Pet Smile vol. 2 ideas?

[punkinhead]

Alright, for those fans of the compilation: Pet Smile, I was thinkin of ideas for putting together a 2nd vol. of Pet Sounds/Smile influenced songs from then and now.  For those unaware of Pet Smile and it's awesomeness, it's a variety of songs from the 60s to now with a Pet Sound or Smile  influence....ranging from First Class' Beach Baby to Eric Carmen's Never gonna Fall in Love again to the Wondermints' Tracey Hide.

I figured I'd start with a couple ideas:
-Fleet Foxes: He Doesn't Know Why (very pet sounds-esq...plus the goats in the studio in the music video)
-Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
-Van Dyke Parks/John C. Riley: Black Sheep (from Walk Hard soundtrack)
-Burt Bacharach: Nikki (very pet sounds)
-any Weezer ideas?


any other ideas?

[Richard Head]

I doubt there was ever an influence, but stuff like Fuga No. II and Caminhante Noturno from the second Os Mutantes album reek of a Smile-esque sound. Of course, Brian never wrote Arnaldo Baptista a letter asking him to reform Os Mutantes and open for the Beach Boys.

[The Heartical Don]

Make a cut of the track 'Good Laugh Mun' by the Flaming Groovies (album: 'Now!'), so that the last 30 seconds are preserved. Do a loop and also make a nice fade-in. That is as Pet Sounds as it gets.

[8o8o]

Tim Hardin's "Baby Close Its Eyes".

Always reminds me of "Pet Sounds", especially the intro.

[Andrew G. Doe]

songs from the 60s to now with a Pet Sound or Smile  influence....ranging from First Class' Beach Baby

While "Beach Baby" does indeed have a definite BB influence, it owes exactly nothing to either Pet Sounds or Smile and precisely everything to All Summer Long and Summer Days. 

REM - "At My Most Beautiful"
Gary Griffin - "Geronimo Leaps"
Jeff Foskett - "Thru My Window", "Love Of My Own"
Fraternal Order Of The All - "Love Tonight"

[The Heartical Don]

Elvis Costello: 'The Other Side Of Summer'

[PongHit]

How 'bout this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtsQxUYHXbw

[Roger Ryan]

Elvis Costello: 'The Other Side Of Summer'

...or Costello's "Favorite Hour" (from BRUTAL YOUTH) which the singer claimed was his attempt to write a song like "Surf's Up".

[Thunderfingers75]

REM - At My Most Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfPcx5hQJU
Flaming Lips - Waitin for a Superman
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Flaming+Lips/_/Waitin'+for+a+Superman
Wilco - Candyfloss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7I6L9eQsk

[The Heartical Don]

(a daring contribution)

Tom Verlaine: 'The Scientist Writes A Letter' (from 'Flash Light'). I get shivers every time, it's so hauntingly beautiful. Always reminds me of 'Surf's Up'. But I might be mistaken by thinking that everyone else has the same associations.

Listen for yourselves.

[onkster]

AGD sez:  While "Beach Baby" does indeed have a definite BB influence, it owes exactly nothing to either Pet Sounds or Smile and precisely everything to All Summer Long and Summer Days. 

Gotta disagree--there's a french horn line near the end that is a very obvious ripoff of the one from "God Only Knows"--so that's a hair less than exactly nothing.  Otherwise, yeah, I agree.

[punkinhead]

I agree AGD, but it was the only thing I could think of that early in the morning, a couple bowls later ( )   

Also, I'm thinking that cut of Love Tonight is actually on Pet Smile, great song btw.

[Andrew G. Doe]

AGD sez:  While "Beach Baby" does indeed have a definite BB influence, it owes exactly nothing to either Pet Sounds or Smile and precisely everything to All Summer Long and Summer Days. 

Gotta disagree--there's a french horn line near the end that is a very obvious ripoff of the one from "God Only Knows"--so that's a hair less than exactly nothing.  Otherwise, yeah, I agree.

Actually it's a riff from Sibelius' 5th symphony, the same one that Strawberry Switchblade used for their 1984 hit "Since Yesterday". 

[Alex]

Camera Obscura-French Navy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CkfvYMCWM

Camera Obscura-If Looks Could Kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztIWgEO0vRc

And definitely like Ponghit said, Weird Al's Pancreas!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Also, I'm thinking that cut of Love Tonight is actually on Pet Smile, great song btw.

What's the tracklist ?

[variable2]

Fleet Foxes - Quiet Houses..  has a great little Smile-like outro..

[Luther]

I admit to having no idea what's on volume 1, but it seems that a few obvious choices might be 1) approximately half of Pet Soul by Splitsville (I'll let you guess which half) and 2) plenty of Apples in Stereo's Her Wallpaper Reverie.

[punkinhead]

Pet Smile:

Hush (Jellyfish)
I've Seen to Dream (Tony Rivers and Harmony Grass)
Love Tonight (Fraternal Ordwer of All)
My World Fell Down (Sagittarius)
Silently (Del Shannon)
Tracy Hide (the Wondermints)
Beach Baby (First Class)
Goodbye (the Postmarks)
Dead Meat (Sean Lennon)
Let's Hope Nobody Finds Us (Lewis Taylor)
Carraway Stream (Gordian Knot)
Guess I'm Dumb (Glen Campbell)
Don't Cry Over Me (Mark Eric)
Highway Noise (June and the Exit Wounds)
No Gnashing Teeth (Eric Mathews)
It's a Sad World (Curt Boettcher)
My Way (Chris Rainbow)
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again (Eric Carmen)
Let's Go to San Francisco (The Flowerpot Men)
Chalkhills and Children (XTC)
Sandy (Ronnie and the Daytonas)
What a Groovy Day (Tony Rivers and Harmony Grass)
Sebrina, Paste, and Plato (Jellyfish)

[Surfer Joe]

"Birdhouse In Your Soul"- They Might Be Giants (deliberate, specific homage)
"Be Nice To Me"- Todd Rundgren
"Pale And Precious"- Dukes Of Stratospheare (deliberate, specific homage)
"Let's Pretend"- The Raspberries
"Ram On"- Paul McCartney (Maybe more of a Friends influence, really)
"Take A Run At The Sun"- J. Mascis (deliberate, specific homage)
"God Give Me Strength"- Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach (deliberate, specific homage)

[shelter]

AGD sez:  While "Beach Baby" does indeed have a definite BB influence, it owes exactly nothing to either Pet Sounds or Smile and precisely everything to All Summer Long and Summer Days. 

Gotta disagree--there's a french horn line near the end that is a very obvious ripoff of the one from "God Only Knows"--so that's a hair less than exactly nothing.  Otherwise, yeah, I agree.

Actually it's a riff from Sibelius' 5th symphony, the same one that Strawberry Switchblade used for their 1984 hit "Since Yesterday". 

The horns at the ending of 'Beach Baby' are clearly playing a melody from 'Let's Go To San Francisco' by The Flower Pot Men - a song that lead singer Tony Burrows and songwriter John Carter had previously collaborated on.