SIP Could Have Sold Much Better As Is
rab2591:
Quote from: Mujan, B@st@rd Son of a Blue Wizard on January 11, 2015, 04:10:54 AM
Quote from: Rick Bartlett on January 11, 2015, 12:12:08 AM
I believe you can blame Dean Torrence for that logo, going back to the '15 big ones' period artwork....
I actually like the logo myself. may even get it tattooe'd!
RickB
See, it makes sense on that cover because of the throwback tunes and celebration of the band's 15-year history. That neon sign look fits that oldies vibe. But making it the band's official logo just makes them seem eternally dated, imho. It's not timeless like other famous bands' iconography.
I was so bummed out when MiC was released and saw that they were still using that godforsaken logo/typeface. Here we just had the Smile Sessions box come out, we're finally getting the release of vaulted rarities, The Beach Boys are gaining traction as being not just 'Sun and Surf' band but a tour-de-force in intellectual classic pop music....and they stuck them with that dated malt-shop neon sign logo again.
Lonely Summer:
Quote from: Mujan, B@st@rd Son of a Blue Wizard on January 11, 2015, 04:04:04 AM
Quote from: phirnis on January 11, 2015, 03:51:27 AM
For some reason I'd love to hear what Masterpiece would've been like. Do we know if any initial recordings exist? I'm wondering if the album would've contained any song(s) about cutlery.
I didn't even know such an album (almost) existed until coming across a reference on this board just the other day. Where could one find more information on this? Was it abandoned when SIP flopped or for other reasons?
Mike talked about it back in '93 - he said it would follow on the title track of SIP, with songs about the environment, kind of a latter day "Surf's Up". I have no idea if it ever got past the talking phase, but imagine that musically, it would've sounded like SIP Vol. 2.
job:
See Mike? Some of us appreciate you.
runnersdialzero:
Quote from: Lonely Summer on January 12, 2015, 12:32:15 PM
Mike talked about it back in '93 - he said it would follow on the title track of SIP, with songs about the environment, kind of a latter day "Surf's Up". I have no idea if it ever got past the talking phase, but imagine that musically, it would've sounded like SIP Vol. 2.
Wait, "Surf's Up" is "about the environment"? Are you saying this or did Mike? ??? ??? ???
Lonely Summer:
Quote from: runnersdialzero on January 19, 2015, 07:56:43 AM
Quote from: Lonely Summer on January 12, 2015, 12:32:15 PM
Mike talked about it back in '93 - he said it would follow on the title track of SIP, with songs about the environment, kind of a latter day "Surf's Up". I have no idea if it ever got past the talking phase, but imagine that musically, it would've sounded like SIP Vol. 2.
Wait, "Surf's Up" is "about the environment"? Are you saying this or did Mike? ??? ??? ???
Not the song "Surf's Up", but the album. You know, the one that starts off with "Don't Go Near the Water", and also includes such topical songs as "Lookin' at Tomorrow", "Take A Load Off Your Feet" and "Student Demonstration Time". Maybe he would have given us SDT set to a drum machine with pseudo tropical sounds.
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