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51  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: My Own BB Compilation on: March 24, 2008, 11:00:21 AM
I did a compilation called THE BEACH BOYS: GOOD TIME, using the following conceit--

It's 1970 and the Beach Boys, for their first Warner Bros. album, have put Brian front and center again, so that--as per their contract with WB--all the tracks have been written or co-written by Brian.  Also, his voice is prominent on all or most of the tracks, just like in the glory days at Capitol.  Fortunately, Brian was fairly prolific during this time, so there's plenty of material to choose from.  Of course, we have to suspend disbelief and pretend that WB would not interfere with the choices and that they would not reject the album as assembled.  Anyway, the track list is as follows:

1. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
2. Add Some Music To Your Day
3. Good Time
4. This Whole World
5. Our Sweet Love
6. When Girls Get Together
7. I Just Got My Pay
8. Games Two Can Play
9. H.E.L.P. Is On The Way
10. All I Wanna Do
11. Cool, Cool Water


Anyone think I should add "Take A Load Off Your Feet"?  Would that qualify under my "ground rules?"
52  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: SMiLE rarities on: March 21, 2008, 02:11:34 PM
I consider this to be the definitive version of this track. 

You and me both, Shane!
53  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The end of Smile- Some big questions, any takers?? on: March 14, 2008, 02:18:34 PM
Brian began work on Old Man River obsessively and Mike told him it was a waste of time. Brian's work with the Beach Boys on 20/20 fell off after that. He didn't return too often until 1969.


Ah. Thanks!
54  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The end of Smile- Some big questions, any takers?? on: March 14, 2008, 12:55:12 PM
<<<the Old Man River blow up>>>


What was this?
55  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson biopic on: March 07, 2008, 12:09:15 PM
Too late now, of course, but back in the 70s & 80s, Jeff and Beau Bridges were just perfect for the roles of Brian & Carl.


Right on, AGD!

Take a look at Jeff in the 1976 version of KING KONG and tell me that's not the spitting image of Brian Wilson from that time period--except a little thinner!
56  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 15 Big Ones: the album with the most outtakes in music history? on: February 28, 2008, 12:40:22 PM
If there was to be a DW song languishing in his catalogue it should have been San Miguel - it would have found a comfortable home in 15BO.


San Miguel was much, much too good for 15 Big Ones.
57  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Adult Child on: February 01, 2008, 09:11:25 PM
It sure would be nice to have an MP3 with Carl's vocal in the "original" speed... Roll Eyes


Yeah, that's kinda-sorta what I was getting at...
58  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Adult Child on: February 01, 2008, 01:14:53 PM
Carl's voice on It's Over Now at the correct speed is ridiculously pure and heavenly.


How do you get it to the correct speed? 
59  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Pacific Ocean Blue release? on: December 30, 2007, 05:03:57 PM
...dennis recorded in such a fashion that no-one seemed clear as to who held the rights for the material as regards a reissue. BRI said they did... Sony said they did... I think Dennis' estate put in a claim... and I'm pretty sure that JWG thought he held the rights as former boss of Caribou. Now you can see why it took literally years to sort out (with some impressive horse trading thrown in for good measure).


I actually find it amusing that the chaos surrounding Dennis lives on 24 years after his death!
60  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: carnie nude in playboy on: December 18, 2007, 09:41:19 PM
All I'll say is...

PhotoShop is a wonderful program.  I'm sure Belinda Carlisle would concur.


Not if Belinda actually SAW the pictures of her in that issue!

I waited 20 years for that issue to come out, and when it finally did...  yeeeesh.
61  Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smile Reference Threads / Re: The Definitive Vocal Credits Thread... on: December 18, 2007, 09:38:54 PM
The story goes that Dennis was punched in the throat, and it ruined his vocal chords. You'e got to love that fact that Dennis would still try to sing though. Think about how it would feel to be punched in the throat hard enough to affect your voice. Ouch. It had to have hurt like hell for him to even TRY to sing. But the fact that he would still do it for his audience, says a lot about his charactor.


