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Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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What do you think?
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IMO it's the opening title track on That lucky old sun. He took a simple tune and made it very heartfelt.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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I still love the vocal arrangement on Melt Away. I wish I could hear that one with the other Beach Boys singing with Brian.
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Brian's vocal arrangement on Chasin' The Sky are just absolutely stunning. For me, the last vestage of true old time Beach Boys vocal arranging.
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January 04, 2012, 07:41:05 AM »
Drbeachboy,
Not saying I disagree with you (The vocal arrangement IS excellent), but is that BRIAN'S work? I have not read much about the recording of that tune. I'd love to hear more about the track...
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Quote from: Rich Panteluk on January 04, 2012, 07:41:05 AM
Drbeachboy,
Not saying I disagree with you (The vocal arrangement IS excellent), but is that BRIAN'S work? I have not read much about the recording of that tune. I'd love to hear more about the track...
I also would like to know if Brian had anything to do with that one. It's very 80s rock, but it does have nice harmonies.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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I vote Rio Grande.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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Quote from: Amy B. on January 04, 2012, 08:55:56 AM
Quote from: Rich Panteluk on January 04, 2012, 07:41:05 AM
Drbeachboy,
Not saying I disagree with you (The vocal arrangement IS excellent), but is that BRIAN'S work? I have not read much about the recording of that tune. I'd love to hear more about the track...
I also would like to know if Brian had anything to do with that one. It's very 80s rock, but it does have nice harmonies.
Indeed, it was Brian for the vocal arrangement only.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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January 04, 2012, 11:43:36 AM »
Just a few ...
Rio Grande
Gettin' In Over My Head (Paley sessions version, although the GIOMH version is not bad)
Orange Crate Art title track (he did do the vocal arrangements on this)
Midnight's Another Day
Just Like Me and You
BWRG -- the entire darn record.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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January 04, 2012, 12:23:02 PM »
Live let live, if just for the "heartbeat heartbeat" backing vocals
Baby Mine - love the tag
You've touched me - The tag as well.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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Quote from: drbeachboy on January 04, 2012, 06:47:48 AM
Brian's vocal arrangement on Chasin' The Sky are just absolutely stunning. For me, the last vestage of true old time Beach Boys vocal arranging.
I pulled out the LP of Up The Creek, and the liner says the song was arranged by The Beach Boys and Spencer Proffer. I am sure that I read that Brian arranged the vocals, but I would have to say at this point that it is debatable. Hopefully, someone here can provide more proof.
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The Brianista Prayer
Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
Harmonied Be Thy name
Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
Amen. ---hypehat
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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January 04, 2012, 05:30:14 PM »
I think "Midnight's Another Day" should be in the mix somewhere.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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MOST of the stuff on "GIOMH" was arranged well. He sang some of it pretty bad, but even "Fairy Tale" is pretty cool. He adds a vocal line each chorus. At the end he finally does that "BABy, Baby, I love you!" over the top of it, pretty nice.
Song's almost unlistenable, though, unfortunately.
I agree with the ones others mentioned though, like Melt Away and You Touched Me. You Touched Me is particularly good, because again the song's kind of ho-hum but when it gets to the tag at the end it's some of the greatest stuff he's done in years. Makes you wonder why he can't get something like that going for a whole song. Maybe it wouldn't work.
Just going off the last album, I'd go with "Baby Mine" as well.
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Quote from: littlepad on January 04, 2012, 12:23:02 PM
Live let live, if just for the "heartbeat heartbeat" backing vocals
That one's great, I also like the "CREEEEEAAATTTTUUUURRRESSSS, CRREEEEEEEAAAATRUUUURRRES Offff GGGGGAWWWWDDDD" part too. Beautiful.
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All of these are masterpieces. =]
Rio Grande
She Says That She Loves Me
Lay Down Burden
Southern California
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That was great! Could we just try it once more
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Orange Crate Art, Old Rio Grande. That Lucky Old Sun, There's so many
Your Imagination.
Hell I don't know.
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San francisco from Orange Crate Art.
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Did he do the vocal arrangements on Orange Crate Art or was it VDP ?
One I like is Adios by Linda Ronstadt. His vocal arranging has been the one constant through his career.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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Quote from: Slow In Brain on January 08, 2012, 11:38:38 PM
Did he do the vocal arrangements on Orange Crate Art or was it VDP ?
No. VDP did.
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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The song off of Belinda Carlisle's 1996 album.
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"Melt Away" gets my vote! Probably my favorite BB-related song that came out after the Light Album.
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Quote from: Dr. Lenny on January 09, 2012, 01:36:12 AM
Quote from: Slow In Brain on January 08, 2012, 11:38:38 PM
Did he do the vocal arrangements on Orange Crate Art or was it VDP ?
No. VDP did.
Nope, you're wrong. Van Dyke arranged the instrumentation and produced the tracks, but Brian arranged all his harmony parts himself (and seemingly on the fly, in some cases - I remember Waronker or someone saying something to that effect....?)
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Re: Brian Wilson's best vocal arrangment and/or orchestration since the 70s?
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In no particular order:
"The Like In I Love You"
"Palm Tree And Moon"
"Midnight's Another Day"
"Your Imagination"
"Adios" (Linda Rondstadt's recording of the Jimmy Webb song, on which Brian arranged and sang bgvs)
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Midnight's Another Day, Rio Grande, I Loves You Porgy
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