AP segment with new interviews & a snippet of a NEW SONG off the new album!!!!

[Lowbacca]

Ow. Ow ow. Owowowowowow. 

First time listening to Alice Cooper's Zipper Catches Skin?

[Runaways]

maybe we can pray this didn't make the albumm....?

the bass is more 90s than the drums to me.  no seriously, what is this song?  that is like sweet insanity.  Some musical style they shouldn't be doing..

[guitarfool2002]

Ow. Ow ow. Owowowowowow. 

First time listening to Alice Cooper's Zipper Catches Skin?

Either that or he's walking on hot coals as he's posting.

[Autotune]

What? No Blondie?

I hate this album already.

BTW, if you think these lovin' fans are harsh around here, you should check some of the YT messages.


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Seriously folks, this stuff is beautiful to watch. I don't get the cynisism from some people. It's a dream come true and it's happening in our lifetime.

[Runaways]

the youtube comments section is generally the garbage dump of the internet

[rab2591]

the youtube comments section is generally the garbage dump of the internet

True that.

[Runaways]

maybe this is what probyn heard and was like "oh man 80s"

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I love the chords, hate the lyrics, and hate the current production.


Like I said about the cover.

This is LOVE YOU 2

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

btw, as a recording artist, I can confirm that this is NOT a take being used, the camera would cause some problems in the normal recording environment, and couldn't be in the chamber with them.

[stack-o-tracks]

I think the instrumental of that song sounds pretty dope. As for the lyrics... Who didn't see that kind of stuff coming?

[Runaways]

so, if they were just doing this for show, then that means they were just singing along with a track, and brian had already forgotten it. 

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

so, if they were just doing this for show, then that means they were just singing along with a track, and brian had already forgotten it. 

They'd have a lyric sheet if it was legit, obviously, that's another big sign.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I think the instrumental of that song sounds pretty dope. As for the lyrics... Who didn't see that kind of stuff coming?

I agree, has a Wondermints feel to it, which i dig

[I. Spaceman]

I love the chords, hate the lyrics, and hate the current production.


Like I said about the cover.

This is LOVE YOU 2

That would be absolutely incredible. Best case scenario.

[Runaways]

i actually don't mind the song till the "get up get up" part

[the professor]

The interviews are great, and though that play-singing was way off (must be just a forced staging for the camera which ought to have been deleted so as not to mislead), I hear a hook and a driving melody in there that I like: echoes: Downtown by Petula Clark; Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On.  Others?

[guitarfool2002]

1996 adult contemporary sound. But it's just a short clip for now, tough to judge.

[Runaways]

if this album has a mid 1990s adult contemporary feel to it, then i will be the first to make the "JT or antichrist?" thread

[Les P]

And after more time to think about, can Mike write a lyric that DOESN'T refer to one of their older songs?

Exactly.  Sigh.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

And after more time to think about, can Mike write a lyric that DOESN'T refer to one of their older songs?

Exactly.  Sigh.

nope.

[guitarfool2002]

yeah so far i hear a song marvin gaye would make excellent, not sure the beach boys can pull it off

Marvin passed before they took his smooth sound, put it in the blender with some ice and digital keyboards, and called it "smooth jazz", then built entire labels and radio networks off of it. No one did it like Marvin, or George Benson and Grover Washington for that matter. But it's funny I heard an 80's Marvin Gaye sound on that snippet too! The instrumental track, I mean.

[Les P]

And after more time to think about, can Mike write a lyric that DOESN'T refer to one of their older songs?

Exactly.  Sigh.

nope.

On the other hand, I guess Mike is just proudly carrying on a Beach Boys tradition of quoting old songs since at least the mid-70s...more than half their existence.   And it's still cheesy.

[I. Spaceman]

And after more time to think about, can Mike write a lyric that DOESN'T refer to one of their older songs?

Exactly.  Sigh.

nope.

On the other hand, I guess Mike is just proudly carrying on a Beach Boys tradition of quoting old songs since at least the mid-70s...more than half their existence.   And it's still cheesy.

1968, if one counts Do It Again's reference to "California girls". So maybe it is time for folks to get over the whole thing. It is part of the band's trip.

[AndrewHickey]

That's truly horrible. Even allowing for the obviously bad vocals, that backing track sounds like the Lighthouse Family or Simply Red or some similar mid-90s pseudo-soul, and the lyrics are awful.
It's a good job the live shows are sounding so good, because the studio part of the reunion isn't looking great so far... though of course I don't want to judge the album until it actually comes out...

[Jim V.]

And after more time to think about, can Mike write a lyric that DOESN'T refer to one of their older songs?

Exactly.  Sigh.

nope.

On the other hand, I guess Mike is just proudly carrying on a Beach Boys tradition of quoting old songs since at least the mid-70s...more than half their existence.   And it's still cheesy.

1968, if one counts Do It Again's reference to "California girls". So maybe it is time for folks to get over the whole thing. It is part of the band's trip.

Yes, and how many artistically viable songs did they make where Mike quoted from other songs? Probably one. Or actually, even listenable songs for that matter?