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Author Topic: Bruce Johnston: From Pet Sounds to Pink Floyd and having time to Smile  (Read 2623 times)
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« on: November 16, 2011, 01:11:41 PM »
This was posted on the "For Elvis CD collectors only"-forum:

http://rockabillynblues.blogspot.com/2011/11/bruce-johnston-from-pet-sounds-to-pink.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2011, 02:49:35 PM »
Thanks so much for posting that!  I was going to do the same at some point today.Smiley  Bruce was great and really had some wonderful insight.  Looking to do some interviews soon with Al Jardine, Dean Torrence and Dion DiMucci.  Will keep everyone updated.

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2011, 03:20:35 PM »
Bruce is such a gent.
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Quote from: ontor pertawst on October 06, 2012, 06:05:25 PM
All roads lead to Kokomo. Exhaustive research in time travel has conclusively proven that there is no alternate universe WITHOUT Kokomo. It would've happened regardless.
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What is this "life" thing you speak of ?

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Syncopate it? In front of all these people?!
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2011, 10:43:57 PM »
THX for the link..very cool.!
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2011, 10:55:30 PM »
Bruce seems like a nice guy. Also, he vaguely looks like Glen Quagmire from Family Guy, a show I have not really watched in several years.
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 11:50:07 PM »
Thanks for that!
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2011, 04:30:14 AM »
Quote from: runnersdialzero on November 16, 2011, 10:55:30 PM
Bruce seems like a nice guy. Also, he vaguely looks like Glen Quagmire from Family Guy, a show I have not really watched in several years.



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a diseased bunch of mo'fos if there ever was one… their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons.

- Lester Bangs on The Beach Boys


PRO SHOT BEACH BOYS CONCERTS - LIST


To sum it up, they blew it, they blew it consistently, they continue to blow it, it is tragic and this pathological problem caused The Beach Boys' greatest music to be so underrated by the general public.

- Jack Rieley
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2011, 06:31:43 AM »
Giggity giggity giggity
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2011, 07:58:51 AM »
I really like this question/comment:

Q: It seems like every 10 years there is a renewed interest in the Beach Boys, with a new generation discovering you guys.  The 80’s were a huge time for this including the smash hit “Kokomo” in 1988.  Was that the band’s biggest hit?

A: Impact-wise, no…but as far as pure sales, yes.  It sold 12 million albums.  It’s a wonderful song but hats off to “I Get Around”, “Good Vibrations” and all that other stuff.  That’s more important songwriting for the band.

Its a great answer.  He doesn't dimmish Kokomo yet he gives some (obvious) perspective.  There are songs that sold less but are more important.  I don't hate Mike Love, but in the 60s (and beyond) he seemed to place greater value on dollars while Brian placed greater value on art.  This isn't to say that Mike didn't appreciate the artistic merits of what Brian (and he) was doing, or that Brian didn't care about money.  But it does seem that Mike was more money focused and Brian more art focused.  FWIW, I don't have a real problem with the basic idea of commercializing/monetizing music.  I dislike dumbing it down and dumbing it down does seem to have a high correlation to commercializing/monetizing it, but it doesn't have to be the case, as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and others, have proven.

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