Feature Friday: The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby

Spend ten minutes with me and you’ll probably learn that I’m obsessed with nostalgia. While I’m fascinated by today’s youth, and I love knowing what’s going on with the coolest people among us, I’ve always spent my life daydreaming about a time that I never existed in. The 60’s and 70’s are my favorite times to mill over, be it fashion trends, films, cultural fads and especially music. I think some of the happiest and saddest music came from the 60’s, and many of my favorite modern acts have a style reminiscent of that time (check out CULTS).

This song isn’t my all time favorite of the Beach Boys– that’d be God Only Knows – but something about it really caught my attention recently. We’re in a tumultuous time, and with things going the way that they have been, there’s an uncertainty that leaves us all grasping for unity, stability or some reprieve. This simple little song cuts through the anguish in a timeless way. Sure, you can spend your days stressing about the state of things, or retrace your mistakes in your mind, but there isn’t any point in that. Thinking about your problems wont fix them. “Don’t worry, baby.”