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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Bellagio-Many updates now listed...
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on: March 10, 2008, 10:59:55 AM
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Any details/info on "What Can The Matter be"? Never heard of that track before. Also "Where is She", "Untitled # 3", "Settle Down", Spark in the Dark" ,"Body Talk", "Funky Fever" , or" Rooftop Harry"? Have you heard of any of these, and if so, what do they sound like?
Oh, and "Dr Tom".
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: I sleep Alone
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on: March 09, 2008, 01:53:31 PM
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I've heard the live version before, and I agree. Really, the high part on the studio version is kinda grating, if I'm being honest here. Still though...is it sped up? It really does sound unnatural, and other tracks during the Landy era were similarly sped up ( Too Much Sugar, the demo version of "Don't Let Her Know", ect.)
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / I sleep Alone
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on: March 08, 2008, 08:33:24 PM
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Heard this track for the first time the other day... any info on who the song was originally written for? I mean, obviously this was written for a female singer, or at least I'd hope, judging by the lyrics. Also, are Brian's vocals sped up for the high parts?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: My theory on what helped
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on: March 03, 2008, 11:55:07 PM
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Revolver has it's moments, and the following albums do as well. I'm just saying that the Beatles got to a point where their music was excessive and didn't have the freshness that it once had. The Beach Boys on the other hand in the late 60s kept making great albums whether they were commercially successful or not. I mean think about it, in 1968 the Beatles put out the 'White Album' which some consider a masterpiece, the Beach Boys put out 'Friends', great album but a flop, in 1969 the Beatles put out 'Abbey Road', the Beach Boys did '20/20'; Even though the Beach Boys grew their hair like (like everyone did) they never gave into the excessiveness of the era. And it would have been a terrible thing if the Beach Boys broke up at that time because the world wouldn't have seen the possibilities of what they produced. I actually agree with most every thing you said, except one thing... they sure as hell did fall victim to the era's excessiveness. Two Words. Charles. Manson.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Stars & Stripes-sessions
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on: March 01, 2008, 08:49:42 PM
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I agree about the Julio Iglesias-song but WOTS imo is just great. He makes it toally his own and Mickey Raphael from his band is probably one of the best harmonica-players in the world. Such a touching performance. But I guess it's probably sounding too much country for some people because much of the other recordings on S&S are so mainstream, while Willie really gets to the song and makes it country. Some of the other cuts sound like country but they aren't. If that makes any sense... Dunno what I try to say... sorry...
I agree with you. "The Warmth Of The Sun" could appear on a Willie Nelson album and you wouldn't even know it was a Beach Boys' song. I put it on a compilation for my car, right after Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down". Fits perfectly. Then I follow it with Elvis Presley's version of "Always On My Mind". Love it! I can't remember the exact source, but I recall reading an interview with Brian where he states that "The Warmth Of The Sun" is the only song on Stars And Stripes where he contributes his falsetto. Well, that's new to me. I never would've thought that Brian's doing falsetto on that song. You can hear Matt clearly but of course Brian may doubling him. BTW Jasper told me about a performance of Willie Nelson at Farm Aid in '96/'97 (iirc) doing WOTS and Brian (not the Beach Boys) backs him up. Has anybody seen this? Rocker, it was in 1988 and it was terribibble... I call it that because calling it simply "terrible" is being far too kind. It was still the Joe Thomas era...*shudder*. I'll say this though, I wish Brian of today would do those setlits. He's gotten so much better. I'll say this, though. That *is* Brian on WOTS, but he also has a part on Caroline, No, in the background parts.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 15 Big Ones: the album with the most outtakes in music history?
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on: February 28, 2008, 09:52:07 PM
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I like Love You, but honestly...there was better material in the can. "Everybody wants to live" would've been great, "Sherry She Needs Me" would've been also, and if he wanted an oldie on there, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" would've smoked. But that would've ruined the vibe that IS Love You. No oldies, no songs brought out of the can (with the exception of "Good Time", a song I love but which sounds so out of place vocally), a raw, honest snapshot of a recovering Brian Wilson in late 1976. Part of the greatness of Love You is that Brian didn't have to depend on "going back" to find material. "Everybody Wants To Live" is a great one, but the theme might've sounded out of place on the love-filled Love You. The songs I'm referring to, such as "Everybody Wants to Live" were recorded around the same time as the songs that DID end op on LY. I referred to them as being in the can because that's what they are now...they weren't outtakes during the recording of Love You, they were just possible songs on the album. "Sherry She Needs Me" is an interesting case in that the vocal dated from 1976, but the track was from 1965.Can you imagine if that was the lead track? People would've been like, "Well his voice is still shot, but that sounds like a Brian Wilson production all right"... then again, "Let Us Go On this Way" was the perfect opener anyway.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian's 2000-2007 non-album tracks
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on: February 28, 2008, 08:56:40 PM
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Love & Mercy is great... it uses a similar arrangement as the live versions. "Barbie" (aka "Christine") was from 1986-1987... " pretty decent , but was actually "released" (if I can call it that) as a BB record. "Believe In Yourself" was from Duck Dodgers. "This Isn't Love" was released as an instrumental on the "Songs Without Words" cd.
Also, a 2007 version of "God Only Knows" and "What Love can Do".
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 15 Big Ones: the album with the most outtakes in music history?
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on: February 28, 2008, 08:52:00 PM
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I like Love You, but honestly...there was better material in the can. "Everybody wants to live" would've been great, "Sherry She Needs Me" would've been also, and if he wanted an oldie on there, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" would've smoked.
DB, about Carl...when did he start using smack again? 'Cause it's like he stopped giving a sh*t. Honestly, there was no reason for 15 BO to come out the way it did. It's not like he was doing anything besides touring after Holland, right? All of a sudden he quit writing. Not that he was the most prolific writer in the world, but after writing "Trader", he didn't do anything until "Full Sail" and "Going South"...shudder. Oh, and "Angel Come Home", but that was actually a great track.
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