I haven't heard this song in over 25 years. I didn't know what this song meant when I when I was a kid. The perfect girl that left called for for help and you can't resist because she was the perfect girl.
It's a real-life story -- though it contains all of the upper-layers you describe -- Papa John Phillips got a call from his daughter (Mackenzie Phillips), back in 1979-ish, during which she was desperately penniless, incoherently high, and, when asked her location, replied "Somewhere near Japan." The song is heartbreaking, in hindsight; supposedly half of the band (notably Mike Love) did not know the subtext, and, upon learning it, refused to perform it live thereafter. Lots of bad intra-band tension during that time. But no question it's a miles-superior rework compared to the original "Fairy-Tale Girl."
@@sskoog - right. Mike Love has been staunchly anti-drug since 1967 or so; Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston have ALWAYS been that way. When you look at how much rougher Brian’s later years have been than theirs, it’s hard to blame them.
This song is a great mental health awakening don't give someone your heart when you're not sincere or in full distress and don't fully mean it
better mix than on the album; Carl and Alan are awesome!
I haven't heard this song in over 25 years. I didn't know what this song meant when I when I was a kid. The perfect girl that left called for for help and you can't resist because she was the perfect girl.
It's about falling for a woman addicted to heroin. "And now she's trippin' on some Chinese junk..." John Philips wrote most of the lyrics.
@@jacobgeneryck about his daughter
It's a real-life story -- though it contains all of the upper-layers you describe -- Papa John Phillips got a call from his daughter (Mackenzie Phillips), back in 1979-ish, during which she was desperately penniless, incoherently high, and, when asked her location, replied "Somewhere near Japan."
The song is heartbreaking, in hindsight; supposedly half of the band (notably Mike Love) did not know the subtext, and, upon learning it, refused to perform it live thereafter. Lots of bad intra-band tension during that time. But no question it's a miles-superior rework compared to the original "Fairy-Tale Girl."
@@sskoog - right. Mike Love has been staunchly anti-drug since 1967 or so; Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston have ALWAYS been that way. When you look at how much rougher Brian’s later years have been than theirs, it’s hard to blame them.
What guitar is used, its so nice.