History proved Brian right, it's very interesting that they are going to get together for a Pet Sounds aniversary.
Mike, Al and Bruce weren't that involved with it and were amongst the non-believers of Brian's creative trip. 40 years later
the tables have turned. That aside, I think it's cool they are going to be back as the Beach Boys.

I prefer mono if the artist made his or her decision based on a mono mix (Beach Boys-Beatles)
But at least when it's not wide stereo, I think stereo opens a lot of doors in the creative department.

Did you get my songs?

Yop-Tell Him Now

and

Surface Noise (my band)-Dumb Angel

I send them both with yousendit a week ago

yes, the will release one more album (which is already in the can)
the record I'm talking about his their sophmore album
You should really give it a spin (or download it and buy it afterwards)
mark my words it's good!

I saw Newsom a year ago on a festival
and I was blown away
weird voice and songs
but straight from the heart
it was a shame I had to leave to catch an appointment

Can't say I have. Maybe I'll look into it.

you should, the record is about being homesick. Jason Lytle (leader of grandaddy) had a tough time being on the road
(like Brian did) and really missed home. The songs are about that, they have a beach boys vibe in melody only I think. But still, it reminds me of Pet Sounds and Pinkerton.

Did anyone of you ever listen to Grandaddy's Sophtware Slump? I think that record, again totally different instruments, sounds
a bit like Pinkerton and Pet Sounds and the lyrics show some resamblence too. The record is amazing I might add

www.weerez.com
under media you can find all the demos

so we could all make our own maladroit

(and a better one)

Weezer (Green) is lamely produced in the sense that the solo's are wrong and the songs are all the same, you get bored half way through

Well, I think a lot of the fanbase has come to agree that the songs themselves are not bad, but the fairly uniform production across the record does make them sound the same.  I think the songs actually are fairly different from each other, I mean, Hash Pipe is really quite a different song from Island in the Sun, but at times you can barely tell because the production just kind of got ramrodded through, to get the record done or something. 

Even more puzzling is the final song selection.  To me, the B-sides and rarities from the Green Era are in general much better than many of the album tracks.  Starlight has a fantastic, far-reaching melody, Brightening Day would have sounded unique on the final line-up, I Do and Always are, if nothing else, completely different sounding from anything from that era, and Teenage Victory Song and Sugar Booger are, uh, funner than much of the Album material.

yes indeed, that's my point too. I said the songs are all the same, but I know that's not true. They don't sound diverse, although Weezer songs are almost always based on the same blueprint, Green suffers the most of the formula. Bad final song selection, I think I said here that both Make Believe and Maladroit also have this problem.

it's a freakin' mystery why POB isn't in print
or a deluxe version or anything. But I have stated that before here

I heard Carson didn't need to work another day after Frank and Nancy covered it

I can't choose between Pinkerton or Blue
from a pop-angle it's blue (I generally like the songs better)
from a emotional-angle it's pinkerton
production-wise I love both of them. Really do, it's the production that makes me hate the other 3 records.

after those 2 it's all downhile, besides some great demos and album tracks that didn't deserve to be on mediocre albums.

Weezer (Green) is lamely produced in the sense that the solo's are wrong and the songs are all the same, you get bored half way through. Maladriot had awful metal influence and the songs didn't fit. Make Believe has the bad lyrics.

the lyrics are way better than Blink's
maybe even the Make Believe-era lyrics

As for Green Day, I think Rivers can write better and certainly play better.
But I get your point. It's still punkrock to some extend

Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard
40+ cd's

I want to make clear that the bad lyric was from Perfect Situation and not Across the Sea (one of the best Weezer songs)
Perfect Situation is decent, btw. Not good, though

[as if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams ohh how I need a hand in mine to feel]

as if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams ohh how I need a hand in mine to feel

I'm no Emo kid, but that has feeling, that's emotion. That's 'how deep is the ocean?',
that's not: What's the deal with my brain, why am I so obviously insane?
It's a bad lyric and musically it doesn't even fit. Timbre-wise

as you know I'm quite familair with Weezer demo's and the early album 5 demos (who all got scrapped)
from 2002, show more emotion, clever music and lyrics than all the songs of Make Believe together.
Ever heard Lullaby? When I heard that, I thought that Weezer/Cuomo was on it's way back to Longtime Sunshine.
Foda Geffen, and let's hope Rivers will ever do this sort of stuff again (or release this)

Ebay suffers from an overkill of Russian cd's (beatles, kinks, dylan)
anybody know if those are any good? Or are this the older Kinks cd's and no Russian copies?

