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Brian Wilson Presents Smile is akin to a K-Tel repackaging of the Smile material sold on local television.
I don't really understand that analogy. A K-Tel recording would be low budget and low profile. Smile was the opposite of both. I can see after the release of the Smile Sessions feeling Brian's album was unnecessary but this was seven years before, several of the songs had never been heard, new lyrics had been written, and for a long time this was the most complete version of Smile available (I would argue it's still more complete than the Beach Boys version). I think that's enough to make it pretty legit.
BWPS does sound like a cheap imitation of the original recordings; it sounds phoned in and plastic. No soul. No feeling. And I felt the same before the box set was released, so that won't work for me.
Now, the live shows are another story. Amazing how different they are, especially using the same musicians.
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Harmonied Be Thy name
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On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
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Quote from: The Real Beach Boy on June 21, 2013, 05:56:15 PM
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Quote from: The Real Beach Boy on June 21, 2013, 01:40:27 PM
Brian Wilson Presents Smile is akin to a K-Tel repackaging of the Smile material sold on local television.
I don't really understand that analogy. A K-Tel recording would be low budget and low profile. Smile was the opposite of both. I can see after the release of the Smile Sessions feeling Brian's album was unnecessary but this was seven years before, several of the songs had never been heard, new lyrics had been written, and for a long time this was the most complete version of Smile available (I would argue it's still more complete than the Beach Boys version). I think that's enough to make it pretty legit.
BWPS does sound like a cheap imitation of the original recordings; it sounds phoned in and plastic. No soul. No feeling. And I felt the same before the box set was released, so that won't work for me.
Absolutely. I was really excited by it when it came out but lost interest within a few months and have hardly played it since. That's partly unavoidable, since BW's voice was not as good in 2004 as it was in 1967, and he lacked the other voices for which he had originally written the songs. (On the other hand, BW's vocal performances on every album starting with
That Lucky Old Sun
have been substantially better than they were on
BWPS
.) But what's more surprising is how half-assed the production on the whole album is. I suspect that the only reason BW and co. bothered to release
Gettin' In Over My Head
was to deflate expectations so people wouldn't realize how mediocre
BWPS
really is.
And on the subject of BWPS and unpopular opinions, I'll take this time to say that I really don't understand the obsession that some people seem to have with "suites." In general, I think BW's writing style is much better suited to writing songs and that the urge to compose an entire album as a single suite has not worked out well for him.
That Lucky Old Sun
is a good example: it has some pretty good songs and decent production and vocals, but the effort to unify it, to my mind, fails entirely. Additionally, as much as I love the songs from
Smile
, I'm convinced that at least part of the reason that BW could never put it together was the obsession with making it as a giant suite when, in fact, it was all over the place stylistically and lyrically. The fact that the organization of
BWPS
is so unsatisfying (with the exception of the middle four songs) would lend credence to this conclusion. I do like the last set of songs on
That's Why God Made the Radio
, but I don't think an extended suite would have worked for the whole album.
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If Mike has more songs like 'Daybreak', I hope he releases a solo album. That song, though mostly unappreciated here, has good production, good lyrics, and great vocals. It just doesn't fit with Brian's songwriting. Brian and Mike are no longer compatible with each other - so why force them to write together?
Short answer is the voices. Too much Brian singing lead is too much Brian singing lead. I could care less whether Brian writes with any of the four, but man,
Brian's music is so much better with those voices.
Agreed - but with those vocals comes Mike's endless summer...and, as was proven by Beaches in Mind, it doesn't make for good music. But maybe one dud song in trade for amazing vocals is a good bargain...too bad it has to be that way, though.
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If Mike has more songs like 'Daybreak', I hope he releases a solo album. That song, though mostly unappreciated here, has good production, good lyrics, and great vocals. It just doesn't fit with Brian's songwriting. Brian and Mike are no longer compatible with each other - so why force them to write together?
Short answer is the voices. Too much Brian singing lead is too much Brian singing lead. I could care less whether Brian writes with any of the four, but man,
Brian's music is so much better with those voices.
Agreed - but with those vocals comes Mike's endless summer...and, as was proven by Beaches in Mind, it doesn't make for good music. But maybe one dud song in trade for amazing vocals is a good bargain...too bad it has to be that way, though.
Well, I happen to like Daybreak and Spring Vacation, so that is not a deal breaker for me. Now, with Beaches In Mind, you got me.
Though, I'll be damned if it don't get stuck in my brain and I walk around humming it from time to time.
