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Title: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: RONDEMON on August 19, 2011, 08:44:28 AM I like it a lot!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-download-brian-wilson-covers-buddy-holly-20110819 Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: SMiLE Brian on August 19, 2011, 08:57:28 AM A well done cover by Brian and his band. :)
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: seanmurd on August 19, 2011, 09:01:48 AM Great job! He adds the Wilson touch but it's still recognizably Buddy's song. Too bad it was cut from the album, though... ;)
(joke) Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: rab2591 on August 19, 2011, 09:06:01 AM Sounds great! The instrumentals are outstanding on this track :o
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: pixletwin on August 19, 2011, 09:08:30 AM Wow I really like this quite a bit!
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Shady on August 19, 2011, 09:11:43 AM wow, so Brilliant
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: seanmurd on August 19, 2011, 09:21:49 AM Maybe this will earn Brian a little benefit of the doubt among those who were scorning the Disney album without having heard any of it.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: hypehat on August 19, 2011, 09:32:05 AM That's SO GOOD. Now I'm psyched for Disney. The only caveat I have with it is that the doubled lead saps a bit of energy, but this is BW. He probably double tracks his answering machine message.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: rab2591 on August 19, 2011, 09:44:43 AM He probably double tracks his answering machine message. Quote of the day! :lol Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on August 19, 2011, 09:57:13 AM Double-tracked, but double-tracked well. I love how tender his voice sounds...a long way from the stilted vocals from earlier in his solo career.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: phirnis on August 19, 2011, 10:01:40 AM VERY nice, the overall sound of this is very appealing. Can't stop listening.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Wirestone on August 19, 2011, 10:02:21 AM Quite nice, and quite unexpected. Almost a Friends vibe.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: TdHabib on August 19, 2011, 10:20:48 AM Gosh I'm suprised, I was expecting a sludgy-by-the-numbers kinda think. This is GORGEOUS.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Emdeeh on August 19, 2011, 10:39:22 AM Brian's voice sounds much more relaxed and natural on this recording.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Rocker on August 19, 2011, 01:25:06 PM I'm not that excited. His voice sounds a little unnatural. And his singing not as enthusiastic as on BWRG (which of course had great singing). Just my first thoughts. Not as good as I hoped for.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: southbay on August 19, 2011, 01:37:04 PM I wasn't expecting much either, but found it suprisingly gorgeous. Brian lulled me to sleep with some of his recent material, but his arrangements on this tune and the Gershwin CD (which I also did not expect much from) have really surprised me.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: juggler on August 19, 2011, 02:04:02 PM Wow. Double wow. BW hit this one out of the park.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Peter Reum on August 19, 2011, 02:25:14 PM Great version...I wonder if Carnie and Wendy do backgrounds...
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Chris Brown on August 19, 2011, 06:23:08 PM Really beautiful work, better than I was expecting. Vocals sound great, and the arrangement strikes the perfect balance of Brian/Buddy. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the CD (especially Zooey Deschanel... ;D).
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: rab2591 on August 19, 2011, 06:33:38 PM Can someone tell me how to download this track from RS?
I have a mac and can't seem to figure out how to get the file onto my hard-drive. Thanks in advance! Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Paulos on August 19, 2011, 06:33:55 PM Just listened to it, great stuff from Brian and much better than I thought it would be! Very nice that we get a free download too.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: seanmurd on August 19, 2011, 06:50:03 PM Can someone tell me how to download this track from RS? I have a mac and can't seem to figure out how to get the file onto my hard-drive. Thanks in advance! Control-click on the link, and tell it where to save it. Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: donald on August 19, 2011, 06:50:54 PM Vocals sound like BWRG. Good. Who is playing and singing?
