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Title: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Jon Stebbins on December 19, 2012, 12:54:22 PM
https://soundcloud.com/davidlmarks/he-sees-us-now


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on December 19, 2012, 01:06:31 PM
Great track!  David never ceases to amaze me!  Very original while still managing a BB/Dennis Wilson vibe.

Jon, is this track available for purchase?


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Jon Stebbins on December 19, 2012, 01:21:56 PM
Great track!  David never ceases to amaze me!  Very original while still managing a BB/Dennis Wilson vibe.

Jon, is this track available for purchase?
Not sure...hopefully Carrie will see this and give you an answer.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Paulos on December 19, 2012, 01:38:23 PM
Great stuff from David, his vocal is excellent on this song, hopefully a taste of how the new album will sound.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Emdeeh on December 19, 2012, 02:00:45 PM
The playback doesn't work for me.  :(




Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on December 19, 2012, 02:02:39 PM
The playback doesn't work for me.  :(




Try updating your version of Flash or try a different browser.  Works on Firefox


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: bgas on December 19, 2012, 02:06:37 PM
The playback doesn't work for me.  :(




Try updating your version of Flash or try a different browser.  Works on Firefox

Ya had me worried, but it worked fine for me!


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: FatherOfTheMan Sr101 on December 19, 2012, 02:18:02 PM
I'd buy an album like this in a second.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Rocky Raccoon on December 19, 2012, 02:58:59 PM
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/281979aae410ff8578c7dc9f19869fa2/tumblr_mfavt6w5751qzd1yeo1_1280.png)

Dave sure keeps some interesting company.  ;D


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Emdeeh on December 19, 2012, 03:37:11 PM
OK, it works in Safari. Nicely done!



Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: The Shift on December 19, 2012, 03:54:54 PM
Love it. Quite different, very atmospheric but understated.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: gfac22 on December 19, 2012, 04:17:46 PM
Listened to this on Facebook earlier, what a nice song.  Like FatherOfTheMan said, I'd buy an album like this in a heartbeat.  Dave's such an underrated talent.  I wish I hadn't written him off as "that kid on the first few albums" for so many years.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: FatherOfTheMan Sr101 on December 19, 2012, 05:18:13 PM
100% agreed, I barely knew who he was before the reunion, thank god he's finally in some kid of spotlight, just got his last album, sounded great, but this... Is a different level of awesome!


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: the professor on December 19, 2012, 07:47:27 PM
Unexpectedly this week the professor is taking care of his dad who is 87 and was just in the hospital. I take this song as a great and magnificent gift of comfort, spirituality, consolation and wisdom. I agree with the parallel to dennis's work. Thank you David, and I really hope we hear this kind of profound , contemplative beauty on the new beach boy album that the professor continues to hope for and anticipate. When I return to LA, I will play it again as I drive through the South Bay. I continue to believe that the Beach Boys music has a special profundity when 1 hears it there.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Micha on December 19, 2012, 09:37:20 PM
Wow!!! How truly blessed the Beach Boys were! They took the next best kid from across the street in the band, and they got this... After hearing this I meanly thought it would have been better if Dave rejoined in 1965 instead of Bruce. >:D Dave's talent was probably too big to be kept under Brian's rule.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Letsgoawayforawhile on December 20, 2012, 01:38:02 PM
David sounds wonderful here.
Give the guy a lead next time around!


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: Generation42 on December 21, 2012, 05:33:07 PM
Unexpectedly this week the professor is taking care of his dad who is 87 and was just in the hospital. I take this song as a great and magnificent gift of comfort, spirituality, consolation and wisdom. I agree with the parallel to dennis's work. Thank you David, and I really hope we hear this kind of profound , contemplative beauty on the new beach boy album that the professor continues to hope for and anticipate. When I return to LA, I will play it again as I drive through the South Bay. I continue to believe that the Beach Boys music has a special profundity when 1 hears it there.

I hope your Dad is doing better.  The Holidays are no time for feeling ill.  Good on you, prof, for stepping up.

And I second your thoughts about including David's compositions (especially a piece as fine as this) on the next Beach Boys' LP.  And I'd sure like to see something forthcoming in 2013.


Title: Re: Xmas track from David Marks
Post by: alanjames on December 24, 2012, 08:41:49 AM
Anyone here bought David's new album? It's available on his site, it's a limited edition and signed.