a frustrating song! The percussion in the intro sounds really cool and then it drops out until late in the song, leaving a very by-the-numbers BSS track that stretches out to almost five minutes including an instrumental section after the solo where nothing interesting is happening at all. Badly needs an edit! The lyrics struck me as clunky, although the vocals and melodies are solid. I like the little ascending riff over the later choruses. The solo is fine but again it kinda comes and goes in a way that feels divorced from the song as a whole, I wish there was a little slide lead elsewhere in the song and then the solo could give it a spotlight rather than "and now here's our designated block to show off some skills". Think this could be decent if it was tightened up but as it is I found it to drag on repeated listens.

Cut that intro in half… I like the bass build up… then it disapears when the Beach Boys (Ken) comes in? Feels like two different parts. Solo feels like it's on a highway. I can dig it. I agree with Vom that the instrumental section after the solo is unnessecary... or should be half as long for sure, even if I dig the bass guitar there.