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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The Beach Boys America's Band review
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on: November 22, 2015, 03:27:32 PM
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Yes, Emily I was referring to Jim Murphy's book. The answer to your second question about seeing new material in the Morgan book, I would have to say no.But years ago, I had a few chances to look at every image of nearly every photographer who ever took pictures of The Beach Boys., so, I am a little jaded.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Does your fandom ruin the music?
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on: November 22, 2015, 03:19:47 PM
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I also came up with The Beach Boys, Jan&Dean, The Beatles, The Dave Clark 5, Dylan The Four Seasons, The Stones, Motown, and other pop artists. I think one generation's music is usually set aside by the next generation. As I dug deeper into my parent's music, I developed a huge interest in jazz, Western , and Blues music. Then I took courses in tribal music and classical music in college.Before grad school, I spent about 7 years managing a small group of record stores. I heard a truckload of music on the stores' audition systems.
The adventure for me in listening is hearing a recording that knocks me out the first few times I hear it.Having listened to group and solo Beach Boys music extensively throughout the years, I may not hear BN/BW music for months.I will be playing other music of different genres,and I'll come back to Beach Boys/Brian music when I crave it. It's kind of like touching my musical base and then striking out for more new discoveries. That formula for listening has always kept BB/BW music fresh for me.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian and Murry not crediting each other properly
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on: November 14, 2015, 03:40:48 PM
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The demo tape that got Nik Venet excited to sign the Beach Boys was produced by Murry, with Brian's help, according to most sources. Nik supervised the tunes on Surfin'Safari that were not part of the demo tape. On Surfin'USA, Lonely Sea was a Murry/Brian production, and Surfin' USA was Brian.The instrumental tracks are Brian, and the rest of that album is most likely Brian with Venet approving the final mix, which is why he was given the production credit on that album.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: What is THE most underrated Brian Wilson song?
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on: November 03, 2015, 03:40:52 PM
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In addition to the two Gershwin songs mentioned in my first post on this thread, I will second What Love Can Do, and add Rodney on the Rock, It's a Beautiful Day, Summer 's Gone,County Fair, Farmer's Daughter, I'd Love Just Once to See You, Pamela Jean (Survivors),The Night Was So Young, Pitter Patter, Just Once In My Life, Amusement Parks USA, Pet Sounds (title track), Had To Phone Ya, Shake Rattle and Roll, Celebrate the News, When. A Man Loves a Woman
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Whose idea was it to discofy \
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on: November 02, 2015, 06:41:57 PM
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As a producer, Curt Boettcher had few peers. He did a first rate job given what he was asked to do. Perhaps it was a mistake to put the near eleven minute Here Comes the Night on L.A. Light. That it was done at the end of the disco craze was Bruce's idea. I have been listening to the California cd, and it is a beautiful cd.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Campaign 2016
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on: October 30, 2015, 03:31:54 PM
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The right, center, and left need to come to some consensus on how to talk civilly to each other What has changed since Senator Kennedy and Senator Simpson left the Senate has been an unwillingness to build consensus using the give and take of the political process. The election of idealogues rather than practical problem solvers has led to the deterioration of dialogue among ordinary people. I'd love to see more cooperation between legislators regardless of their philosophical bias. What's broken seems to be the assumption that people of differing political stances can be honorable and cooperative for our nation's common good.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: \
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on: October 21, 2015, 02:53:42 PM
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The Middle East has been a quagmire since the Sunni/Shiite schism in the 8th Century. No amount of foreign engagement will ever change the enmity between those sects. Our addiction to oil has led to our getting involved with regimes that are an anathema to our Constitution and form of government. Nearly every problem we have faced in that region has been relayed to the schism and these two sects of Islam. We need to disengage with this part of the world and mind our own business. We are feeling in the problems our own nation faces. We need to focus on those and let the Islamic world resolve their centuries long dispute.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Specifics on Brian's extraction from Landy
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on: October 21, 2015, 02:37:58 PM
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I am not aware of any other psychologist compromising the psychologist/client professional relationship like Landy did with Brian. Imagine another art form, such as fine arts...Leonard Bernstein or Georgia O'Keeffe, as an example Would Bernstein have let his psychologist alter his West Side Story compositions or Ms. O'Keeffe allow her shrink to paint over her landscapes or flower paintings? The answer is a firm no, and that is why Landy's interference with Brian's songs is the ultimate disrespect of his art. This is why Landy's name was removed from Brian's compositions. Artistic rape is still rape.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Specifics on Brian's extraction from Landy
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on: October 15, 2015, 12:16:01 AM
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The MO that the Beach Boys collectively and individually with respect to songs they wanted to record written by people outside of the group was to buy the individual's copyright interest out and to credit the group member that was interested in the song. They did that with Manson and Landy, and with Ersel Hickey,they bought the Bluebirds copyright, but couldn't realistically credit a group member with writing it because it was enough of a hit in the 1950s that it would have been ridiculous to say a group member wrote it or co-wrote it. Part of the group's approach was to pay generously a song's writer,then publish it through Sea of Tunes and later Brother.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Pope (Red) Francis in America
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on: September 24, 2015, 08:52:14 PM
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Pope Francis spoke by invitation of Speaker Boehner. His views are the same that he has expressed throughout the world. I would hope that Speaker Boehner would know in advance what Francis stands for. There was nothing he said that he hasn't said before.
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