Oh man, that's classic !!!  "Skull of Richard" - the best chuckle I've had this week.

That's my doing... I knew people would get a kick out of that one.
-BC

Yeah...Usher hated the lyrics, and that was mentioned in The Wilson Project book.

Remember this is the same guy who was working with Fabian at the same time.

That's a nice a$$ list.

He said he stayed away from drugs mostly

"Mostly" in this case meaning he didn't do anything except smoke weed and do speed daily.

Yeah. The Badman book is actually a better purchase.

Surf's Up is a great discography but the author is a bit concieted and cheated some people

That's putting it mildly.  That's like calling Mt Everest a rather large hill.


Get Catch a Wave. There are a few minor factual errors in there, but there's info I've never seen printed elsewhere, too.

I think the production of some of the Usher stuff from that period is as bad as the Landy stuff.  The Wilson Project's a hell of a read, but you ghet the feeling that by point, Usher had lost his muse, much in the same way Melcher had when he got involved with the Beach Boys in the 80s.

Amen.

Because he died in 1990 ?

Death never stopped Tupac from releasing new albums.

OT, I know, but...

Brian goes "I'm shaving my beard soon"

Indeed he did. I think that was the last time he had one.

Things I hated...

1.Usher claimed that none of the Beach Boys were very good singers...and he was including CARL in that!
2.Usher claiming that he was shown in a dream that he was supposed to save Brian. That in and of itself isn't bad, but it is implied that he felt it was his duty given to him by a higher power.
3. Brian being told by Usher that only drum programs would be feasible, in that live drums were passe.

Those are just some of the eye rolling moments. The one person though (besides the Landy crew) that I want to beat the hell out of though is Bill f*cking Champlin.

[whom, it must be noted here, had a vested interest]

What do you think though Andrew, I tend to lean towards the opinion that Landy DID save his life (or atleast put him back on the right direction) but then he just went TOO far and took total control and became a control freak.

Personally speaking, the whole redrafting of Brian's will was the real kicker. Makes you wonder what his true intentions were...Look how much better Brian got after 1992 ,although from everything I've been reading/hearing. the past few years though he seems more prone to have moments where he goes "blank", and doesn't seem as "with it" and outgoing as he seemed in 1995. On the other hand his singing is 1000x better than in 1995 (which to me in all honesty was the nadir vocally)

Well, sure as hell it's not Brian's pseudobiography ! The best account of what the 2nd Landy era was like is probably Stephen McParland's The Wilson Project, written with the very active participation of Gary Usher (whom, it must be noted here, had a vested interest - even so, the picture it paints of Brian's life at that point is truly sickening).

The part I bolded in your quote...I'm glad you said that, because there are some things in that book that in all honesty don't jibe. Not the Landy stuff, mind, but some other things. I've always personally felt that Usher wasn't exactly how he was portrayed in the book, and had his own agenda too.
Or maybe that's just me...

What was that quote again?

Yep...you're right. 'Tis only  thunder, if I remember correctly (my copy of BotBY was lost a few years ago). As I've only heard the "Radio Shack" version once, and that was along time ago, I didn
t even recall there being "rain" on it.

Was it any good?

I thought the Made in the USA/Best of the Brother years version had rain sfx at the beginning? Huh.

Let us know how it is!

Read some reviews... i heard it's over-technical and not for readers unless they're hardcore musicians looking to emulate the music.

In other words....right up my alley!

Aegir...Most of the lyrics for "I'm waiting for the Day" are actually Brian's.

Least favorite ML lyrics: Still Cruisin' - Match Point - Lookin' Back With Love

Mike didn't write *any* part of "Looking Back With Love"...that was Jim Studer!

Brian was just as bad 10 years later in that special on CMT with Deana Carter. He tried to dance then, too.

The Carlin book erroneously claims the Leather, Dancing Brian was on Letterman. I've seen the Letterman performance, and it is quite cheesy, but that ain't it.

 

About a year ago, somebody here (I can't remember who) said "Repression is a Fetish" in a post. Can't remember the context, or who posted it, but I remember saying that would make a great song title. Well, here it is...

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/02/default.cfm?bandID=79295&content=song&songID=5157872

Or, go to http://www.soundclick.com/fear2stop and click on "music".
See how many Beach Boys riffs you can spot in the little electronic ditty.

I think it's the previously used mix.

Huh? Granted, the BGV's on Where I Belong are FANTASTIC, but that was from the 1985 album...

I know. Those are  my absolute favorite BG vox post-Holland. Angel Come Home is also on the list of favorite post Holland backups. I know they aren't from the same album...I was just listing what actually WAS my favorite, for those who might be curious!

Speaking of Idol...

Tripled. I love it. I also like the demo version...