I have only one regret: that the Wilson brothers did drugs.

Yup, seems pretty innocent to me 

https://youtu.be/tfLDXv9cdWU?t=20m46s

"I'd Like To Pick You Up..." is this a revelation that "I Wanna Pick You Up" from Love You is indeed more dirty-minded than some think? Perhaps we'll never know...

If you dig The Beach Boys and Rap...



https://willc.bandcamp.com/album/adieu-or-die-album

Guess I should check out the general music section here a bit more often. It brought a huge smile to my face to see Ill Al Skratch "Where My Homies" mentioned on the SmileySmile board. YES!!

Happy to share!

It's a wonderful feeling to hear from some of you and find out you're listening! I'm humbled, Peter Reum. orange 22... that's so great to hear, and I'm glad you picked up on the humor. There's some tidbits I put in there that include some funny/twisted moments. There are plans to re-release the project as an expanded deluxe edition a little further down the road. There are already more finished re-workings. I'll keep you posted! Hearing back from those who have enjoyed it is quite motivating, yet I was already working on the deluxe edition before I heard from you. I suppose that proves I just can't stop keeping The Beach Boys in heavy rotation as a big part of the soundtrack of my life. I'm sure many of you can relate.

Wow, thanks for resurrecting this thread, Bedroom Tapes! Glad you have enjoyed it. I'm working on getting a new download link up. Until then, how about you PM me your email and I'll shoot it right over to you. Anybody else reading this can feel free to do the same, as well... Take care!

Thank you, MBW! Those are some kind words!

Hope every body out there is feeling good and ready to kick off their summer right. Over on my end, I'm kicking off the season with a cover of It's OK, the quintessential 1976 Beach Boys jam. Some like it, some do not, but personally I love the classic recording. It will forever give me visions of Dennis behind the drums in Anaheim that bicentennial summer, shooting that look over to Brian at the keyboards (from the NBC TV Special). The Moog Taurus I bass pedal bass line, the bleeping organs during the chorus, the Be My Baby drum pattern leading the charge into sunshine, and of course the wall of sound harmonies coming through with force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsIwftpT3ro

Maybe some of you will dig my take on It's OK. Some won't, and that's cool! It features me on all vocals and instruments. 100 + tracks of harmonies. Fans will recognize the intro as You & I from Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue album. Take care, all!

Will

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wUq9AaTgM

I think sometimes "Time For Bed" gets incorrectly labeled as a San Miguel remake, or am I wrong here?

She was tall and slanky...

Anybody know what type of musical instrument and possible recording studio manipulation is creating the sparkly sounds at 0:25 and 0:29 on "A Time To Live In Dreams?" Such a cool effect that jumps out given the sparse production! Some sort of mallet instrument manipulated? Bueller?

• Does anybody know what synthesizer is being used for the bass line in "It's OK"? I know the Moog Taurus 1 is all over this Beach Boys era, but this bass line seems a little different to me.  I LOVE the sound of it.  If it is indeed the Taurus, does anybody know if it's run through another piece of equipment to get the sound it has on "It's OK"?

• Also, I've been curious for quite awhile now as to what synthesizer is being used on "Baby Blue." It's most prevalent bubbling up during the "late at night, late at night, hunny late at night" part of the song where Dennis is singing. Is it an ARP string ensemble? I don't necessarily mean the string sound that is providing the pad, but more the specific melody line notes going on around those parts of the song.

Thanks to anybody who can help!

"Gentlemen, I think we've been Hana ma'i'd"

http://nawcom.com/swearing/hawaiian.htm

(closest I could find)

Here you go Quzi, this is probably the picture you saw via the keepinthesummeralive tumblr the other day.  Thanks for continuing to check out that page.  A friend of mine made this Brian style baseball tee for me for the photo shoot that went along with the Adieu Or Die project.

By the way, the tumblr has been continuously updated.  For those who haven't checked it out, you may find something you like - http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/

And if you haven't heard Adieu Or Die, maybe you'll get a kick out of it.  Here's one of the preview trailers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAejrvtCkBw

Full download with seamless transitions and a 38-page PDF booklet.  Check it out! - http://www.divshare.com/download/16733827-ed3

Very cool to find out there are some new people checking out the site as well as the Adieu Or Die project! The site was just updated today and yesterday, mainly with a slew of photos I have recently come across or have always liked.  As usual, some rare footage, quotes and audio are included too.

kwan_dk, you certainly deserve a shout out for scanning those MM articles awhile back.  Thanks so much for doing that!

RangeRoverA1, I really appreciate that you checked out the site, and it's great to know you enjoyed delving into the material I've posted. You've inspired me to put together a few new posts today.  The ball is rolling again!

Let us not forget that "It's Over Now" was included on the '93 set playing at the incorrect speed.  Hopefully the version on MIC corrects this.  We already have Still I Dream Of It in proper fidelity and speed on an official release.

Hey Rocker, they're working on "Goin On" at the piano in that clip.  Think of the "When in the morning..." line, and you'll hear it in the piano.

Brian gets embarrassed talking about the creative process and "Goin' On." Great Carl & Brian moment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mbe6XiW_DE

The site has been updated quite a bit, and there's more to come! - http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/

I've been uploading a bunch of video and pictures at my new tumblr - http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/

I cropped the Caribou sessions photo of Brian out of their 1975 tour book and noticed it popped up here (above).  There's more to come!

Brian gets embarrassed talking about "Goin' On" and the creative process.  Great Carl and Brian moment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mbe6XiW_DE

This and more Beach Boys goodness at - http://keepinthesummeralive.tumblr.com/

Good stuff... coming home from some required evening work to see that people are checking out this thread, and more importantly the new site.  I'm having a fun time with it, there is certainly more to come.  Late here on my end at the moment, but tomorrow I'll keep it rolling.  My motivation is that there are people out there seeing things they've been dying to see or never knew was out there. I am always searching for more.  I know a lot of you know how that is!

• Shady, I saw your question about the Radiant Radish photos.  I have those saved on my computer, but I have no doubt I originally snagged them off the Smiley Smile Board, right here.  Now, if only I could remember the thread... (hmmm)

• bossaroo, that's so funny! We gotta figure out what's going on in that Heroes and Villains ad.

Happy to share, The 4th Wilson Bro.! The community aspect helps us all out... for example, you guys pointing out Carl on the drums when I hadn't even noticed him there!

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Quzi, I mentioned Adieu Or Die here back when it was brand new, which was early 2012.  I can understand why it would fly under the radar, but I'm always quite happy to hear somebody is digging it, so thanks a lot for letting me know.  

I strongly encourage you to click this link - http://willcmusic.com/adieu-or-die/

Downloading "Adieu Or Die" via the bulleted/bolded hyperlink at the top of the above site will begin a download of the FULL Adieu Or Die project.  You may have already done this, but I wanted to let you know it comes with more than what the Soundcloud Adieu Or Die offers.  It will include a 38-page PDF booklet with liner notes, quotes, illustrations unique to the project, and more.  Hope you continue to delve into it! I worked on it for a long long time.