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126  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / The Elements: A new slideshow video on: March 16, 2018, 11:13:58 PM
I just uploaded a new slideshow video that I made for 'The Elements' from Smile. I already made a video for 'The Elements' a few years ago, but I thought I could do it better, so here it is. I hope you'll check it out. This is probably the last Smile video I'll ever make. I'm not sure what comes next.

The Elements-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSlSy2nfffk&feature=youtu.be
127  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New 'Christmas Day' video on: December 25, 2017, 12:18:34 PM
FWIF, Al just linked this video on his Facebook page

Merry Christmas to all members of this board!

Excited to find out that Al Jardine watched my video and liked it enough to post it on his Facebook page. It's a wonderful Christmas present.
128  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New 'Christmas Day' video on: December 22, 2017, 04:54:44 PM
As the big day draws near, I 'm bumping this Beach Boys Christmas tribute just in case there are some who may have missed it the first time around or for those who want to check it out again. I'm grateful for the very positive response it has received and for everyone who took the time to post some kind words here or on YouTube. Merry Christmas!

The Beach Boys- 'Christmas Day':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-XuJdM-TCQ
129  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Heroes and Villains - 18-minute Pocket Symphony Edition on: December 08, 2017, 10:20:48 PM
Thanks for sharing that. Good job! I tried something like a 19 minute version of  H&V a long time back trying to use all the H&V stuff that I could. I didn't use Vegetables  but I see how that could fit into the farming idea very easily.
130  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / 'Christmas Day' slideshow video on: November 23, 2017, 09:21:51 PM
The Christmas Season is now in full swing! Please take a moment to partake of this little cup of holiday cheer, a video set to the music of the perfectly splendid Beach Boys' ditty 'Christmas Day'. I've bumped this thread from last Christmas in hopes that some who may not have been around last year will check it out. Hope you enjoy it, and Merry Christmas to the Beach Boys fans!

The Beach Boys- 'Christmas Day':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-XuJdM-TCQ
131  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: HRH's Favourite song. on: October 07, 2017, 03:42:07 PM
Maybe  the Boys will get a mention on the upcoming season of The Crown (great show by the way). I think it's going to cover Queen Elizabeth in the  60s.
132  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike Love - Unleash the Love - Due November 17 - w/ 2nd Disc of BB Remakes on: October 05, 2017, 10:46:28 PM
Hope it's decent.
133  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / A new 'Wonderful/ Look/ Child Is Father Of The Man' video on: September 24, 2017, 09:48:51 AM
Summer's gone. The leaves are changing color and starting to fall.It's been threes months since I uploaded my last slideshow video. Soooooo- I hope you'll check out my latest effort at trying to capture the music of 'Smile' in pictures. The latest video is a medley of Wonderful, Look, and Child Is Father Of The Man, music that I first made a slideshow for back in 2014. This is a fresh take with improved visuals.

Wonder/Look/Child Is Father Of The Man ('All Fall Down')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_seHJgDe18
134  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Which snippet of Beach Boys music would you use for your answering machine? on: August 24, 2017, 09:22:49 PM
The ending of 'Had To Phone Ya' natch.
135  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New Mike Single on: July 08, 2017, 06:08:15 AM
Hilarious. Watch the whole thing. Vic Berger is an editing genius and a huge BBs fan.

https://youtu.be/AdYbymafUd0

God! that is so weird and funny.
136  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: June 30, 2017, 06:34:52 AM
Why is How She Boogalooed It only stereo for the first part?

"No extraction mixes (a la 'Help Me, Rhonda'). The one standout that comes to mind is that in 'How She Boogalooed It' the instrumental portion couldn't be reconstructed in stereo, so for however many bars that organ solo is, it slides seamlessly into mono and back out into stereo. Seamless. Beautiful."

Source: http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,25077.msg609256.html#msg609256

Whoever is quoted there turned out to be wrong. The track never reverts back to stereo. Too bad they just didn't include an extraction mix if that was the only stereo option. It would have been better than nothing.
137  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: June 29, 2017, 10:07:44 PM
Why is How She Boogalooed It only stereo for the first part? Very disappointing finish to an otherwise stellar stereo version of  the album.
138  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: June 29, 2017, 09:34:05 AM
What perfect timing this is, to release this to kick off the 4th of July weekend! I'm excited as he!! to blast this in my car and to listen closely with headphones too.
139  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Aren't You Glad (2017 Stereo Mix) up on youtube! on: June 21, 2017, 04:07:21 PM
It was like I was really hearing it properly for the first time, Fantastic, is all I can say. I'm excited for the album now.
140  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson's 75th birthday video: Brian Falls Into A Microphone on: June 18, 2017, 07:45:10 PM
Thanks to all for the nice comments, and also to Mikesthegreatest! for expressing his strong opinion, which I support his right to, even if it makes me sad.
141  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Brian Wilson's 75th birthday video: Brian Falls Into A Microphone on: June 18, 2017, 01:08:02 AM
I hope you enjoy the video to celebrate Brian Douglas Wilson's 75th birthday. It's been a heckuva ride!

