix, fading sooner.

It's the Go-Go's from 1984, with some great power pop.

A cover of the Cure's big hit from 1992.

A top ten hit back in '76. And when's the last time you heard a marimba in a pop tune?

They may have great design taste, but they don't take me on enough walks. Still, it was nice that they did it all in earth tones, just like me.

Chrysler added a shift quadrant to their 40's & 50's-era semi-automatic transmission a few years after introducing it, but it wasn't a straight-through end-to-end quadrant like Hydramatic or Powerglide. Instead, it was shifted like a three-speed that wouldn't go into 1st, with Low range where 2nd would be, High range where 3rd would be, with Reverse in the usual place.

Lovely and wonderful, but we'd always wonder if someone would be walking out of the surf in front of our beach place, saying something like "I'm Norman Maine and I could sure use a drink"...