Man I really need those records, without paying too much
(short on money)

The problem is that Rivers doesn't want to release any more new material than he has to to Geffen. He doesn't want them owning any more than they already do, so we're Island In The Sun live and the Beverly Hills urbanix mix instead.

this is a good point
weezer owes geffen one new album
right?
The should definately sign with Matador or Domino rec.
or another big Indie company after they fullfill their contract

Actually I don't really care about Weezer as a band, I would prefer Cuomo solo if that means
he will do songs like Longtime Sunshine and Private Message with Pinkerton production
alone in his bedroom with all the weird instruments he can find.


Two albums, I think. Hopefully they stay together long enough to get out of their contract so we can hear some of this other stuff.

you are sure the older cd's sound better?

Album CDs? Yes, all of them.
Compilation CDs? It depends. "The Kinks Are Well Respected Men" is great, the old Rhino "Greatest Hits" is mediocre, the PRT CDs are mostly great, especially the PRT "Greatest Hits" with the ugly pink cover. Stay away from "Hit Singles" unless it has the catalogue number PYC 4001.

thanks
I'm pretty familiar with the Pye reissues since my dad and I collected them
and they sounded great to me, but I never really compared it with the original LP's or with old cd's
My dad's LP's are overplayed as well so they don't sound that good
still undecided on Davies. I don't have all the Beach Boys albums yet, I'm more in to collecting them
than going to a concert. Man, do sound Insane, those cd's will be there after the concert! Still, my heart
is more in to that stuff.

but I really want Mr.Pleasant and not only Face to Face

Mr. Pleasant and many other non-LP tracks can be found on a two CD set called "The Kinks Are Well Respeted Men". It is long out of print, but should be easy to find on ebay.

thanks
you are sure the older cd's sound better?

The problem is that Rivers doesn't want to release any more new material than he has to to Geffen. He doesn't want them owning any more than they already do, so we're Island In The Sun live and the Beverly Hills urbanix mix instead.

this is a good point
weezer owes geffen one new album
right?
The should definately sign with Matador or Domino rec.
or another big Indie company after they fullfill their contract

I'm shocked that Andreas
said the remastered Pye albums aren't any good
the bonus tracks are great however
where can I get them without buying the Pye reissue?
Because the older cd's are quite cheap on Ebay,
but I really want Mr.Pleasant and not only Face to Face

36 euro's (40 dollar) to see Ray in Holland
Should I do this?

It seems that This Is Such A Pity is going to be the 4th single of Make Believe
let's see what that brings
I guess a remix of Island in the Sun mashed with Beverly Hills. Yes, I'm bitter

I've been doing lot's of research on Rivers'songs lately
not in a detailed musical way
no analysis of chord patterns
but more in general terms
and it struck me that
for Maladriot and even more for Make Believe
ton's of songs were demoed and even properly recorded
but that none of them were released as a b-side
weezer singles were great till the Green Album
you could hear songs that were so great that you
couldn't come up with a single reason why they were left of their records
(IJTOTLOMD anybody? I Do? Always?Mykel and Carli?You gave your love to me softly?)
after that it was downhill on the B-side front (lot's of singles released though, even smash hits)
Do we really need another live version of Island in the Sun?
Why don't chip in a Prodigy Lover? Excellent song
why not How Long?

I think Rivers or maybe some A&R simply started to either don't care about B-sides or
didn't think the audience wanted to hear rare songs (how fodaing wrong can you be?)
I don't want to over generalise things, but isn't it fair to say
that the Blue and Pinkerton-period and to some lesser extent the Green period
were interesting on the B-side front and you can see that as a small part of the overal Weezer histroy
which also declined musically from those years

Funny,

come to think of it
I also made a weezer site in Word. Haha! I didn't know how to make a site.