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Title: Some of Your Love vs. The Cinderellas' It's a Wonderful Night Post by: TimeToGetAlone on May 02, 2015, 08:53:51 PM The chorus of Some of Your Love seems to have had a long history with other Beach Boys-related tracks (Child of Winter, Mike Come Back to L.A., and later Summer of Love).
I happened to stumble upon this 1964 cut where the resemblance seems quite apparent, complete with a slightly similar sax intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQlPKmGh8V4 And the Beach Boy's track for comparison's sake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkOh8Npv4U Makes me wonder whether this is purely coincidence (the other elements of the song are distinct) or an intentional/unintentional borrowing on Brian's part. Title: Re: Some of Your Love vs. The Cinderellas' It's a Wonderful Night Post by: Wirestone on May 02, 2015, 11:17:37 PM Well spotted! Certainly seems like something Brian might have creatively adapted.
Title: Re: Some of Your Love vs. The Cinderellas' It's a Wonderful Night Post by: Rocker on May 03, 2015, 03:27:26 AM Very good observation TimeToGetAlone! That was new to me. Brian and Mike were very much inspired by these R'n'B and Doo-Wop groups and you can find more cases of Brian using other songs to write his song around it. I love these kind of things and find them fascinating. Anyway, here are some examples that come to mind:
Buster Brown - Fannie Mae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVNcqb2a3KA (The Rolling Stones also based a song on this one called "The under assistant westcoast promotional man") The Beach Boys - Help me Ronda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQpZReo5Tc Little Anthony And The Imperials - Going Out Of My Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKf3oDOV5T4 Brian Wilson - Gettin' in over my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykq9ilSlg9Y The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPYmeSqLjc The Beach Boys - The girl from New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5j1xbIc6I Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnLCvpgPD_s The Beach Boys - Amusement Parks U.S.A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pliTCOVdU1A (btw I've never seen that picture in this video - anyone have it without the writing?) Dionne Warwick - I say a little prayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCRUWCETK4 Brian Wilson - Saturday night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83vBf6DgieI The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dikX80Ed8 Brian Wilson - He couldn't get his poor old body to move https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92aSIjtQiJw The Chiffons - He's so fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myvWl2YsIA Sharon Marie - Thinkin' 'bout you baby (also recorded with American Spring, reworked as "Darlin'" for Redwood, eventually released by the Beach Boys) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll44OSbBkGI The Silhouettes - Get a job https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw The Coasters - Along came Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrGaoSB0Eus The Beach Boys - She's goin' bald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0GKbt0r7Y The Corsairs - Smokey places https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGDvR-7ughY The Beach Boys - Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4GJMSFmMg The Beach Boys' song started out as a cover of the Crystals' "Little boy" iirc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZa3IWQTiuE I wouldn't be surprised if there is more, especially in Brian's output from '71 - '80 (and of course his unreleased songs) and the very early days but I'd have to research more. |