okay here's why:

the secret is on Matchpoint (and on stuff like Busy Doin' Nothing) Brian is singing EXTREMELY quiet, and he is also double-tracked on Matchpoint.  double-tracking quiet singing is a good way to sound like you can actually sing because it masks some tuning and timbre roughness.

I will say one thing:

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The NPR thing was very insightful. A day in the life of Brian right to the limo pulling away. He was so happy to be in the safety of the car that he starts singing. During the interview, Brian spends an inordinate amount of time with his eyes closed, esp. when being questioned. It is so obvious. He hates doing these things and he knew the mic screen was blocking the interviewer from seeing his eyes, thus the eyes closed alot. In his own world so to speak. But start playing some of his music and it's like electricity is shot through him. He is such a cool guy who has been down such a long and rugged road and still pulls it off. His detractors have no clue about the real Brian Wilson.

well said. you nailed it.

brian wilson just wants to be your friend.   and make a few dollars and drink some diet cokes

lame interview questions is the only reason that this interview falls flat for some people..  if an interviewer actually asked some decent questions, brian would be all over it.

the best part (on the official bw youtube video of the npr interview) was when the lady asked him what he had for breakfast and he said "I had........ 2 donuts and a diet coke for breakfast."

pretty pleased with how this one turned out.. lyrics available in youtube description

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CfmQ43GqI

higher quality mp3 available here: http://www.alastairottesen.com

awesome:

"Jessie - once every two years -if you like pies - you should go there right now"

"Adam: I hear the Kinks everyday on 60s revolution radio. I like their stuff"

about using Moog synths again:  "Andrew: yeah, I would defintitely consider it - i love that instrument"

"Robert - I used to listen to Frank Zappa -crazy modern music"

Don Was on the Genius of Brian Wilson (from Charlie Rose). Very interesting.

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

You're the best songwriter on here, I think. You have a distinctive sound and your chord changes are very well done. They are timed just right, which can actually be the trickiest part of writing a truly good pop song. Your vocals are good and there's a sweet sense of melancholia in the melodies. However, I have two complaints about your videos:

1. You should make sure that your face is obscured by your all of the time, instead just most of the time. It adds a cool mystique.
2. Let your band members play more! What are you, Paul McCartney?

thanks


1. what?

2. what band members?

nah, not going to add lyrics, i like it the way it is

called 'used to be somebody'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3t1syBdGfg


http://www.alastairottesen.com

true love will find you in the end

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

nothin' but love and someone to watch over me sound great..

excited about this..

stamos is the most ridiculous gimmick the beach boys have come up with yet.

can we please tone down the constant john stamos advertisement/banter.. i think mentioning him 6 times is more than enough. 

love,
brooklyn

Check it out fully streaming and available for high quality digital download for $5 here!:

http://alastairottesen.bandcamp.com

or iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/alastair-ottesen/id380991719?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

hope you enjoy!

http://www.alastairottesen.com

http://www.alastairottesen.com/post/742809792/please-no-more

it was painful

Does this link work for you guys?

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/74253658.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D00490F90BFB184DA364D2D5E8CE8659C576A1C53391327B7B

no

hey, thanks for listening.  i enjoy your stuff on youtube. i also did a little cover of Vegetables on my website http://www.alastairottesen.com

from a house concert show i played.. check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-J0lnMiUz0

hey all,

just played a nice show at a house concert. i have put a few songs up from the show. god only knows was the encore.

december 16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkT5b-9VgQ

from the heart/still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreyZhF3H-U

lullaby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BoFzdJVhaE

god only knows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-J0lnMiUz0

Brian on Howard Stern, July 24, 1998, commercial free mp3: http://download.yousendit.com/3B5CB34605FB6572

hey friend, could you please upload this interview again?

little thing i recorded in my room.. i know it's not the best performance but i liked it and had to put it down while it was fresh.

http://www.alastairottesen.com/post/401576830/go-in-peace

really great cover man. you energized this song. i really like the sound of your falsetto.

who did the whistling on the alternate Time To Get Alone on the Hawthorne, CA comp?

Re-watching for about the bazillionth time this documentary, in my opinion the best of the bunch of BBs related docs. But something occurred to me for the first time today. In the discussion of the birth of the band, the David Marks and Al Jardine interview segments, both obviously just clips of whatever further was said, seem to imply the "traditional" but untrue story of the Beach Boys: that Marks was some kind of temporary replacement for Jardine while he was away tending to academic affairs. David is quoted there as noting he was on the first five albums, but it's in passing, and before you know it, Al is back (according to the implied history of the documentary). So I wonder ... what else might their interviews in particular have said on the chronology or their respective roles in the early band, for example? Was the footage edited to be shoehorned into the traditional storyline?

weren't those first albums made like within about a little over a year?