when young Brian channels old Brian

[send me a picture and i'll tell you]

Every time a Brian solo album comes out, people naturally look for sections where he sounds like he did in the 60's.  While it's all well and good, and heartening that he sounds more like his old self in 2011 than he did in say, 1990...

For the second verse of "I'm Waiting for the Day", it sounds to me like Brian all of a sudden channels his current voice for 15 seconds or so, until the soft part.  It's like his younger self suddenly turns gray, whips his shirt tails out, probably does some hand motions to the lyrics, and then just as quickly retreats back to his 22-year-old self again.  The vocal delivery in that part seems to be the prototype for everything he's sung from the 80's to the present day.

Does anyone notice this happening in any other songs?

[pixletwin]

The very beginning of Wonderful "She belongs there" I hear old Brian. 

[Jonas]

it sounds to me like Brian all of a sudden channels his current voice for 15 seconds or so, until the soft part.  It's like his younger self suddenly turns gray, whips his shirt tails out, probably does some hand motions to the lyrics, and then just as quickly retreats back to his 22-year-old self again.  The vocal delivery in that part seems to be the prototype for everything he's sung from the 80's to the present day.

I've said something VERY similar to this before! There are some songs that just seem like that older 'twang' of his comes out. Of course, you can imagine some of the d-headed replies that came after...

[ghost]

yes it's pretty amazing actually how close his current voice is to his 60s voice considering what it was in the late 70s. even by 88 he was sounding amazing again and had that classic eerie BW quality in his voice

if brian took cocaine again i bet he'd sound like he did on The Little Girl I Once Knew, manic and ecstatic alien with adhd

[GoodToMyBaby]

The Humble Harv demo.

[MBE]

Sweet Mountain has Brian doing some great vintage falsetto and also has him doing his gruff voice. Actually tonally Sweet Mountain and He Come Down are almost like 1976 Brian but more on key and slightly less coarse. Hearing the interviews with Brian from the seventies his speaking voice really didn't change until 1974 but even then it was only slightly compared to 1976. I would bet Brian could sing very well until 1975. He has writen good songs since, some of his vocals since are nice, but Brian only knocks me out as a singer pre 1975.

[Ron]

Spirit of 76 or whatever that song is sounds like Brian recorded it on the Gettin in over my head album. 

[runnersdialzero]

The Humble Harv demo.

He sounds so eerily like Daniel Johnston on some parts of this version. imo.

[Mike's Beard]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

[hypehat]

if brian took cocaine again i bet he'd sound like he did on The Little Girl I Once Knew, manic and ecstatic alien with adhd

er, no, I bet he would have a fucking heart attack and fucking die because he's a 69 year old man who spent nigh on 30 years abusing his body.


The hell is wrong with you people.

[SMiLE Brian]

if brian took cocaine again i bet he'd sound like he did on The Little Girl I Once Knew, manic and ecstatic alien with adhd

er, no, I bet he would have a friggin' heart attack and friggin' die because he's a 69 year old man who spent nigh on 30 years abusing his body.


The hell is wrong with you people.

Agree with you 100%, Brian doesn't need that horrible drug anymore because he was a total wreck when on hard drugs.

[CenturyDeprived]

"Here Today" (Alternate Version) where Brian sings lead, has a bit of the old Brian voice on the choruses, IMO...

[ghost]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Wow, Brian & Ozzy would sound great together! Brian are you reading this? Let's get the ball rolling buddy, call up Ozzy.

[MBE]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Wow, Brian & Ozzy would sound great together! Brian are you reading this? Let's get the ball rolling buddy, call up Ozzy.

I would love that way more than a Disney themed release.

[runnersdialzero]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Very much not. I can not stand this man's voice, especially for the last 15 years or so. Brian sounds like fuckin' Freddie Mercury combined with Brian Wilson circa-themomenthedidthevocalfor"PleaseLetMeWonder" combined with Jesus Christ compared to Oswald.

[Jay]

The Humble Harv demo.

You know, I always thought that Brian's I'm In Great Shape vocal on this "demo" sounded like a mid 80's Brian trying to reach for high notes, but not quite getting there. I think it's the exact opposite with Getcha Back. There are some high notes in there that kind of sound like early 1970's Brian. To make things even more confusing, on He Come Down there is a brief spot where 1975 Brian shows up in 1972. 

[Mike's Beard]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Very much not. I can not stand this man's voice, especially for the last 15 years or so. Brian sounds like f*ckin' Freddie Mercury combined with Brian Wilson circa-themomenthedidthevocalfor"PleaseLetMeWonder" combined with Jesus Christ compared to Oswald.

Listen to his leads on Rock and Roll to the Rescue again.

[runnersdialzero]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Very much not. I can not stand this man's voice, especially for the last 15 years or so. Brian sounds like f*ckin' Freddie Mercury combined with Brian Wilson circa-themomenthedidthevocalfor"PleaseLetMeWonder" combined with Jesus Christ compared to Oswald.

Listen to his leads on Rock and Roll to the Rescue again.

No deal.

[The Madcap]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Is it weird that this comment makes me want to hear a Brian Wilson Reimagines Black Sabbath album?

[Mike's Beard]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Wow, Brian & Ozzy would sound great together! Brian are you reading this? Let's get the ball rolling buddy, call up Ozzy.

Can you imagine Sharon and Mel trying to discuss the terms for such a thing?

[ghost]

From the mid 80's onward, Brian's vocals have at times sounded worringly close to those of Ozzy Osbourne.

Wow, Brian & Ozzy would sound great together! Brian are you reading this? Let's get the ball rolling buddy, call up Ozzy.

Can you imagine Sharon and Mel trying to discuss the terms for such a thing?

I was thinking more along the lines of Brian & Ozzy writing up a list of the required substances for their collaborative efforts. Tell me I'm not crazy, Ozzy.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

You're So Good To Me. 

And yes, I hear it (and the Daniel Johnston comparison!!!) on the Humble Harv demo.

[Quincy]

  "It's not to late"...from "I'd love just once to see You"..sound like older Brian

[Alex]

A Brian/Ozzy collab doesn`t seem to far fetched. Both of them slur and/or stutter when they talk, they both spent good chunks of the 70s and 80s on various substances, and both couldn`t function without/have their lives pretty much run by their wives.

[homeontherange]

I Love To Say Da Da.

It's amazing how much he sounds like old Brian here.