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12376  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Treatment of Brian on: January 12, 2007, 09:44:01 PM
Do Brian's "handlers" always walk him around like he was a child?!  Angry Look at when he gets out of the car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8wRvMGQ8nA&mode=related&search=


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crap...posted before I was through typing.

Anyway, something rubbed me the wrong way. Just the whole "let's drag him out of the car, and yank him towards the direction he's supposed to go" thing. Is this a common occurence? That thumb in the back looked like it hurt, too.
12377  Smiley Smile Stuff / The Beach Boys Media / Re: The *official* Brian/BB picture thread on: January 12, 2007, 09:26:37 PM
LOL Forgive me for laughing (I mean no harm), but this is the ONLY time I've ever heard of her being referred to only as "Brian's wife" as opposed to "Marilyn".
12378  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Alternate History on: January 11, 2007, 11:52:18 AM
That ties into what I was saying...Brian doesn't give a f*ck anymore. And really, why should he? I too want a new BW album to purchase, but not if he's pushed into it against his will. What left is there for him to accomplish?
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As for any sustained creative drive, well, just how many completely new songs has he released since Imagination in 1998 ?

A Friend Like You
Walking Down The Path Of Life (though part sounds awfully like "He Come Down" to me)
Christmassy
What I Really Want For Christmas.

True, true. That may also be why there have been no BW studio bootlegs with material recorded since then. We don't have any indication on whether the new songs he's allegedly recorded lately are indeed all new songs, or remakes/remodels like on GIOMH. Here's something, though...there are  songs written/recorded still unbootlegged during the past, oh I dunno, 40 years, correct?  Why not take a song from the vaults that hasn]t been bootlegged and pass it off as a newly written song? Or, maybe that's what happened with those songs mentioned above...
12379  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Alternate History on: January 11, 2007, 10:20:18 AM
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What about all those stories that Brian is shockingly "all there" when the interviewers leave and he becomes comfortable?
That's a good point Amy. I think Brian feels he's done and just doesn't care. I think he likes touring, but couldn't give a donkey piss about recording anymore. Interviews? Forget it...I think Brian's tired of the game and has been for a long time. I also question just what is the truth about Brian's "condition". I'm really starting to question everything that comes out of Brian's "camp".
12380  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Alternate History on: January 10, 2007, 09:40:32 PM
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5 - I'd say Brian is firing on maybe one cylinder. Tops.

Has it really gotten that bad?
12381  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / Re: Everyone's myspace on: January 08, 2007, 10:22:29 AM
http://www.myspace.com/fear2stop

Features two songs from the upcoming cd.
12382  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / Re: So I have a hit song... on: January 08, 2007, 10:20:18 AM
"From the Deep" finally dropped off the charts...now its "Crawlspace" doing good.
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Crawlspace

# 86 in Electronica (highest position was 86). Total songs: 183,897
# 1 in Experimental Sounds (highest position was 1). Total songs: 17,640
This might be a good sign...both times I've uploaded tracks from the upcoming cd, both reach #1 in experimental and in the Top 100 overall.
12383  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Burt Bacharach's daughter commits suicide on: January 05, 2007, 09:04:21 PM
Oh that's sad .
12384  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Question for AGD on: January 05, 2007, 03:45:54 PM
I did, a while back. Predictably, it got ignored.

In an unrelated note, I no longer remember my password for that site...
12385  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Question for AGD on: January 05, 2007, 11:23:14 AM
At this point, after BWPS, why should he care? He's already done everything! Or really, though, why should  Meli Mysterious Person care either? He should be left to do whatever he wants ,even if its an album full of pregnant rabbits farting  over the sounds of frogs croaking used as the melody. Or, indeed, even if its nothing.

He's not going to have a #1 album in this day and age...why force him to record stuff he doesn't want to?
12386  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Question for AGD on: January 05, 2007, 10:30:20 AM
I think so, and he'd be right.


And I even LIKE the album!
12387  Smiley Smile Stuff / 1990's Beach Boys Albums / Re: Summer In Paradise on: January 05, 2007, 10:28:40 AM
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Well, I don't think Carl's solo albums are that much better than SIP...

I actually feel they're worse.
12388  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New Brian Wilson / Beach Boys Book March 2007 - Anyone know anything about it? on: January 05, 2007, 08:38:11 AM
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"Philip Lambert's infinite need to delve deeper into the musical oeuvre of Brian Wilson - by understanding the technical basis of his sound worlds; exploring the music Wilson heard as a child - creates a different type of biography, taking the perspective from within Brian Wilson's music, instead of from his personal life, though they are interwoven."

