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词条 Sail On, Sailor
释义

  1. Writing

  2. Recording

      Personnel  

  3. Use in media

  4. Cover versions

  5. Notes

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = Sail On, Sailor
| cover = Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Beach Boys
| album = Holland
| B-side = Only with You
| released = January 29, 1973
March 10, 1975
| format = 7" vinyl
| recorded = October–November 28, 1972, Village Recorders, Santa Monica
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 3:18
| label = Brother/Reprise
| writer = {{flat list|
  • Brian Wilson
  • Tandyn Almer
  • Van Dyke Parks
  • Ray Kennedy
  • Jack Rieley}}

| producer = Carl Wilson
| prev_title = Marcella
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = California
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Sail On Sailor.ogg
| description = "Sail On, Sailor"
}}
}}"Sail On, Sailor" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. It was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks. It was released as a single in 1973, backed with "Only with You", and peaked at number 79 on the American singles charts.{{Sfn|Badman|2004|p=326}} A 1975 reissue (also backed with "Only with You") charted higher, at number 49.[1] According to Jon Stebbins, "It is perhaps the only perennial Beach Boys favorite to still thrive in the classic rock and album rock FM radio formats of the present."[2]

Writing

Van Dyke Parks elaborated upon Wilson's role in the compositional process: "I went over to Brian's with my new [tape recorder] and told him the name of the tune and sang those intervals, and he pumped out the rest of that song."[3] He explains: "That was a tough moment for both Brian and me. I just went over to see how he was, and he wasn't good. Of course, you couldn't tell that from this song, because it represents such hope, but it came out of a very difficult time."[3] Wilson said of the song: "Van Dyke really inspired this one. We worked on it originally; then, the other collaborators contributed some different lyrics. By the time the Beach Boys recorded it, the lyrics were all over the place. But I love how this song rocks."[3]

There exists a recording of Parks and Wilson writing the song on Wilson's piano. According to Parks, "it's clear from the contents [of the tape] that I authored the words and the musical intervals to 'Sail on Sailor.' It's also clear that I composed the bridge, played them, and taught them to Brian."[4] In the liner notes written for the 2000 reissue of Holland, Scott McCaughey said that the song was originally written by Wilson with his friends Tandyn Almer and Ray Kennedy, and that Parks "structur[ed] the song and add[ed] a middle-eight" before Rieley contributed a last minute lyric revision.[5] In 2015, Wilson remembered "writing 'Sail On, Sailor' with a guy named Ray Kennedy. I wrote the music and he wrote the lyrics."[6]

Wilson biographer Peter Ames Carlin stated that the song was essentially co-written by Wilson and Parks in 1971, with Kennedy and Almer's lyrical contributions dating from impromptu sessions at Danny Hutton's house during the epoch.[7] Kennedy recalled that "Sail On, Sailor" had originally been intended by Wilson for Three Dog Night, and that he had written the song with Wilson over the course of three days in 1970: "We went in and cut the basic tracks with Three Dog Night; we hadn't slept in about a week. Then Brian got up with a razor blade and cut the tapes and said, 'Only Ray Kennedy or Van Dyke Parks can do this song.' And he left. We all stood there looking at each other going, 'What?' He called me every day after that, and I wouldn't talk to him. Three or four years later, I heard it on the radio and went, 'Who's that?'"[8]{{refn|group=nb|On the 1973 (REP 1138) and 1975 (RPS 1325) United States 7" single releases, Kennedy and Rieley are credited as the song's lyricists, while the music is attributed to Almer, Parks, and Wilson.[9]{{better source|date=January 2015}}[10]{{better source|date=January 2015}} }} Beach Boys archivist Craig Slowinski credits music to Wilson with the majority of lyrics from Rieley and some from Parks and Kennedy; he does not mention any contribution by Almer.[11]

When the Beach Boys submitted the original version of Holland to Warner Brothers in October 1972, the album was rejected by the company for lacking a potential hit single. After discussion among Warner executives, Parks (who was then director of audio-visual services at the label) said that he had the aforementioned tape of "Sail On, Sailor", and suggested that the song could be recorded as the album's lead track.[12][13] The label then enjoined the Beach Boys to drop what the company perceived as the weakest track ("We Got Love"){{refn|group=nb|A live performance of the song was released on 1973's The Beach Boys in Concert.[14]}} and replace it with the song.[15] Parks commented: "I'm glad that every one came out of their little rooms to claim co-writing credit on that song. But I never questioned it, just as I never questioned the various claims on the residuals."[4]

