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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Rank the released NPP songs
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on: March 25, 2015, 12:19:39 AM
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1. Sail Away - the best BW song since I don't know when, great vocals by BW, AJ and BC 2. Guess You Had to Be There - ultra catchy with Kacey working her magic 3. Saturday Night - big Nate Ruess fan, this song delivers 4. Runaway Dancer - a pleasant song to play every now and then 5. Right Time - live version is better than the album version 6. Our Special Love - I am least excited about this one.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015
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on: March 22, 2015, 03:39:52 AM
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I hope none of us has our whole career judged by a YouTube video.
Stop strawmanning. This discussion did not start with this particular Youtube video. The touring band has been on the decline for many years now. It affects the public's view on real Beach Boys.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015
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on: March 21, 2015, 03:08:49 PM
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Playing all these small venues IS underperforming. Look at the Rolling Stones for example, a band that emerged at the same time as the Beach Boys. Look at their tours, look at the number of people attending their shows. The Rolling Stones aim a lot higher than the Beach Boys. They are not underperforming. The Beach Boys: The Rolling Stones:
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015
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on: March 21, 2015, 02:34:30 PM
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Why are you offering a challenge, Swedish Frog? This isn't a duel at dawn.
Brian had a story, apart from the band, that needed to be told. It is one of survival and determination. I hope I can see the film soon.
Who is calling this out as a joke? I don't hear anyone doing this. There is no fight here.
Do you have a favorite football team or a favorite basketball team? Teams have fans. When the team performs well their fans are happy and satisfied. When the team underperforms the fans get upset and dissatisfied. It is very natural and happens all the time. The Beach Boys is a team, these days with a lineup that differs a lot from the original lineup. This may upset some of the fans - not all - but when this new lineup is far worse than the original lineup and on top of that underperforms some of the fans will find that unacceptable. Just like the fans of a football team would.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015
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on: March 21, 2015, 02:15:54 PM
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The touring band makes the Beach Boys look like a joke when they let a guy with no voice "sing" in concert.
Don't mean maybe, oh yeah.
http://youtu.be/2TRnAdSJoA4I know, I know. I forgive him too. You don't have to. People don't see Brian as a joke. I don't think you can find 50 people who think Brian is a joke. Up for the challenge? Brian is consolidating his reputation: a great album is coming up (with no autotune, how about that), a critically acclaimed biopic has been hailed in North America and Europe, his Venetian show with an ace ensemble makes people drop their jaws and he just announced a 2015 tour that we all (?) look forward to. Would a joke be able to pull all of these things off? Brian is on the rise. You better get used to it. Instead of using a BW video as a red herring, do you think Bruce's YSGTM performance makes the Beach Boys look good or bad?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015
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on: March 21, 2015, 12:29:02 PM
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YSGTM was clearly not handled well. If that opinion is disparagement I am proudly guilty of disparagement.
And one more thing. When Bruce's voice sounds like this he should not sing at all. It is embarrassing and it ruins the Beach Boys legacy. The touring band makes the Beach Boys look like a joke when they let a guy with no voice "sing" in concert.
Don't mean maybe, oh yeah.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Terabyte drives
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on: March 20, 2015, 10:59:31 PM
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Bubbly Waves you've got it all wrong and please correct me if I misunderstood you. The key here is property rights. You use the word steal instead of receive. No Spotify user steals Capitol Records songs - Capitol Records offers their songs to the public via Spotify. They get paid by Spotify.
Capitol Records has voluntarily signed an agreement with Spotify making their songs available to Spotify's customers. Spotify then signs agreements with their customers (music consumers). Sometimes something costs money, sometimes it is free - it all depends on what the agreement looks like. Free or inexpensive do not equate theft. Record companies need to get their music out there, otherwise no one would attend their artists's concerts, buy their merchandise et c. Offering music for free is a form of marketing these days.
I was never talking about Spotify. I was talking about the websites that RangeRover frequently talks about, where she steals movies and music. I see that she has put your final sentence in bold, to which I would reply that an artist or record company chooses to be put on Spotify, while someone who doesn't own the recordings and has no right to post them puts them up on the torrent sites. I was talking about Nebraska. And Alabama.
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