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Title: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Ang Jones on April 27, 2015, 10:45:43 AM http://www.americansongwriter.com/2015/04/writer-week-brian-wilson-2/ "Which one of your songs was the most difficult to write?" "Probably “Gone Away Ghost.” That one took about a month to write." That one rings no bells - anyone else familiar with it? Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: wantsomecorn on April 27, 2015, 11:12:12 AM Could "Gone Away Ghost" just be a really bad transciption of "God Only Knows"?
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Chocolate Shake Man on April 27, 2015, 11:14:45 AM Could "Gone Away Ghost" just be a really bad transciption of "God Only Knows"? Haha. Sounds like it but isn't God Only Knows the song that he usually talks about writing very quickly. Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: SMiLE-addict on April 27, 2015, 02:13:35 PM Maybe it's a song he never released?
That could be why it was so hard to write. :) Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: JK on April 27, 2015, 02:34:09 PM Could it be "Runaway Dancer"? The Yahoo interview of 4/7/2015 begins as follows:
“I take a lot longer to write a song now than I did when I was young,” says Brian Wilson, Beach Boy, musical icon, and current solo artist promoting his brand new album. “I take, like, you know—sometimes a month to write a song.” Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Ovi on April 27, 2015, 02:34:12 PM Quote Do you ever think about dabbling into other genres of music? No. I stick to rock n’ roll. (http://static.spin.com/files/field/image/brianwilson-gershwin.jpg) (http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/43576/a62d570a.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/LoveYouCover.jpg/220px-LoveYouCover.jpg) (http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/images/2007/11/30/smart_girls_2.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/OCA95.jpg/220px-OCA95.jpg) (http://www.beachboys45.nl/pic/Canada%20regular/23%20Brother-Reprise%20EP/MS%202118_Side%203%20Mt%20Vernon%20And%20Fairway%20EP%20Brother-Reprise%20CANADA%20%20XX.jpg) (http://groundctrl.s3.amazonaws.com/clients/kacey_musgraves/media/01/03/images/assets/medium.el6Ej4hgPDp9sLTrTqAMmFSBAecq9f5X9YEHbehWqqI.png) (http://www.isham.com/images/mi-press2.jpg) Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Pretty Funky on April 27, 2015, 02:45:03 PM He also says about the 'Ghost' song...
What was the hold up on that? I was trying to get the chords together. It took me about two weeks to get the chords right and another two weeks to get the melody and the words. I'm wondering if its 'Good Vibrations'? ??? Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: JK on April 28, 2015, 01:54:45 AM Maybe it's a song he never released? It does look that way. Nothing else makes sense (particularly "Runaway Dancer" ;D). Of course it might be "Go On Away, Goats", a song Brian wanted to tack onto Pet Sounds after the San Diego Zoo photo shoot. :smokin Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Bud Shaver on April 28, 2015, 02:25:11 AM Maybe it's a song he never released? It does look that way. Nothing else makes sense (particularly "Runaway Dancer" ;D). Of course it might be "Go On Away, Goats", a song Brian wanted to tack onto Pet Sounds after the San Diego Zoo photo shoot. :smokin Was reworked in 1977 by Lindsey Buckingham as "Goat Your Own Way" for Fleetwood Mac's Rumours LP Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: JK on April 28, 2015, 02:37:18 AM Maybe it's a song he never released? It does look that way. Nothing else makes sense (particularly "Runaway Dancer" ;D). Of course it might be "Go On Away, Goats", a song Brian wanted to tack onto Pet Sounds after the San Diego Zoo photo shoot. :smokin Was reworked in 1977 by Lindsey Buckingham as "Goat Your One Way" for Fleetwood Mac's Rumours LP Haha. To say nothing of The Police's fourth album... ;D (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/7042168851_02b21fd92d_o.jpg) Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Cam Mott on April 28, 2015, 03:32:58 AM Congratulations to Brian. I hope we get to hear "GAG".