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It would be surreal to hear Mike doing Brian's "edgier" material.
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If Mike has more songs like 'Daybreak', I hope he releases a solo album. That song, though mostly unappreciated here, has good production, good lyrics, and great vocals. It just doesn't fit with Brian's songwriting. Brian and Mike are no longer compatible with each other - so why force them to write together?
Short answer is the voices. Too much Brian singing lead is too much Brian singing lead. I could care less whether Brian writes with any of the four, but man,
Brian's music is so much better with those voices.
Agreed - but with those vocals comes Mike's endless summer...and, as was proven by Beaches in Mind, it doesn't make for good music. But maybe one dud song in trade for amazing vocals is a good bargain...too bad it has to be that way, though.
Well, I happen to like Daybreak and Spring Vacation, so that is not a deal breaker for me. Now, with Beaches In Mind, you got me.
Though, I'll be damned if it don't get stuck in my brain and I walk around humming it from time to time.
Daybreak is one of my favorite tracks on TWGMTR - but it doesn't fit with the rest of Brian's tunes (maybe it was just the difference in production). And yeah
I get that Beaches intro stuck in my head way too often
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Quote from: SMiLE Brian on June 21, 2013, 07:06:33 PM
It would be surreal to hear Mike doing Brian's "edgier" material.
I can hear a younger Mike doing a great "Walkin the Line" lead.
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Quote from: SMiLE Brian on June 21, 2013, 07:06:33 PM
It would be surreal to hear Mike doing Brian's "edgier" material.
You mean like singing the lead lines of "acid alliteration" lyrics in the closing section of a "back to the beach" classic like "Cabinessence"??
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I guess my unpopular opinion is that I actually prefer some of the material from Brian Wilson's Smile over the Beach Boys Smile Sessions. Mostly due to the addition of lyrics like I prefer
In Blue Hawaii
to
Love to Say Dada
and
Song for Children
to
Look
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Wind Chimes
than the Beach Boys version (actually, another unpopular opinion, I think I prefer the Smiley Smile version to both, I love the eeriness and the guys trading off verses).
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Taken as a whole, BWPS is a very good record. The second suite, the added lyrics in the third -- it's a real accomplishment. Not my favorite BW solo album necessarily, because it really needs so much context to fully understand, and because it's ultimately built upon older and more atmospheric recordngs. But its importance as a personal milestone for BW cannot be overstated.
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BWPS worked really well for me at the time but I don't think I'm going to play it again anytime soon. It begins with the overall packaging, which looks incredibly dull and even cheap. Also, why would anyone prefer the solo renditions of Surf's Up, Cabinessence, and H&V over the actual Beach Boys versions? I certainly don't despise this record but to me it's about on the same level as the Christmas album he did.
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If Mike has more songs like 'Daybreak', I hope he releases a solo album. That song, though mostly unappreciated here, has good production, good lyrics, and great vocals. It just doesn't fit with Brian's songwriting. Brian and Mike are no longer compatible with each other - so why force them to write together?
Short answer is the voices. Too much Brian singing lead is too much Brian singing lead. I could care less whether Brian writes with any of the four, but man,
Brian's music is so much better with those voices.
Agreed - but with those vocals comes Mike's endless summer...and, as was proven by Beaches in Mind, it doesn't make for good music. But maybe one dud song in trade for amazing vocals is a good bargain...too bad it has to be that way, though.
Well, I happen to like Daybreak and Spring Vacation, so that is not a deal breaker for me. Now, with Beaches In Mind, you got me.
Though, I'll be damned if it don't get stuck in my brain and I walk around humming it from time to time.
Daybreak is one of my favorite tracks on TWGMTR - but it doesn't fit with the rest of Brian's tunes (maybe it was just the difference in production). And yeah
I get that Beaches intro stuck in my head way too often
The other day I inadvertently trapped my genitalia in a sock drawer whilst hurriedly getting ready for work. Unpleasant as the crunching sound of my ball bag being squashed 'tween drawer and balsa wood undoubtedly was, it was nevertheless still preferable to listening to Daybreak Over The Ocean, which is one of the most revolting songs in the bands entire canon.
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I am another of those who hasn't listened to BWPS for many years and I have no plans to listen to it again in the future.
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I am another of those who hasn't listened to BWPS for many years and I have no plans to listen to it again in the future.
Try it. You might like it.
