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1  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Wilson - 2017 Tour Thread (Pet Sounds - The Final Performances) on: October 13, 2016, 08:18:54 AM
Got my tickets this morning Grin can't wait for may 2017!
2  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike's Book Discussion Thread (and how it relates to the SS board) on: September 19, 2016, 01:48:06 PM
The People Vs. Mike Love

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1296-the-people-vs-mike-love/

Pitchfork reviewing the book in a somewhat humorous way.
3  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian Recording Pet Sounds This Weekend At Capitol on: June 08, 2016, 02:03:24 PM
Wow! I'm shocked at how good Brian and All sounded together! Now I'm really upset there isn't a Pet Sounds show anywhere near me
4  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / The Ruskettes - new single by my surf/doo-wop/girl group on: May 24, 2016, 04:12:24 PM
We released our new single today, "Still Mine". I figured those who frequented this board would be interested in this genre so I thought I'd post it! Enjoy!

https://theruskettes.bandcamp.com/album/still-mine

5  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2016 on: May 21, 2016, 12:47:27 PM

I'm not sure what made you think they were playing with prerecorded tracks last year, but other than Carl's and Dennis' vocals on the tributes, and maybe the opening note on Sloop John B, everything is performed live.

I guess I could be wrong but there were parts during some Pet Sounds tracks where there was audibly keyboard and strings/horns and Bruce wasn't playing anything and there was only one other keyboard player so I couldnt figure out where else it was coming from. It didn't sound like one of those guitar synth pedals I've used those before and they don't sound that good.  Also during Good Vibrations I couldn't figure out where the tannerin sound was coming from as both keyboard players appeared to be playing chords.

I'm not trying to disparage them if they did, some of those songs have complicated arrangements and can't easily be pulled off by a 7 or 8 piece band.
6  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2016 on: May 21, 2016, 06:15:14 AM
I saw M&B last night and I have to say, it felt like they'd stepped up their game since the last time I saw them.

When I saw them last year it was pretty obvious they were playing with a lot of prerecorded tracks but yesterday, as far as I could tell, it was mostly, if not all, done live on stage.

The addition of the woodwind/brass player really helped fill the band out and they sounded great. Their set was focused more on mid to late 60's songs and they didn't dwell on the surf and car stuff for nearly as long as I'm used to. Mike didn't ramble too much and sounded good (except for his lead on Help Me Rhonda... I feel like Bruce or Jeff should take that one). Bruce was participating more, he took several leads, played some audible keyboard parts and talked to the audience. I was disappointed that their Pet Sounds portion of the show wasn't as exciting as I've seen them doing some other nights. They started it off by turning the stage lights out and playing the audio track to "Pet Sounds" (were we supposed to think they were playing it?) into Sloop John B, Wouldn't It Be Nice and then the Carl Wilson led God Only Knows.

It was nice seeing them end their main set with Good Vibrations, that song is so good and so powerful it always seemed odd they'd play anything after it, it's the perfect closer.

Overall good show, though I would have liked to see them do some more deep cuts. A few nights earlier they did Here Today, All This is That and Disney Girls '67... I was really hoping to hear those!
7  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian speaks with The Exchange (10 min interview) on: May 13, 2016, 02:09:18 PM
The response he gave when asked about how old his youngest kids were. "five or six or something I don't know"  LOL
8  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Extraordinarily disappointing news regarding Scott Bennett on: May 08, 2016, 07:28:13 AM
Very disappointing and disgusting. I was at that show, very sickening.
9  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Alone On christmas Day ... new single on: September 22, 2015, 12:20:18 PM

Still can't write sh*t after trashing NPP this year. Roll Eyes

I guess I missed this... What did he say about NPP?
10  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: More releases like 'Pet Sounds' and 'Smile' sessions? on: August 01, 2015, 08:36:53 AM
Very cool! Thanks for the info.
11  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: More releases like 'Pet Sounds' and 'Smile' sessions? on: July 31, 2015, 08:01:27 AM
Also, Pink Floyd released a series of Immersion versions of many of their classic albums that contained demo / early versions of tracks. 

Nice call on the immersion sets! I had forgotten about them. Those sound very interesting.
12  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / More releases like 'Pet Sounds' and 'Smile' sessions? on: July 31, 2015, 07:20:22 AM
After highly enjoying listening to these two releases it's got me wondering, have any other bands released collections like this?

I know there's the Beatles anthology releases and the second disc of the "Let It Be...Naked" but what else is out there? It's very interesting hearing songs being formed in the studio, alternative takes and studio chatter.
13  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Q&A: Mike Love's Half-Century With The Beach Boys on: July 25, 2015, 09:31:57 AM
Seeing mike talk about working on a new solo album it makes me wonder. Since he essentially just rents the Beach Boys name for touring, would be have the authority to release a new album under the Beach Boys name? I'm guessing it'd have to be voted on by the trust?
14  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Fifty Beach Boy Tunes Invade Billboard Top 100 on: July 23, 2015, 12:02:34 PM
I'd noticed around the time Love And Mercy came out my local used CD store had plenty of Brian Wilson solo albums. I went there yesterday to pick up his Pet Sounds live album and every single one of his CDs had been sold! Now I wish I'd picked that one up earlier!!
15  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike and Bruce Tour 2015 on: July 20, 2015, 09:05:27 AM
Saw Mike's configuration of The Beach Boys for the first time last night. Here are my thoughts:

1. After seeing the reunion band in '12 and Brian and his band last winter this band sounded pretty thin.

2. Mike Love spent more time talking about and showing pictures of Jon Stamos than all three of the Wilson brothers combined. (Brian was never mentioned)

3. Good Vibrations started with the video screen zoomed in on the original 45 showing Mike Love's songwriting credit.

4. Bruce Johnston might as well have been a cardboard cutout.

5. Mike kind of missed a few cues to come in and started and stopped singing in the middle of verses at random. Must have been too busy pointing and waving!

Overall, pretty decent performance though. I had a good time and they played a few deep cuts (Farmer's Daughter, Getcha Back) Would have liked to have heard more stuff from post Pet Sounds albums but I'm glad I went and I'm sure if the opportunity arrises I'll go again.

Now here's something I'm curious about. During the video screen songs where Carl and Dennis are shown singing, does the band just mime playing to a track or are they actually playing live? Was the keyboard player doing all the horn/string parts or was that a track also? I was kind of far back so it was hard to tell.
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