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: theCOD on August 19, 2011, 07:07:04 PM I love everything about this track.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: rab2591 on August 19, 2011, 07:10:19 PM Can someone tell me how to download this track from RS? I have a mac and can't seem to figure out how to get the file onto my hard-drive. Thanks in advance! Control-click on the link, and tell it where to save it. Thanks! _____ This is one of the best BW tunes (yeah I know it's a cover) I've heard in years. Such a mellow track; Brian's voice is perfect for it, BG vocals are perfect, and I can't get enough of that instrumental track! Great replay value. Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: ghost on August 19, 2011, 07:20:39 PM I'm not that excited. His voice sounds a little unnatural. And his singing not as enthusiastic as on BWRG (which of course had great singing). Just my first thoughts. Not as good as I hoped for. I thought the music was unimaginative. I mean, can someone tell me with 100% certainty that BRIAN does all the little things he would do for a Pet Sounds etc session like write out charts for the musicians and tell each one what to play and how to play it? Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on August 19, 2011, 07:51:45 PM Brian's not that guy anymore, and hasn't been for a long time.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: MrRobinsonsFather on August 19, 2011, 08:14:39 PM Always loved Buddy Holly, this is so great
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: doc smiley on August 19, 2011, 08:15:33 PM Like this a lot! :)
appreciate that he's using his whole band (it seems) for vocals... Brian's voice doesn't multilayer on backgrounds like it used to... :rock Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Wirestone on August 19, 2011, 10:15:41 PM Ghost -- Brian didn't always do that in the Pet Sounds sessions themselves. The musicians contributed parts and arrangement ideas even then.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Ron on August 19, 2011, 10:46:14 PM I'm a pretty strong Buddy Holly fan but embarassingly I've never heard this song. So this is my first time hearing it, didn't know what to expect.
Amazingly, it SOUNDS like Buddy Holly wrote it, so Brian kept that vibe... was the arrangement similar to Buddy's? I know he did some pretty complex harmony stuff himself, this kind of illustrates I suppose that the Beach Boys and Buddy Holly are more similar musically than I would have imagined. Kind of reminds me of "Words of Love". Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Fun Is In on August 20, 2011, 03:26:45 PM It's from July 1957, about 3 months after "Words of Love".
Great cover, not too far from the original. The echoey double-tracking seems like the Norman Petty style. It's amazing to me how fresh (but not modern as in 2011 modern) Buddy Holly's songs still sound today. Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Shady on August 21, 2011, 10:45:27 AM I can't get over how beautiful Brian sounds on this song..
His vocals are angelic Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Wylson on August 21, 2011, 12:40:54 PM I love this track. It really surprised me, this sounds more like a genuine Brian production than anything ive heard in the last 30 years. Genuine quirky arrangement, as someone pointed out sounds like Friends, but even more so like something from American Spring.
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Rocker on August 21, 2011, 12:49:40 PM I'm very surprised by all the positive feedback. I mean he's hitting all the notes, but I think he doesn't sound into it. And I really don't like Foskett's falsett lines on this and "I got rhythm". It sounds like trying to fulfill the cliche Beach Boys sound. That said, it's probably not surprising that "I got rhythm" is my least favorite track on BWRG
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Rocker on August 21, 2011, 02:44:57 PM I'm a pretty strong Buddy Holly fan but embarassingly I've never heard this song. So this is my first time hearing it, didn't know what to expect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ-Nfw6J3gc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ-Nfw6J3gc) EDIT: Although I think that Listen To Me was a good choice I think that after BWRG True Love Ways would've been cool for Brian Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: hypehat on August 21, 2011, 02:54:45 PM Hear the My Morning Jacket cover on the other tribute? It's wonderful
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: pixletwin on October 19, 2011, 07:41:12 PM Good tribute album.. but could they guy who did "Take Your Time" have taken the song a little less literally? ::)
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: Mr. Wilson on October 19, 2011, 09:26:18 PM Really nice to hear that. Sounds like a BW + band track to me..Bw music is becoming more delicate as the years go by....! shows his true spirit..If you get the chance to hang + really know the guy..Its obvious he is a kind hearted soul..True original..!
Title: Re: Buddy Holly Cover on Rolling Stone Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on October 20, 2011, 12:22:42 AM http://mp3.rollingstone.com/download/03ListentoMe.mp3
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