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Title: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Surfer on March 26, 2018, 04:32:16 PM
I went to the movies and after I went to FYE To see if they had some Beach Boys Not much there but I found for the first time on CD. The Beach Boys Still Cruisin CD for $4.75. Good find so I brought it and listen right Now.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on March 26, 2018, 05:38:10 PM
I went to the movies and after I went to FYE To see if they had some Beach Boys Not much there but I found for the first time on CD. The Beach Boys Still Cruisin CD for $4.75. Good find so I brought it and listen right Now.

I hope you enjoy the CD.  Good find!


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 27, 2018, 05:24:52 AM
I went to the movies and after I went to FYE To see if they had some Beach Boys Not much there but I found for the first time on CD. The Beach Boys Still Cruisin CD for $4.75. Good find so I brought it and listen right Now.

For an out of print CD, it's pretty easy to find on the cheap, and IMO the late 80s material is quite strong. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Buckethead on March 27, 2018, 06:46:29 AM
So, Surfer, what do you think?


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 27, 2018, 07:22:22 AM
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I went to FYE
What's "FYE"?


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 27, 2018, 07:25:32 AM
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I went to FYE
What's "FYE"?

It's a store that sells DVDs, BluRays, and CDs, and it's short for For Your Entertainment, mostly located in shopping malls. 

But, with people going to streaming and online purchases, I doubt they're long for this world. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 27, 2018, 07:29:31 AM
Ta.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Juice Brohnston on March 27, 2018, 08:12:13 AM
I guess I'm in the minority, in that I like the 80's output..I don't compare it to the early stuff. I classify it in it's own little capsule. I feel the BB's were a very 'Eighties Band' Had a number 1 hit, were at big events like Live Aid and Farm Aid, had their 25th anniversary..all in a decade where 'beach culture' was pretty prevalent.

I wish they could have stretched out the original stuff to a full album. Even if they threw on R&R to the Rescue, California Dreamin etc.

I know it's been discussed before, but why didn't Capitol keep them on the label? I mean,  Made inThe USA sold well, as did Still Cruisin'....


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: NateRuvin on March 27, 2018, 02:37:49 PM
Maybe they realized that after the success of Kokomo faded away, so would the band's new found relevance.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Surfer on March 27, 2018, 07:57:00 PM
So, Surfer, what do you think?

I love it.  Still Cruisin is my favorite song. I wish Capitol Records can do a Box Set of Unreleased Music on the Beach Boys


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Lonely Summer on March 27, 2018, 11:53:00 PM
I guess I'm in the minority, in that I like the 80's output..I don't compare it to the early stuff. I classify it in it's own little capsule. I feel the BB's were a very 'Eighties Band' Had a number 1 hit, were at big events like Live Aid and Farm Aid, had their 25th anniversary..all in a decade where 'beach culture' was pretty prevalent.

I wish they could have stretched out the original stuff to a full album. Even if they threw on R&R to the Rescue, California Dreamin etc.

I know it's been discussed before, but why didn't Capitol keep them on the label? I mean,  Made inThe USA sold well, as did Still Cruisin'....

I'm with you 100% on this. You didn't have to look far to come across the BB's circa 1985-89. Lots of television appearances, a string of records that got decent airplay, still a big concert attraction. We tend to rewrite history these days as if Kokomo was the only thing they did post-Dennis. I don't think the 80's was the right time for a Surf's Up type album, "the Beach Boys as serious artists singing about the environment and student protests". The 80's was a decade of fun, frivolous entertainment.
My only complaint about Still Cruisin' is the same as yours - fill out the album with a few more recent tracks instead of going back to the 60's one more time.
Oh, and the album artwork is absolutely nothing. No way would that jump out at you on the record racks.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 28, 2018, 03:08:29 AM
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The 80's was a decade of fun, frivolous entertainment.
Hilariously "epic fail" frivolous at times.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Joel Goldenberg on March 28, 2018, 09:58:04 AM
I went to the movies and after I went to FYE To see if they had some Beach Boys Not much there but I found for the first time on CD. The Beach Boys Still Cruisin CD for $4.75. Good find so I brought it and listen right Now.
There are so few FYEs left. I found one in Burlington, Vermont. Where is the location of your's?


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: HeyJude on March 28, 2018, 10:04:40 AM
FYE stores are indeed scarce. Also, I just read an article that they're going to continue to reformat/rebrand the stores, focusing less on physical media (movies, music) and more on pop culture junk (t-shirts, action figures, overpriced vinyl records, etc.). Essentially, they're going to make FYE into "Hot Topic."


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 28, 2018, 10:08:01 AM
FYE stores are indeed scarce. Also, I just read an article that they're going to continue to reformat/rebrand the stores, focusing less on physical media (movies, music) and more on pop culture junk (t-shirts, action figures, overpriced vinyl records, etc.). Essentially, they're going to make FYE into "Hot Topic."

