Hong Kong (CNN) -- A pre-teen me once learned how to slow dance to "Surfer Girl." Picture a middle school auditorium circa 1987. I was that retainer-wearing girl at the school dance, clumsily shuffling along to the Beach Boys classic with a nervous boy about a full arms-length away from me. It was an awkward moment, yet my heart still flutters when I hear those harmonies. So when I learned CNN's Talk Asia had booked the Beach Boys for an interview in Hong Kong, I jumped at the chance to interview Al Jardine, Mike Love and Brian Wilson. Blog: News Stream
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Kristie Lu Stout talks to the Beach Boys in an interview for CNN's Talk Asia in Hong Kong
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The band, including original members Al Jardine, Mike Love and Brian Wilson, are on tour
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They're currently on their 50th anniversary tour around the world
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"Good Vibrations" -- considered by Rolling Stone magazine as "ultimate triumph"
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