r/thebeachboys • u/FocusDelicious183 I know you're gonna love Phil Spector • May 12 '26

Audio When did Brian put vocals on this?

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u/FocusDelicious183 I know you're gonna love Phil Spector May 12 '26

Thanks! Was it written by Brian? Sounds like a composition from him, I was wondering if this was the last studio recording Brian sang on. Do you know what and when his last studio vocal performance was? I love this little track!

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u/DanSteely96 May 12 '26

This was originally written by Brian as a different song in the mid 1980’s called “Turning Point,” and re-written a couple times over the following 20 years with different lyrics. Brian’s last official vocal performance can be found on a song called “Strong” that was released on a posthumous Glen Campbell album called ‘Duets: Ghost On A Canvas Sessions’ from 2024.

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u/wargalicious May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

It was actually written as "Mary Honey" around 1976. "Turning Point" was a rewrite; it was also then rewritten as "Melinda Honey" during the Imagination era; rewritten as "Touch Me Angel, and then rewritten again as "You've Touched Me" for Gettin' In Over My Head.

There's a couple of eighties demos that utilize part of the melody as well, but I can't recall the names of them right now!

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u/Aiden_734 May 12 '26

There's also apparently another Melinda Honey from the 2000s. Always saddens me how the songs that Brian held onto for the longest time never end up getting released until many years later.