Suncoast tried that too.  There are none left anywhere near the Baltimore area.   I'm not certain if they still exist. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2018, 10:47:49 AM
I don't agree that you had to be frivolous in the 1980s-plenty of decent music put out by others. While not all time classics Dylan's oh mercy, the Stones steel wheels and McCartney flowers in the dirt all show much more effort then the bbs did


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2018, 11:02:40 AM
Let's not forget Neil young freedom with rocking in the free world


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 28, 2018, 11:16:16 AM
I don't agree that you had to be frivolous in the 1980s-plenty of decent music put out by others. While not all time classics Dylan's oh mercy, the Stones steel wheels and McCartney flowers in the dirt all show much more effort then the bbs did

Pink Floyd's The Final Cut is another good one that doesn't fall into any 80s trappings. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2018, 11:22:17 AM
Right and we're only talking about bands that originated in the era of the bbs-plenty of non cheesy newer bands too


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 28, 2018, 11:35:08 AM
Right and we're only talking about bands that originated in the era of the bbs-plenty of non cheesy newer bands too

Iron Maiden comes to mind.   

Though, maybe because I was born in the 1980s, I do have a fondness for 80s "cheese." 

That being said, it's hard to believe in four short years, Roger Waters went from The Final Cut to Radio KAOS. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Alex on March 28, 2018, 01:07:19 PM
I went to the movies and after I went to FYE To see if they had some Beach Boys Not much there but I found for the first time on CD. The Beach Boys Still Cruisin CD for $4.75. Good find so I brought it and listen right Now.
There are so few FYEs left. I found one in Burlington, Vermont. Where is the location of yours?

There used to be one across the lake in Plattsburgh, NY that I frequented when I was in college (only because the one independent record store in that town-where I bought my first copies of Pet Sounds and BWPS on CD- closed down). The one in Burlington is pretty much identical in layout to the old Plattsburgh store. They seem to have a lot more random pop culture junk clogging up the place now than in years past.


EDIT: Went to Burlington a couple weeks ago, the FYE there is now closed. It's not much of a loss, though. That town has two great independent record stores. Just means I have one less reason to bother going to that mall.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: the captain on March 28, 2018, 01:11:48 PM
Tom Waits did several amazing “non-80s” albums in the 80s.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Michael Edward Osbourne on March 28, 2018, 01:27:39 PM
We still have an FYE in Attleboro MA. I never shop there though. Such minimal variety and way more focused on silly pop culture items rather than music. Bleh.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: positivemusic on March 28, 2018, 01:40:18 PM
I will be the first to admit that I generally like The Beach Boys' 80's output. The '85 album (pretty much all of it, except for "California Calling" and "I'm So Lonely"), "Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue," and Still Cruisin' all hit a sweet spot for me. I was born in '83, so a lot of seeds to my future Beach Boys' love were planted in the 80's and early 90's with stuff like Full House, Home Improvement, Camp Beverly Hills, as well as the 60's material in movies like Look Who's Talking (the second movie, also giving me my first taste of John Lennon with "Jealous Guy").

I like a fair amount of 80's music by groups like New Kids On The Block, the Thompson Twins, Level 42, and Tears For Fears. But, overall, my tastes tend to lean towards grunge and post-grunge, generally.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Rob Dean on March 29, 2018, 03:14:01 AM
I will be the first to admit that I generally like The Beach Boys' 80's output. The '85 album (pretty much all of it, except for "California Calling" and "I'm So Lonely"), "Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue," and Still Cruisin' all hit a sweet spot for me. I was born in '83, so a lot of seeds to my future Beach Boys' love were planted in the 80's and early 90's with stuff like Full House, Home Improvement, Camp Beverly Hills, as well as the 60's material in movies like Look Who's Talking (the second movie, also giving me my first taste of John Lennon with "Jealous Guy").

I like a fair amount of 80's music by groups like New Kids On The Block, the Thompson Twins, Level 42, and Tears For Fears. But, overall, my tastes tend to lean towards grunge and post-grunge, generally.

Tears For Fears, superb band and very local to me


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 29, 2018, 03:33:12 AM
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New Kids On The Block
"It" (2017) introduced me to this band. Forgot the songs next day, ha.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Ian on March 29, 2018, 07:37:02 AM
My favorite 80s bands were the jam, the clash, R.E.M. And the smiths


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 29, 2018, 07:42:13 AM
My favorite 80s bands were the jam, the clash, R.E.M. And the smiths

I like some REM, but I mostly like their early 90s material. 

I never got the appeal of the Clash or Smiths. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: positivemusic on March 29, 2018, 11:46:57 AM
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New Kids On The Block
"It" (2017) introduced me to this band. Forgot the songs next day, ha.

I don't waste my time with anything of Stephen King.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: positivemusic on March 29, 2018, 11:47:45 AM
My favorite 80s bands were the jam, the clash, R.E.M. And the smiths

Yes! R.E.M. slipped my mind!


