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Some people think they're always right
Others are quiet and uptight
Others, they seem so very nice-nice-nice-nice, oh
Inside they might feel sad and wrong, oh no The Strokes – You Only Live Once
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We live in a diverse world with many different personality types in people but the one thing that we all have in common is the emotions (i.e. “feeling sad and wrong”) we all share as humans.

Even though people seem to be nice and happy on the outside, they could be feeling sad. People put on a mask to hide their true emotions.

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When you meet a nice person is like it’s not real, i mean… you can’t be nice all the time. Life isn’t like that. So or you are feeling sad or you think that what you have to say is wrong, so you don’t say it and you’re forever nice. Anything you have to say is good. You cant be wrong, you just can be. BE YOURSELF FOR GOD’S SAKE !

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You Only Live Once The Strokes – You Only Live Once
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You Only Live Once is the opening track and third single from First Impressions of Earth, the third album from American rock band The Strokes. They have performed this song on several programs, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O' Brien.

When the song was released as a single, The Strokes launched Operation YOLO (You Only Live Once), prompting all of their fans to call and request the single on radio stations. Their goal was to try to get out the word of the new single as fast as possible, by spreading the song by word of mouth. The Strokes Myspace page asked all users to put the song in their profile in an attempt to spread the single among the online community.

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The Strokes with YOLO before Drake.

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Every time I get the inspiration
To go change things around
No one wants to help me look for places
Where new things might be found The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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Even when we have the motivation, sometimes we need a partner in crime by our side to accomplish things.

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Once again he expresses the need to collaborate with musicians who seek to disrupt and violate the constraints of what was then popular music.

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They say I got brains but they ain't doing me no good
I wish they could The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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There are many music artists who are smart but don’t succeed in academia. Before pursuing music, he felt as if his knowledge wasn’t doing him any good.

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Could also talk about how much praise he gets for songwriting and musical genius yet he still struggles with issues in his life and isn’t happy/content

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He’s a musical genius, but his brains sure aren’t making him any happier.

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Brian Wilson was a prolific musical savant when Pet Sounds was recorded. He’s vaguely – if not fully – aware of this and cognizant enough at this point to be able to acknowledge the recognization he’s received thus far from friends, loved ones & music critics at this point…

..But as the famous quote goes, there’s a fine line between genius and madness. Praise and accolades weren’t enough to quell the deep state of depression to which he’d already become a victim.

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I Just Wasn't Made for These Times The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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The lyrics were written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher about the ruminations on romance and the loss of innocence involved in growing up.
Wilson stated in his autobiography that “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” was telling a self-portrait of his troubled psyche and the feeling that he was too advanced for his time.

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This expresses intellectual depression very accurately. It can come from the frustration in being misunderstood or discredited by friends and family, the absense of like minded interactions, or the powerlessness felt in realizing that despite high level thinking, you can’t seem to escape this crushing despair. This fits in to the album theme well, as a this is one factor that causes one to pattern into escapes of drugs and new relationships.

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Here Today The Beach Boys – Here Today
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“Here Today” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released on their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the tenth track on the album. It was later released as the B-side to the 1967 single “Darlin'”.

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I Know There's an Answer The Beach Boys – I Know There's an Answer
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“I Know There’s an Answer” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Terry Sachen and Mike Love.

The song was written during Brian’s second acid trip. Wilson later stated “Yeah. I had taken a few drugs, and I had gotten into that kind of thing. I guess it just came up naturally.” The song was originally named “Hang on to Your Ego”, but the lyric of the chorus was changed after concerns that it was LSD-related.

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Release date = May 16, 1966, per notes in the 50th Anniversary Edition of the album.

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God Only Knows The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
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“God Only Knows” is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group’s 11th studio album, Pet Sounds, and one of their most widely recognized songs.

“God Only Knows” was composed and produced by Brian Wilson. Tony Asher helped Brian with the lyrics. Carl Wilson sang lead, and Bruce Johnston sang harmony vocals with Brian in the outro.

The song broke new ground in many ways. It was one of the first commercial songs to use the word ‘God’ in its title. As producer, Brian Wilson used many unorthodox instruments, including the harpsichord and French horns that are heard in the song’s famous introduction.

Although The Beatles engaged in a friendly rivalry with the Beach Boys based on mutual respect, Paul McCartney called this song the best song ever written.

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Sloop John B The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
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“Sloop John B” is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records.

It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, “The John B. Sails,” taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927).

The Beach Boys version of “Sloop John B.” was ranked #271 (#276 in the 2017 version) on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

While the song’s music exhibits the typical surfer vibes the Beach Boys are known for, its lyrical content sheds a rather critical light on the tropical island motive often implemented and glorified by the band in their songs. This possible self-reflection ties in with the general theme of melancholy throughout the album, showing a more mature approach to life and to song-writing.

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Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) The Beach Boys – Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
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Brian Wilson called this Pet Sounds number “[o]ne of the sweetest songs I ever sang…The innocence of youth in my voice, of being young and childlike. I think that’s what people liked”

Bassist on the session Carol Kaye said of the music:

Nice chords changes…almost classical…Lots of suspensions and close harmonies, something Brian was getting more and more into

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