All great points here!
I wouldn't say it's a tribute, just that Brian's music was a strong influence.
Exactly! This is more so the phrasing I was after! Just couldn't think of exactly how to say it.
Can't add anything factual, but I remember listening to the album for the first time long after I became a BW fanatic, and being really struck by how much the ambience of the album reminded me of Smiley Smile and Wild Honey.
How'd my favorite McCartney album come up on here?
I'd say a lot of tracks on Ram are Beach Boys influenced. (Back Seat of My Car and Uncle Albert especially)
It's definitely got that Friends like down to earth, country-like mentality.
The deluxe Ram was the *other* release I was really looking forward to this holiday season... hopefully Paul will release it in the first half of 2012.
Agree here, as well. I picked up on the "hominess" of the record, similar in feel to both
Smiley Smile and
Wild Honey. Especially on "Eat At Home," which (at least on the surface) feels somewhat like Brian's domestically themed songs of
Friends.
I'd been reading about Paul's
The Love We Make, which got me thinking about
Ram and the possible Brian connection - and here we are. Haha.
Ram is my favorite of Paul's output as well, followed by
Back To The Egg and
Venus and Mars. I, too hope the deluxe edition is released soon. It would be nice if the mono mix was released also. But, its probably not much more likely than the mono mixes of early Beach Boys' albums being released.
Is it possible that Smiley Smile inspired a back to basics homemade swerve of Get Back, Ram and other back to basics homemadey albums that followed?
Smiley and Wild Honey certainly set the tone for McCartneys first solo album but Ram is a step up production wise. If you love Ram give the Thrillington album a listen, great instrumental versions of the Ram tracks!
Right, I said Ram but I was really thinking of McCartney [if that was the first's title].
I think its too big of a coincidence that The Beatles moved in the same direction Brian did at the same time (though slightly after).
Magical Mystery Tour is kind of a misnomer because many of those songs had been recorded or at least started around the time of
Sgt. Pepper. The home "grown-ness" of many of the songs on
The Beatles (aka White Album) and the entire original
Get Back project clearly echo much of Brian's work on
Smiley Smile,
Wild Honey, and
Friends. The intent of the similarities can be debated, but I believe after
Pet Sounds, "Good Vibrations", and "Heroes and Villains", Brian was looked at as a trendsetter, musically.
And I agree about
Thrillington!!! I found it surprisingly enjoyable.
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