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1  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2019 Brent Wilson Documentary) on: November 20, 2021, 04:54:59 AM
Just watched LPR - absolutely loved it.  I have a question, but will precede it with a POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING

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In the film, there is a shot of the piano in the sandbox.  Does anyone know if that is an actual photo taken in the Laurel Way house, or was that taken on the set of Love & Mercy?

That's from Love and Mercy, unfortunately - they used the pic seen here: https://twitter.com/beachboyslegacy/status/726817108592578560/photo/1

Sad we still haven't gotten an actual photo of it!
2  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Songs Inspired by The Beach Boys on: February 28, 2018, 08:29:22 PM
Not a specific song, but the album "Fantasma" by Cornelius is full of Brian Wilson-type writing and charm.

Here's a link to that album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymIYDOygec4

Also, this new band "Midnight Sister" has an album that came out last year called "Saturn Over Sunset" that feels like the weird love child of Smile Beach Boys, ELO, and The Beatles. I've been listening to this album non-stop for the past week and a half and highly recommend it! Very weird and psychedelic, yet poppy!

The full album isn't on youtube on one video(it is on spotify if you have it!), but there is a playlist of all the separate songs you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ7aRlyTbiqvSand-4PmfbWnDGfASjxNQ

"Showgirl" and "So Young" are my faves
3  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Good Vibrations Dennis Vocals on: January 03, 2018, 05:49:56 AM
Yeah it may be that they are brothers, after all, so they just sound similar  Razz

I never knew about the missing lyric in the second verse! That makes sense now that I think of it. Though I'm glad Brian ultimately decided to cut it cause the song is perfect as is.
4  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Good Vibrations Dennis Vocals on: January 01, 2018, 12:06:14 PM
So this is something I noticed kinda recently and searched for but couldn't find anything about...

In the first verse of Good Vibrations, there's obviously a tape splice that flies Brian's high falsetto "I hear the sound of a" and then back to Carl, but is there another that adds Dennis backing Carl during the line "On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air"? It sounds different than the rest of Carl's double tracked vocals in the song, and it sounds like Dennis was added into the mix, especially on "perfume through the air". Also, you can hear another splice right before the line starts. You don't hear that in the second verse with the same melody ("She goes with me to a blossom world"), and that one is obviously just Carl.

Not super life-changing/ground-breaking or anything, but I was wondering if anyone else hears it too or knows more about it. Maybe I'm just hearing things!
5  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The very last time certain instruments were played on BB tracks? on: December 29, 2017, 11:48:54 AM
When were real drums last used (ie skins,cymbals played with drumsticks utilising real human limbs) ?  LOL

And the flipside of that: when was the 1st time a drum machine was used? Was it Lady and/or Til I Die? And then not again for a number of years after?


Isn't there a drum machine on "Our Sweet Love"?
6  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Thread for various insignificant questions that don't deserve their own thread! on: December 28, 2017, 08:20:40 AM
What horn-like instrument is being played on every 2nd and 4th beat in the pre-chorus for "IJWMFTT"? I didn't notice it till recently when I was listening to the instrumental backing track. I can't hear it as well with headphones but for some reason I've noticed it more on speakers  Huh

You can find the rundown of instruments on "IJWMFFT" at c-man's indispensable site:

http://www.beachboysarchives.com/page10

Maybe that will help. I have cloth ears but it might just be a bass harmonica you're hearing...

I was thinking it was a bass harmonica too at first but it has a completely different timbre, almost sounds like an old car horn or a chair scooting on wooden flooring hahaha. It may be a bass clarinet
7  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Thread for various insignificant questions that don't deserve their own thread! on: December 27, 2017, 07:50:15 PM
What horn-like instrument is being played on every 2nd and 4th beat in the pre-chorus for "IJWMFTT"? I didn't notice it till recently when I was listening to the instrumental backing track. I can't hear it as well with headphones but for some reason I've noticed it more on speakers  Huh
8  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1968 Copyright Extension prediction thread on: December 13, 2017, 06:55:13 AM
Transcendental Meditation (vocals only) could be really interesting.

How many released, BBs album songs are there where the are a bunch of vocal harmonies, and Brian is the ONLY BB doing all of the singing on the *entire* song?

Would this be the only one? Songs like Caroline, No and Your Summer Dream aren't in the running since there are no harmony vocals.