(first to use acronym, high five) Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: rn57 on April 28, 2015, 06:37:55 AM Congratulations to Brian. I hope we get to hear "GAG". (first to use acronym, high five) GAG is about Ghost as in the Japanese noise band that put out some albums here in the '90s and broke up last year. Brian may not know who the hell Kraftwerk are but his collections of early Merzbow cassettes and Cornelius CD singles are as respectable as anybody's. Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: KDS on April 28, 2015, 06:46:18 AM Or maybe the Sweden hard rock / metal band Ghost (AKA Ghost BC in the United States) that is about to release their 3rd album this summer.
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: JK on April 28, 2015, 08:43:24 AM I'm not on Facebook but I noticed this string while trawling the net:
"Where is the song "Go Away Ghost"? Brian said in an" It's somewhere on Brian's FB page. Maybe it will elicit an answer... Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Please delete my account on April 28, 2015, 08:59:24 AM Congratulations to Brian. I hope we get to hear "GAG". (first to use acronym, high five) GAG is about Ghost as in the Japanese noise band that put out some albums here in the '90s and broke up last year. Brian may not know who the hell Kraftwerk are but his collections of early Merzbow cassettes and Cornelius CD singles are as respectable as anybody's. No, it's about the banned smileysmile.net board member "ghost". Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Joel Goldenberg on April 28, 2015, 09:46:52 AM Maybe it was the umpteenth Brian put-on.
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on April 28, 2015, 10:51:15 AM Maybe it was the umpteenth Brian put-on. That's what I'm thinking.Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Wirestone on April 28, 2015, 12:32:17 PM It's simply a mishearing of "God Only Knows." The two are too similar in sound for it to be a coincidence.
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: JK on April 28, 2015, 01:20:09 PM My problem with it being GOK----trying to think straight here----is that since Tony Asher is credited with writing the lyrics, why would these have taken Brian so long? I can imagine him getting forgetful about some things from so long ago but this just seems odd...
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: barto on April 28, 2015, 02:06:29 PM My problem with it being GOK----trying to think straight here----is that since Tony Asher is credited with writing the lyrics, why would these have taken Brian so long? I can imagine him getting forgetful about some things from so long ago but this just seems odd... The chords are very complex. Brian has said on multiple occasions it is the most complex song he has written in terms of chord progression. Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: rogerlancelot on April 28, 2015, 09:43:18 PM Quote If you could co-write with anyone living or dead who would it be? Probably McCartney. Those 2 guys are my favorite living legends. Could this ever happen??? Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: kookadams on April 29, 2015, 01:43:08 AM Thats hilarious ,songwriter of the "week", hes the writer of the goshdarn last 52 yrs! THE.
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Ang Jones on April 29, 2015, 06:48:06 AM 'Gone Away Ghost' to 'God Only Knows'? The interviewer might need to get his or her hearing checked.
It's created an opportunity though, hasn't it? If it was a misheard GOK or for that matter a BW put on, he now has the option to write a song called Gone Away Ghost. It has got quite a bit of publicity already. I like the title. It's intriguing. Halloween follows the UK tour. Perfect! Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Fall Breaks on April 29, 2015, 12:13:11 PM And then totally screw the fanbase over by making it a simple three chord rock and roll number!
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Dove Nested Towers on April 30, 2015, 12:27:07 AM The quasi-legendary "Goat Sessions" took place after the Zoo shoot, after an impromptu inspiration that Brian had to add tinkling tin can sounds to various album tracks after holding one out for the San Diego goat to nibble on, overdubs later erased after reconsidering the sonic merits (or lack thereof) of the gimmick. The song's alternate title was also inspired by a brief conversation with Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, where he told BW about some album titles under consideration, one of which was finally used a few years later, "Goat's Head Soup".
Title: Re: American Songwriter: Writer of the week, Brian Post by: Pretty Funky on April 30, 2015, 04:35:16 PM Pretty neat video here where Brian again states GOK took about an hour to write.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yY9RmmXy2U |