gfxgfx
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
logo
 
gfx gfx
gfx
680601 Posts in 27601 Topics by 4068 Members - Latest Member: Dae Lims March 29, 2024, 06:41:53 AM
*
gfx*HomeHelpSearchCalendarLoginRegistergfx
  Show Posts
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10
126  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: RS's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Beach Boys take up three spots. on: June 01, 2012, 01:46:14 PM
I'm glad Smile finally has a place on this list, where it belongs, but placing it at 381 is a joke.
127  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: New York Giants!!!! on: May 16, 2012, 08:28:02 AM
Any other New York Giants fans on this board? I don't mean to brag, but I live and breathe NY Giants football. Here's a better view of the ring:

128  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 15, 2012, 05:19:09 PM
I sat next to two crazy 25 year olds who'd be people I'd expect to find at a Linkin Park concert,

Linkin Park are pretty damn passe these days. They haven't been cool since about 2003/04.

I honestly have no clue what people of my generation listen to these days. I only picked Linkin Park because an upcoming concert of theirs was being advertised at Mohegan. Whenever I ask my friends what they listen to, I usually get responses like "I like all kinds of stuff," or "Lady Gaga/Katy Perry/Adelle/Jay-Z." These guys looked like they were into Modern Rock and Roll.

I can't believe even someone in this generation would stereotype people like that. or maybe your friends are all lame. there's plenty of members of this very message board in their twenties.

Yes, because their colorful head bandanas and short sleeved body shirts showing off their muscles complete with matching slogans just screamed to me Katy Perry fan. Roll Eyes

Seriously, people can like whatever they want. I'm not calling that into question. I'm 23 and I love the Beach Boys. Some of my very close friends are into classic rock, and they're all in their early 20s too. But I work on a college campus, and most people I encounter, whenever I tell them I like the Beach Boys, don't even know how to respond. So yes, they are lame.
129  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 14: Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY: 5/15/2012 on: May 15, 2012, 12:02:37 PM
I was going to go to this concert too, but I hear the seating arrangement in Westchester County Center isn't too good. It's all floor seats and one big balcony from what I can tell.
130  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 15, 2012, 11:27:52 AM
I sat next to two crazy 25 year olds who'd be people I'd expect to find at a Linkin Park concert,

Linkin Park are pretty damn passe these days. They haven't been cool since about 2003/04.

I honestly have no clue what people of my generation listen to these days. I only picked Linkin Park because an upcoming concert of theirs was being advertised at Mohegan. Whenever I ask my friends what they listen to, I usually get responses like "I like all kinds of stuff," or "Lady Gaga/Katy Perry/Adelle/Jay-Z." These guys looked like they were into Modern Rock and Roll.
131  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Amazon samples are up on: May 15, 2012, 10:04:08 AM
I'm liking what I'm hearing in these snippets. Looks like my expectations might be surpassed after all. The production still sounds like Joe Thomas, but it doesn't seem like the album is going to suffer from it too much. It's pleasant.
132  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Star Wars on: May 14, 2012, 08:14:26 PM
I just got my copy of Star Wars: Darth Plagueis in the mail. I'm up to chapter 3 and it's pretty good so far. But man, I've got to say that Luceno is the anti-Lucas when it comes to writing dialogue. This is the third Star Wars novel I've read by him, and there's such a stark contrast between what character's say in his books and the drivel that Lucas writes. And this is coming from somebody who liked most of the prequel trilogy.
133  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 14, 2012, 06:52:06 PM
Nope. I recorded the set list with my phone as the concert was going along. I didn't hear it played the second night, but then again, there's always the small possibility that I could have missed a song. I didn't have my phone out as much as other people in the audience. So it's possible, although unlikely, that I missed it. But I doubt that. This Whole World is my favorite Sunflower track. I'm pretty sure I would remember if they played it, and I'm almost positive that they didn't. But I'm sure they'll bring it back. This Whole World was a huge hit the first night, I can't imagine that they'll take it out for long.
134  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 14, 2012, 06:37:06 PM
Considering the first show at Mohegan Sun was utter perfection to my ears, I had a feeling that the second show might not be as polished as the first one. There were lots of places in last night's show where singers came in a split second late or flubbed a line here and there. Mike had this happen to him a number of times, but overall it wasn't anything too bad. Brian sounded good again, except for his lead on Do You Wanna Dance, which was ragged and off key. Sail on Sailor was a little spotty as well, and we all know Brian has trouble with that song.

