Student Demonstration Time
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| "Student Demonstration Time" | ||||
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| Template:Infobox song/link by the Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Surf's Up | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Go Near the Water" | |||
| Released | August 30, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | November 3, 1970 – early 1971 | |||
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| Label | Brother/Reprise | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Mike Love | |||
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | The Beach Boys | |||
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"Student Demonstration Time" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1971 album Surf's Up. It is an altered version of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Riot in Cell Block Number 9" with new lyrics by Mike Love.
Background and lyrics
The song that "Student Demonstration Time" is based on—"Riot in Cell Block Number 9"—was originally written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1954, and was considered for inclusion on the Beach Boys' 1965 album Party!, but was ultimately not included. The song was subsequently performed live by the Beach Boys in concert starting in 1969. In mid-1970, Mike Love re-wrote the lyrics after learning of the Kent State Shootings where four unarmed college students protesting the Cambodian Campaign were killed by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Stephen Desper, engineer of the Beach Boys during this period, explained the genesis and context behind the song:
Other events referred to in the song include (in order of appearance):
- Autumn 1964 – Berkeley Free Speech Movement
- May 1969 – People's Park, also in Berkeley, California
- June 1970 – rioting in Isla Vista, California
- May 14–15, 1970 – Jackson State killings
- May 4, 1970 – Kent State shootings
Release
"Student Demonstration Time" (backed with "Don't Go Near the Water") was released as a single in the Netherlands—where it peaked at #21—and Italy, as well as Australia, where it charted during 1972. However, for the British and German releases of the single, the A-side and B-side were switched, resulting in "Don't Go Near the Water" being the A-side.
Reception
According to Jack Rieley, the band's manager at the time, "Student Demonstration Time" "had Carl and I [sic] blushing with embarrassment", while Dennis was "thoroughly disgusted".[2] Brian disliked the song, saying that the lyrical content was "too intense".[3]
Personnel
Credits from Craig Slowinski[4]
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – backing vocals
- Bruce Johnston – backing vocals
- Mike Love – lead and backing vocals, tambourine
- Carl Wilson – backing vocals, electric guitars
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals, drums
Additional musicians
- Blondie Chaplin – bass guitar
- Daryl Dragon – tack piano, Moog synthesizer
- Glenn Ferris – trombone
- Sal Marquez – trumpet
- Roger Neumann – tenor saxophone
- Joel Peskin – tenor saxophone
- Mike Price – trumpet
Charts
| Chart (1971–1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 62 |
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updated ed.). Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2021). Beard, David (ed.). "Surf's Up: 50th Anniversary Edition". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 34, no. 134. Charlotte, North Carolina.
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