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Title: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: GhostyTMRS on July 05, 2015, 09:47:12 AM ESQ's David Beard joins me again to review/discuss another Beach Boys album..this time celebrating the 50th anniversary of "Summer Days (and Summer Nights!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZlEzckuEg Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Mike's Beard on July 05, 2015, 10:21:43 AM Brian's swansong to the California lifestyle. If Sherry She Needs Me had been completed and Guess I'm Dumb tackled for the album in place of the rubbish You're So Good to Me and the goofy throwaway I'm Bugged at My Ole' Man this would have equaled the Today! album.
Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: CenturyDeprived on July 05, 2015, 11:53:54 AM Brian's swansong to the California lifestyle. If Sherry She Needs Me had been completed and Guess I'm Dumb tackled for the album in place of the rubbish You're So Good to Me and the goofy throwaway I'm Bugged at My Ole' Man this would have equaled the Today! album. Agreed, except keep in YSGTM but take out Amusement (Van Dyke) Parks USA, and then it's a cooker. Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Lonely Summer on July 05, 2015, 01:41:05 PM Brian's swansong to the California lifestyle. If Sherry She Needs Me had been completed and Guess I'm Dumb tackled for the album in place of the rubbish You're So Good to Me and the goofy throwaway I'm Bugged at My Ole' Man this would have equaled the Today! album. YSGTM is a winner; don't toss it! And Bugged is plain fun. No need to toss any songs, it was a short album anyway.Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Jim Murphy on July 05, 2015, 02:55:23 PM Thanks for posting the link Ghosty. Great interview David.
Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Emdeeh on July 05, 2015, 03:13:28 PM YSGTM is a winner; don't toss it! And Bugged is plain fun. No need to toss any songs, it was a short album anyway. I agree 100%, although I do skip "Amusement Parks USA." I'm not a fan of "Guess I'm Dumb," so I'd skip it as well if it were on the album. Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: GhostyTMRS on July 06, 2015, 02:13:55 PM Thanks for posting the link Ghosty. Great interview David. You're welcome, Jim! Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: mikeddonn on July 06, 2015, 02:46:37 PM She's Not The Little Girl I Once Knew would also have been a good addition to the album (especially a stereo version).
Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Moon Dawg on July 06, 2015, 06:03:15 PM Brian's swansong to the California lifestyle. If Sherry She Needs Me had been completed and Guess I'm Dumb tackled for the album in place of the rubbish You're So Good to Me and the goofy throwaway I'm Bugged at My Ole' Man this would have equaled the Today! album. You're So Good to Me rubbish? Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Moon Dawg on July 06, 2015, 06:04:22 PM She's Not The Little Girl I Once Knew would also have been a good addition to the album (especially a stereo version). Except it would not be recorded for another 3 months. Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Summertime Blooz on July 06, 2015, 07:13:34 PM It's a beautifully captured celebration of the fun and sometimes heartache of youth. Nothing too serious. As such, I never get tired of hearing it. Sure, the songs overall aren't quite up to 'Today' standards but it's actually the perfect prelude to the adult themes of Pet Sounds. Despite the album title that promotes the popular storyline that SDSN was a regression, for me, there is no filler on this album. Thematically, I think it's more together than 'Today' and each song contributes to the theme of youth.
Title: Re: Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) Discussion on WFDU Post by: Mike's Beard on July 06, 2015, 11:43:02 PM Brian's swansong to the California lifestyle. If Sherry She Needs Me had been completed and Guess I'm Dumb tackled for the album in place of the rubbish You're So Good to Me and the goofy throwaway I'm Bugged at My Ole' Man this would have equaled the Today! album. You're So Good to Me rubbish? Personally I can't stand it. Very basic riff and terrible lyrics. |