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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVwNvhJcH0  ::)

That scream scared the hell out of me!  :o

 ;D ;D ;D

Pretty cool. I'd love to see a 3 CD box of Bruce's stuff. Rare and unreleased included.

Man, Bruce scares the hell out of me :lol

Plot twist: It ws actually Bruce doing the "kill, kill, KILL" in that Party bootleg outtake.  :o

Bruce Johnston Reimagines Gershwin just sounds...wrong.  :-[

It would be the strangest thing ever if someone found a way to sync up Bruce's vocal on this song with Brian's BWRG recording, and have them sing together. It would probably be freakish.

I can't tell if there's supposed to be a joke here or not, but I like Bruce and like that recording too. 

I like Bruce's ante-BBs stuff. He did rather good version of "Green onions" as well.

Bruce sounds great on this!!! Nice find

I'd love to hear Bruce do something like this today. But I don't think he ever keeps his hands on the keyboard long enough to play like that now, too busy clapping and adjusting the mike stand. Seriously, this guy was a major talent back in the day. Great voice, great piano player.

The dude was probably more prolific than Brian was as a producer and performer in those days. So many records he either co-wrote, sang on, played on, produced, you name it.

Great track, and I dare say would have been a highlight on SPP.

Yeah, back in those days Brian was a real slouch.  ::)

Brian has been prolific since 1961.

I think TRBB was saying at that time, 1963, Bruce may have been more prolific. 

Around here, someone is always going to take that kind of statement wrong.  I didn't read it as a diss towards Brian, either.

Neither did I. I just think Brian was more prolific than Bruce in 1963. Sure, maybe Bruce collabed more with other musicians and Brian mostly worked with the Beach Boys in 1963,  but Brian's work was still more prolific.

I think you might be confused as to what prolific means.  It refers to the number of works produced by Bruce.  And Bruce's career started in 1959.

I'm not confused.  Brian had put together four Beach Boys albums by the end of 1963, and was about to go into the studio in January 1964 to start recording another one.  Numbers wise, that is a prolific amount in one year, 1962 and 1963.  I'm not an expert on Bruce's output.  Sure Jason could throw us together a list.  I've seen him get very detailed on bootleg lists before.

The posted track, I had not heard before.  I liked it, and left a comment at youtube.  It reminded me of Terry Reid from a few years later. 

And, prolific can mean:  abundant inventiveness.  In that meaning, Brian wins with me.  -Will

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prolific

And no, it wasn't an attack on Brian by any means. Of course, I can't say I'm surprised at the simple fucks/usual suspects who thought it was. Unfortunately for them, not everything said on here is an attack on Brian as they so often hallucinate. Or it was because I used the word "probably," which damned near destroyed the board once before thanks to similarly or the same overzealous fuckwits. :)

I should have clarified that I was referring to the 1962-65 period before Bruce joined the band. And I don't even have to make a list, because Andrew Doe already beat me to it. :)

http://esquarterly.com/bellagio/bruce.html

I've heard of the Andrew doe character, I just can't seem to place him  ???

He sat on a very uncomfortable seat.

ahhh the pin cushion!

Lost my head again.

Prolific means in great quantity, volume. Not better in quality or worth.

So this may be true, for those that might want to do a comparison. Bruce did a lot of sessions back then. Course, he had a bunch of help from Terry Melcher.

Obviously, Brian was much more commercially and creatively successful.

When I think "prolific songwriter" I think "good songwriter". I take quality into consideration.

When I google "prolific songwriters" the results are "best songwriters", "great songwriters", "Hall of Fame songwriters", "top ten songwriters", "most successful songwriters" et c. That is how the word "prolific" can be used when it comes to music. If I write eleven bad songs that flop and Bruce ten hit songs would people refer to me as a more prolific songwriter than Bruce? I doubt it.

But then again, if I am wrong I am wrong.

Did anyone even imply that Bruce's work in 1962-64 was better? Whose post are you really replying to?

No, and that's why I was backing up your post. Some thought you were saying Bruce was a better early producer and I was saying you didn't. You fairly said Bruce might have been more prolific and I agreed. Prolific means more, not better. So no, I was replying to others, not you.

I misunderstood. Thanks for the clarification.

Sure! Bruce was prolific!  I wish the market were such that we could get a Bruce box. To include demos, unreleased stuff. I'd love to here Bruce's rejected song from the Radio sessions.

Sadly, the bootleggers already beat Bruce to it for the most part.

I'll ask the same question.  Whose post are you really replying to?

I only referred to you as someone who makes good lists.  That was a compliment.  I didn't even quote your post in my reply, a reply to the posters I did quote.  I gave my take on what prolific means to me when speaking of Brian vs Bruce in 1962 - 1963.  I didn't mangle your post to say you meant 1963.  Your date was vague, and I left it as that.

I will quote you now:  I am not a "simple f***" or a "usual suspect."  I have tried to make it clear that I like all of the Beach Boys, my favorite American band of the 60's, 70's, and part of the 80's.  And boy do I get sh*t from my friends.  Stuff like, "You mean better than the Byrds?"  I made it clear from my very first post that I like the Wilson brothers the most.  That does not make me a "usual suspect," as I take no part in the Brian vs Mike/everybody else in the band threads in any negative way.  I do have a problem with Mike, but that's only since 1992.  I have a right to have an opinion.  If you didn't mean me, okay, but it seems your reply was at least partially aimed at me.  And should you be calling anyone a simple f***?  I know it's been a bit tense around here this week, but really.  That is offensive to say to anyone.

You can make or clarify a point without any sort of negative vibe.  -Will