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Title: Favourite Solo Track Post by: wavedancer on February 11, 2012, 12:12:10 PM Forgive me this may have been done before I'm new here, but I would love to know your fave track from all the groups solo albums......... mine is River Song. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: I. Spaceman on February 11, 2012, 12:17:08 PM The demo of Still I Dream Of It from the I Just Wasn't Made For These Times soundtrack.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Peter Reum on February 11, 2012, 02:09:50 PM Too many tp pick just one...Rio Grande, River Song, Heaven, Wrinkles (juuuuust keeeding).......
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Cabinessenceking on February 11, 2012, 02:29:39 PM You and I - POB makes it for me, but there are so many good ownes from POB/Bambu
I never felt much from Brian's solo efforts, but BWPS/BWRG are really solid as is Love And Mercy Is Carl's stuff worth listening in to? Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Ovi on February 11, 2012, 02:48:31 PM From what I've listened to, it's gotta be 'Midnight's Another Day'.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: stack-o-tracks on February 11, 2012, 02:48:56 PM Sound Of Free
Dreamer Time For Bed Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Mr. Wilson on February 11, 2012, 04:16:46 PM Love+Mercy. Melt Away. Imagination. Don't let her know she"s an Angel. River Song. You + I. Time. Heaven. Hold Me. One more night alone.. Midnights another day. Forever she"ll be my surfer girl. Where has love been. Dont fight the sea. Postcards from California. Cool head Warm heart. Seems so long ago. Like a brother. Constant Companion.Its not to late. And I allways will. Almost Summer.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Tord on February 11, 2012, 05:25:47 PM Rio Grande.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Paulos on February 11, 2012, 06:44:35 PM River Song without a doubt.
You and I - POB makes it for me, but there are so many good ownes from POB/Bambu I never felt much from Brian's solo efforts, but BWPS/BWRG are really solid as is Love And Mercy Is Carl's stuff worth listening in to? I wouldn't recommend Carl's solo stuff to anyone, apart from Heaven off his first album. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: stack-o-tracks on February 11, 2012, 06:57:57 PM River Song without a doubt. You and I - POB makes it for me, but there are so many good ownes from POB/Bambu I never felt much from Brian's solo efforts, but BWPS/BWRG are really solid as is Love And Mercy Is Carl's stuff worth listening in to? I wouldn't recommend Carl's solo stuff to anyone, apart from Heaven off his first album. Agreed. Seems like his albums continue where the Light Album left off. Too adult contemporary or whatever you'd call it. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: BananaLouie on February 11, 2012, 08:31:34 PM Sound Of Free/Lady (One of the best singles ever)
River Song is a close second (Nothing but perfection) Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Nicko1234 on February 11, 2012, 09:30:06 PM Al - And I Always Will
Brian - Your Imagination Bruce - Gee But I'm Lonesome Carl - Heaven Dennis - Lady Mike - Sad, Sad Summer Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: phirnis on February 12, 2012, 12:04:56 AM Thoughts of You, Melt Away, Wild Situation, It's Not Too Late, Little Children, Mary Anne, Love Remember Me
Have yet to hear Rocking the Man in the Boat... Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Runaways on February 12, 2012, 08:04:30 AM River song and midnights another day
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: rab2591 on February 12, 2012, 08:27:34 AM Wonderful - Brian Wilson
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard in my life. And have to agree; I Still Dream of It - IJWMFFT Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: RCTID on February 12, 2012, 10:31:55 AM Have yet to hear Rocking the Man in the Boat... and yet... when you do, you'll wish you never had. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: punkinhead on February 12, 2012, 10:49:21 AM Dennis- You and I (close 2nd Love Remember Me)
Brian - Melt Away Bruce - Deidre Carl - Heaven Mike - One Good Reason Al - Don't Fight the Sea Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: cablegeddon on February 12, 2012, 10:58:12 AM love and mercy off live at Roxy theater
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: harrisonjon on February 12, 2012, 10:59:52 AM It might be fairer to exclude POB because that album is right up there with the classic 1965-72 BB albums. I'd probably pick 'Melt Away' as performed on the Don Was album. It was my 'Brian is really back' moment.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: shelter on February 12, 2012, 12:19:39 PM That's a tough one... Probably Lady or Your Imagination.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: The Shift on February 12, 2012, 12:27:01 PM Dennis – Love Remember Me
Brian – Rio Grande Mike – Paradise Found Al – California Saga (from One In A Million - Endless Summer Quarterly CD) Carl – Heaven Bruce – Disney Girls (tho' not a patch on his version on Surf's Up!) Dave – Big Wave Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Smilin Ed H on February 12, 2012, 01:34:27 PM River Song
Still I Dream Of It Rio Grande Melt Away Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: SamMcK on February 12, 2012, 01:39:07 PM It has to be Midnight's Another Day for me. Very emotional.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Aegir on February 12, 2012, 01:53:06 PM I know this probably doesn't count but I really love Randell Kirsch's "California Sleepwalking", it's also been recorded by Chris Farmer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J30lzcpAEWw Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Disney Boy (1985) on February 13, 2012, 02:22:56 AM Lady.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: stack-o-tracks on February 13, 2012, 01:58:06 PM Sound Of Free Dreamer Time For Bed Last night before bed I was listening to the music on my Android on shuffle, and Sound Of Free and Dreamer came on one after the other.... I was about to get my mind blown if Time For Bed came on after that, but then it didn't. Weird that would happen a couple days after using this thread to figure out what solo songs are my favorites. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: feelflows on February 13, 2012, 02:14:49 PM "Tug of Love"
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Disney Boy (1985) on May 25, 2012, 11:41:09 PM River Song, every time. Hate to say this, but - SMiLE aside - Brian aint come anywhere close to this song with anything in his solo work.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Les P on May 26, 2012, 12:23:15 AM River Song, every time. Hate to say this, but - SMiLE aside - Brian aint come anywhere close to this song with anything in his solo work. Sometimes I think this myself. While I find the POB album somewhat uneven, "River Song" has the ambition, sophistication, and excitement I kept hoping to hear from Brian in the second half of the 70s. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Phoenix on May 26, 2012, 12:58:09 AM Let It Shine. Brian may not like it but I do. :)
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Eric Aniversario on May 26, 2012, 01:58:01 AM Wow, that's a tough call, so many solo albums, and all very very different, hard to compare.