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To me, the sound of Brian Wilson untethered to the atrocious production and marketing gimmicks of the post Endless Summer group is nothing less than hearing a modern American musical titan finally free. Free to express music that his band would never countenance. And free to attract an audience that enjoys his music for what it is -- modern American masterpieces -- rather than the lifestyle marketing ploy his cousin and assorted hangers-on want it to signify.
And of course his voice is reduced, and of course he turns to others for support. But that makes his accomplishments even greater and more precious. Here's the truth. I would trade the entire Beach Boys discography for Brian Wilson's four solo albums of original compositions. Brian Wilson (88), Imagination (98), Gettin' In Over My Head (04) and That Lucky Old Sun (08) are, to me, the truly canonical and irreplaceable creations of this timeless musical force. They have everything I like about Brian Wilson's music with precious little of the dross that so often accompanies it.
I'd like to counter with BW88 and Sweet Insanity are the only two semi decent solo albums the man has ever made. Everything else sucks. As bad as much as it was, Imagination was the last record where any... erm..
imagination
was shown in making a Brian Wilson solo record. Anything since, be they covers, remakes or originals is the same bunch of guys hired to recreate a pale retread of Brian's Summer Days!(and Summer Nights!)/Pet Sounds phase. I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
And as for his singing? Yes he's improved since hitting rock bottom with GIOMH but still.... comparatively speaking it now means he's a 4 instead of a 2 out of 10. I've never known another artist to recieve the sympathy vote as much as Brian Wilson does.
So he has maybe 3 new records coming out? I don't need to buy them, I already know how they will sound. 12 piece band playing exactly the same instrument setup as used on Pet Sounds - check. Lyrics that are guaranteed to make reference to his mental history at some point - check. A wordless vocal acapella with Jeff Foskett wailing like a banshee all over it - check.
Sorry but the
Brian Wilson Sound
has become as much a stale cliche as the Mike Love nasal sung beach song.
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Quote from: Mike's Beard on June 22, 2013, 12:58:33 AM
I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
You said it.
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Mike's Beard, couldn't agree more! BW's solo career has been stale and uninteresting for many years. Can't take any more of the "mental history" stuff, it's making me cringe. That said, I find TLOS and BWRG rather pleasant in spots... but still, nowhere near as good as even later BB material such as the Light Album.
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I am another of those who hasn't listened to BWPS for many years and I have no plans to listen to it again in the future.
Try it. You might like it.
I tried it when it was released but I can't get past the fact that the songs sounded much better when recording in the 1960s sadly.
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In general Brian's albums have two great tracks and the rest is so-so. Imagination was his first solo album that I caught in real time as a fan. Then I saw (in amazement) the big hype and euphoria, and got used to it afterwards. Brian's solo releases are a footnote in his career but there's much to be enjoyed.
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I am another of those who hasn't listened to BWPS for many years and I have no plans to listen to it again in the future.
Try it. You might like it.
I tried it when it was released but I can't get past the fact that the songs sounded much better when recording in the 1960s sadly.
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Quote from: Wirestone on June 21, 2013, 01:53:31 PM
To me, the sound of Brian Wilson untethered to the atrocious production and marketing gimmicks of the post Endless Summer group is nothing less than hearing a modern American musical titan finally free. Free to express music that his band would never countenance. And free to attract an audience that enjoys his music for what it is -- modern American masterpieces -- rather than the lifestyle marketing ploy his cousin and assorted hangers-on want it to signify.
And of course his voice is reduced, and of course he turns to others for support. But that makes his accomplishments even greater and more precious. Here's the truth. I would trade the entire Beach Boys discography for Brian Wilson's four solo albums of original compositions. Brian Wilson (88), Imagination (98), Gettin' In Over My Head (04) and That Lucky Old Sun (08) are, to me, the truly canonical and irreplaceable creations of this timeless musical force. They have everything I like about Brian Wilson's music with precious little of the dross that so often accompanies it.
I'd like to counter with BW88 and Sweet Insanity are the only two semi decent solo albums the man has ever made. Everything else sucks. As bad as much as it was, Imagination was the last record where any... erm..
imagination
was shown in making a Brian Wilson solo record. Anything since, be they covers, remakes or originals is the same bunch of guys hired to recreate a pale retread of Brian's Summer Days!(and Summer Nights!)/Pet Sounds phase. I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
And as for his singing? Yes he's improved since hitting rock bottom with GIOMH but still.... comparatively speaking it now means he's a 4 instead of a 2 out of 10. I've never known another artist to recieve the sympathy vote as much as Brian Wilson does.
