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Title: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: adamghost on November 05, 2009, 12:39:07 PM Just rewatched the video for this...with all the misguided attempts to update the BBs' material in the '90s, how did this one turn out so awesome? What a fantastic performance, and I even like Mike Love's new verse.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Paulos on November 05, 2009, 01:00:39 PM I was still in school when this came out and I remember some idiot in my class insisting that the lyrics were 'and she'll have fun, fun, fun 'till her daddy takes the tea-bag away'!!
PS - Adam, I got Long Promised Road - Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson Live through last week and it's awesome! Sorry if I seemed a bit snippy in my email :-[ Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Wirestone on November 05, 2009, 03:13:45 PM I'm torn. It's better than much of Stars and Stripes, but that's certainly not hard, is it?
I think the pub-rock arrangement does much of the work - freshens the song without making it sound wildly different. The Boys are produced into mush, though. Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Wilsonista on November 05, 2009, 05:08:01 PM Oy vey!!!
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: adamghost on November 05, 2009, 06:15:09 PM Yeah, it really does work more on Status Quo's terms than the BBs'. This is true.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: MBE on November 06, 2009, 12:18:42 AM It actually plays ok as a record but it's kind of sad that it was the Beach Boys last real single.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: phirnis on November 06, 2009, 12:33:41 AM I don't like the sax.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: 49ersphil on November 07, 2009, 05:10:41 AM I don't like Quo. >:D
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Runaways on November 08, 2009, 06:39:43 AM i'm confused cause i think it's pretty bad.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Exapno Mapcase on November 08, 2009, 09:19:15 AM It's awful!
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Awesoman on November 08, 2009, 02:16:57 PM It's an interesting cover, to say the least. Not exactly a memorable one. Kind of cool that the Beach Boys were involved.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: adamghost on November 08, 2009, 06:07:46 PM Well, the heck with you all. I still like it!
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: SG7 on November 08, 2009, 06:11:31 PM Better than Happy Endings at least! ;D
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: Wirestone on November 08, 2009, 06:25:13 PM It has more ambition that S&S, definitely. And it definitely hits the same vein that Brian would use in the Brian Setzer collaboration three or so years later.
Title: Re: Fun Fun Fun w/Status Quo Post by: GLarson432 on November 08, 2009, 06:31:11 PM This three song disc (original, not cd-r) is part of what I'm selling off (liquidating from below). It's a legit release so I can post this here. $25 plus postage in case anyone is interested.
Overpriced for a 3 song cd? Yes. Is it what I paid 13 years ago? Yes. email if interested. glarson432@aol.com i know that some of you know about the Beach Boys t-shirts I've made in the past. I will be 'liquidating' what I have left very soon. Don't change that dial. Greg |