Celebrity Appreciation for BW/BB lesser known material

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Probably a subject for a different thread, but Weiland is actually more left to center than it may appear to outsiders. And if you're a fan, send me a PM...you'll thank me later

[bossaroo]

Carmen McRae covered "Don't Talk" and "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" on her 'For Once In My Life' album from 1967.

Punk bands Pennywise and the Queers have covered a number of BBs tunes.

[Paulos]

I've read interviews with Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes where he cites Brian and SMiLE as influences.

[donald]

My guess is that a lot of well known people are BB fans....same as in the general population, and probably an equal percentage like the later material.

I'm still tripping over Feel Flows over the credits in Almost Famous....

and Randy Newman ......man of many soundtracks....is a big BB fan.

[Myk Luhv]

Has Ry Cooder ever mentioned being a fan of BW or the BBs? He's worked with Randy Newman and VDP, and was around in '60s CA as a session musician (albeit more in the folk and blues scenes), so I'd be surprised if they managed to escape his musicological proclivities. To say nothing of the immense fame of the BBs and Brian Wilson, of course.

[Rocker]

James Hetfield of Metalica mentioned GOK as one of the greatest songs ever

[jmc]

Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) is a Brian/BB fan.

The Ramones (or at least Joey Ramone) loved the BB/BW harmonies.

Yo La Tengo has covered the Beach Boys a couple of times (Little Honda and Farmer's Daughter) and are likely fans.

M. Ward is a huge BW/BB fan.  Check what he has to say here....

http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/M|Ward

Sonic Youth has covered I Know There's An Answer...very nice, and Thurston Moore has acknowledged he is a huge fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLktGrpiW5Q

and then there is Fleetwood Mac (especially Lindsey Buckingham) who are huge BB/BW/DW fans....check out their cover of Farmer's Daughter live.... its awesome!!

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

[Wirestone]

Petty hired Carl Wilson to sing on several of his albums in the 90s.

And Ry Cooder actually plays on Kokomo.

[Jonas]

Yo La Tengo has covered the Beach Boys a couple of times (Little Honda and Farmer's Daughter) and are likely fans.

I've heard their cover of Do It Again, which is pretty rad.

[Amy B.]

Peter Buck (already mentioned here) and Mike Mills of REM are fans and, they, along with Michael Stipe, recorded a song called At My Most Beautiful, which was meant to be a tribute to Brian. The music is sort of Pet Sounds-like.

[Chris Brown]

Seeing as how jmc mentioned M. Ward, so I thought I'd add Zooey Deschanel to the list here...she mentioned being a big Beach Boys fan in her MySpace interview with Brian a few years back, and her albums have a very Beach Boys/Spector type of sound on a lot of the cuts.  In fact, check out this track from her latest She & Him album at the 2:00 mark...a well-executed Pet Sounds homage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIoYwewzYv4

[phirnis]

I remember Paul Weller mentioning Friends being one of his favourite albums.

[JaredLekites]

Zooey Deschanel is a big fan of the Carl & The Passions album in addition to being a noted fan of Brian's solo work and The Beach Boys in general.

[Wirestone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJkBdEIFur8

[The Shift]

Sure I saw Weller at one of the RFH Pet Sounds gigs back in '02.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Oh sh*t...Jack Black! There was a *reason* why so many of his movies has a (usually) obscure Brian Wilson reference, or the fact that Orange County had "Love & Mercy" and "Let it Shine" on its soundtrack in addition to "Lay Down Burden".

[the captain]

Jeff Tweedy apparently likes "Love and Mercy," in that he has played it with both his regular band, Wilco, and his "supergroup," Golden Smog (with whom it was also recorded).

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Marylin Manson said he was a big fan of the Beach Boys singing the 'Lord's Prayer' 

[Alex]

Oh merda...Jack Black! There was a *reason* why so many of his movies has a (usually) obscure Brian Wilson reference, or the fact that Orange County had "Love & Mercy" and "Let it Shine" on its soundtrack in addition to "Lay Down Burden".

I never saw much of a reference in School of Rock...unless the striped shirt counts.

[Jon Stebbins]

Marylin Manson said he was a big fan of the Beach Boys singing the 'Lord's Prayer' 

I have a friend who works with Marilyn Manson on some film things, he's spent some time at his home, and he told me Marilyn M. had Dennis' POB Legacy CD sitting in the front of his disc pile.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Sure I saw Weller at one of the RFH Pet Sounds gigs back in '02.

You surely did. He went because he wanted to, not just because it was a gig to be seen at.

[Phil H]

Keith Moon, lamented and eccentric drummer of The Who was a huge Beach Boys fan, especially of their earlier recordings. Not only the Beach Boys either, Keith was a huge fan of 'surf' music in general. When the Beach Boys style took a different direction with Pet Sounds, surprisingly with it, Keith Moon's love of their music actually faded.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Keith Moon, lamented and eccentric drummer of The Who was a huge Beach Boys fan, especially of their earlier recordings. Not only the Beach Boys either, Keith was a huge fan of 'surf' music in general. When the Beach Boys style took a different direction with Pet Sounds, surprisingly with it, Keith Moon's love of their music actually faded.

The band Keith left to join The 'Oo was called The Beachcombers (a London covers band who did a lot of Cliff Richard songs, oddly enough).

[punkinhead]

Keith Moon, lamented and eccentric drummer of The Who was a huge Beach Boys fan, especially of their earlier recordings. Not only the Beach Boys either, Keith was a huge fan of 'surf' music in general. When the Beach Boys style took a different direction with Pet Sounds, surprisingly with it, Keith Moon's love of their music actually faded.

that's really odd, because didn't Keith take Bruce around the UK to promote Pet Sounds? I've seen pics from articles (LLVS) but is there any footage or audio of this?

[Phil H]

Keith Moon, lamented and eccentric drummer of The Who was a huge Beach Boys fan, especially of their earlier recordings. Not only the Beach Boys either, Keith was a huge fan of 'surf' music in general. When the Beach Boys style took a different direction with Pet Sounds, surprisingly with it, Keith Moon's love of their music actually faded.

that's really odd, because didn't Keith take Bruce around the UK to promote Pet Sounds? I've seen pics from articles (LLVS) but is there any footage or audio of this?

I don't know Justin. My information came from the book "Keith Moon, Instant Party" by Alan Clayson. What we do know is that Keith got in touch with John and Paul, who then came to listen to Pet Sounds at a listening party held in Bruce's room at the Waldorf Hotel in London. Check out the book 'I just Wasn't Made For These Times' by Charles L, Granata, for a more in depth version of how things went on at that meeting (pages 190-194) {This book was apparently named "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in the States}. Incidentally, the book does say that it was Tony Rivers, a good friend of Keith Moon, who introduced Keith Moon to Bruce. I know Tony Rivers is a member here, perhaps he could elaborate a little more about this.

Finally, I don't think Keith Moon actually took Bruce around the UK to promote Pet Sounds, that's possibly taking things a little too far.