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1  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: May 16, 2017, 04:04:51 PM
"Jumping ship" was a poor choice of words - "pushed overboard" might be more accurate.  The whole incident is a shame because Christianity does not have to be incompatible with Transcendental Meditation.


And more appropriately, religion and beliefs shouldn't affect ones job.
2  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: on: May 16, 2017, 11:01:59 AM
Well said Desper on your reason for leaving, though Don Malcolm meant that as well!

Yeah, that's how I took it as well.

Yeah, I took "Steve Desper jumping ship when Mike decided to toss his weight around" as "Steve Desper leaving with very good reason."

I don't think any blame was being placed on Steve from that comment.
3  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Meeting Brian & Al vs Mike & Bruce on: May 12, 2017, 07:24:24 AM
I never ever knew the Beach Boys did a song for the Cubs... Omg... This is horribly awesome!!!  Shocked

That same cassette had them doing a Cubs-themed Surfin' Safari parody, but I've yet hear it!
4  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: May 12, 2017, 07:16:58 AM
I like the song, the lead vocal and background vocals are very good.  I can't stand the line in the song, "high up on a hill, making love again."


Who was it here who was super annoyed by the opening line to Al's "Don't Fight the Sea", the "I was out in a boat, that was gently afloat" line? I didn't find that line particularly extra egregious, but it was kind of funny and understandable enough that someone else was so annoyed by it.

Ah... But that's a cover.  I agree that it is still a bad line, though.
5  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: May 10, 2017, 04:31:16 PM
I didn't buy into the hype, and I wasn't expecting all that much.

But I love it.  I really do.  Top-tier Dennis for me, easily.
6  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: good vibrations Poster on: October 07, 2016, 01:24:34 PM
Good Vibrations came out in 1966, hippies and peace symbols came later.  I don't like the association.


Right.  Everyone ALWAYS associates the Haight/Ashbury scene with the Beach Boys.  San Francisco is their home town, right?!
7  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New Brian album on: October 06, 2016, 12:34:15 PM
Nice to see everyone wanted Blondie's live "Sail On Sailor."  All those downloaders really should checkout the "Wild Honey."
8  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Surf's Up Questions on: October 05, 2016, 04:14:05 PM
The "Child is the Father..." part is all in the piano playing, not Brian's vocal.
9  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Unusual Pronunciations and Accents in BB Songs on: October 05, 2016, 04:12:09 PM
Less a pronunciation and more a stylized choice, the "Califor-nye-a" thing is something that I never paid a great deal of attention to, but in recent years I had someone who obviously had less exposure to BB classics who was all "Wtf?" when they heard them sing "Calior-nye-a" in a recording.

I've always heard it as "Californ-i-a" (or "Californ-eye-aye"), and I always thought of it as a nick-name for the state more than a pronunciation choice.   Similar to how "Californy" is used in the Beverly Hillbillies Theme.
10  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike opens up about Melinda. on: September 16, 2016, 12:28:30 PM


Our user "Cool Water" wrote about the soundcheck and Mike asking Brian if Ambha could sing SOS:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,13127.msg280436.html#msg280436

Thank you!  I knew I remembered that Brian joked, "That's one of my leads!" but I couldn't remember where I heard the story.
11  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Iain Lee's Opinion Of This Forum: \ on: September 01, 2016, 07:29:25 AM
I don't think I've ever seen fans of a band who are like fans of the Beach Boys.  Weirdest group of people.   Cheesy
12  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New Good Vibrations 50th Anniversary Vinyl Single EP Announced. on: August 31, 2016, 07:13:01 AM
Well...I'll be Mr. Positivity here  LOL  I was 11 when the 40th anniversary occurred...this sounds great to me!  Grin

I'm also excited to grab this as I love the Stereo Instrumental mix on the EP and would love to pull out the EP and spin that now and again!
13  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Great New Montreal Gazette Interview with BW and AL on: July 08, 2016, 12:03:42 PM
I like that Al is championing a hybrid of Hang on to Your Ego/I Know there's An Answer on the tour.  I doubt it'd happen, but it'd be fun to hear.
14  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Good Vibrations 50th Anniversary global commemorative release announced on: June 29, 2016, 11:15:30 AM
I wouldn't want another multi disk Smile set, just Disk 1 reissued in stereo with minor changes here and there. There's a discussion going on about this on the Linett thread. Do You Like Worms?, Fire, Surf's Up etc. in full stereo is preferable to Carry Me Home in my view. Also, anything I've heard from the Disk 2-5 material doesn't sound 'murky' or 'muddy'.


