This is shockingly good...but any Beach Boy fan will tell you it shouldn't come as a surprise, since Dennis started to emerge as a creative force around the time of "Friends", back in the late 60's. By the 70's he contributed several songs to what many consider the Beach Boys 2nd greatest album, "Sunflower", which if you buy it today, comes bundled with another gem of an album, "Surfs Up", the Beach Boy environmentally topical album, which IMO isn't as consistent as Sunflower, but the last three songs of the album culminating with the title track, all penned by Brian Wilson, are absolutely brilliant.

The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
Such a fun, great song! But you never hear it played anywhere.

(sorry about the lack of any link/video...I'm new to the site, so can't link to anything until I reach 15 posts...)

I always liked this single by T.Rex, 20th Century Boy.
YouTube - ‪T-Rex Top Ten Greatest Hit's 09: 20th Century Boy (HQ)‬‎
T. Rex were an English rock band fronted by guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan, formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1960s London, this is from 1973 I believe, T. Rex ended in 1977 after Bolan was killed in a car accident.

20th Century Boy is not exactly a hidden gem though at least not in the U.K. Even my dad likes that one!

Never understood why Bolan never really found any success in the U.S. in the same way that Roxy Music, Bowie or Rod Stewart did.

I would have thought that American audiences at the time would have lapped him up.

I always thought that his music was way ahead of its time, when considereing alot of the other rock bands that recieved alot more notoriety than T.Rex did, T.Rex in my opinion were better than 75% or more of the popular bands out at that time in the 70s.
T.Rex Rocked!

To me I think it's the other way around.

I think Bowie & Roxy Music were more 'out there' and ahead of their time than T-Rex ever were. In fact a lot of Bolan's stuff harks back to 50s Rock n roll.

If what you say is true then that would just make me more surprised he never really found fame there.

20th Century Boy just seems more ahead of its time to me musically, I mean Bolan isnt the greatest guitarist Ive ever heard, but its the way he played and presented the song, it just seemed to me better than most of alot of the other rock out at that time.
I dont know very much more about T.Rex other than their single 20th Century Boy, is there anything that you would suggest that is in the same style as (20th Century Boy) by T.Rex?