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Title: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: kookadams on April 23, 2015, 07:11:32 PM They put out an ep instead between Surfer Girl & Shut Down vol2 and it was just the five new tracks minus the rewrites and reissues: ballad of ol betsy, be true to your school, spirit of america, no-go showboat and custom machine?
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: KDS on April 24, 2015, 09:56:43 AM The only thing that would've really changed would be that the chronology of the two-fers wouldn't have been thrown out of whack.
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Lee Marshall on April 24, 2015, 10:19:36 AM Little Deuce Coupe was the groups first GREAT album. FAR more consistant that either of the 3 previous albums. It only came out about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks after the Surfer Girl long player. I seems clear that Brian and the guys worked on both albums at the same time and that it was Surfer Girl which ended up borrowing material from LDC.
Besides ep's were more of a UK thing. That wasn't the general format for release over here on this side of the pond. Yes there are some VERY nifty songs on Surfer Gilr. Problem is...they didn't fit the LDC album car theme. [Ya I know BTTYS isn't a car song but in it they still CRUISED around the other parts of the town showing off the school decal] There are some stinkers on Surfer Girl...but I'm still glad to have 'em. No...Going forward from Little Deuce Coupe...Brian just kep raising the bar until negativity and 'the neverending demand' burnt him at both ends. Save Little Deuce Coupe from retroactive elimination!!! :hat Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on April 24, 2015, 12:52:55 PM Don't touch 'Little Deuce Coupe'. It's a great record. Bringing in the car songs from the other albums does nothing to weaken it's appeal. It's fantastic from start to finish. I play it all the time. I step on the gas and go WHHHHHHHHAAAA right into a crowded shopping mall. I'm even shut down by the ice cream truck. Love this record. Would sleep with it under my pillow if I could. Better than Smile. Deal with it.
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: NHC on April 24, 2015, 03:30:25 PM Great Just. Like. It. Is. One of their best. No Little Deuce Coupe album would mean I have one less Beach Boys album. Two, actually, since I have two copies of it, one framed, one on the shelf. And who needs two less Beach Boys albums?
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Please delete my account on April 24, 2015, 03:40:14 PM Also their best-selling album of the sixties. (i.e. not counting subsequent sales) Though I disagree that it's better than Surfer Girl.
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: joshferrell on April 24, 2015, 03:44:59 PM people would wonder when this EP, would have ended up on some sort of full length album, and it would have been released on some sort of full album compilation at some point, maybe Best of vol2 or something...also it was their first album with no filler..no comedy skits, no instrumentals and no cover tunes (except for the re-write of "Our hearts were full of spring.") it is the first truly Brian Wilson album with the start of the wall of sound that he would experiment more with Shut down vol2 and so on..
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: bgas on April 24, 2015, 04:14:55 PM Also their best-selling album of the sixties. (i.e. not counting subsequent sales) Though I disagree that it's better than Surfer Girl. and their only Lp that seems to have been continuosly available at all times since it's initial release; through every label re-design Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: sockittome on April 24, 2015, 06:35:11 PM Never heard of this Lil Deuce Couple lp....A rarity?
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: kookadams on April 24, 2015, 06:40:56 PM Also their best-selling album of the sixties. (i.e. not counting subsequent sales) Though I disagree that it's better than Surfer Girl. I love lil deuce coupe, great lp. Surfin usa and summer days were their biggest albums in the 60s, next to concert.Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on April 24, 2015, 08:05:34 PM Don't touch 'Little Deuce Coupe'. It's a great record. Bringing in the car songs from the other albums does nothing to weaken it's appeal. It's fantastic from start to finish. I play it all the time. I step on the gas and go WHHHHHHHHAAAA right into a crowded shopping mall. I'm even shut down by the ice cream truck. Love this record. Would sleep with it under my pillow if I could. Better than Smile. Deal with it. Without LDC, there could be the possibility that we may have never heard "Car Crazy Cutie"-my fave on the album with an incredible Brian lead. Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on April 24, 2015, 08:47:05 PM Quote Little Deuce Coupe was the groups first GREAT album. FAR more consistant that either of the 3 previous albums. It only came out about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks after the Surfer Girl long player. I seems clear that Brian and the guys worked on both albums at the same time and that it was Surfer Girl which ended up borrowing material from LDC. Huh....never looked at it that way...pretty cool! Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: SamMcK on April 24, 2015, 09:04:47 PM Ah, I love the LDC album. One problem is that its WAY too short. That's not surprising at all considering the workflow the boys were going through at this time.
Oh and Car Crazy Cutie is a great Brian vocal that brings to mind a lot of Dion's early 60's productions. Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Smilin Ed H on April 25, 2015, 12:59:20 AM Always loved LDC, though felt it ought to have had another car song rather than Be True, which holds a place similar to Barbara Ann in my affections...
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: phirnis on April 25, 2015, 04:11:32 AM What's everyone's fave BB album with a car on the front cover? LDC, Shut Down Vol. 2, Carl and the Passions, or Salute NASCAR? :-D
Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: bgas on April 25, 2015, 07:48:54 AM What's everyone's fave BB album with a car on the front cover? LDC, Shut Down Vol. 2, Carl and the Passions, or Salute NASCAR? :-D Whoa, too limiting! Different eras, different LPs: 60s = LDC/SD2 is a tie, can't pick between em. 70s= Holland. 80s = LA Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Jukka on April 25, 2015, 03:41:58 PM Better than Smile. Deal with it. You know, I have to agree. Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: mrski on April 26, 2015, 12:54:55 PM Always loved LDC, though felt it ought to have had another car song rather than Be True, which holds a place similar to Barbara Ann in my affections... David Marks suggested his song 'Kustom Kar Show' for the LP. Brian knocked it back. (It was later released by Dave & The Marksmen.) Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: JK on April 26, 2015, 01:52:27 PM They put out an ep instead between Surfer Girl & Shut Down vol2 and it was just the five new tracks minus the rewrites and reissues: ballad of ol betsy, be true to your school, spirit of america, no-go showboat and custom machine? I'm trying to imagine a life without "Cherry Cherry Coupe"... a bleak prospect indeed. ;D Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: Lee Marshall on April 26, 2015, 02:01:44 PM Better than Smile. Deal with it. You know, I have to agree. Please. ::) Evolution says not a chance. 2 great albums. Smile kills LDC. Boys to men. Title: Re: What if- instead of the Lil Deuce Couple LP.. Post by: kookadams on April 26, 2015, 03:05:15 PM I wouldn't compare deuce coupe to smile. One is 2/3 of an album with 1/3 reissued cuts and the other an unreleased legend. The comparison is asinine.
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