Just so you know, there was a stereo mix of Surf's Up on the final side of the Smile vinyl release.  It sounds great.   Here's the stereo Smile mixes I know of from the box set, the vinyl or from Made in California.

Heroes and Villains (Stereo Mix)
Our Prayer (2012 The Smile Sessions Stereo Mix)
Surf's Up (stereo mix) 
Vega-Tables (Stereo Mix)
You're Welcome (Stereo mix)
Wind Chimes (Stereo Mix)
15  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The Filmore East - last 3 nights feat the Beach Boys + other contemporary acts on: June 28, 2016, 10:54:59 AM
I just came across this thread which is about the same Fillmore East show: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/june-27-1971-fillmore-east-closes-with-final-epic-show.559904/
16  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Are We Skewing The Meaning of (Beach Boys) Songs? on: June 27, 2016, 10:52:28 AM
While I can overlook any "creepiness" due to age because the writer/singer is not the same as the 'character' singing (the "You're Sixteen" example), I have always had a problem with guys in their 70's singing "Isn't it time we go steady again?"  Because in that song it clearly is being sung from an older point of view and just sounds silly when they sing it.

The other lyric that give me pause is:
"Took me back darlin' to that time in my car
When you cried all night cause we'd gone too far"

It just paint a bad picture.
17  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Good Vibrations 50th Anniversary global commemorative release announced on: June 27, 2016, 06:40:02 AM
Yeah,  if someone with the talent could take the stereo version done by terrei (http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23584.msg581202.html#msg581202) and add in the stereo Hum-de-dum part, I'd be happy guy!
18  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: I Love Kokomo on: June 17, 2016, 06:46:58 AM
it's kind of an anti-Beach Boys song since Brian had no participation in its creation

Come now, there have been many great BB songs that Brian didn't have a hand in. That doesn't make them anti-Beach Boys. Are you really going to discount 77% of Holland as "anti-Beach boys?"
19  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: I Love Kokomo on: June 14, 2016, 12:42:00 PM
I, too, like the sax solo.  Fits the song well.
20  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BBs band through the years on: June 13, 2016, 08:14:07 AM
This is pretty good:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys_lineups
21  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: CONCERT: National Memorial Day Concert for 2016 with The Beach Boys on: June 01, 2016, 12:48:11 PM
I heard it very clearly on Cal Girls - Mike's a complete robot on the word "Farmer's" and Jeff sounds especially fake on Wouldn't It Be Nice. It's a shame because I would have enjoyed them with their natural voices playing with the orchestra.
22  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Thread for various insignificant questions that don't deserve their own thread! on: May 11, 2016, 06:14:44 PM
Does anyone know much about this Barbara Ann parody called "Here Come The Cubs?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDexDAd33E

I can hear Mike and Foskett, I think, but can't pick out anyone else's voices. 

It's listed on this cassette as "Beach Boys," so I guess it is 'offically' the band.  Has anyone heard the other song?

http://www.amazon.com/OFFICIAL-CHICAGO-PARTY-ALBUM-STARTER/dp/B01BBFYZKI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1463015542&sr=8-2&keywords=cubs+wgn
23  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New David Marks track - \ on: March 09, 2016, 02:00:44 PM
Looks like the pre-order and samples are available for David's new album:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CF444PA?ie=UTF8&keywords=david%20marks%20garage&qid=1457560697&ref_=sr_1_4&sr=8-4

24  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Rocky Pamplin book about The Beach Boys? on: December 23, 2015, 08:25:05 AM
Daniel Johnston... well we all know who that is! I do appreciate you finding someone who has recorded music from an Institution... could you share some of his songs with us... the Genre...anything to enlighten us?


Well, that was...aggressively hostile. You asked, he answered.

*I* know who Daniel Johnston is.  Respected singer song writer with mental problems. I have heard many covers of his work.  There was a documentary about him a few years ago.   Just because you don't know him, Rocky, doesn't mean you should be rude about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Johnston
25  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce to Perform (You'll Never Be) Alone on Chritmas Day on: December 14, 2015, 12:29:49 PM
Interesting list Sheriff,

I would probably keep the Auld Lang Syne without the spoken word just because I like the harmonies on that one. 
 


I, too, prefer that version. It has replaced the "Christmas message" version in all of my playlists.
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