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Title: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: smokeythebear on May 16, 2011, 05:59:52 AM I have been a fan of the Yellow Balloon record for a long time, always thought it resembled Brianīs songs allot and that the magic was in there. But i was totally blown away when i heard Baby itīs you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEj4OI0DNg It must be the wrecking crew backing this version and it blows the Yellow Balloon version out of the water! Any thoughts? Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: grillo on May 16, 2011, 07:02:55 AM I'm a fan of Zekley but he's nowhere near the talent of BW or even Jan Berry. He has more than a few awesome songs (fun we had, don't be gone long, other towns other girls) but he never seemed to be able to get past that silly sort of lyrical theme and move towards songs with emotion. I do love (and own tons of) his stuff though!
Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: dogear on May 16, 2011, 02:23:27 PM I'm a fan of Zekley but he's nowhere near the talent of BW or even Jan Berry. He has more than a few awesome songs (fun we had, don't be gone long, other towns other girls) but he never seemed to be able to get past that silly sort of lyrical theme and move towards songs with emotion. I do love (and own tons of) his stuff though! True!Here are my top five 45s (non-LP stuff only): The Group - Baby Baby It's You WB 5840 The Visions - How Can I Be Down? UNI 55031 The Fun & Games - We UNI 55128 The Visions - Small Town Commotion UNI 55042 The Young Stuff - Poor Boy Canterbury 514 Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: Andrew G. Doe on May 16, 2011, 02:30:21 PM Not. Even. Close.
Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: smokeythebear on May 17, 2011, 01:41:35 AM Not. Even. Close. Hehe yeah i agree just needed to provoke a little , but to be fair i think the above link goes to show how good you can make it sound when you have the wrecking crew backing you, they provide the magic touch to the song. As i think they did with the beach boys songs, sure the later songs with the boys are good but they miss the magic ingredient of TWC. Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: dogear on November 24, 2013, 09:53:23 AM In case you're interested, here's a little discography of Gary's output on 45 that I put together a couple of weeks ago. Additions and corrections are welcome. http://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=1392 (http://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=1392)
Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: Aegir on December 04, 2013, 04:36:46 PM I like the Yellow Balloon version much better. this just screams "HEY LOOK AT ME TRY TO SOUND LIKE THE BEACH BOYS"
Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: Aomdiddlywalla on January 20, 2014, 05:02:20 AM Anyone got a latter day photo of Gary?
Title: Re: Gary Zekley - As good as the Beach Boys? Post by: roll plymouth rock on January 21, 2014, 12:49:19 AM Anyone got a latter day photo of Gary? not photo, but here's a latter day video of him performing superman with rem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7N3IypQVYg he's so excited haha |