The shows were incredibly powerful.  Add Some Music with the band around the piano with Brian showed such  synergy that still must exist among them.  At the risk of dividing things along generations, 1960's and 1970's followers were less concerned about any errors, and more concerned that we heard such great classics (our classics) such as Sail On Sailor, Add Some Music, the SMiLE sampling, and I Just Wasn't Made for These Times or Cottonfields, which I think is such a neat song.  Brian sounds great to us.  

I've been getting emails all day from "contemporaries" who were at the show, and who are more than happy with the concerts.  They are delighted with Brian singing so forcefully at the piano.  Most of us aren't looking for perfection.  The effort of the performance, even if there are "mistakes" matters more.  We find the show just perfect.

It is such an emotional experience, perhaps at this point in our lives, having lived alongside Carl's draft woes, as headlines, when we had friends who were also in the same boat, or that whole coming of age, in an age where young people questioned authority.  We didn't call it "audacity" - we just lived it.   LOL  

Aye. I hear ya. Cool I'm just nitpicking to be honest. Cool Guy Both shows were fantastic, and Brian sounded great in both. I just felt like the first night was one of the greatest performances I've seen from any of them, and was kind of going into the second show with the mentality that it might not be as good. But it was excellent.
135  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New album info (as it rolls out...) on: May 14, 2012, 12:54:24 PM
Songwriting=good. Production=bad. Sad I really like both tracks, especially Think About the Days, but I'm left wondering how good these songs could sound with better production.
136  Smiley Smile Stuff / Smile Sessions Box Set (2011) / Re: All things TSS packaging, presentation and booklet etc on: May 14, 2012, 12:03:35 PM
That's weird? I can see them. I'll have to upload again after work.

I can see them too. The light up box looks fantastic! Almost makes me wish I splurged on it instead of the regular box.
137  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 14, 2012, 10:42:16 AM
A few more reactions:

Having Add Some Music open the second set is not only sentimental, but also really powerful. Having silence for ten minutes during intermission and then getting hit over the head with all 5 Beach Boys plus Jeff singing in perfect harmony really blows the audience away. Talk about tone setting!

I think the slow moving silhouettes of dancing girls that they broadcast over the Jumbo-Tron behind the stage during Do You Wanna Dance doesn't work. It doesn't match the uptempo nature of the song, and is kind of awkward to listen to and watch at the same time.

During Forever, the two 25 year olds I was sitting next to screamed out "Where's Uncle Jessie!?" Apparently in one Full House episode, the writers wrote a storyline where Jessie claimed to have written the song Forever. I never knew that. Luckily for all the hardcore Beach Boys fans in the audience, John Stamos wasn't anywhere to be seen last night.

Overall the show was awesome, and I enjoyed the second night as much as the first. But because the first show at Mohegan Sun was just so perfect, I have a feeling I'll be comparing all future concert to that one for a long time.
138  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS) on: May 14, 2012, 07:25:31 AM
Considering the first show at Mohegan Sun was utter perfection to my ears, I had a feeling that the second show might not be as polished as the first one. There were lots of places in last night's show where singers came in a split second late or flubbed a line here and there. Mike had this happen to him a number of times, but overall it wasn't anything too bad. Brian sounded good again, except for his lead on Do You Wanna Dance, which was ragged and off key. Sail on Sailor was a little spotty as well, and we all know Brian has trouble with that song.

Al got lost on Cottonfields. He sang certain verses a bit too many times, but luckily the band kept playing along with whatever he kept repeating and covered up the mistake pretty well.

The crowd last night was a bit younger than that of the first show. Still mostly people above age 60, but I had a better view of the audience tonight from where I was sitting, and there were definitely more people under 25 there compared to the first show. I sat next to two crazy 25 year olds who'd be people I'd expect to find at a Linkin Park concert, not a Beach Boys concert. They were definitely enthusiastic, acting crazy and dancing throughout the show. They even brought their own personal beach ball that they inflated.

Mike dedicated Surfer Girl to all the mothers out there for Mother's Day. His banter was the same as it was the previous night, right down to the smallest of details.

When Kiss Me Baby was over, Al mentioned that they hadn't played that one in concert in a long time. Hopefully they keep it.

