Alice Cooper is one hell of a golfer.

Happy Danny Boy is not on there, but confused if LDR is on there or not. Hopefully it's just an oversight.

Agreed. No loss there.

Excellent news!!! I can't wait for April!!!

Well obviously this is the best answer...

http://www.kokomospizza.com/

What did we learn? To limit the number of questions to posters with more than 1000 posts (which rules me out for a start) so that the long-term members and scholars/historians get the look-in they deserve. Worth keeping in mind for next time. :=)

How about no.

How about yes.

I don't know if a 1000 posts is the right threshold -- but I like the idea.  My God -- this is the Smiley Smile forum.  This is where the nitty gritty gets dissected and then dissected again.  To FINALLY have Brian Wilson on here FINALLY!!! and to get so many softball questions, I don't know.  I thought it was odd.  Like we sold out or something.  Were posters bussed in?

I'm not a critical person regarding what people post or how they post... so I hate to sound critical, I really do -- and I'm not being critical.  I'm just surprised, that's all.  It's a hard format to work in I suppose.  But I was surprised.

1000 posts is not the right threshold. I'm glad we didn't limit the questions to those with a certain amount of posts....if we did, we wouldn't know those interesting tidbits about Break Away...just sayin'...

Well said Debbie.

TM Pizza (Tomato & Meat)

Definitely a guitar pick is being used, and this is just a guess but could it also be it sounds that way because the bass tracks are doubled giving it a fatter sound?

I thought there was cheese on every pizza.

You've never seen strips of sauce pizza at gas stations and truck stops? Very yummy actually...

Having been able to experience Brian Wilson visit this board and answer some of our questions was a huge thrill, and I would like to thank the moderators for their great work. Thanks to them Brian answered a question that I'd been wondering about for twenty years. I have nothing negative to say...except that I'm embarrassed about/for the people who just bitch about it not going their way. And the whole idea about only allowing people with a thousand or more posts being allowed to participate is crass. I would never want to play softball or scrabble with those people. Babies.  

Hah! Yup, exactly...

Pie for me. Blueberry pie. With vanilla ice cream.

I'm just thrilled that Brian came here, and to the other site, and answered whatever questions he chose. I'm glad he gave some detail to my Break Away question, more than I expected! Man, I got lucky. Mine was the last question he answered. It was a very exciting hour. I have nothing negative to say. All good. Pizza and all. I'm ordering Dominos tonight...

Break Away: His dad did the lyrics and Brian did the music. Murry had the idea for Joey Bishop the talk show host - he used to say let's break away.

Thank you Brian for answering my question on Break Away! Thank you for EVERY question you answered!

...I'm psyched!!!

I hardly ever drink alcohol anymore, but when I do I like a cold Bitburger Beer.

What part/parts of Break Away did your dad contribute to?

this is quite moving  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSEvyOe1Kew

He loved his dad, even if his dad was a tyrant.

Heh...

I have been enjoying listening to fan edits and mixes of the SMiLE material.  I was playing around with DYLW, and I incorporated the vocal from With Me Tonight (Smiley Smile) over the verse of DYLW.  this is a snippet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2uEm1Id3Y

Very cool! I love the way it fills up that particular section of DYLW. I'm gonna have this stuck in my head for the rest of the day now.

AC/DC - Back in Black. One of the most perfect rock albums ever made.

I would say 3 of the songs are truly great, while the other 7 passable, but rather faceless. But hey, I realize I'm in minority here.

Much more a fan of the Bon Scott era, but there's a lot of good stuff with Brian Johnson, too. There are only a two or three tracks on Back In Black which I'm kinda take-it-or-leave-it on. I guess, for me, that would exclude it from being "perfect", but it's still pretty nice.

I prefer the Bon Scott era too. However, even though Back In Black is a great album, I prefer 1981's For Those About To Rock (We Salute You). To me it's Brian Johnson's finest with the band, featuring fast rockers like Put The Finger On You and slick tunes like Breaking The Rules. When it comes to Brian Johnson era AC/DC it's all about their 1981 album, for me anyway. After 1985 they started getting stale, Fly On The Wall and Who Made Who are nothing compared to BIB and FTATR(WSY).

I can hear the early Beach Boy sound in The Ramones. The rawness and fast pace of Little Honda for example. And Joey's voice was kinda Mike Love/nasal/surfy. The Ramones loved that early Beach Boy stuff, and covered a couple of their tunes along the way. They even mention The Beach Boys in their song 7-11. But there's not much post '65 BB influence in the Ramones' sound. Joey, however, absolutely loved Caroline No. But I have a hard time imagining Johnny and Dee Dee grooving to the Friends album.

Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street

The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)

This is an interesting choice. What do you like about this album? I tried listening to it once during my fixation with London Calling, but I just got lost in the sprawling indulgences throughout.

I agree that Sandinista is too indulgent. I'm not too crazy about the Clash, but I like their first album for it's raw punk sound which they later dropped for the poppy/dancey/radio friendly thing. But the first Clash album is from the 70s and we're talking 80s here...
Have you listened to Wall Of Voodoo? If you like the post-punk bands of the early 80s Wall Of Voodoo is one of the best. Their sound is a unique blend of dark-wave mixed with Spanish guitar with piercing feedback. There's a Spy vs Spy vibe about their music...their songs tell stories sorta like Johnny Cash. And they're a dark band, not really a poppy band. Check out their 1982 album "Call Of The West". Their one hit, Mexican Radio, is on it.