You & I Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: DennyMac79 on May 26, 2012, 07:42:26 AM Southern California and Constant Companion
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: seltaeb1012002 on May 26, 2012, 07:55:04 AM What Love Can Do.
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Runaways on May 26, 2012, 08:01:41 AM River Song
Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: runnersdialzero on May 26, 2012, 09:26:43 AM River Song, every time. Hate to say this, but - SMiLE aside - Brian aint come anywhere close to this song with anything in his solo work. Brian (who didn't have a proper solo album until 27 years into his career) past his prime can't keep up with Dennis during his prime? A prime which occurred after Brian had written dozens and dozens of brilliant songs before him? Yer fulla sh*t. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Disney Boy (1985) on May 26, 2012, 04:40:51 PM River Song, every time. Hate to say this, but - SMiLE aside - Brian aint come anywhere close to this song with anything in his solo work. Brian (who didn't have a proper solo album until 27 years into his career) past his prime can't keep up with Dennis during his prime? A prime which occurred after Brian had written dozens and dozens of brilliant songs before him? Yer fulla sh*t. No i'm not. Your argument is totally flawed. 'A prime which occured after Brian had written dozens of brilliant songs before him'? Yes, Brian had written dozens of brilliant songs. I'm not for one second saying he didn't - indeed, only an idiot would say that. However, were those dozens of brilliant songs released as Brian Wilson solo songs? No they weren't. Is this a thread specifically about solo tracks? Yes it is. Does any of Brian's solo work - all of which was released after POB (as all his work prior to that was officially with the Beach Boys) - realistically come close to bettering River Song? No it does not. So i think you'll find that it is in fact you who is 'fulla sh*t'. Time scale has got nothing to do with it - we're talking quality of songs, not when the songs were recorded. That's irrelevent to the question. 'What's the best solo track?', that was the question. So, what, should we pretend Brian's solo work is as good as POB out of sympathy because Brian was past his prime when he recorded his solo albums and because he'd previously - when not a solo artist - recorded great songs? Don't wade in with insults until you've got a coherent counter argument. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: onkster on May 26, 2012, 05:07:23 PM Brian: Melt Away, Rio Grande, Midnight's Another Day
Dennis: It's Not Too Late, Cocktails, Only With You Haven't heard the other guys' solo stuff, really. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: runnersdialzero on May 26, 2012, 05:33:56 PM River Song, every time. Hate to say this, but - SMiLE aside - Brian aint come anywhere close to this song with anything in his solo work. Brian (who didn't have a proper solo album until 27 years into his career) past his prime can't keep up with Dennis during his prime? A prime which occurred after Brian had written dozens and dozens of brilliant songs before him? Yer fulla sh*t. No i'm not. Your argument is totally flawed. 'A prime which occured after Brian had written dozens of brilliant songs before him'? Yes, Brian had written dozens of brilliant songs. I'm not for one second saying he didn't - indeed, only an idiot would say that. However, were those dozens of brilliant songs released as Brian Wilson solo songs? No they weren't. Is this a thread specifically about solo tracks? Yes it is. Does any of Brian's solo work - all of which was released after POB (as all his work prior to that was officially with the Beach Boys) - realistically come close to bettering River Song? No it does not. So i think you'll find that it is in fact you who is 'fulla sh*t'. Time scale has got nothing to do with it - we're talking quality of songs, not when the songs were recorded. That's irrelevent to the question. 'What's the best solo track?', that was the question. So, what, should we pretend Brian's solo work is as good as POB out of sympathy because Brian was past his prime when he recorded his solo albums and because he'd previously - when not a solo artist - recorded great songs? Don't wade in with insults until you've got a coherent counter argument. I get your logic and all that we're talking strictly solo material, but it's an odd comparison to make if you think of it in terms of who wrote the song and when. Comparing Brian's best 1970 track to Dennis' best 1970 track makes a world of sense to me. Comparing Dennis' best track in 1977 to Brian's best track in 2008 makes absolutely no sense to me. Just an observation on things while still understanding that the thread pertains strictly to solo material be it 1966 or 2012. It was just very strange to see people, in a sense, basically saying, "Brian ain't got shit on Dennis," when he very much does in the grand scheme. I get that it's strictly solo material comparisons, it's just that their solo careers took place at completely different times and under completely different circumstances. Agayn, just an observation on things. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Runaways on May 26, 2012, 09:39:20 PM As an example, River Song sounds to me very Brian. At least harmonies. i don't heart that at all, brian never went "gospel" in my mind. That seems like a pure Dennis song. Emotion, soul, rocking. Sooo good. Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: runnersdialzero on May 26, 2012, 09:50:48 PM brian never went "gospel" in my mind. "He Come Down"? "That Same Song"? Title: Re: Favourite Solo Track Post by: Phoenix on May 27, 2012, 04:24:41 AM Let It Shine. Brian may not like it but I do. :) all his work prior to that was officially with the Beach Boys Actually, if you want to get technical, mine is really "Caroline, No". ;) Because it was after all "officially" a "Brian Wilson" track. I'm kidding, of course. ;D |