It was surprising when the band started playing Good Vibrations further up in the set list. They sang it much better than they did the first night. Unfortunately, Kokomo still seemed pretty lifeless when the band came back on stage for the encore. I think that was still the worst performance of the night.
139  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 on: May 13, 2012, 08:26:33 PM
Alright, the show didn't sell out, and there were some sections in the balcony that were empty or pretty close to empty, but the arena still seemed pretty full. The set list for the second half was pretty much the same as last night, except that they moved Good Vibrations up from the encore into the second set.

Second set:
Add some music
California dreamin
Sloop John B.
WIBN
IJWMDTT
Forever
Sail on sailor
Heroes and Villains
In my room
All this is that
God only knows
TWGMTR
Good vibrations
California Girls
All summer long
Help Me Rhonda
Rock and Roll Music
Do you wanna dance
Surfin USA

Encore:
Kokomo
Barbara Ann
Fun Fun Fun
140  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 on: May 13, 2012, 07:51:06 PM
Show just ended, I'll have the second set list up in a bit. I'd estimate there were 8,500-9,000 in attendance tonight. Looked pretty full.
141  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 on: May 13, 2012, 06:23:13 PM
We're at intermission. They added dance dance dance and Kiss Me Baby to the first set, and dropped Wendy.

Do it again
Catch a wave
Hawaii
Don't back down
Surfin Safari
Surfer girl
Please let me wonder
Your so good to me
Dance dance dance
Kiss me baby
Then I kissed her
Why do fools
When I grow up
Cottonfields
Marcella
Be true to your school
Disney girls
Don't worry baby
Little Honda
Little douce coupe
409
Shut down
I get around
142  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 13: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/13/12 on: May 13, 2012, 01:41:08 PM
Alright, I said I wasn't going to this show, but I found some decent tickets, and it looks like I'll be at this one as well. Grin
143  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Help Me Rhonda (alternate) from Endless Harmony Soundtrack in stereo? on: May 13, 2012, 12:57:12 PM
Is it weird I like this version slightly more than the released one?

No. I prefer the unreleased single version from Endless Harmony as well. I love the added falsetto, but I do think that Brian made the right choice by taking it out of the commercial single release. I agree that it might not have sat too well with some people who were part of the anti-doo wop movement that was growing, and it might not have charted as successfully.
144  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 13, 2012, 10:48:21 AM
Scott M, glad to see you agreed Brian was great on You're So Good To Me. I also went to UConn, Class of '87. Go Huskies – although next year will be a little tough.

Yeah, Calhoun should have just retired after last year's championship. That was my senior year (I'm a grad student now), and luckily I got to see that team in person.

I had such a good time at last night's concert, my family was thinking of buying tickets to tonight's show as well. But we can't find good enough seats, so I guess we're skipping it. Sad

Edit: Err, scratch that. Looks like I'm going to tonight's concert too. Grin
145  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 13, 2012, 09:07:24 AM
A few more things about last nights show:

During Be True to Your School, the main Jumbo-Tron showed the UConn logo, which got everybody in the audience cheering. I'm currently a student at UConn, and given the general age of the audience (60+), it's likely that I was the only UConn student in the audience. Mike Love became aware during the number that somebody had programmed the screen to show the UConn logo during the number, and referred to it as "sabotage." That really made me smile, hearing one of my musical heroes mentioning my school by name during the concert.

Doing Add Some Music around the piano with Brian was, like many posters have pointed out, touching. It was really sentimental and nice to see. It was mostly Brian and Al singing the lead, with the rest of the group doing background vocals.

Jeff Foskett sounded particularly whiny during TWGMTR. There were a few rough spots during that song. However, Jeff sounded better than I ever remember him sounding the rest of the night.

I think Brian's best vocal was You're So Good to Me. That's really a track that stands out to me.

Dave's guitar solos were awesome. He added some nice touches to a couple of numbers. He was really excellent.
146  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 12, 2012, 10:32:57 PM
OK, just got back from the show. A few thoughts.

No I didn't get any video. This was a historic concert and getting tickets to it happened to be a birthday present from my father. Given those circumstances, I wasn't overly concerned about viewing any portion of the concert from the lens of my iPhone or anything like that. I remember about a year ago at one Mike and Bruce show, I nearly got my head taken off by one neanderthal security guard who didn't take kindly to me trying to record a few songs with my camera. I wasn't about to relive that experience. However, plenty of people in the audience did have their camera phones out, so I'm sure that some audience recordings will start to trickle out soon.

