Years ago I was asked to, um
Be a guest on a tribute to Brian Wilson
And this is one of the greatest musical minds
That will ever live
And they asked me to sing "Warmth of the Sun"
And I said, "Okay I-I know that song
That's a pretty song, I, I'll handle that"
And then they said, "And we also want you to do 'Surf's Up"
And to be honest, I did not know "Surf's Up"
I didn't know the song the song at all
I thought it was "surfs up baby, everybody surf"
I thought it was something up and fun
'Cause they had me doing a pretty ballad
And then I got the recording of "Surf's Up"
And I, man, I hit the wall, I said, I can't, this is
This is way above my pay grade
And, I called Larry, my manager
I said, "Man, this too hard
There is no way, this stuff is so out and so different"
And ah, he said, "give it a, just give it a chance"
I put the hours in
I put days in and I, I really worked hard on it
And, and I pulled it off
I did it with David Crossby and Jimmy Web, great songwriter
And walked off stage
And that was about as, as frightened as I've ever been
In New York City, Radio City Music Hall
Singing something this difficult, you know
It was like an aria from, from some orchestra piecel
Or something, all the movements were so, so different
And I pulled it off, and I, I accomplished it
And I walked off stage, and Brian was waiting
He says, "That was amazing"
He says, "You know that song has never been performed live before"
I said, "Really, why not?"
He goes, "Way too hard"
I said, "Thanks a lot"
But you know, at the end of the day
When you, you know
If you work a little harder
You'll be, you'll be grateful you put the time in, you know