"Hully Gully"

On Brian Wilson's birthday, I started re-listening to all of the Beach Boys albums in my collection (going alphabetically).  While listening to Beach Boys Party! (actually the Uncovered and Unplugged edition), I noticed a couple of small features.

In the line "You just shake your shoulders, and you wiggle your knees" in "Hully Gully," "knees" is sung with a melisma (A G A C), giving a sense of that "wiggl[ing]."  "Most" in the line "Well, when me and my baby do it, child, we do it the most" is sung with the same melisma, this time giving a sense of degree or amount.

I also noticed that "coast to coast" in the line "Well, there's a dance spreadin' 'round from coast to coast" is a merism.

"Hully Gully #3"

I recently listened to the Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged album.  The first time I heard the album, I noticed something about "Hully Gully #3" (track 24 on disc 1).  At about 1:45, Mike Love says, "Right on into 'Lonesome Traveller.'"  It's a reference to the Kingston Trio's medley of "Shady Grove/Lonesome Traveller" on their live album ...from the Hungry i.  In the transition, one of the Kingston Trio says, "Right on over to 'Lonesome Traveller.'"

I knew that Al Jardine was a fan of the Kingston Trio and that he suggested that the Beach Boys record "Sloop John B" based on their version, so I thought it interesting that this nod in the direction of the Kingston Trio came from Mike Love.

I lookt up the recording dates and discovered that the backing track for "Sloop John B" (12 July 1965) was actually recorded before "Hully Gully #3" (8 September 1965).