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 29, 2018, 04:34:49 PM
I don't waste my time with anything of Stephen King.
Perfect summation of that film you gave. Kudos! :3d Really badly done, kids in the main roles miscast, clown not scary as he should be. He should be frightful (very) AND funny, not just funny. I'd give "It" (2017) 1/5.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on March 30, 2018, 05:51:33 AM
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New Kids On The Block
"It" (2017) introduced me to this band. Forgot the songs next day, ha.

I don't waste my time with anything of Stephen King.

Nothing?   Stand By Me?  The Shining?  Pet Sematary? 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on March 30, 2018, 06:09:04 AM
Yes, you'd think BBs fans would like Stephen King. :P :-D


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Rick5150 on April 04, 2018, 01:57:16 AM
Why not? One could draw these parallels between Stephen King and the Beach Boys: The material came from a brilliant mind that have been to dark places. Like the Beach Boys songs, Stephen King's films could be broken down into categories where there are offerings that:

Are very good, but not as well-known (Stand By Me, The Green Mile, Misery and 1408);

Appeal to the mainstream audiences (It, Carrie, The Shining) and then;

Are intentionally less serious offerings (Creepshow, Creepshow 2, Maximum Overdrive, The Mangler).

The Beach Boys are referenced in his books and films. I am a big fan of both the Beach Boys and Stephen King. Maybe it is sort of finding a balance in life? To the casual fan the Beach Boys were upbeat and positive and Stephen King was dark and creepy. It is only when you delve into their work a bit more you find that they each wove in and out of their publicly pigeonholed genres quite a bit.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on April 08, 2018, 07:31:11 PM
Well said, Rick5150. Except we disagree about "Stand By Me", "1408" & esp. "The Green Mile". Imo they're not "very good".


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Rick5150 on April 09, 2018, 02:22:57 AM
I really liked 1408.

In fact, 1408 and 409 are both guilty pleasures of mine.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on April 11, 2018, 06:45:10 PM
I really liked 1408.

In fact, 1408 and 409 are both guilty pleasures of mine.

I loved 1408.  And I saw you had Stand By Me as not as well known.  I think its a very well known movie, but I'm not sure how many people know its based on a King work.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RubberSoul13 on April 11, 2018, 07:02:53 PM
Also worth noting that "Catch a Wave" and "Don't Back Down" are referenced in the IT novel...while "I Get Around" is in the original TV movie


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on April 12, 2018, 05:45:41 AM
Stand By Me was the first time I ever heard Hushabye by The Mystics.   I had the soundtrack on record when I was a kid, but I think it was left off.   I didn't discover until many years later that The Beach Boys covered it. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on April 12, 2018, 05:52:54 AM
The Mystics' "Hushabye" is total bore in compare with BBs. Zzz.


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on April 12, 2018, 06:02:54 AM
The Mystics' "Hushabye" is total bore in compare with BBs. Zzz.

While I prefer The Beach Boys' cover, I respectfully disagree.   


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: HeyJude on April 12, 2018, 06:26:08 AM
When I was much younger and a newer fan, I used to kind of afford extra deference in my mind to the original versions of songs that the Beach Boys or Beatles covered in the 60s, even though I liked the BB/Beatles versions much more.

Then I got over it and realized that, while ample credit should absolutely be given to the original writer and (usually) performers, just about every time the Beach Boys or Beatles covered a *vocal* song in the 60s (barring the couple times the BBs covered the Beatles), their version was *the* version and was usually better.

"You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Twist and Shout", "Baby It's You", "Then I Kissed Her", "Hushabye", "Cottonfields" (either version), and so on. All, to me, the definitive versions of those songs.  


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: KDS on April 12, 2018, 06:28:52 AM
When I was much younger and a newer fan, I used to kind of afford extra deference in my mind to the original versions of songs that the Beach Boys or Beatles covered in the 60s, even though I liked the BB/Beatles versions much more.

Then I got over it and realized that, while ample credit should absolutely be given to the original writer and (usually) performers, just about every time the Beach Boys or Beatles covered a *vocal* song in the 60s (barring the couple times the BBs covered the Beatles), their version was *the* version and was usually better.

"You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Twist and Shout", "Baby It's You", "Then I Kissed Her", "Hushabye", "Cottonfields" (either version), and so on. All, to me, the definitive versions of those songs.  

I agree with both Beatles and BB covers.   Although, I think the Boys lost their knack for covers once the 70s dawned, as there's not a single BB cover that I can think of since 1970 that I prefer to the original. 


Title: Re: Still Cruisin CD
Post by: Buckethead on April 12, 2018, 06:29:56 AM
To my ears, the Mystics' version of Hushabye sounds very, very dated and one-dimensional. the Beach Boy's version sounds timeless and lush.