Followup to Summer in Paradise

[gsmile]

They'd just had a worldwide #1 hit, this was the time to come back with a strong effort - if BW88 had been released with the BB's vocals on it, it would've sold millions. Can you imagine a version of "Melt Away" with Carl singing lead? Al singing "Walkin' the Line"?

Oh man, THIS.

[Smilin Ed H]

They'd just had a worldwide #1 hit, this was the time to come back with a strong effort - if BW88 had been released with the BB's vocals on it, it would've sold millions. Can you imagine a version of "Melt Away" with Carl singing lead? Al singing "Walkin' the Line"?

Oh man, THIS.

None of the songs on BW88 were written in 'a room,' however, so it wouldn't have happened... 

[southbay]

I always thought it was the other way around actually.  They tried to make a legit new album to cash in on the success of "Kokomo" but due to their creative bankruptcy at the time and Brian being off in Landyland, they half-assed the movie theme as an excuse to flesh it out with the old hits which weren't even from very recent movies.  Also if the movie thing was the idea, then what the hell was Wipe Out doing there?  That song was from two years earlier and wasn't in any movies and I highly doubt Carl and Al forced it on there (though I suppose it's possible Capitol did).  It's such a bizarre album whatever way you see it.

Hmm, never saw "The Disorderlies"?

*well, apparently it wasn't on the soundtrack.  I'm pretty sure the movie did have a cameo with Mike and Bruce performing a line from the song, though. Needless to say, another high water mark for the band.

[kermit27]

Yeah, this shows it was in the movie... 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092897/soundtrack

[southbay]

Yeah, this shows it was in the movie...  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092897/soundtrack

Nice.  See, Wipeout fit the "concept"

[HeyJude]

I always thought it was the other way around actually.  They tried to make a legit new album to cash in on the success of "Kokomo" but due to their creative bankruptcy at the time and Brian being off in Landyland, they half-assed the movie theme as an excuse to flesh it out with the old hits which weren't even from very recent movies.  Also if the movie thing was the idea, then what the hell was Wipe Out doing there?  That song was from two years earlier and wasn't in any movies and I highly doubt Carl and Al forced it on there (though I suppose it's possible Capitol did).  It's such a bizarre album whatever way you see it.

The concept may well have been partly due to half-assing it and Capitol wanting hits on it, but there is an interview around that time where, if I'm recalling correctly, Mike felt the album was diluted not by the movie soundtrack concept, but by the opposite; that is, group politics leading to other members getting their songs on it. Apparently, he seemed to feel the movie soundtrack concept was good, but non-soundtrack songs diluted that apparently amazing concept. That non-soundtrack songs would seem to be things like "Island Girl" and "In My Car", although his own "Somewhere Near Japan" fell under this category as well.

They had other "new" stuff in the can at that time. Apparently Al and Carl cut their vocals for "Don't Fight the Sea" during those sessions, for instance. Carl had some sort of song in the works that he was probably over-working just as Al overpolished his stuff.

[Lonely Summer]

I still think it was a missed opportunity. What were the odds that these guys were going to have a #1 record in 1988? I guarantee you if my other fave band, the Kinks, had the good fortune to stumble upon a #1 record in the late 80's, Ray and Dave would've made sure they followed it with a rock solid collection of NEW songs.

[Mike's Beard]

Yeah, this shows it was in the movie...  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092897/soundtrack

Nice.  See, Wipeout fit the "concept"

Hands up - who else here was unaware that The Fat Boys ever made a movie?