I think Baby Blue is...

[Mark H.]

I love Baby Blue - Carl's vocal makes the song so complete.  Dennis at his best!

[Jonathan Blum]

The song that made me fall in love with the whole Dennis Wilson thing...

Cheers,
Jon Blum

[c-man]

Baby Blue is better than any other song than any other member of the group (yup, including Brian) produced in the late '70's. I hope we get the lovely demo version with the whistling on MIC (especially as we were denied it on Bambu).

THAT version is most definitely unfinished...a rough mix with a very rough Carl lead, no backup vocals and no Dennis vocal at all!  Glad we have it on boots, but don't expect an official release ever...if there ever is another Caribou release of Dennis material, I'm sure Hanlon would remix "Baby Blue" from scratch. 

[Mikie]

Baby Blue - one of my all time favorite Dennis songs. When LA. Light came out, that's the song I kept lifting the needle and going back to. The part where it goes, "Late at night when the whoooole world's sleeping, I think of you" still kills me every time. Just a great, emotional song. That one and "Love Surrounds Me" were the last ones Dennis contributed before he died.

[Cabinessenceking]

Too great for being on such an inconsistent album. Also the mixing of the song took away many vocal harmonies and the harp part. Really disappointed with that decision.

[Gertie J.]

.....sick bitchin'!!

 

[petzounds29]

baby blue is-sublime

[Gregg]

One could say "Baby Blue" saved my marriage.

Several years ago, when my wife and I had just been dating a few months, we were lying in bed, about to go to sleep when the phone rang. It was my ex-girlfriend. "Hi-iiiiiiiii!! Just thought I'd........". It wasn't the first time the psycho-hose-beast had pulled this particular desperate maneuver, and now it was really getting old. My girlfriend/(future)wife had had enough at this point and grew very silent. I knew my pleading and persuasion were getting me nowhere, so I just got up and walked to the next room and sat down at my keyboard. Without thinking very much, I just started playing "Baby Blue". Needless to say, that song that clearly came straight from Dennis Wilson's heart, touched my wife's heart, and she didn't break up with me that night. She later told me that she was very close to calling it quits after that phone call.

 We are about to celebrate our 7th anniversary and we have been blessed with a beautiful little girl that is about to turn three and has gorgeous blue eyes just like her mother.

So, thank you, Dennis.

[c-man]

Gregg, I'm sure Dennis would be honored.

[Mikie]

Congrats, Gregg!