Funky Pretty
"Funky Pretty" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Jack Rieley for American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1973 album Holland, then placed as the B-side to their single "California Saga: California". Based on astrological themes, Carl Wilson explained that the song was quickly recorded in a "spontaneous flurry". Brian was an active participant in its production, a rare occurrence at the time.[2]
| "Funky Pretty" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Holland | ||||
| A-side | "California Saga: California" | |||
| Released | April 16, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Brother | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys | |||
| The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||
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Composition
Rolling Stone wrote of the song in its review of Holland:
"Funky Pretty" is more on the guttural side of R&B. A cosmic love song to an astrological lovely, it mounts its grit in a swirl of harmonic complications, again underlining Blondie Chaplin's more straightforward vocal dexterity with a defiantly baroque choral signature: Vivaldi meets the Regents on a magic synthesizer. It makes for a beautiful track, built on economical and even monotonous musical premises that delight in their unreasonably complex development.[1]
Personnel
- The Beach Boys
- Carl Wilson – vocals[3]
- Al Jardine – vocals[3]
- Blondie Chaplin – vocals[3]
- Mike Love – vocals[3]
- Ricky Fataar – backing vocals[3][4]
- Brian Wilson – vocals, drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano[3]
Cover versions
- 2012 – Christopher Holland, Corner Green
References
- Miller, Jim (March 1, 1973). "Holland". Rolling Stone.
- Planer, Lindsay. "Funky Pretty". Allmusic.
- "The Beach Boys :: Funky Pretty (1973)". Aquarium Drunkard. November 29, 2007.
- http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,22995.msg546401.html#msg546401
