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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Why the hate for \
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on: August 26, 2015, 12:31:13 PM
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That being said, during the encore in Philly, EVERY song there had the crowd really energized, but then Barbara Ann came on and you could tell the crowd was a bit less enthusiastic about it. So perhaps it should be retired from Brian's setlist.
I was like five seats down from you and I didn't get that vibe at all. Anyone who thinks it should be removed from ANY setlist of a Beach Boys related concert should think again (especially a certain board member who never fails EVERY TIME IT IS MENTIONED FOR THE SONG'S BANISHMENT FROM CONCERTS - yeesh, get over it). People come to hear the hits, mostly. It was one of their biggest hits. It's not art, but it's fun. Sing along, have a good time, The Beach Boys make you feel good.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: I Am Brian Wilson: New Autobiography
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on: July 29, 2015, 12:36:35 PM
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Following the 2012 reunion tour, 2016 would've been the next logical time/year to have another Beach Boys' tour with the original members. The 50th Anniversary of Pet Sounds and/or Good Vibrations is a valid, and more importantly, marketable theme. The problem is that it's already August and the next thing you know it will be Christmas. Unless they would be targeting late 2016, isn't it a little late to be planning such a tour? Not to open up that can of worms again, but I would think Mike & Bruce are already booking dates for 2016.
Let's say they were looking at a "Pet Sounds Reunion" tour (or whatever) for the Summer of 2016. They wouldn't be announcing that right now anyway. They probably wouldn't announce something like that until February or March of next year. We don't know what's being talked about. When was C50 announced in relation to the start of the tour?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian / Al / Blondie Summer 2015 Tour Thread
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on: July 02, 2015, 11:44:46 AM
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Not much more to add to Guitarfool's post - but I was at the Philly show as well, and it was wonderful to meet and hang with some of the board members here. In the sea of a few thousand, I felt I was at home with people who shared the love of the best music ever made. Brian was the best I've ever seen him in concert. The set list satisfied hit seekers as well as hard-core fans.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Harmony pre-Bruce vs Bruce in the band
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on: June 09, 2015, 09:27:06 AM
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I have to agree, Bruce's vocals are very nice throughout the whole album. I have a question, are any Beach Boys on Strange World? As with the other tunes where I can pick out voices, on this one I cannot.
If you listed super closely with headphones you can hear a low bass vocal during the chorus that sounds like Mike.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Tame Impala . . .
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on: May 08, 2015, 05:08:32 AM
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I'm a huge fan of Lonerism, and I understand Kevin can't be boxed in to a specific style or he will get beaten down in the press for it....but I wish the new material was at least more of a smoother progression from that style. The material we've heard from Currents have many elements of things that I would never associate with the Tame Impala style. "Disciples" is easily my favorite - I really like the melody and the brevity actually probably works for it in this instance. The other ones seem to go in a Mark Ronson direction - who needs more of that right now?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Your Favorite Moments From No Pier Pressure
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on: April 13, 2015, 08:53:27 AM
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This Beautiful Day - "if we could find a way/if you would only stay" - love his falsetto.
Whatever Happened - all of it!
On The Island - the very short wall-of-Zooeys in the break.
Guess You Had To Be There - Brian's chorus, absolute pop perfection, making me wish there was a version with him singing the entire song!
Somewhere Quiet - love how the vocal melody is a translation of the guitar in the instrumental. Great tight 60s snare sound.
I'm Feeling Sad - "and it's all right in front of me/I was too blind but now I see/that it's so hard to be alone".
Tell Me Why - I think this track is criminally underrated. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the first verse lyrics. So simple but they describe a breakup that you know should be happening and is for the best...even though you want to cling on.
"Kind of funny but mostly sad Kinda good but mostly bad I really miss that thing we had Until you went away".
This is one of the best tracks on the album. Perfection. Also, note the slightly buried harpsichord line.
Sail Away - Brian's "drink my water from a shell that I find".
One Kind Of Love - all of it. Brian's wordless backing single lines in the break.
Saturday Night - this is the one collab I think really works. "You've got me seeing a little bit clearer/now we're playing our music too loud".
Last Song - of course, the bombastic ending and Brian's "there's never enough time for the ones that you love".
Plenty of good moments on this album.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: One Kind Of Love Appreciation Thread
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on: April 09, 2015, 09:34:28 AM
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This is a great song. I like the transition from single to multi tracked vocals. He's singing quite high here and it sounds pretty natural. I like that when the vocals are multi tracked, they are split down the middle instead of the standard Thomas left-middle-right trick. One of the best ones on the new album. Aside from Macca, it reminds me of a certain Elton John song that I can't quite put my finger on.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: LISTEN TO THE LAST SONG & ON THE ISLAND!! BBC RADIO
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on: March 29, 2015, 04:14:28 PM
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Last Song made me (and continues to make me) emotional as the song intensifies. I have never been one for Joe Thomas' production style, but it doesn't impede the song here one bit. I can understand complaints about Runaway Dancer...guests vocals on a Brian album...other stuff...but this? Listen again. It's beautiful, it's magnificent, it's wonderful, it's Brian giving his listeners exactly what they have been clamoring for. Listen again - it's Brian giving his heart to you the only way he knows how. There is so much love for this man and his music, his soul and his being on this board. Listen again, dammit.
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