This glorious track flopped as a single but has endured and is now, thanks to a fabulously soulful vocal from temporary member Blondie Chaplin and lyrics that could be taken as a metaphor for the trials and tribulations of the group through the years, a certifiable Beach Boys classic. Like the Byrds, the Beach Boys struggled to find their place in the 1970s music scene, but would periodically remind us of their greatness and Brian Wilson’s genius. Their last hit in the UK was this metaphor-filled return to form (it’s about a bloke trying to capture a wild horse) – an evocative, self-conscious piece of myth-making as great as anything from their Sixties heyday.
By the dawn of the 1970s, The Byrds, who, along with the Beach Boys, were the only serious American challengers to the Beatles’ omni-brilliance in the 1960s, were in a state of flux with only Roger McGuinn of the original classic five members left.
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