Recording

Vocals for "Sail On, Sailor" were recorded in late October 1972, some time after the Beach Boys had left Holland. According to Steven Gaines, Wilson initially "tinker[ed] with the song, trying to make it perfect as he had with 'Good Vibrations' and Smile"; following this bout of "procrastination," his bandmates "did not allow [him] to work on it at all."[16] This development left the basic track to be recorded by Brian's brother Carl and ex-Flame and then-Beach Boys members Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin. The lead vocal was first attempted by Dennis Wilson, who sang the vocal once before leaving to go surfing. Carl was the next to attempt a vocal, but he then suggested that Chaplin make an attempt. After two takes, Carl decided that Chaplin's vocal would feature as the lead. {{Sfn|Badman|2004|p=323}} Brian acknowledged himself being "grossly incompetent" with the song, failing to show up at its backing vocals session, but giving some instructions by phone.[5]

Personnel

{{Expand list|date=January 2015}}

Sourced from Scott McCaughey[5] and Craig Slowinski.[17][18]

The Beach Boys
  • Blondie Chaplin – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Ricky Fataar – backing vocals, drums
  • Carl Wilson – backing vocals, lead guitar, electric piano
  • Brian Wilson – possible piano
Additional musicians
  • Gerry Beckley – backing vocals
  • Billy Hinsche – backing vocals
  • Tony Martin – backing vocals, steel guitar

Use in media

The song was featured in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed, and on the motion picture soundtrack CD.

Cover versions

{{see also|List of cover versions of Beach Boys songs}}
  • 1976 – KGB, KGB (Ray Kennedy on lead vocals)
  • 1977 – Steve Hunter, Swept Away
  • 1980 – Ray Kennedy, Ray Kennedy
  • 1995 – Golden Earring, Love Sweat
  • 1996 – Shawn Colvin, Head Above Water
  • 2002 – The Bluetones, "After Hours"
  • 2002 – Sting with Lulu, Together
  • 2003 – Jimmy Buffett, The Ultimate Collection

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|title=Sail On Sailor awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/holland-mw0000690537/awards|publisher=Allmusic}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Stebbins|first=Jon|authorlink=Jon Stebbins|title=The Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know About America's Band|date=2011|isbn=9781458429148|ref=harv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8T3ivyKmSQwC|publisher=Backbeat Books|page=132}}
3. ^{{cite AV media notes |title=Classics Selected by Brian Wilson |others=The Beach Boys |year=2002|first1=Brian|last1=Wilson|authorlink1=Brian Wilson|publisher=Capitol Records|type=CD Liner}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Badman|first=Keith|title=The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLEMdjRhDgQC|year=2004|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-818-6|ref=harv|page=322}}
5. ^{{cite AV media notes |title = Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" / Holland |others=The Beach Boys |year=2000 |first=Scott |last=McCaughey|authorlink=Scott McCaughey|publisher=Capitol Records|type=CD Liner|url=http://albumlinernotes.com/CATP___Holland.html}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=Slate|first1=Jeff|title=Brian Wilson's 10 Favorite Beach Boys and Solo Songs|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a33878/brian-wilson-10-favorite-songs/|work=Esquire|date=March 24, 2015}}
7. ^{{cite book|first=Peter Ames|last=Carlin|authorlink=Peter Ames Carlin|title=Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC|year=2006|publisher=Rodale|isbn=978-1-59486-320-2|page=184}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Locey|first1=Bill|title=Leader of the Jam|url=http://www.raymondlouiskennedy.com/new.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810161028/http://www.raymondlouiskennedy.com/new.html|archivedate=August 10, 2007|date=January 13, 2005}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/qca361 |title=The Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor / Only With You - Brother - USA - REP 1138 |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-08}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rps1325 |title=The Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor / Only With You - Brother - USA - RPS 1325 |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-08}}
11. ^http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23688.msg571610.html#msg571610
12. ^{{cite book|last=Priore|first=Dominic|title=Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Masterpiece|year=2005|publisher=Sanctuary Publishing Ltd.|isbn=1-86074-627-6|page=142}}
13. ^{{cite book |last=Hoskyns |first=Barney |title=Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QiW3NAEACAAJ&pg=PA113 |year=2007 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-0-470-12777-3 |page=113}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Planer |first=Lindsay |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-concert-mw0000313591 |title=In Concert - The Beach Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=1973-11-19 |accessdate=2016-10-08}}
15. ^{{cite book|last=Stebbins|first=Jon|authorlink=Jon Stebbins|title=The Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know About America's Band|date=2011|isbn=9781458429148|ref=harv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8T3ivyKmSQwC|publisher=Backbeat Books|page=128}}
16. ^{{cite book|last=Gaines|first=Steven|title=Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys|year=1995|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0306806479|page=256}}
17. ^http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,12683.0.html
18. ^http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,8405.msg138888.html#msg138888

References

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External links

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{{Holland (album)}}{{The Beach Boys singles}}

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