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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Manson/Dennis Story
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on: April 18, 2012, 09:35:18 AM
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"The surface of the true story of Manson, the BB and the LA music/movie scene hasn't even been scratched."
Feel free to scratch away, AGD. What do we know?
Is it right that the Beach Boys who recorded Charlie were Brian and Carl, not Dennis. Right?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys
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on: April 13, 2012, 02:22:00 AM
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"Bob Dylan's audience wants reality, and they get it."
I've been to great Dylan shows in the last few years where he's really up for it and actually sings; I've been to others where the band caries him and he displays no interest whatsoever, almost Brian-like. The bulk of the audience don't seem to care, It's Bob Dylan and he's singing THOSE songs that are part of our cultural heritage. As for his recent recorded stuff... I can take or leave the faux-Crosby crooning; mostly I can leave the endless chugging bar room boogie stuff. Leave that to J. J. Cale (and I'll leave that too). As for all the fuus about him lifting other people's lyrics, other people's prose for his 'autobiography' and other people's artwork... Hey, he's post-modern. Always has been. But reality? No. It's Dylan's current reinvention of himself.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Beach Boys
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on: April 11, 2012, 01:14:58 PM
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"this doesn't seem too bad of a story."
Not good either, but if the show's sh*t because they don't regearse properly, what do you say? You blame Foskett anyhow, I guess. Doesn't AGD say BW doesn't do anything he doesn't want to? He could always fire Foskett
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Noel Gallagher & The Beach Boys
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on: November 30, 2011, 01:38:01 AM
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"He's a well-past-his-prime nutjob. He has his surf song (which surely owes a lot to Chuck Berry); his Beatley-arty song; his car song, with various none too subtle variations of all. His new album's a stinker. Never understood why he/they have an audience in the US except that a lot of fools who still get hard-ons when they hear the words "genius" will buy any old sh*t that makes California references instead of shelling out for more talented artists. He still gets an enormous amount of press coverage simply for being crazy, he and his bandmates suing each other into oblivion, and ceaselessly playing the nostalgia card."
When (more likely if) Gallagher has a decent body of work, maybe we can discuss this. If you think so little of Brian and the Beach Boys, why post here? Why not stare at your Noel poster and give your typing hand something better to do?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Noel Gallagher & The Beach Boys
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on: November 29, 2011, 12:02:48 PM
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He's a dick. He has his fast song (which surely owes a lot to Slade); his Beatley-arty song; his dirge-like ballad, with various none too subtle variations of all. His new album's a stinker. Never understood why they have an audience in the US except that a lot of fools who still get hard-ons when they hear the words "British Invasion" will buy any old sh*t that makes Beatles references instead of shelling out for more talented artists. As for the UK, the brothers still get an enormous amount of press coverage simply for bad mouthing other bands or each other. They're not the only ones. Girl groups do it and 50 odd year-old Paul Weller's word is taken as gospel when he refers to other artists as "wankers" while promoting his latest round of Steve Winwood knock-offs. All the wit of Oscar fucking Wilde. To some people, especially some in the media, that is rock and roll.
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