Hmmmm... was it Stan Love and Rocky Pamplin who allegedly did the punching?  I read about that incident.

I also read about Dennis walking in on his last wife, Shawn, sleeping in bed with two of her male friends, and he threw a fit, and the two guys beat him up.

Geez, when you take all this into account, it apparently could have been ANYONE, at ANYTIME, who did it to the poor guy.
62  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Pacific Ocean Blue release? on: December 18, 2007, 09:35:09 PM
I just listened to POB again today.  I liked it much more this time than I did the first time I heard it.

It's not the most commercial sounding album in the world, but it's definitely a cool, creative, adventurous, interesting album, with a lot of effort and energy in it.

In my humble opinion, with the exception of BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS SMiLE, it's cooler, hipper, and more creative than any of Brian's solo stuff.
63  Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smile Reference Threads / Re: The Definitive Vocal Credits Thread... on: December 18, 2007, 09:10:50 PM

My thoughts exactly.  By '82, the poor guy could barely speak, let alone sing.


Really?  No exaggeration?

Wow...
Have you heard Dennis sing "You Are So Beautiful" from the American Band video?


Yeah, actually I have.  But I thought that was just a one-time thing, that maybe he was "off" that day or just hoarse.  Didn't realize it was a permanent thing.
64  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian's voice on: December 18, 2007, 09:09:35 PM
Brian's performance of GOK at the Beacon Theater in NYC last year was so beautiful that we gave him a 5-minute standing ovation. He was flabbergasted, and quite moved.
65  Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smile Reference Threads / Re: The Definitive Vocal Credits Thread... on: December 18, 2007, 08:55:01 PM

My thoughts exactly.  By '82, the poor guy could barely speak, let alone sing.


Really?  No exaggeration?

Wow...
66  Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smile Reference Threads / Re: The Definitive Vocal Credits Thread... on: October 30, 2007, 08:50:44 AM
Regarding L.A. (Light Album):

Did Brian really contribute absolutely no vocals to that album?
67  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: October 25, 2007, 09:42:20 AM
This was supposed to allow one's Id (primal, child-like) urges to dominatate their personality.


For Brian, that seems to have been the case, doesn't it?
68  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: September 07, 2007, 11:17:54 AM
BW's voice sounds pretty darned good.

Any chance this recording is a recent one?

Or could it be "one from the vaults"?
69  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BW/VDP Sail on Sailor \ on: September 07, 2007, 11:13:34 AM
Carl took charge and got it done.  A fine production job, in my opinion. 


Agreed!
70  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BW/VDP Sail on Sailor \ on: September 07, 2007, 09:50:05 AM
<<<Brian didn't attend, or wasn't allowed to attend, the session, supposedly because of his by-then neurotic studio habits>>>


Can you elaborate on that?  What habits?
71  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Why didn't Smile happen? on: August 15, 2007, 01:17:04 PM

He wasn't "paranoid" during Pet Sounds or Smiley Smile or Wild Honey. Hmmmmm.


Do we know that for sure?
72  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson talks about writing \ on: August 14, 2007, 01:52:04 PM
the girls from NY are pretty freaking hot........


Especially this time of year, brother!
73  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: \ on: August 14, 2007, 01:49:41 PM
It's cute.  I like it.

And I like "Take a Load Off Your Feet," too!
74  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Cabinessense chant on: August 02, 2007, 01:11:34 PM
Having listened to the sound file posted by Heywood Floyd, the actual lyrics seem to be as follows:


Truck driving man do what you can
High-tail your load off the road
Out of night-life -- I'm a gas, man
I don't believe I gotta grieve
I'm out of luck
With a buck and a booth
Catchin' on to the truth
In the van, oh it's the last gasp
Land in the dust, prosper too much
Catch as catch can.


Which would mean that Nick Walusko was right in 2004 after all!
75  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: BW Performing Sgt. Pepper? Really? on: August 02, 2007, 10:54:07 AM
<<<The set will also feature many back catalogue classics which Wilson has never performed live before>>>


Very intriguing.

Hell, if he brings this show to NYC, I'll go see him yet again!
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