You seem to take issue with my 'factual statement' that four people are credited with writing the song, not solely Al Vescovo.
No, I take issue with your saying, "I don't trust this guy, I don't know him, I just choose to blindly believe Brian wrote everything ever."
I have no idea Al Vescovo's original words on the matter, but if he outright said, "I wrote it," I'm sure he meant the basis of it, not the entirety of it. I write a song - my band embellishes upon it in a way I never could have, but I still wrote the basis of it. Some would choose to give the original writer the sole credit, others would give the whole band credit.
and that someone saying Al Vescovo wrote the song doesn't make it so. In legal tems it's called heresay.
o yeah. I see Dennis Wilson getting the sole credit for "Never Learn Not To Love", I think Charles Manson claiming to have written it is total hearsay.
Yeah, jackass. Not jumping the thread, it's jumping back your crap.
And what does "Jumping back your crap" mean in legal terms?
And,as typical with A holes like you, you are offended when people respond to statements like "Give it a rest bub", "kind of dumb". You get personal and then get all crazy when it's thrown back at ya.
I got personal? Naw.
Yes, songwriters have been historically listed in alphabetically order - Love/Wilson;
Funny, because every single instance I've seen of this, it's listed as "Written by Brian Wilson/Mike Love". Not alphabetical. Brian is listed first because he wrote the basis of the song, Mike helped. How about the Smile material? "Written by Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks". Again, not alphabetical. "Written by Brian Wilson/Tony Asher". "Friends" lists Al Jardine last in the credits, not first. Is it a matter of always listing Brian first? No. "Take A Load Off Your Feet" lists Al before Brian because it was mostly Al's song.
Seeing a pattern, here? Nothing is alphabetical among Beach Boys credits. Ever. Seemingly, the person listed first always wrote the basis of the song or the majority of the song, the names that follow helped. Thus, given Al's statement that he wrote the basis of the song and him being listed first, what conclusion can we draw from that?
That was my point - you failed to pick up on my sarcasm.
Based on Beach Boys credits likely
almost always being listed as such, wouldn't this mean Al Vescovo likely wrote the basis or the majority of "Diamond Head", with the other four credited people writing less or just assisting? Wouldn't Al Vescovo claiming to have written the majority of it back that up?
Not everyone is a lying con artist like Carole Kaye. Carole has been CAUGHT on her lies multiple times, where as I've never once heard anyone calling out this Al Vescovo for claiming songwriting credits when he didn't do it.
If Brian Wilson said he wrote something, wouldn't you believe him until proven otherwise? How is Al Vescovo any different? You're the one blindly assuming Brian wrote everything, ignoring facts and statements contrary to the matter.
And what's consistently "kinda dumb" are your posts on this board.
OUCH.
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