funny the who is all over the list.  RS did rank as #13 artists all time though.  Just a little odd why they don't have more album showings.

Ben folds five and his first solo were great, everythinh since is meh. And that way to normal album?? Oof. His lyrics gave been bad lately too

Overman is still doing preprod work I think.  Or whoever that writer director was. I think he recently said the script was done. Give it time. Hes no slouch in hollywood

When mike and brian come in on the shelter chorus its sooiii killer

Brian did not care for Sean at all -- thought he was on drugs -- and was insulted that the band thought this was the guy he should work with. He started Imagination right after.

Thus proving who was really on drugs.

I can see Wilson's point about not wanting to work with someone who's doing what he already did decades ago. It would feel a bit weird to work with a disciple sometimes, you want more of an equal or someone to call you on your sh*t.

How many other instances do you have of Bruce Johnston lobbying for the arty side, tho? WEIRD.

I think this is why brian ultimately liked thomas.  Thomas said that brian is weirded out by disciple types.  And I wonder if in brians brain he attributes smile/high llama music to drugs.  I dunno, brian wasnt writing classics at tha time. I dont think we missed much. 

In regards to tlos, I dont think it has the highs of twgmtr.  Its missing a little magic for me. Still great though. 

something about our sweet love seems reaaaaally forced.  That might be my least favorite on the album

Didn't Joe Thomas say his favorite beach boys album is Surf's Up?  Perhaps Joe didn't know Brian then, but i think he learned.  Brian obviously trusted him to go back, and that recent interview Thomas gave put had him come off pretty well/knowledgeable. 

Well if the thing with High Llamas f*cked up, i guess it couldn't go anywhere, but how was that impossible ? Brian Wilson had an epic album to offer, the boys aren't doing much expect for touring and obviously aren't interesting young kids, why keep on trying ? why not take time and create real music again ?

Can someone give me the lowdown on the high llamas thing, i have no idea what it's about?

people wanted brian to work with the guy from the high llamas but he wasn't feeling it, so it never happened.  I think anyway, i'm not sure if it was brian that officially shut it down, but i read here he didn't like it.  i also read that some band members were creeped by him too

heh Mike says the biggest surprise was the houston show next week selling out.  WHY'D IT TAKE Y'ALL SO LONG HUH?

Lookalikes? Brian and Ben Folds. Yes, they both use harmonies. And they're both highly creative, innovative and skilled musicians...
And they're both gonna be at the Bonnaroo festival (and perhaps other festivals as well?).

/B

http://i36.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0602/00/76b39e02d474736f7036efcda47fc700.jpg

ben isn't even close

i thought thinkin bout you baby/darlin was the most obvious thing.  I'm fairly certain it was the first thing most said when the clips came out. 

I can't trust anyone whose username is named after that insanely shitty Bon Jovi song. He secretly wishes Bon Jon Bovi sung "Summer's Gone" and all other Beach Boys songs. He's cursing Brian Wilson's contributions to "Summer's Gone" as I speak. How you likin' "Summer's Gone" over there? Pretty damn good, I'll bet.

i didn't know there was a bon jovi song called runaway, why do YOU know that. HMM??  
*it's for we'll run away*
generally i like TLOS but not nearly as much as some people here.  A lot of it is old fashioned in a bad way. 

hmmmmmm if pet sounds is a 10/10, then i'd say TLOS is a 5/10. 

Yeah i think TLOS is the gem of the brian wilson solo era (minus smile).  It's not a beach boys album, and i'd never consider it one.  The last great beach boys album is probably Sunflower. 

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,13192.75.html

i don't mind Joe T.  Brian likes him, he said Brian had a lot of fun recording with the band, so i think they got a good thing going. 

That is obviously not my problem, my problem is much more on the work Joe does with the sound of Brian's music.. why does it have to be soo clean, flat and polish? Bill And Sue sounds like a ringtone or a jingle for a tv spot.

I think Brian's music has been all those things since BW88

I think co-producer/overseer seems right.  Probyn said felt like an "overseer" on the album, not a producer, but i'm sure he had a lil input.  I dunno guys, i think Brian trusts him and liked having him there to bounce stuff off. 

i don't mind Joe T.  Brian likes him, he said Brian had a lot of fun recording with the band, so i think they got a good thing going. 

good kind of love is a cheasy low point on TLOS for me.  TLOS has sorta lost some luster for me over the years.  Live Let Live, MAD and SC are all great.  But the rest range from ok to meh.  It's gonna take a while before i can judge the two properly.  also. i need to hear TWGMTR.  lol.

the beach boys are pretty popular in hip hop circles.  95% for pet sounds though. 

i've said i think the best of the beach boys beats the beatles, but the worst of the boys is worse than anything the beatles ever approached.  However, sometimes i don't believe what the beatles are singing.  Sometimes i felt like they were just singing lyrics instead of feeling them.  That's probably blasphemy, but i don't mean it for every song or something.  I don't feel like they exposed themselves emotionally very much, and that kinda dampens certain songs for me because it doesn't feel real.  and that's really the only problem i've had with them.  they're still objectively the best ever.  

"here, there and everywhere" is one of the songs i just never got, it's really overrated for me and the harmonies are pretty mediocre too.  .

Huh...that's actually one of the songs I *do* like.

well i'm kinda weird and "revolver" overall just kinda grates on me.  I like some individual tracks, but meh.  There's a lot of beatles i love, but then there's other stuff other people love and it just doesn't hit me at all.  I think my analogy is gonna be my opinion on asian girls, i can look at them and appreciate that they're really pretty, but i'm just not attracted to them.  

"here, there and everywhere" is one of the songs i just never got, it's really overrated for me and the harmonies are pretty mediocre too.  "Because" though, thaat is some great harmony.  And "this boy" is soooo good.

i still can't believe that part of the album was recorded at ben folds' studio. so weird.

I think it's kind of fitting. Ben's style of songwriting doesn't really seem to be terribly influenced by the Beach Boys, but his harmonies definitely do. Something like the acapella tag at the end of "Rock Star" is vintage BBs.

eh, i can kidna hear it.  The harmonies in ben folds five days were pretty fun.  Heh, rock star.  i haven't heard that one in a while, that was right about when i started losing interest in him.  his songwriting quality took quite a dive around then.  

i still can't believe that part of the album was recorded at ben folds' studio. so weird.