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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Did Brian Know How To Play Guitar?
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on: November 18, 2021, 07:47:23 AM
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The keys in which the band's songs were performed would suggest that very few of them were written on guitar (and the band rarely used capos). One possible candidate for being written on guitar is "Girl Don't Tell Me." "All I Wanna Do" was apparently also conceived for guitar, but that doesn't mean it was written on one.
Could you elaborate what you mean by this.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Did Brian Know How To Play Guitar?
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on: November 15, 2021, 05:06:04 PM
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Did Brian know how to play guitar in the '60s? If so, did he ever write a song on one? I've never ever seen him play one. I saw what looked like a publicity shot of him holding an acoustic guitar sometime in the '00s.
If he doesn't know how why do you think he never tried to learn? Did he feel being able to write on piano was good enough and was just more interested in writing?
I know he taught himself bass guitar well enough to play live.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / How much time does Brian spend playing his piano and writing?
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on: July 31, 2017, 11:33:56 AM
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When Brian isn't touring, how much time does he spend at his piano each day playing or writing? And how does that compare to the '60s? I seem to recall him saying in an interview that he plays for half an hour per day these days but I can't remember exactly.
I'm interested in how much time great songwriters like Brian, Lennon, McCartney, Dylan, etc spent / spend per day playing and writing.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Pet Sounds Documentary to Air on Showtime
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on: April 08, 2017, 11:18:23 AM
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I saw it last night. It was pretty good. Lots of cool insights with people like Tony Asher, Hal Blaine, and Don Randi. Al at one point played Sloop John B on piano to show how he presented it to Brian. Brian got asked if he remembered why he put Mike back on the bridge of WIBN. Brian responded "Because I wanted him included on the song."
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 10 best tags
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on: June 27, 2016, 07:33:48 PM
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When I Grow Up To Be A Man
Won't last forever... It's kinda sad...
I've always loved that. Mike & Brian really nailed that part. It's my favorite part of the song.
Also, the coda of the Smiley Smile version of Wind Chimes is heavenly.
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