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has this existed for our consumption anywhere? Whenever i listen to the song I always strain to hear that backing music better. SO SO SO good.  i'm surprised it hasn't gotten the backing track released yet...unless it has? 

Check your PMs.

why yes, it IS nighttime..

hoooolyyyyyy crap.  that is amazing. thanks thanks thanks

Anytime!  I've listened to it hundreds of times and it still blows my mind.

Wait, what's the answer?

I LOVE the backing track. I listen so flipping hard to hear the instrumentals over Denny's voice and have been trying for a while to find the instrumental...

Check your PMs buddy.

The backing track is so good, it is one of those things where I envy those who are hearing it for the very first time. 

HOLY ****!!!!!!!! This is honestly one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Thank you soooooooo much!!!

I seriously don't understand how this hasn't been released yet!

Again, thank you!

Prostitution Malarkey, anyone?

Done  8)

how about Had To Phone Ya? i'd REALLY like to hear that one...

pretty please?

Um, please may I, too? As you can see in my avatar, I LOVE Today! and have always wanted to hear that backing track. Pretty plllleeaase.

It's amazing — a revelation.

Philippino Mantra?  ;)

Btw, did Brian really record a new version of this in the mid 70s? I think the Badman book says as much, but I dont see anything on AGD's site about it. Is it making the rounds? Whats the deal?

Does anyone know if this song was originally intended to be an instrumental? I think it sounds perfectly natural that way. The vocals sound really forced to me. I definately prefer the instrumental version.

Private message me an illegal file, please.

Paulos Might be interested in hearing this........

What's the difference between openly trading "what would be called Bootlegs" and openly announcing you want a personal message and then posting you've received the "what would be called Bootlegs" recordings?

The latter way is cooler.

No difference, Bgas.    It's just done in a more discrete manner.

I ought to double-check the definition of discretion. That or of irony.

I've never heard anything like that, but I do agree that the song works well as an instrumental.  That's the hallmark of a great arrangement (vocal or instrumental, really) - being able to stand alone and still work.  Brian was a master at this.  Before getting into the Beach Boys, I would have never thought to actually listen to just the instrumental track to a song by itself - I never saw the point.  But listening to stuff like this made me appreciate Brian's talent on an entirely new level.

May I please have a PM of that too ????? Please May I ?????

Ted

Perhaps Me?

Pining Mega-hugely to hear this.

Always felt that the backing track was unbelievable! One of Brian's greatest productions

When you release a bootleg CD or record you make money by selling something that you don't legally own. So releasing a bootleg is threft and trading it is fencing. But when you send someone a digital file without expecting something in return, it isn't trading.

I have heard nearly all of Brian's Past Masters but not this and I would dearly love too.

Can I please be sent this, before I Post Mark the entire internet in a futile search? Yeah... not very good, is it? I'm not good with these puns.

This is one of those instances where I don't need someone to send this to me because I have all of the UMs already! It is a phenomenal recording though, and although I like the lyrics it doesn't exactly need them, you know? It is monstrously awesome on its own in a way that I think even "California Girls" is not.

Bgas has a point. I was about to ask the same thing...

Oh yeah?  Cool.  I like that justification.  Did you make that up?

It is indeed a fabulous piece of music, though just a hit heavy on the rhythm guitar for me.

I seem to remember that it was supposed to be a duet between Brian and Denis, but Denis couldn't get the timing right so did it on his own (and still didn't get it quite right). Brian couldn't sing it on his own because he was too close to the material (it would be like Lou Read singing After Hours - had to be Mo Tucker to stop it being soupy) but he wanted Denis because they were psychically in sync as tortured souls. That's my interpretation anyway...  :)

The vocal version works much better as a single tracked vocal...which I have somewhere, and is floating around in trading circles. The double-tracked vocal ruins DW's stark and intimate quality.

I would love to hear this anyone?

This may be one of Brian's best backing tracks, I'd never realised it was quite that good and it's made me appreciate the finished song all the more. I personally love Denny's vocals on ITBOMM for which I seem to be in the minority.

I like Denny's vocals too. Whether it is bad technique or whatever is irrelevant to me. It sounds like he is really feeling the insecurity of the lyrics and can relate -- that he's tentative about speaking something like this aloud because it'd jeopardise everything he's worked for in the relationship. I think it would have been interesting to hear Brian singing it, however, I think that brother john was right about this one too: "Brian couldn't sing it on his own because he was too close to the material". Whereas he sung the less-depressing and more love-affirming revised lyrics to "Please Let Me Wonder", this doesn't really get anywhere close to even 'tentatively secure' so I reckon Brian didn't want to (or couldn't?) get himself to sing it. (Which is odd considering he composed and sang "You Still Believe In Me" for Marilyn not very much later. Then again, it is a considerably happier song... of course, surely no one thought this song was about anything but Brian's painfully obvious insecurities? It dovetails nicely with the other awkward, insecure songs on the album though, as you'd expect it to do so.)

Yes.
No.
No one knows.

Could someone Pass Me the IBMM, down to this end of the table, please?  Thanks in advance!

Whoa, do we have the old lyrics to this one anywhere? Never knew this.

What kind of Persuasive Measures do I have to go to..I want to hear this please!!

I posted about 'em in the insignificant questions thread:

Actually, I found that version on youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Q8gMdFgfU