Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again
Disney Boy (1985):
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on June 16, 2013, 01:49:14 PM
Quote from: Disney Boy (1985) on June 16, 2013, 01:39:15 PM
Can't wait! I love practically everything Dennis did, including the tracks that a lot of people here say aren't much cop i.e. Got To Know The Woman, All I Want To Do, Be Still, etc. Something about his song-writing just gets me every time. I'm so, so pleased he's been so well represented on the box.
Hopefully one day we'll find out who is responsible for that.
Oh go on Andrew, tell us who! Was it you? God bless whoever it was.
Andrew G. Doe:
Quote from: aeijtzsche on June 16, 2013, 12:39:30 PM
Well, spoiler alert, I suppose:
I would say that it's not necessarily the songwriting that makes the track really good. I would call it a solid song from Dennis and Stan Shapiro. The things that make the track a standout to me are the production and the performance.
It's kind of the ultimate synthesis of the Surf's Up production ethic. It has a lot of instrumentation and neat things going on. The engineering was excellent. There's gurgling moogs, great drums, and to me it just kind of represents all of the best things about Desper and the Boys as collaborators.
And then there's the singing, which I think is what draws people to the track more than anything else. Dennis simply had it all come together for this. Everything I like about Dennis's voice is present. But it's also a very Wilsonian vocal, in general, with Dennis evoking Carl at times and Brian at others--you just hear the fraternal vocal bond. It's a very sensitive vocal--I think Dennis reigned in a bit and took care to deliver a technically sound but still emotional vocal.
So that's my take on it. It's a good song raised to another level by the uniqueness of Dennis's singing. You really can't hear him sing quite like it anywhere else.
The bvs... don't forget the bvs... ;D
Nicko1234:
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on June 16, 2013, 01:49:14 PM
Hopefully one day we'll find out who is responsible for that.
As a few months ago Mike was credited with vetoing every Dennis song from MiC, presumably he is now considered most responsible. Go Mike. :lol
Andrew G. Doe:
Quote from: Nicko1234 on June 16, 2013, 02:48:44 PM
As a few months ago Mike was credited with vetoing every Dennis song from MiC, presumably he is now considered most responsible. Go Mike. :lol
Not by any reliable source...
Loaf:
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on June 16, 2013, 03:11:07 PM
Quote from: Nicko1234 on June 16, 2013, 02:48:44 PM
As a few months ago Mike was credited with vetoing every Dennis song from MiC, presumably he is now considered most responsible. Go Mike. :lol
Not by any reliable source...
Yeah, unreleased Dennis tracks are likely to be one of the boxed set's biggest selling points, and POB hit the top 10 (UK anyway), so if Mike's really all about the $$$, then it makes financial sense that he'd want more Dennis in there :) Playing the Mike is Greedy card cuts both ways!
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