[10] In 1988, the Beach Boys scored their biggest chart success in more than 20 years with the US Number 1 song "Kokomo", co-written by Mike Love, John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, and Terry Melcher, on which Carl sang lead in the chorus
A lot of times, people see you making it and see their own failure, and therefore want to point the finger of blame
Just beforehand Id had that conversation with someone from the record company: I had said that I wanted to put out Dont Cry For Me Argentina as a single but I didnt want to do a video and he said, Well if you dont do a video, it wont be a hit and I said I dont care if its a hit and he said, Whats the point of putting it out if its not going to be a hit'
But, from the perspective of the outside world, we're not on most major trade routes
Im an old soul, he said, laughing about how his friends would tease him over his love for Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack