We Gor Love - Studio Version

[smile-holland]

Just listened to it on YouTube...not the best of Beach Boys' songs.  It isn't Blondie or Ricky singing...is it?  WB were right to push for a better song ("Sail on Sailor").  If this was on the album, it would definitely be a skipper.

Ricky Fataar sang it.  And it was on the Holland album.  And I didn't skip it.

Ricky and Blondie shared vocals until Blondie left.  Blondie sang the "I made my home out in the city..." part.

almost.

Ricky:
I made my home out in the city
Just to see what I could find

Blondie:
Though my heart was in my country
I was not there to close my eyes
Said, I've been tired of all the same
Must've been a Siren in my head
I've been ridin' all my feelin's
All this runnin' and my temperature won't change

[EthanJames]

Lol Damn, he just joined the forum and got banned already

if you look at his profile, you'll see that he has been a member since Feb. 2011.

ohh

[Mike's Beard]

I'm a fan of all the Ricky/Blondie stuff but damn Ricky has a weak singing voice, no more so than on We Got Love.

[Mikie]

Just listened to it on YouTube...not the best of Beach Boys' songs.  It isn't Blondie or Ricky singing...is it?  WB were right to push for a better song ("Sail on Sailor").  If this was on the album, it would definitely be a skipper.

Ricky Fataar sang it.  And it was on the Holland album.  And I didn't skip it.

Ricky and Blondie shared vocals until Blondie left.  Blondie sang the "I made my home out in the city..." part.

Right.  Blondie left in December, 1973.  So Ricky sang "We Got Love" live until he left the band in September, 1974.  So somebody must have liked the song if they kept it in the setlist for another nine months. 

[The Shift]

Just listened to it on YouTube...not the best of Beach Boys' songs.  It isn't Blondie or Ricky singing...is it?  WB were right to push for a better song ("Sail on Sailor").  If this was on the album, it would definitely be a skipper.

Ricky Fataar sang it.  And it was on the Holland album.  And I didn't skip it.

Ricky and Blondie shared vocals until Blondie left.  Blondie sang the "I made my home out in the city..." part.

Right.  Blondie left in December, 1973.  So Ricky sang "We Got Love" live until he left the band in September, 1974.  So somebody must have liked the song if they kept it in the setlist for another nine months. 

THe live version packs so much more punch… odd that it was played live for such a long time yet never had a studio release. Wonder if they ever considered reworking it in the studio along the lines of the live arrangement?

And is this the only example of a Beach boys song that was played live but never ha a studio release? Other than Hawthorne Boulevard, of course…!

[Mikie]

THe live version packs so much more punch… odd that it was played live for such a long time yet never had a studio release.

Agreed on both counts, Wee Helper.  Unless they mentioned that the song was on the "In Concert" album (which was their latest release with "new" material on it). "We Got Love" was probably introduced as being on their recent (11/73) "live" album.

[joshferrell]

"We Gor Love" is the theme song for this movie....

[Loaf]

CSNY put out live albums with tracks that didn't appear on studio albums (barring box sets decades later). Not uncommon.

[The Shift]

CSNY put out live albums with tracks that didn't appear on studio albums (barring box sets decades later). Not uncommon.

That's my point - common for some acts but not for the Beach Lads. Any other examples other than the two I've cited?

[MBE]

I like We Got Love. I often hear people say they like the versions of various songs on In Concert better than the studio. Now when that comes to a pre 1975 song featuring Brian strongly, I have to say the studio version aces it by the strength of his voice in the blend period. Yet with We Got Love I do see the point. The live take is more musical and exciting. Yet, the studio cut is taking quite a beating here and that isn't fair. It is a very good cut that I would take over much of the Beach Boys material to come.

[drbeachboy]

I like We Got Love. I often hear people say they like the versions of various songs on In Concert better than the studio. Now when that comes to a pre 1975 song featuring Brian strongly, I have to say the studio version aces it by the strength of his voice in the blend period. Yet with We Got Love I do see the point. The live take is more musical and exciting. Yet, the studio cut is taking quite a beating here and that isn't fair. It is a very good cut that I would take over much of the Beach Boys material to come.

Maybe in better quality, I'd feel differently, but as it stands, the booted We Got Love sounds anemic.

[Jeff]

I like We Got Love. I often hear people say they like the versions of various songs on In Concert better than the studio. Now when that comes to a pre 1975 song featuring Brian strongly, I have to say the studio version aces it by the strength of his voice in the blend period. Yet with We Got Love I do see the point. The live take is more musical and exciting. Yet, the studio cut is taking quite a beating here and that isn't fair. It is a very good cut that I would take over much of the Beach Boys material to come.

Not sure what's unfair about it.  It's boring.  Basically generic 70s AOR.  Sure, it's better than Pitter Patter, but that doesn't mean much.

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

I like We Got Love. I often hear people say they like the versions of various songs on In Concert better than the studio. Now when that comes to a pre 1975 song featuring Brian strongly, I have to say the studio version aces it by the strength of his voice in the blend period. Yet with We Got Love I do see the point. The live take is more musical and exciting. Yet, the studio cut is taking quite a beating here and that isn't fair. It is a very good cut that I would take over much of the Beach Boys material to come.

Not sure what's unfair about it.  It's boring.  Basically generic 70s AOR.  Sure, it's better than Pitter Patter, but that doesn't mean much.

Pitted Patter is one of the most underrated songs in the catalog IMO. So much fun, and a great singalong with a decent production. Sounds great when it's actually raining, too.  Other than She's Got Rhythm, I find the rest of MIU to be practically unlistenable in comparison...

Conversely, I think My Diane is one of the most overrated songs by the band. If Dennis had written it, I bet it would be derided as overly simplistic and maudlin.

Back on topic... From the crappy YouTube file I've heard, the studio version of We Gor Love is a bit lackadaisical. Still a solid song that made sense, to me at least, for the time it was written. Good lyrics, joyful chorus, tuneful verses. Solid.

[Phoenix]

CSNY put out live albums with tracks that didn't appear on studio albums (barring box sets decades later). Not uncommon.

That's my point - common for some acts but not for the Beach Lads. Any other examples other than the two I've cited?

That point is why I was so disappointed over it's omission from MIC.  I figured it was a shoe in! 

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I like We Got Love. I often hear people say they like the versions of various songs on In Concert better than the studio. Now when that comes to a pre 1975 song featuring Brian strongly, I have to say the studio version aces it by the strength of his voice in the blend period. Yet with We Got Love I do see the point. The live take is more musical and exciting. Yet, the studio cut is taking quite a beating here and that isn't fair. It is a very good cut that I would take over much of the Beach Boys material to come.

Not sure what's unfair about it.  It's boring.  Basically generic 70s AOR.  Sure, it's better than Pitter Patter, but that doesn't mean much.

Aside from My Diane, Pitter Patter is by far the best song on MIU.

[Don Malcolm]

There is nothing more bracing at the SS board than those threads which have a high concentration of "damning with faint praise." Based on an on-and-off backreading of the threads, it's clear that such behavior is one of the key defining traits of this board and its members, and the practice is deeply ingrained, often with hilarious results. I'd extrapolate about three quarters of a million posts that present an opinion or an idea in this fashion or are riffing on such a framework of expression. There was a noticeable dropoff of such posts last year (late summer/early fall), but when C50 got crumpled, DWFP quickly returned with a vengeance, with a fresh wave of it aimed at TWGMTR.

It's likely that DWFP will spike in September and October, in the wake of MIC. We just might make it to a million units of DWFP....in January! 

[Disney Boy (1985)]

There is nothing more bracing at the SS board than those threads which have a high concentration of "damning with faint praise." Based on an on-and-off backreading of the threads, it's clear that such behavior is one of the key defining traits of this board and its members, and the practice is deeply ingrained, often with hilarious results. I'd extrapolate about three quarters of a million posts that present an opinion or an idea in this fashion or are riffing on such a framework of expression. There was a noticeable dropoff of such posts last year (late summer/early fall), but when C50 got crumpled, DWFP quickly returned with a vengeance, with a fresh wave of it aimed at TWGMTR.

It's likely that DWFP will spike in September and October, in the wake of MIC. We just might make it to a million units of DWFP....in January! 

Ok, I'll rephrase my previous post: I really, really like Pitter Patter and I think it's a genuinely good song.

[Mark Dillon]

There is nothing more bracing at the SS board than those threads which have a high concentration of "damning with faint praise." Based on an on-and-off backreading of the threads, it's clear that such behavior is one of the key defining traits of this board and its members, and the practice is deeply ingrained, often with hilarious results. I'd extrapolate about three quarters of a million posts that present an opinion or an idea in this fashion or are riffing on such a framework of expression. There was a noticeable dropoff of such posts last year (late summer/early fall), but when C50 got crumpled, DWFP quickly returned with a vengeance, with a fresh wave of it aimed at TWGMTR.

It's likely that DWFP will spike in September and October, in the wake of MIC. We just might make it to a million units of DWFP....in January! 

Ok, I'll rephrase my previous post: I really, really like Pitter Patter and I think it's a genuinely good song.

I like it, too. Best of the MIU songs that seems to have originated at those sessions.   

[Jeff]

There is nothing more bracing at the SS board than those threads which have a high concentration of "damning with faint praise." Based on an on-and-off backreading of the threads, it's clear that such behavior is one of the key defining traits of this board and its members, and the practice is deeply ingrained, often with hilarious results. I'd extrapolate about three quarters of a million posts that present an opinion or an idea in this fashion or are riffing on such a framework of expression. There was a noticeable dropoff of such posts last year (late summer/early fall), but when C50 got crumpled, DWFP quickly returned with a vengeance, with a fresh wave of it aimed at TWGMTR.

It's likely that DWFP will spike in September and October, in the wake of MIC. We just might make it to a million units of DWFP....in January! 

Ok, I'll rephrase my previous post: I really, really like Pitter Patter and I think it's a genuinely good song.

I like it, too. Best of the MIU songs that seems to have originated at those sessions.   

Well if that ain't damning with faint praise ...

[Mikie]

I always skipped over Pitter Patter. Every time. It's a good example of what Dennis Wilson was alluding to:

"That album (MIU) is an embarrassment to my life. It should self-destruct."

Now, what was this thread about again?

[Chocolate Shake Man]

CSNY put out live albums with tracks that didn't appear on studio albums (barring box sets decades later). Not uncommon.

That's my point - common for some acts but not for the Beach Lads. Any other examples other than the two I've cited?

Little Old Lady? Long Tall Texan? Monster Mash?

[Gertie J.]

^ true dat BUT: it's covers.

[Aegir]

Country Pie. (Yes, no one in the band wrote it, but that doesn't make it a cover)

[Phoenix]

Country Pie. (Yes, no one in the band wrote it, but that doesn't make it a cover)

Was that ever officially released?

[The Shift]

Country Pie. (Yes, no one in the band wrote it, but that doesn't make it a cover)

Was that ever officially released?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005PGRZZC/

Okay, not strictly legit but more circumventing-legit!