Concert Tonight

[Rocker]

I hate these sessions. I think he is singing worse then on OCA,

I think his singing on OCA is the absolute best of his whole solo-carreer. And much better than his Beach Boys-stuff since "'til I die".... 

[MBE]

To each their own I guess. I have trouble playing OCA. I don't like the style it doesn't have enough edge to me. I think TLOS is a much more vibrant version of what that album tried to be.

[the captain]

Sweet Insanity sounds to me like a decade-earlier version of Imagination, a weak attempt to force Brian Wilson into some other sound perceived as current at the time. Some of the material is decent, a lot of it isn't, and those guitars, keyboards and drum sounds throughout sound just terrible. Like any Wilson-related recordings, there are good parts. But it's one that I have a hard time believing people would truly like if it had been done by Ryan Wilkins. Then everyone would just say it was a subpar attempt at imitating Brian Wilson. (Hell, it sounds like it could have been a John Stamos album, actually. And everyone has a field day mocking the sound of his Forever.)

[grillo]

Water Builds Up is really the only song I can stand to listen to more than once a year from Sweet Insanity.  ( Lame Insanity)
I love Turning Point, but I think that's an Usher thing and NOT on SI. Sometimes I can almost like Country Feeling, like right now as I listen to it.

[punkinhead]

Regarding Usher material from the 80s, I think it was a fantastic project.

Regarding the rejection of Sweet Insanity, I remember a quote from the infamous WIBN Bio in which one of the executives said (replying to listening to 'Thank You' (Aka Brian): "This is really hard to listen to."  Which some of it is kind of awkward.

I've always thought the first half of SI was really strong, the strings on Don't Let her Know, the idea of an intro to the album (concert Tonight) is cool, Water Builds Up makes Brian sound angry, but I think Let's go to Heaven in my Car is stronger, and Someone To Love is always been a favorite of mine....oh! and who could forget Do you Have Any Regrets? I heard Darian S. covered that, I'd like to hear that, *wink wink*

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I hate these sessions. I think he is singing worse then on OCA,

I think his singing on OCA is the absolute best of his whole solo-carreer. And much better than his Beach Boys-stuff since "'til I die".... 

And, see, I feel OCA has Brian's WORST singing in that time period, for the most part, esp on "Hold Back Time".

[b00ts]

I hate these sessions. I think he is singing worse then on OCA, the songs have rotten lyrics, the melodies are bad. It's his SIP. After the fairly steller Brian Wilson from 1988 this would have done real damage to his career. Darian did something nice with Do You Have Any Regrets but that is the only SI related thing I have really goten enjoyment from. No offense to those who feel different.

Darian wasn't in the band back then - not until the late 1990's after "Imagination." I agree that the song's sound is cool and different for Brian, although it is a bit of a cheesy lyric. I say that, and I love "Love You." This is one of the two big shortcomings of Sweet Insanity, the other one being the instrumental sounds, which seem like they came from a Casio keyboard that was bought at Radioshack by your first wife as a gift to make up for cheating on me with that guy she works with...

Wait, uh...

Seriously though.. cheesy sounds. "Concert Tonight" gets me excited. I don't play it very often, however, because it makes me expect a concert and every time the evening rolls around, I am disappointed.

[the captain]

I don't think MBE is (what would have been mistakenly) saying Darian was involved in Sweet Insanity. He's just saying that Darian's version of Do You Have Any Regrets is the one Sweet Insanity-related thing that he (MBE) likes. And I'll agree, Darian's take on that tune is great.

[mikeyj]

(Hell, it sounds like it could have been a John Stamos album, actually. And everyone has a field day mocking the sound of his Forever.)

That's because people compare it to the original which sounds 10000000000 times better.

[harveyw]

I hate these sessions. I think he is singing worse then on OCA, the songs have rotten lyrics, the melodies are bad. It's his SIP. After the fairly steller Brian Wilson from 1988 this would have done real damage to his career. Darian did something nice with Do You Have Any Regrets but that is the only SI related thing I have really goten enjoyment from. No offense to those who feel different.

Darian wasn't in the band back then - not until the late 1990's after "Imagination."

I guess MBE is referring to Darian's truly fantastic Pet-Sounds-esque reworking of the title. There's an even better version of I Wanna Pick You Up on the flip.
http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/2009/04/darian-do-you-have-any-regrets-1997-at.html

[DAMAGED]

That Darion single is really cool.

[Roger Ryan]

The full version of "Concert Tonight" sounds like Brian trying to do his own take of McCartney's "Rock Show"...but, since Brian has never been an "Are you ready to rock, Cleveland?!" type of performer, the result is unconvincing. I think it was a good choice to simply use the a capella opening and transition to "Someone To Love" (a song which I definitely enjoy everytime I hear it even though the verse melody is nicked from Dennis' "San Miguel").

I think SWEET INSANITY and OCA are the two albums that are the most controversial among Brian/Beach Boys fans. You could probably throw GIOMH into that pile as well. Personally, I really like the warmer, more organic production/arrangement of the SI tracks that made it on GIOMH, although I would have preferred "Someone To Love" made the cut instead of "Make A Wish".

[b00ts]

I don't think MBE is (what would have been mistakenly) saying Darian was involved in Sweet Insanity. He's just saying that Darian's version of Do You Have Any Regrets is the one Sweet Insanity-related thing that he (MBE) likes. And I'll agree, Darian's take on that tune is great.

Wow. I need to hear it. Who knew (besides you and MBE and everyone else besides me)

b00ts

[Andrew G. Doe]

I don't think MBE is (what would have been mistakenly) saying Darian was involved in Sweet Insanity. He's just saying that Darian's version of Do You Have Any Regrets is the one Sweet Insanity-related thing that he (MBE) likes. And I'll agree, Darian's take on that tune is great.

Wow. I need to hear it. Who knew (besides you and MBE and everyone else besides me)

b00ts

It's done in a 1965 style. Slower tempo, wood blocks, sleigh bells... the works. A corker.

[Rocky]

I guess MBE is referring to Darian's truly fantastic Pet-Sounds-esque reworking of the title. There's an even better version of I Wanna Pick You Up on the flip.
http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/2009/04/darian-do-you-have-any-regrets-1997-at.html

   mmmmm...dosn't seem to work for me. I'm dying to hear it

[MBE]

I'm not sure if it easy to find anymore but the 45 of it was cheep when it came out. It's really worth hearing and I don't go for covers normally.

[The Heartical Don]

I like how the Vigitone site says..."fake vigitone's are flooding the market."     Fake fakes?  I thought that was funny.

Actually the whole album is pretty damn rockin'. Shame it was never released as it's probably my favorite of his solo albums

So why was it never released anyway?  I agree...it's awesome.  It's no more "nutty" than Love You.  It's a brilliant freekin' record.  They should make it available.  Sell it as a stupid download -- if they feel that's more cost effective.  Sorry to beat a dead horse.

Did you know that the small print on the back of Vigotone reads: 'All Rights Reversed'? Now that's what I call funny...