The Beach Boys Brian Wilson Christmas Interview Lyrics:
Well, along with our special feature of this Beach
Boys' Christmas Album, once again I'm happy to see
the smiling face of the leader of this popular
group here in the studio, Brian Wilson. Good to
see you again, Brian.

Hi, Jack.

This Beach Boys' Christmas Album is really
something. Ah, Dick Reynolds did the arrangements,
I guess, huh?

Yes, he did. He did a beautiful job, a wonderful
job.

Is this the first time you've worked with him?

Right. I'd been, uh, wanting to meet him and work
with him for quite a long time.

Now who's idea was it to have you featured on
this, uh, one particular tune--I, I was
particularly impressed with it--"A Blue
Christmas."

Well, I... sort of picked out that song to sing
for myself. I, I love the song and uh, I've always
wanted to sing it, so I thought I'd sing it.

Well, maybe this will be the start of a whole new
career, huh?

I don't know, that's... It, it could, and it
couldn't. Ah... I really don't know.

Well, let's leave it to the listeners to see what
they think of it.

Right.

I notice this album has uh, ah, along with some of
the popular things like, uh, "I'll Be Home
For Christmas," uh, "Auld Lang
Syne," and uh, um, "We Three Kings"
and some of the traditional things, that you have
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a couple of your, your own, uh, Beach Boys type
sounds in the LP, too.

Uh-huh, we've more or less made one side, uh, our
own style, and...

Kind of a teen side and an adult side.

Uh-huh, right, um-hm. Contrasting.

Uh-huh. Now, we have, uh, one of your originals
coming up here, Brian. Uh, "Christmas
Day." You wrote this for the album
specifically?

Yes, I did. Uh-huh.

Uh-huh. And now, do you do your, the vocal
arrangements, or did Dick Reynolds handle all of
that?

Dick handled the vocal arrangements on the, ah,
the modern side --the traditional side--and I did
the, ah, vocal and the arrangements of the music
on our own style--our basic style--side. Dick did
the strings, also, on the, uh, on the modern side.

Coming up now, ah, a very sentimental type
Christmas song, particularly for those who are
away from home during this time of year
--"I'll Be Home For Christmas." Any, ah,
thing particular about this, this tune that you'd
like to say, Brian?

Ah, well, I guess there's something very obvious
when you hear the song. It's, ah, there's a very
definite influence of the Four Freshmen on the
arrangement as well as the delivery, and, uh,
obviously we all look up and admire the style of
the Four Freshmen and, uh, I feel this has been
the greatest--one of the greater-- vocal
influences, ah, in the world today.

Well, it's certainly been, uh, nice of you to take
the time to come by again here for our special
Beach Boys' Christmas show. You have a fine album
here and, uh, I hope you'll be home for Christmas.

Well, I hope I will, too. I hope everyone's home
for Christmas.

I do, too. Brian Wilson, thanks again for coming
by.

Thank you very much, Jack.

And here again, the Beach Boys' Christmas Album.
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