Now that sounds awesome. I loved the Granata PS book mentioned by Brother Woody for the same reasons...as a musician/songwriter myself, this is right in my realm of interest.
12389  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If the Beach Boys never existed... on: January 05, 2007, 08:33:50 AM
Regardless of when it was done, IMHO Bruce's recordings were crap. Then again, it's probably my bias against pre-64 rock showing.

Carry on.
12390  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Question for AGD on: January 05, 2007, 08:30:06 AM
No - if I never heard that song again my life would be complete. I probably hate it more than Brian currently does.

Ummmm... your real name wouldn't happen to be Tony Rivers, would it ?  Smiley
LOL I knew you were forgetting something! That's how i feel about "In the Back of My Mind",  and "Winds of Change".

I didn't know Brian hates BA...why does he still do it then?!

BTW...who's Tony Rivers? LOL This is Billy...just changed my user name to reference a Daniel Johnston album (Yip/Jump Music)
12391  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Question for AGD on: January 05, 2007, 06:33:29 AM
This may surprise a lot of people, but pretty much everything the BB did makes me smile, at least up to 1985.
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Even Barbara Ann?!
12392  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: My Space is not your space on: January 04, 2007, 07:05:15 PM
http://www.myspace.com/fear2stop

Finally got me a myspace page...
12393  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If the Beach Boys never existed... on: January 04, 2007, 08:30:19 AM
Bruce played on La Bamba?! I never knew that. WHat did he play on that track?
12394  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New Brian Wilson / Beach Boys Book March 2007 - Anyone know anything about it? on: January 02, 2007, 09:27:04 AM
Don't see how it could possibly be better than Peter Ames Carlin's book, unless it probes into subjects Peter wasn't willing to touch on.
12395  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If Dennis were alive today on: January 01, 2007, 07:11:03 PM
I'll say this about Al...he was the most consistent and professional of the guys. And yes, that includes Carl. When Carl had his problems with smack, it was up to Al to shoulder the load, and he did admirably. Day in and day out, Al always brought the goods.
12396  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If Dennis were alive today on: December 31, 2006, 06:28:19 PM
Well, he was known for frequently mounting...never mind!

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Great thread, IMO. I think if Dennis And Carl were around today, we would all be paying to see the real Beach Boys.

And I Think it would be BBPS Instead Of BWPS

Or The Wilson Bros. Present SMiLE
12397  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If Dennis were alive today on: December 31, 2006, 01:52:01 PM
Dennis' voice was MUCH further gone by that point, and he didn't have much to work with to begin with. That's not an insult, just pointing out the fact it wasn't the SOUND of his voice that made it sound good, it was the way he used it.

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Get out! Seriously...have you listened to any of Dennis' stuff? Sure he's had Dragon and others playing some instruments on his tracks but Dennis was becoming a prominent piano player. Like mentioned before he played MULTIPLE instruments on POB...have you even listened to the album? Its the best Beach Boy solo album, and I wouldnt be surprised if Dennis had a lot more to the tracking than what others believe.

Most definitely. He was self-taught, too, wasn't he? If so...wow.
12398  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If Dennis were alive today on: December 31, 2006, 01:33:06 PM
If Dennis and Carl didn't die, they wouldn't be in "Brian's band" or "Mike's band". They'd be in the Beach Boys.

True, but would Mike, Al, and Bruce be in there, too?
12399  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Daniel Johnston's cover of God Only Knows on: December 31, 2006, 12:34:05 PM
True, but if you hear it with the director commentary, the director laughs at that point because there is  one of Daniel's "audio diaries" that mentions how much he loves the Beach Boys, esp. "In My Room". It would be odd for him not to have heard PS. Of course, "odd" is par for the course, but hey...

BTW...here's an interesting thing about the doc. There's a small section where they actually talk about Brian (complete with a ripoff of Sloop John B in the background), and the director  AND DANIEL'S PARENTS start talking about Brian's Landy-written bio as if it were written by Brian! I had to LOL at that.
12400  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: If Dennis were alive today on: December 31, 2006, 11:40:26 AM
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As if Dennis' ability as a drummer or keyboard player has any relevance as to whether he'd be collaborating or participating musically with Brian? That's laughable! You've been watching too many David Leaf movies or something.
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Word. Thumbs way up on that one.
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