Maybe, but for some reason I think he sounds better than Carl on that despite Carl's voice being better. Call me crazy but Brian's voice, shredded as it was, fit the song better. It sounds more, I dunno, passionate than Carl, who sounds sleepy (or drunk).

Though on the Party outtakes the group do a pretty good cover of Satisfaction.

For real?! I've never heard it. Is Mike the lead?

Actually the original Here Today is gone now. There was a cough on all pre 1990 releases that is mixed out. That is OK but some of the compression effects on the vocals are missing too.

That just made me sad. I just realized that means I've never heard the "real" Here Today and likely never will.

Isn't this a new song with that title, though? I mean, I seriously doubt the Ray Charles version had spoken interludes.
Or hell, maybe it did.

COMMENT TO JAYMIE'S DAD:  Speaking of Loop, who is the barker at the beginning ("Hurry, hurry, hurry")?  Do you know?  ~swd

Wasn't that you? I think I remembered you saying something about having sung on several BB songs, buried way in the mix. Or I could be thinking of someone else, I dunno. I think this was on Susan's board.

COMMENT TO JOE:  I'd like to know what you meant by what you said.  Billy is another person who can write first hand accountings.  Is that what you meant?  My perspective is going to be different. Actually I did not see Billy much in the studio, only on the road. Hell of a musician. Beautiful person.

Joe was referring to me, as I had answered the question for you.
-Billy Castillo

Couldn't have hated them that much if she remembered a lyric from "When a Man needs a woman" which certainly is one of Brian's more obscure numbers.

That was Paula Abdul?!













BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Who was the female backup singer on the Sweet Insanity version?

I think that is Brian. His falsetto was "whinier" than Al's. Compare the vocal on that to Loop De Loop. They do sound similar but Brian does have a very distinct tone to his voice that is unmistakeable.

I'll definitely be buying this edition...

Uhh...

Probably both.

Good question.

It was definitely written during the Imagination sessions, although I wouldn't be surprised  if parts dated from earlier than that. Listen to the middle part of the song (the reprise of the opening,only with instruments)...that production style (read:Muzak) sounds like pure Joe Thomas.

I don't think the "original" version has ever been booted, but I do recall reading the title somewhere after Imagination's release. Maybe it was written in the period after its release but before Thomas left the scene.

Andrew...?

I'm just skimming the booklet, and some of the, er, claims are just outstanding. This may be the most blatant:

""A Friend Like You" was written by Brian after he and Paul McCartney had spent time together at the Landmine Benefit, and backstage and on stage at the Queen's Jubilee... Brian wrote this song out of his feelings for his friend"

There's a man at the door called Steve Kalinich who might have something to say about that.

As for the musician credits, I can only think of one reason why the following are included:

Greg Leisz (guitar)
Michael Rhodes (bass)
Joe Thomas (keyboards)

And finally, there's only the most oblique of hints that "Desert Drive" is from the aborted Oceanway fall 2002 sessions.

What aborted Oceanway sessions? This is news to me. Never heard of them...

As for the musician credits, I can only think of one reason why the following are included:

Greg Leisz (guitar)
Michael Rhodes (bass)
Joe Thomas (keyboards)

  Along with the unmentioned Eddie Bayers, it's the Imagination crew!Now if *that* is not a dead give-away on old tracks being used, then I don't know *what* is. BTW...are you sure that the opening track also wasn't an older track, at least in parts? I ask because it was written during the Imagination sessions, and as far as I know it was one of the few outtakes from that album.

I wonder if by admitting they used tracks from earlier sessions, they would've had to give co-producer credits to Andy Paley and Joe Thomas?  Seems they were real keen on having this be a "Brian Wilson production".  On the same note, Carl's vocal on "Soul Searchin'" was from a Don Was co-produced session, but Don Was wasn't given any kind of credit that I recall.

Also, Gary Usher deserves some credit for "So Long" being turned into "You Touched Me". Or blame, I dunno.

Some of the ComGuides are outstanding (the Pink Floyd one springs to mind), whilst others are dire (notably the Queen and Doors efforts). On the whole, it's a good series.

Interesting note: the author of the volume on Madonna is a noted Beach Boys fan,and managed to make several comparisons to Brian Wilson...but in a pro Brian, anti-Madonna way. I.E. him saying to listen to Pet Sounds as an "antidote" to her 1987 remix album.

More, more!!!

Aegir, you have a point....but I'm not scared of Phil Spector. He looks like a dork that we used to give wedgies to in High School...especially now with that stupid wig he has.

Charlie Manson on the other hand, he scares the Hell out of me. Charlie has a swastika tatooed on his forehead. He looks like

Difference is Manson's in prison for life. Spector will get away with murder (literally) just like OJ SImpson, Robert Blake, and really just about any celebrity on trial.

This is one case where I'd support Melinda for sheltering Brian.

Manson sang it like an old Chicago blues song. Very diffferent and less spooky really.

That's rather funny to me. That should've been a marketing gimmick. "Forget the Beatles...the Beach Boys are spookier than Manson"!









Or not.

Ac tually I thought it was 1991. Someone should ask Ringo!

due to the fact that  his sound doesnt transfer as well to cd and the digital age in general, as well  as the brian wilson sound does

That could be it. I've never heard anything on 45. I was reading a quote from Brian where he said something like hearing cds of some of his favorite music wasn't as good as the original 45s because, in his words, they "sound squished like sh*t".

Bit like reading a social history of Germany 1923-39 written by, say, Goering.

Awesome  (and appropriate)analogy.

That's about as likely as me sprouting wings and flying laps around North Dakota.

Spector's overrated.  The only thing he has on Brian is he's a better shot.

Oh man, that's classic !!!  "Skull of Richard" - the best chuckle I've had this week.

That's my doing... I knew people would get a kick out of that one.
-BC