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« Reply #40 on: January 25, 2006, 10:42:21 PM »

sorry

the sentence started out with that for some reason then i kept it

once i thought i'd be an english major...you see where that went


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? Reply #40 on: January 25, 2006, 10:42:21 PM ?

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« Reply #41 on: January 25, 2006, 10:50:09 PM »

I'm a f u cking nerd. See below.


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« Reply #42 on: January 25, 2006, 10:56:52 PM »

you, a nerd? I wear a freaking Boba Fett watch! I'm 21!

i guess that's more along the lines of geek though... Grin


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« Reply #43 on: January 28, 2006, 11:20:57 PM »

I was actually thinking about why Brian's songs are so below par on here, or at least people dont like them as much...I believe it's because he really didnt want to be with the Beach Boys anymore and was looking to do solo stuff and he already had stuff he wanted to do like there's so many, little childeren, perhaps melt away (i dont know when that was written), and stuff he might have written before the Usher sessions...maybe The First Time was included or even City Blues...but whatever the case, I think he gave the guys his duds: I'm So Lonely and It's just a matter of time, which may have not been a dud, I think he might have written that with Mike, so maybe that was during the BB 85 sessions...He seemed proud enough to preview it on American Band. BUT, Male Ego to me is a fine song, and i believe Landy-Love-Wilson wrote this together so it was part of the BB 85 as well...i dont know...just a thought.


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« Reply #44 on: February 14, 2006, 03:22:40 PM »

I try to listen to this thing once in a while but can't stomach it. Aside from Getcha Back, not much to offer. Very poor and horribly produced. Not Levine's fault, it was the 80's afterall.


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« Reply #45 on: February 25, 2006, 02:49:55 AM »

BUBBA, YOU ARE AN APOLOGIST OF EVERY WRACKED IDEAL.

THAT SAID, I FEEL LIKE BRIAN IS TALKING TO DENNY FROM THE GRAVE ON "I'M SO LONELY"

AL IS SINGING I'M SO GAY ON " CRACK..."

I LOVE BRI'S MIDDLE 8, THO. LONELY NIGHTS....


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« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2006, 06:53:47 AM »

Getcha Back is a guilty pleasure but overall unbelievable crap most notably "passing friend" (boy frikkin george writing for the beach boys Cry

) and "California Calling"


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« Reply #47 on: March 09, 2006, 01:35:08 PM »

Gotta love Getcha Back, It's Getting Late, and even though it is a big cheeseball I still ove Crack At Your Love. Other than those, there isnt much about this album I really enjoy. It's Just A Matter Of Time is pretty good also I suppose.


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« Reply #48 on: April 17, 2006, 12:07:26 AM »

Quote from: CosmicDancer on March 09, 2006, 01:35:08 PM

I agree with your evaluation CD although I'd add "She Believes in Love Again" and "Where I Belong", and maybe "Male Ego" if we're counting that as an album track. Even the Stevie cover turned out all right. "Passing Friend" sure is a train wreck though... "Chasin' the Sky" might have been a better choice, although I don't know if that was produced by Steve Levine or not.


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« Reply #49 on: April 17, 2006, 07:43:14 AM »

i totally agree, chasin the sky woulda fit in. and ive always dug the stevie wonder tune as well


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« Reply #50 on: May 24, 2006, 06:22:18 AM »

I hate this album. Brian never sounded worse, the songs stink, yawn!!!! Getcha Back is decent but ugh!!! Tim White Loved this LP WHY


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« Reply #51 on: August 07, 2006, 05:02:00 PM »

The worst of the 3 80ies album, but some songs are great like "Getcha Back", "It's Getting Late", "California Calling", "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Passing Friend".


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« Reply #52 on: August 07, 2006, 09:05:48 PM »

Quote from: My Brother Woody on March 01, 2006, 06:53:47 AM

Getcha Back is a guilty pleasure ...

Nothing guilty about it for me; I've always liked it. I'd have trouble giving the album overall anything above a "2" rating, though.

My advice: Skip the album and find a copy of the "Getcha Back" b/w "Male Ego" 45.


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« Reply #53 on: August 08, 2006, 12:32:56 AM »

Quote from: Vega-Table Man on August 07, 2006, 09:05:48 PM

Quote from: My Brother Woody on March 01, 2006, 06:53:47 AM

Getcha Back is a guilty pleasure ...

The 45 is what I play I never pull out the LP


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« Reply #54 on: August 08, 2006, 02:40:32 PM »

Brian's falsetto on Getcha Back is just so.. weird. I can't explain it; it just doesn't sit with me well.


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« Reply #55 on: July 10, 2007, 01:05:29 AM »

I've been listening to this album alot lately. It sucks (especially when you listen to it right after Pet Sounds) but for some reason I can't get enough. Passing Friend should've been released as a single, it's so 80s it would've become a hit. The bass in Crack at Your Love is funky.


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« Reply #56 on: July 10, 2007, 05:38:45 AM »

in Great Britain Passing Friend was released as a single....didn't do a thing in the UK-charts.


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« Reply #57 on: April 25, 2008, 10:50:44 PM »

I actually "get off" (as Brian would say), on this album. I'm aware of it's high cheese content, but it's still an entertaining listen for me. My beach boys discography ends right here. Quite frankly, i'm kind of worried to try 'still cruisin' and 'summer in paradise'.


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« Reply #58 on: April 26, 2008, 02:27:31 AM »

Quote from: hutchings on April 25, 2008, 10:50:44 PM

Quite frankly, i'm kind of worried to try 'still cruisin' and 'summer in paradise'.

If I was you (knowing that you like '85) I would get Still Cruisin'. Okay, it's no masterpiece and there is 3 oldies put on there, so basically there's only 7 tracks but most of those aren't that bad (except perhaps Make It Big). But yeah, you can do without Summer In Paradise. You aint missing out on much there.