Wipeout kinda doesn't count in my book; not a real BBs song, plus there's other vocalists on the song. I guess there's the non-album "Beach Boys" song from the late 80s, Barbie. We have the all-Brian Don't Talk intro snippet from the Pet Sounds Sessions, but that was of course never on an actual album. There have been claims of I Just Wasn't Made for These Times being all Brian (even the harmonies), but I thought that was debunked (even prior to the revelation that Denny is likely heard in bits of the lead).

Just for the unusual nature of this song alone, not to mention the fact that it's probably the only released BBs all-Brian harmony song, it should definitely get a vocals-only treatment.

Also... how about some sessions of Murry doing his vocal overdubs on Be Here in the Morning? That must be fascinating to hear. Maybe really awkward to hear the studio chatter too, I wouldn't count on much of it being released unedited. Not to mention hearing some isolated Murry singing vocals, if any exist (not sure if he sung into a separate mic, Mike Love style, or if he got around a single mic with the other Boys). Isolated Murry vox is something I doubt anybody has ever even thought of hearing before.

Lots of possibilities for odd curious on this set.

On songs only sung by Brian, isn't "I'm Waiting For The Day" one? I always thought he's doing all the backing vocals for the song, I could be wrong though.
9  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike Love - Unleash the Love - Due November 17 - w/ 2nd Disc of BB Remakes on: November 24, 2017, 07:49:01 AM
Just skimmed my way through some of the album, mostly listening to the BB remakes and I gotta say (and I know it's been said), but the production is awful and honestly unprofessional. There are obvious editing mistakes that shouldn't have been in the released album. In the intro harmonies of Kiss Me Baby you can clearly hear a pop where they spliced two takes together; in Good Vibes theres a weird digital sound that plays at when he sings "gentle word"; Warmth of The Sun has background noise/coughing before the harmonies come in, which isn't a big deal but it doesn't fit the production style on the rest of the album. These are what I've noticed when briefly listening for the first time; I'm sure there's others, too. I didn't expect much but I can't see being a musician and releasing an album full of easily fixed production mistakes.

10  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Paley Sessions Discussion Thread on: November 07, 2017, 12:54:11 PM
Yeah I think he was either recording/practicing a piano part for what they were tracking, but then he goes into a quick divulgence, plunking the intro chords to Heroes and Villains (can you blame him?? That song is quintessential BW piano pounding)... to me it's the bass notes that confirm it's H&V. It's not the clearest, but it's there.

It's a step down from the original (just checked with my piano haha), og is Dflat and in this clip he starts at Bmaj. But it's got the same exact rhythm, bass melody, and progression as H&V. Just an interesting moment that caught my attention. I'd love to see BW just sit and play a piano when he thinks no one is watching/listening just to hear whatever comes to him in the moment.
11  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Paley Sessions Discussion Thread on: November 07, 2017, 07:24:58 AM
One (very short) part of the video I thought was neat was the footage of Brian playing at the piano, probably not knowing he's being filmed right then. Anyone else notice at 55:16 he briefly plays the first verse of "Heroes And Villains"?? Very interesting considering this is in the mid-90s.
12  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: weird summer days/pet sounds sliding guitar; pet sounds/smile percussion on: September 10, 2017, 05:04:46 AM
I don't know if it's a 12 string going through a Leslie - that'd have a very watery, vibrato heavy guitar sound ("Pet Sounds", "YSGTM"). To me, those guitar parts just sound like a 12 string (maybe fender xii/Carl's Rick) playing through a fender amp with heavy echo/reverb.
13  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / Re: All I Wanna Do cover on: May 06, 2017, 09:11:45 AM
I love this! Nice arrangement--the piano has a really dream sound. I don't think you have to bury your vocals so low in the mix; they sound great. Are you familiar with Animal Collective at all? You could totally pull off their vocal style.


Thanks! I got the piano recently for free and it's a little detuned, about -26 cents, but I absolutely love its sound - reminds me of Brian's Chickering piano sound in the late 60s (obviously not AS good though). And yeah I listen to Animal Collective, I really like their sound! "No More Runnin" is one of my favorite songs
14  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / All I Wanna Do cover on: May 05, 2017, 06:33:20 PM
Hi all! I've Been lurking on this forum for a couple of years now but never posted anything. I recorded a cover of "All I Wanna Do" and would love some feedback on it! Not the most fantastic singer, but I think it turned out alright. Let me know what you think.

https://soundcloud.com/sobituous/all-i-wanna-do-beach-boys-cover
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