Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again
Wirestone:
Quote from: Jon Stebbins on June 08, 2013, 12:24:15 PM
Quote from: Wirestone on June 07, 2013, 11:20:59 PM
Quote from: Sound of Free on June 07, 2013, 11:11:49 PM
He certainly was his own distinct presence from Brian, but you can't tell me that the guy who did THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSiIHHOPULg
didn't learn a ton from his big brother.
That's pretty much all Van McCoy, though, right?
No, not all. Van McCoy did the very cool string arrangement, that's it.
My point was that McCoy's arrangements -- which I would have to assume include the horns as well, no? -- are what give that instrumental track much of its flavor. Those are clearly Dennis's chords underneath, but it's hardly something he did in a studio on his own. (As opposed to some of his later stuff, which he did pretty much play all the instruments on.)
Disney Boy (1985):
Quote from: Wirestone on June 09, 2013, 12:11:50 AM
Quote from: Jon Stebbins on June 08, 2013, 12:24:15 PM
Quote from: Wirestone on June 07, 2013, 11:20:59 PM
Quote from: Sound of Free on June 07, 2013, 11:11:49 PM
He certainly was his own distinct presence from Brian, but you can't tell me that the guy who did THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSiIHHOPULg
didn't learn a ton from his big brother.
That's pretty much all Van McCoy, though, right?
No, not all. Van McCoy did the very cool string arrangement, that's it.
My point was that McCoy's arrangements -- which I would have to assume include the horns as well, no? -- are what give that instrumental track much of its flavor. Those are clearly Dennis's chords underneath, but it's hardly something he did in a studio on his own. (As opposed to some of his later stuff, which he did pretty much play all the instruments on.)
So what? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain Brian didn't play all the instruments on Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations, etc. I'm sure I read somewhere that he had a bit of help with the clarinets, horns, trombones, etc. I could be wrong.
It seems that now - as then - some people just really have a hard time being convinced of Dennis' musical talents.
Jon Stebbins:
Quote from: Wirestone on June 09, 2013, 12:11:50 AM
Quote from: Jon Stebbins on June 08, 2013, 12:24:15 PM
Quote from: Wirestone on June 07, 2013, 11:20:59 PM
Quote from: Sound of Free on June 07, 2013, 11:11:49 PM
He certainly was his own distinct presence from Brian, but you can't tell me that the guy who did THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSiIHHOPULg
didn't learn a ton from his big brother.
That's pretty much all Van McCoy, though, right?
No, not all. Van McCoy did the very cool string arrangement, that's it.
My point was that McCoy's arrangements -- which I would have to assume include the horns as well, no? -- are what give that instrumental track much of its flavor. Those are clearly Dennis's chords underneath, but it's hardly something he did in a studio on his own. (As opposed to some of his later stuff, which he did pretty much play all the instruments on.)
McCoy scored the strings on Be With Me, that was it. Dennis usually played string suggestions on the piano (or sang) his ideas for string lines to whomever was arranging/scoring the string orchestrations on his productions. Daryl Dragon is very adamant about this in his interviews, that the string melodies were usually Dennis' own musical ideas, and BTW Jimmie Haskell did some of the string scoring job for Dennis on the Pacific Ocean Blue era material. I think Be With Me falls into the same routine that the subsequent stuff did, Dennis had a feel for what he wanted and did his best to translate that to his arranger, not having the ability to actually score charts for a string section on his own.
pixletwin:
Quote from: beachboys_fr on June 01, 2013, 02:16:09 AM
I expect to make more deals in August since WIBNTLA won't be on MIC.
Pity that isn't going to work out for you. I suspect even the resell value of the CD you bought containing this track has deflated considerably. :'(
ontor pertawst:
I'll light a candle for him.
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