Brian Falls Into A Microphone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKxBmBMpFQ
142  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BB Songs Many Fans Love But You Don't Care Much For on: May 28, 2017, 10:09:01 PM
Disney Girls. Second-rate schmaltz, and not much of a melody either.
Well said! Smb. said really dumb thing in its defense - to paraphrase, it's objectively good song if it's covered by popular musicians (A. Garfunkel & C. Elliot). Can you believe that?

Well anything would sound good sung by Art Garfunkel's golden throat. It's a cheesy song, but  Garfunkel is the far superior singer and does a better job of selling it that Bruce ever could. But no, I don't agree that it's an "objectively good" song. It's pure corn.
143  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BB Songs Many Fans Love But You Don't Care Much For on: May 28, 2017, 03:04:42 PM
Disney Girls. Second-rate schmaltz, and not much of a melody either.
144  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: First time meeting Brian on: May 22, 2017, 04:33:30 PM
I got close up and personal during the BWPS 2004 American tour. He had cold hands and they were soft like someone who never did much manual labor. I just thanked him for his music, got my autograph and moved on.
145  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Suicide playlist on: April 20, 2017, 07:07:02 AM
OP- please talk to a mental health professional. Mods- please remove (first time I've ever asked that)
146  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Which Beach Boys Song Would Be A Hit If Updated? on: January 15, 2017, 03:04:49 PM
'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times' because I think the feeling is pretty universal, plus it's a relatively little known song to the world.

This is from the "Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson" compilation from two years ago.

Louis Phillipe and Dean Broderick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqHfURZFzkI

I love Louis Philippe's stuff. Here's his version of 'Guess I'm Dumb' from one of his earliest albums:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7RD1f4-_4U&index=3&list=PLJ0LdtdIAOsiEFWgfl2SrImbFVM9jcCLD
147  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Which Beach Boys Song Would Be A Hit If Updated? on: January 12, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times' because I think the feeling is pretty universal, plus it's a relatively little known song to the world.
148  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: 2017 New Music. on: January 08, 2017, 03:35:37 PM
New Bowie EP on iTunes today: No Plan, which includes Lazarus, the title track, and two other tunes. I believe they're from the musical.

On the indie side of life, a new Shins album is announced for a March release, with 2 tracks available already.

To observe Bowie's birthday, a video for the song 'No Plan' was also released today. I really like that song and wouldn't have minded a bit if they had decided to include it on Blackstar.  I'm not that enthusiastic about the other two new ones. They were all included on the Lazarus cast album that came out in November.

See the video here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIgdid8dsC8

New Flaming Lips album 'Oczy Mlody' is due out on Friday the 13th.
149  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Todd Rundgren collaboration 'Runddans' video on: January 05, 2017, 05:20:50 PM
Time to take a break from Beach Boys videos now that my Smile project is done. I hope you'll check out my video for the Runddans song "Put Your Arms Around Me'. Runddans is the result of a collaboration between Todd Rundgren, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Emil Nikolaisen, and was released in 2015. For Todd  Rundgren fans, it harkens back to his most progressive works of the 70s. I like this section of the album so much that I was messing around with trying to edit together a proper single-length song edit, and I came up with this. I was so happy with the result, I was inspired to create a slideshow video to go with it. The results can be heard and seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiiVholXq8

150  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Did Van Dyke Parks write all of the lyrics on Smile? on: December 29, 2016, 07:50:42 AM
Respectfully, this is where I miss most the old Smile Shop. I remember some stellar threads with in-depth analysis of the Smile lyrics. That was when nobody would have considered "Surf's Up" too obscure (it's called poetry, folks; when everybody can understand all of it at first read, it's usually called prose). It was brilliant stuff, and I wish I had saved it somewhere.

Sorry, and back on topic. My take is that in this case the credits are correct. For all songs where VDP's name appears, lyrics are typical of his style, stratified, rich in wordplay and cultural references (though I'm sure that Brian had significant input on the subject matter). For Wind Chimes, I agree with Sound of Free that lyrics are typically "Brian", emotional and to the point, with no wordplay but effective imagery. Brian is a much better lyricist than he gets credit for.

I think "Mahalo lu lei" (which, by the way, is not gibberish: it was actually translated) was a Brian/VDP collaboration.

I was recently taken to task about that lyric myself. It is clearly pronounced "wahala" and not "mahalo" on both BWPS and the 1966 sessions. As to any proper translation of either phrase, I challenge anyone to do it. I searched the internet and did not come with anything satisfying. I've read that Parks claims no responsibility for the Hawaiian chant at all. It really does just seem to be something that Brian thought sounded good. Interestingly, if you have a copy of the original BWPS London concerts, you can hear that they use the word "mahalo", but it was changed or corrupted in the recording process for the BWPS album.
Apparently it was a case of "As we returned to the studio to record "Mahalo" or "Wahala", we always got them confused."
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