In the mid 1970s, he recorded and released two albums with side band Celebration (members included jazz musician Charles Lloyd, Ron Altback of King Harvest and Wells Kelly of Orleans) including the top 30 hit single "Almost Summer" co-written with Brian Wilson and Al Jardine. In the late 1970s, he also recorded two unreleased solo albums, First Love and Country Love. Some tracks from these sessions were used on later Beach Boys releases (such as Sumahama from L.A. (Light Album) and Daybreak Over the Ocean from That's Why God Made the Radio). In 1981, he released a solo album, Looking Back with Love featuring a cover of Be My Baby produced by Brian Wilson.
In 1988, the Beach Boys had a US number-one hit with Kokomo, the only number-one song the band had without Brian Wilson's involvement. Kokomo was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (1988) in the Original Song category, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
After the death of Carl Wilson, the band fragmented, and Love continued to tour as The Beach Boys, along with Bruce Johnston and a supporting band of new musicians. Love was the only original member in the band lineup until the 50th Anniversary Reunion in 2012.
2. Mike Love is an American reggae musician and singer from Hawai'i. His 2014 record, Jah Will Never Leave I Alone, reached #3 on Billboard's Reggae chart. He self-describes his style as "revolutionary consciousness music".
Born in O'ahu, he grew up in Kalama Valley and attended Henry J. Kaiser High School. He released his debut album The Change I'm Seeking in 2012, followed by Jah Will Never Leave I Alone in 2014, Love Will Find A Way in 2015, and the Love Overflowing EP a year later.
Mike Love opened for Xavier Rudd's Boulder, Colorado concert in 2015, singing together during the end of the show. Love attributes some of his success to his YouTube rendition of "Permanent Holiday", which has more than 20 million views as of 2019. The song's lyrics turn what seem to be a "random assortment of syllables...into a song over a period of three minutes", according to Colossal.
Love has toured in the Philippines (headlining the Malasimbo music festival), New Zealand, and Costa Rica, among other locations internationally. In the US he has played at the Rise Up Music Festival in 2019, the Rhode Island Reggae Festival in 2019, Bhakti Fest in 2019, Think Bank Down By the Riverside in 2019, and was slated to perform at the California Roots Music and Arts Festival until its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Love has collaborated with Clinton Fearon on his album History Say. He participates in Playing for Change.
He currently plays with his band, Mike Love and the Full Circle, consisting of Sam Gonsalves, John Hawes, Keith Tsukamaki, Reggie Padilla, and Arthur Davis. In addition to touring, the band does a weekly gig at Hawaiian Brian's on O'ahu. All of Love's albums are released independently on his own label, Love Not War Records.
Over And Over
Mike Love Lyrics
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Everybody there was there
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
All at once it happened
The prettiest in the world
I said a-won't you come over and a-talk to me
And be my girl
I said a-won't you come over and a-talk to me
And be my girl
I said a-won't you come over and a-talk to me
And be my girl
She said she was sorry
And I was a little bit late
She would a-wait and a-wait and a-wait and a-wait
For her steady date
She would a-wait and a-wait and a-wait and a-wait
For her steady date
She would a-wait and a-wait and a-wait and a-wait
For her steady date
The song “Over and Over” by Mike Love is about going to a dance where the singer has a negative attitude about the experience. The singer repeats in the chorus “this dance is gonna be a drag” as if he’s expecting the worst. However, the song takes a turn when the prettiest girl in the world shows up and the singer becomes interested in her. He asks her to come over and talk to him and be his girl. She apologizes for being late and says she was waiting for her steady date.
The repetition of the phrase “over and over” in the chorus can be interpreted as the singer’s continual pessimistic outlook on the dance. The repetition could also represent the monotony of the singer’s expectation of what the dance will be like. It’s interesting how the song takes a turn when the prettiest girl in the world shows up and the repetitive nature of the song changes, indicating a shift in the singer’s attitude.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, I went to a dance just the other night
The singer went to a dance recently
Everybody there was there
The singer noticed that everyone he expected to see was present
I said over and over and over again
This dance is gonna be a drag
The singer felt that the dance was not going to be enjoyable and kept repeating this thought
All at once it happened
The prettiest in the world
Suddenly, the most attractive person at the dance appeared
I said a-won't you come over and a-talk to me
And be my girl
The artist invited the attractive person to come talk to him and potentially start a romantic relationship
She said she was sorry
And I was a little bit late
The person apologized for being late or causing some kind of inconvenience
She would a-wait and a-wait and a-wait and a-wait
For her steady date
The person would wait for their regular romantic partner to arrive
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: NORMAN WASHINGTON JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER MEREDITH, MELBOURNE GEORGE MILLER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
jmua04
A classic, destined to outshine anything Brian Wilson ever did.
Manolon Gonzalez
LOL!!!!!! hope you are not serious
Yuri Diogo
Percussion: Paulinho da Costa
qasanoba
So cool, a brazilian percussionist! Do you have any source?
Scoobs
Not bad actually
Robbin Penney
Wow, this is so annoying...