The band was in top form tonight. Mike and Brian sounded particularly amazing. I saw both of them at concerts last year, and I don't remember either of them sounding nearly as good as they did tonight. Al sounds spectacular, as he always does. David Marks took the lead on Hawaii and sounded good overall, although there were a few times I thought he sounded spotty. Bruce sounded okay, but out of all the original surviving Beach Boys, his voice is in the worst shape in my opinion. The backing band was incredible, like they always are, and I thought John Cowsill and Scott Totten blended nicely with Brian's band.

The set list was pretty much what I expected it to be, given what I've been reading on this board for the past few days. They did drop Come Go With Me from the first set, but other than that it was pretty much what they've been doing for the past couple of shows.

Brian's voice sounded AMAZING. He obviously has lost a lot of his range, but he still sounds like Brian. Tonight was the first night I actually heard bits of his old voice come through. It sounded sweet. I haven't heard sweetness coming from Brian's voice since the early 70s. But tonight it was there. But boy, did Brian look out of it when he wasn't singing. When he was actually given something to do on stage, he looked and sounded good. But during the long periods where he wasn't singing leads, he looked lost.

I loved the car suite at the end of the first set. Those are some of my favorite songs, and the crowd loved them! The band was at it's high points tonight singing those songs. Throughout most of the concert, the crowd seemed really into it. They were up on their feet, moving and dancing with the songs. The two exceptions were during Disney Girls and TWGMTR. The crowd seemed especially motionless during TWGMTR. I could only guess that a lot of people hadn't heard the song before. Mike did plug the new album, but not in an obvious way. He mentioned the song was off their new album by the same name, but didn't mention anything about a release date, so it wasn't like it was an obvious advertisement or something.

There was NO autotune, at least to my ears. I paid special attention to Brian's vocals just to see if I could spot anything weird going on, and honestly I didn't hear anything suspicious. There were three mega Jumbo-Trons in the arena that had live feeds of what was happening on stage, and I had a pretty good view of the stage anyway without them. I could see and hear everything that was going on perfectly. There was no delay between any of Brian's vocals and what was being broadcast on those screens, and honestly I didn't hear or see anything that might suggest pitch correction was being used. I asked my father, who has been going to concerts for nearly 50 years, if he had heard anything suspicious, and he told me no. He didn't think there was any live autotuning or pitch correction.

During the encore, the band didn't sound as good for some reason. Maybe they were just tired by that point, but Mike and Al clearly were distracted when they were preforming Kokomo and Fun Fun Fun. A little boy, maybe around 8 years old, went up in front of the stage during the encore and was motioning for Mike to sign an autograph for him, while the concert was still going on. Security didn't intervene, but the boy should of just waited until after the show. Right after Fun Fun Fun ended, Mike finally gave in and signed one of the beach balls that was being tossed around in the audience for him.
147  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 12, 2012, 08:19:39 PM
Second set:

Add some music
California dreamin
Sloop john B.
Wouldn't it be nice
Forever
Sail on Sailor
Heroes and Villians
In My Room
All this is that
This Whole World
I just wasn't made for these times
God only knows
That's why God made the radio
California Girls
All summer long
Help me Rhonda
Rock and roll music
Do you wanna dance
Barbara Ann
Surfin USA

Encore:
Kokomo
Good Vibrations
Fun Fun Fun

Generally there were no surprises tonight as far as the set list went. I'll have more of my reactions later tonight.
148  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 12, 2012, 08:05:38 PM
Show just ended, I'll have the second set list up in a bit.
149  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 12, 2012, 06:26:26 PM
First set

Do it again
Catch a wave
Hawaii
Don't back down
Surfin safari
Surfer girl
Please let me wonder
You're so good to me
Wendy
Then I kissed her
Why do fools fall in love
When I grow up
Cottonfields
Marcella
Be true to your school
Disney girls
Don't worry baby
Little honda
Little douce coupe
409
Shut down
I get around
150  Smiley Smile Stuff / Concert Reviews / Re: Show 12: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 05/12/12 on: May 12, 2012, 06:13:27 PM
Incredible show so far! We're at intermission. I should have the set list posted soon. It's pretty similar to the other shows. Brian and Mike are in rare form.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10
gfx
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Page created in 0.618 seconds with 21 queries.
Helios Multi design by Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!