So he has maybe 3 new records coming out? I don't need to buy them, I already know how they will sound. 12 piece band playing exactly the same instrument setup as used on Pet Sounds - check. Lyrics that are guaranteed to make reference to his mental history at some point - check. A wordless vocal acapella with Jeff Foskett wailing like a banshee all over it - check.
Sorry but the
Brian Wilson Sound
has become as much a stale cliche as the Mike Love nasal sung beach song.
If all of BW's post-'91 solo albums actually sounded the same, I would give some credence to your opinion. Given that they don't, I can only infer that you haven't heard them -- and accordingly dismiss your post as the flagrant nonsense it is.
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I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
You said it.
Yes, because having a band made up of people who love and support you, record companies falling over themselves to release your new material, and the creative confidence to make some the most exciting and risk-taking recordings of your career is being boxed in. Heh.
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I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
You said it.
Yes, because having a band made up of people who love and support you, record companies falling over themselves to release your new material, and the creative confidence to make some the most exciting and risk-taking recordings of your career is being boxed in. Heh.
I'm not sure that record companies have been falling over themselves to release his new material, but I don't have access to the kind of information to make that judgment. But one doesn't need pressure from the studio or from bandmates to be boxed in. Granted, I don't think that all of BW's solo albums sound the same, and I even like some of them. But is something like
In the Key of Disney
or even
Reimagines Gershwin
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I'd say Brian's more boxed in musically now then he ever was as a Beach Boy.
You said it.
Yes, because having a band made up of people who love and support you, record companies falling over themselves to release your new material, and the creative confidence to make some the most exciting and risk-taking recordings of your career is being boxed in. Heh.
I'm not sure that record companies have been falling over themselves to release his new material, but I don't have access to the kind of information to make that judgment. But one doesn't need pressure from the studio or from bandmates to be boxed in. Granted, I don't think that all of BW's solo albums sound the same, and I even like some of them. But is something like
In the Key of Disney
or even
Reimagines Gershwin
really your idea of an artist spreading his creative wings?
Capitol signed him right up after the BB tour, and as a solo artist. So there's clearly demand for what he's doing these days, and not as a band project. This has not necessarily been true for all of his solo career, but the fact that he has regularly toured and released acclaimed albums has put him in a better position with the business.
As for the Gershwin record, I think it was an ambitious and risky project, yes. It was an album that was explicitly Brian's idea (he'd been mulling it over it for years, and made it a condition of the Disney deal -- they had originally wanted him solely to record the Disney covers record), one on which he selected the material and sequenced the record on his own, and one where he fought with the record company (to keep the female POV vocals in "I Love You Porgy") and won. What's more, he labored mightily for a couple of months over his vocals.
An artist spreading his wings does not mean he has to make an album that's dissonant or unpleasant, or one where he sings like Tom Waits. An artist spreading his wings does not mean he has to collaborate with Rick Rubin or Panda Bear or Daft Punk. Sometimes an artist spreading his wings is making an immaculately tasteful and joyous, yet still experimental and slyly funny, record of pre-rock standards.
The Disney record was a contractual obligation project. It happens. Yet Brian put together a distinctly different, organ-heavy band sound for the record, with a lighter and looser vibe. No, it wasn't his deepest record ever. But it had modest charms of its own, reminding me in a way of Friends.
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This is a fun thread to read...here's my likely unpopular opinions (the first is certain to be unpopular)...
-I'd rather listen to BWPS than The Smile Sessions just about any day, though I love both.
-Caroline, No is a very weak track. I skip it every time. Also, the instrumentals on PS are utter crap of an almost embarrassing level.
-C&TP:ST is the groups best album of the 70's, followed by Holland, then Love You, Sunflower (overrated a bit), LA, MIU
-Carl Wilson, while a phenomenal singer, producer, arranger, band leader, was a mediocre at best songwriter.
-Bruce Johnston is at once the weirdest, most annoying, and least talented member of the Beach Boys history.
-It's a really good thing the boys didn't perform at Monterrey Pop...would've been beyond embarrassing.
-Still Cruisin' is a really fun record. I enjoy listening to it In My Car (pun intended).
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you could probably freeze your piss into the shape of a sharp object and then stab someone with your own piss and then the weapon melts and you never get caught. no officer, i didn't stab anyone, search the whole house, you won't find any weapons. you could threaten your enemies and even call it a "pissknife", "pissdagger" or "yellow pissblade of justice" to intimidate them further. i think it would be awesome to stab your enemies with a blade made of your own piss.
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