Vintage, I would calm down. I doubt AGD -- or anyone outside of the principals -- has heard much from the new record. I'm sure we'll know more in a couple of months. Waves of Love is an old Al tune (aren't they all) that he wanted to put on Postcard from California.
Speaking of which, why the weird vibes about the song? Is Al not supposed to get a tune on the record?
Well I hope it's a better tune than, uh, Don't Fight The Sea, which although I love hearing the Beach Boys
sing, it does sound, kind of like a dorky Terry Jacks song. Maybe it's just me, and whenever I hear the words
Terry Jacks, I think of Seasons in the Sun, and hide in my room for two days until the sickness goes away! LOL
I gather, the reason people diss that, is because there is strong sentiment here, to include the Carl Wilson vocal
from the song "She is a Mystery" instead.
The finished "soul searchin on GIOMH sounded great to me, much better, than the lo fi demos I heard of it, I don't
know if that is a spruced up Paley session or what, but I like Soul Searchin and Desert Drive, and the song co written
with Van Dyke Parks,
Anyway, yeah great, Jardine gets one song, on there, Just a thought, Bear in mind, if, if, they do kind of a medley
suite thing on the end of the album, maybe they will do some editing Ala Abbey Road, and there will be several short
pieces all edited together, Long Story short, you would get maybe 16-17 songs, because several were just snippets.
pieced together, maybe one verse only, or just several pieces that are only less than two minutes, each, and maybe the
Carl Wilson bridge is the piece they really want.
But what does the original Jardine song sound like, how would it compare to say, Don't Fight The Sea. There is just something
about that song, I Like the harmonies, the sentiment is OK, I like the sound effects, I think the track really sounds dated
maybe that's it. I just worked on a thing, with old backing tracks, and by the time we got through with the overdubs it
sounded new. Don;t Fight the Sea sounds like a 1980 track.
I should calm down I know. But this place is a repository and message board for Beach Boy fanatics, and if we can't talk about
the album here, where do I go!!!!
Somehow the cards are right, this album is just happening with good vibes, Pet Sounds maybe not, but they are so positive
and Carl Wilson is included.
I am slightly worried, about " A Mellow" album. Generally speaking for a whole album to flow, you still need a couple
upbeat things, even if its mostly ballads. I think these guys are aware of that kind of stuff, and have about 700 paid
and unpaid advisers, record producers, engineers, session men, the record label, wives, roadies, friends, managers.
My gut tells me this album will be the best thing they have done since their heyday, circa 64-75 or 77 whatever.
My observation, working together, is inspiring Brian Wilson, more than at any point, in many years, and his illnesses
have been treated, and are largely in remission or controlled with medication.
Seeing as how Danny Hutton is still a drinker, I wonder if people like that are allowed down to the studio.
I'm a much bigger fan of lyrics by Van Dyke Parks and others versus Mike Love, but at this late date, I think Mike
Love will do fine, Love is competent, if not superb. and I should calm down, or maybe you guys should get more excited.
The album is gonna be good, all the signs and vibes point to it. I wish it was five years earlier when their voices were
a bit younger, but they still sound good, Johnston is the only one I haven't heard sing in recent years, I cant pick him
out that much on DIA or the Grammy performance, what I could hear he seemed OK, and its gonna rock, I sincerely hope
they get the cotton out of their ears, and give us at least one upbeat song besides DIA remake.
I was only a moderate Beach Boys fan, I admired them, and their sixties work, and Some of Wilson's solo work, but I am
recognizing, that they were one of the top five bands of alltime and to have one more album is just so cool, Smile and a new album!
I think it's telling they are with Capitol and working at an old studio where they worked in the sixties, even with the death of
most studios, due to protools,, there are still tons of studios in LA and the fact they are revisiting an old studio, they want that
"sound" I bet they achieve a great album in Spades, I hope so, for their sake and ours, this last album will go a long way to
reminding people and restoring their historical legacy as one of the great bands.