Listen to "You've Got a Friend in Me" very closely. Low in the mix, through the whole song, is a rip roarin' MOOG BASS! But instead of operating as the lead instrument - as it should! - Foskett cruelly relegated it to the back of mix, using it for faint ambiance. HOW DARE HE! Brian, after mixing ten packets of instant coffee in a cup of water and drinking it all in one gulp, had recorded the moog bass in a terrific flight of fancy.
But upon hearing it the next morning, Foskett's face turned bright red. He turned to Brian, and in his most impressive falsetto voice, browbeat the poor, old man.
"Brian, how many times have I told you that I hate Love You?"
"I'm sorry Mr. Foskett, I just... I just... Melinda thought it might sound cool!"
"You're about to give me another ulcer, Brian. Mix this out."
"But Jeff... hey man, how about a warm chocolate chip cookie?"
"I'M ON A DIET, BRIAN!"
Foskett grabs the cookie out of Brian's hand and looks at it with disgust.
"AND BRIAN... IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY TOOK A BITE OUT OF IT!"
Foskett tosses the cookie on the floor.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'll mix it out!"
"It's OK, Brian. Now let's get back to work on that song for my solo album. The one that sounds like The Sunrays track."
Later that night, a pajama-clad Darian sneaked into the studio and mixed the moog bass back up ever so slightly.
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I hear Brian Wilson has to go through this kind of crap almost every day.
Funny post. It nearly made me laugh out loud (INMMLOL).
I was just listening to ITKOD and the Moog bass is mixed fairly high on this tune. I think your complaint is more that the Moog doesn't have the sub-bass added an octave down like it does on 15 Big Ones, Love You, and even BB85 (Male Ego) and BW88.
And just for the sake of being comprehensive - Brian has been back into the Moog for a while now. The synth is featured on That Lucky Old Sun (several tracks), and a Synclavier type 80s sampling synth is used in "Oxygen to the Brain," replaying a backing vocal part and shifting the pitch. It is during the break where the backing vocals are 'a reason to live.' Very un-fashionable but what a cool sound.
Hell, Brian Wilson reimagines Gershwin has some Moog-ish synthesizer in there; I believe it is used on "The Like in I Love You" if I am not mistaken.
I hope theyre not software synths because if so, we will hear no end of complaining!
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