Bruce Johnston Appreciation Thread
Jason:
Quote from: Surfer Joe on February 12, 2006, 02:36:49 PM
If y'all knew how much I love "Deirdre" you'd give me a wedgie.
Deirdre is a great song. I love it. No wedgie from me.
Surfer Joe:
This seems like a good time to ask: years and years ago a couple guys told me that Brian was co-credited on that because Bruce said he was partly inspired by what we then called "Tune X" or "Tones", which we now know as "Holiday" or "On A Holiday". I guess the Badman book pretty well dispels that, but has anyone else ever heard any version of that? I don't think these guys (who were very knowledgeable for the time) would have dreamed it up- it seems likely that Bruce must have said something slightly similar, somewhere, sometime.
Jason:
I have no idea about that.
Tones is actually its own song. It was misappropriated on early Smile bootlegs over the track Holidays. Tones is a Carl composition, April 1967. Sounds like Penny Lane.
Joshilyn Hoisington:
Bruce did say at some point that Brian wrote about one line, but Bruce was feeling generous, so he gave him the co-credit.
Jason:
Bruce said that Brian was throwing him dozens of little four-word phrases that Bruce removed. He only kept two of Brian's contributions.
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