CNN: Bob Greene on Beach Boys Nearing 50 Good Vibration Summers

The Beach Boys in 1964. From left, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Bob Greene says it's been nearly 50 years since Beach Boys started singing and touring
• He says their songs are American classics and still have resonance
• Greene: "They are America's enduring soundtrack of summer"

RELATED TOPICS

• The Beach Boys
• Pop and Rock Music
• Bob Greene

Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose most recent books are "Late Edition: A Love Story" and "When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams."

(CNN) -- The dirty and tattered piece of paper, with remnants of thick black industrial-strength tape still stuck to its edges, would not necessarily seem to be a harbinger of summer.
But those capitalized words running down the page ...
CATCH. SAFARI. CAL GIRLS. BE TRUE. GET AROUND ...
I pulled the piece of paper from the surface of the stage right after the show had ended.>>>

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