I read recently that Neil Young did his album Harvest Moon - which is a quiet, acoustic piece comparable to his earlier album Harvest - mostly because he had developed tinnitus after so many loud gigs on the road from his hard rock era. Basically he did a mellow album to give his ears a break.

Happy birthday Carl!!!

Wow cool! Congrats, would love to have that opportunity!

Great Christmas present!!

I've got it too, but it's probably not due to listening to too much loud music. I've had it to some extent basically as long as I can remember - even when I was a kid I'd have a bit of hissing in my ears, especially my right ear. I had always thought it was normal until sometime in my 20's when I was talking to someone and they told me they don't get that sound in their ears.

It's gradually gotten worse over the years, but it's not horribly bad. It has bad periods and better periods. Mine is a sound that's about half hissing, half ringing.

Recently I went to an ear doctor and tried these hearing aids that mask it with a hissing noise, but decided it wasn't worth it, at least not yet.

A few more of my favorites, aside from stuff not already mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBOL76v5xx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVDY2ja0mZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILeV_0GiUBY

Geeze, don't get me started. I think I know every note of Suite Judy Blue Eyes. Used to listen to these guys incessantly in high school.

And as donald noted above, for those less familiar with their work, my older self finds this song to be a particular gem. One of the most sublime songs ever, with harmonies even the BB's would admire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9bXTY35eY

pulled out from being too exhausted from shooting

There's something that tells me Dennis is saying from his grave, "Yuk, yuk, yuk. What's wrong you can't keep up with me?" or something like that. LOL!

That being said, how in the world is this guy even compared to Brian Wilson, one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time?

Who ever said he was comparable to Brian? Nobody, as far as I know.

I've always been a sucker for How Deep Is Your Love

I have read stories about where certain Beatles would go somewhere and be relatively unnoticed. Such as the story about John Lennon (in 1969 I think) who went to a flower stand at an outdoor market in Paris to buy flowers for Yoko, and the woman selling him flowers had no idea he was John Lennon (for all we know, she didn't even know who John Lennon was). But there were other people in the market who knew him (including someone who took a photo), it's just that they decided to leave him alone.

But let's face it, even when the Beatles went places as plainly dressed as they could, and tried their hardest to be/act anonymous, there would always be at least a couple people around who would recognize them. They might just decide to leave them alone. The BB's, on the other hand, were so completely ordinary-looking, with so few people really aware of who they are and what they looked like, that they could go out into the public anonymously much easier than the Beatles. It's all relative.

Wow, I wish a I had a spare $150K, then I'd donate it to the R&R Hall of Fame! Maybe we could collectively round up that money ourselves.

Nifty item!

This topic brings up something I'd often wondered: On a few occasions I've read things where Brian says he was driving around with VDP, or someone, and this thing I read said they'd go to a drive-through to get a burger, or something. Whenever I read that I wondered, did anyone at these drive-throughs ever recognize him?

In a way it must have been kinda nice to be so wealthy and "well-known" but still have lots of anonymity. The Beatles went through hell because they couldn't go anywhere without half the population recognizing them and screaming/running after them. On the other hand, being a BB, if you wanted to you could still lead something kinda-sorta resembling a 'normal' life.

The new single is absolutely wonderful - and was co-written by Andy Paley!

http://www.obscuresound.com/2013/10/explorers-club-dont-waste-time/

Sounds very 70's. I could imagine this being played on some 1975 top 40 radio station after they just finished playing Barry Manilow.

No way would Brian sabotage his song like that.

This.

Given that some people say it was written before the assassination (such as Mike) and some say it was written after (such as Brian), when something like that happens, the truth is usually somewhere in-between. Maybe Mike only remembers them starting the song the night before, and maybe Brian only remembers them working on the song afterwards. Chances are, they're both right, albeit incomplete.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_W--kjhEo

A top contender

That's so bad, it's almost good!

http://forgottenhits.com/the_story_behind_the_warmth_of_the_sun

Thanks for that link. Sounds about right - started before the assassination, finished afterwards. Would seem to square with all the accounts.

Sounds great! Damn I could never hit those high notes.

My parents used to listen to these guys a lot. Nice stuff, really like them.

God, what a shiity year for losing some of our icons. The Doors' Ray, Alvin Lee, JJ Cale, Lou. Now I read this morningrthat John Mcvie has cancer.

Ugh. Horrible day in the music biz.

It was hearing Smile that got me here. I though it was the most interesting music I had ever heard, and after seeing a C50 show, I was completely hooked on BB music. My headphones function like an IV line, constantly letting it stream into my body.

Smile brought me here. What brought YOU here?

Ditto me, hence the screen name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

2nd Worst song of 2013 (taking into account the dreadful Chinese Food).
The song's extreme popularity makes me very, very ashamed of my generation

That one is more of a joke than a bad song.

Donovan got into the Baroque/harpsichord act too, especially starting around 2:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkU8qXPru94

How many bloody teenagers do they have these days singing electro-crap? Good lord, let these kids do their homework instead!

It's an epidemic! And all these songs sound the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XMy9WeI_fw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7O5W8bzw2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184nhhp0K44

Ahhhhhhhhhhh heeeeeeeeeeelp! *jumps off cliff*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9unpM6TeE_4

For those whose ears are about to self-destruct from the noise emanating from the Youtube videos linked above, we hereby interrupt this thread for a pleasant musical interlude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxf6pcGSwOs

Ahhhhhhhhhh ...