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« on: August 01, 2013, 06:57:16 PM » |
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People talk about strange '70s Brian tracks, but this has to be the weirdest song known to man. And they released this as a single?!?! The chorus is perhaps the most disturbing piece of music I've ever heard. It sounds so off. You have that crazy carnival organ, the occasional abrasive high-pitched sound, and that lumbering bass combined with some downright menacing singing from the Beach Boys. Oh, you're gettin' hungry for a girl, boys? Would like her done medium or medium well? Jesus Christ. The drums, seemingly flown in from the beginning of "Vegetables", just add to the general confusion. I don't think I've ever quite felt the emotions conveyed in the chorus.
But then that craziness is punctuated by some fairly earnest R&B moments - only compromised by the fact the instruments were played by people so stoned you wouldn't believe it if I told you how much they smoked. What a spaced out mood.
Giving this song to DJs to play on the radio was like a big middle finger. You almost wonder if was a joke. Could you ever imagine a DJ in the mid-60s spinning this record and saying, "Oh yeah, this going to the top of rotation, right before Tommy James and The Shondells."
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2013, 07:02:56 PM » |
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"Vegetables" has drums in it?
Wait wait wait, "Gettin' Hungry" has drums in it?
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2013, 07:06:59 PM » |
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I should've written percussion, and I was referring to the Smile version of "Vegetables".
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« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2013, 07:23:53 PM » |
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It's one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums.
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« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2013, 07:50:45 PM » |
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It`s one of my least favourite songs from the 60s.
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« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2013, 07:55:39 PM » |
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Weird song from a weird album. Boogedah, boogedah, boogedah!  |
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« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2013, 08:01:23 PM » |
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the transition between Smiley Smile and Wild Honey.
I really like it
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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2013, 08:34:34 PM » |
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My father once heard me listening to this track and caught the organ intro. He then asked why I was listening to a recording of a railroad crossing gate. A wonderful song though. Would love to have the 45.
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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2013, 10:28:03 PM » |
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I totally agree with the original post in as far as "what were they thinking?" I especially don't understand Mike Love agreeing to doing this in light of him not wanting to f*** with the formula. This makes anything on SMiLE seem tame.
However, I also have always wondered what this song could have ended up sounding like with a typical BB production. I think it could have been a single type track as it has a somewhat memorable chorus.
That being said, I do like it from time to time. There's nothing quite like it, and it sums up Smiley Smile to a T. I also crack up at the thought that they played it live back then.
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« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2013, 01:53:27 AM » |
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I totally agree with the original post in as far as "what were they thinking?" I especially don't understand Mike Love agreeing to doing this in light of him not wanting to f*** with the formula. This makes anything on SMiLE seem tame.
It's a song about putting your dick in a girl, which was far more commerical than the crow in the cornfield according to Mike. |
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« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2013, 02:04:16 AM » |
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the transition between Smiley Smile and Wild Honey.
I really like it
Me too! That is one funky keyboard sound. Really cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Pu4bnI8Rc |
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« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2013, 02:07:26 AM » |
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the transition between Smiley Smile and Wild Honey.
I really like it
I always thought it was the link too. Weird but very cool. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2013, 04:02:45 AM » |
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The mechanical press-like Intro is the sound of monotony, the workday world which the protagonist of the song longs to escape.
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« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2013, 06:23:28 AM » |
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the transition between Smiley Smile and Wild Honey.
I really like it
Donny L - it actually was released as a single, about six weeks prior to Smiley. It is kind of a funky, cool sound, and had Brian/Mike on the label and sleeve. It got some AirPlay, (iPad, sorry) and followed Heroes 45 single. It did push some different instrumentation into the airwaves. By the time Do It Again came along, the more unique use of percussion or other unusual stuff was not received with surprise. I guess the theremin broke the proverbial "sound barrier."  Short, sweet and to the point! I like it, too! |
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« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2013, 10:23:35 AM » |
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And then there's always Celebration's reggae-infused version....
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« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2013, 10:26:50 AM » |
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It was also the debut single of the duo "Brian Wilson & Mike Love."
Can anybody explain why it wasn't a Beach Boys single?
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« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2013, 12:01:16 PM » |
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It was also the debut single of the duo "Brian Wilson & Mike Love."
Can anybody explain why it wasn't a Beach Boys single?
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« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2013, 12:13:44 PM » |
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It was also the debut single of the duo "Brian Wilson & Mike Love."
Can anybody explain why it wasn't a Beach Boys single?
I have that 45. Wonder if it's worth anything? |
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« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2013, 12:54:34 PM » |
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I totally agree with the original post in as far as "what were they thinking?" I especially don't understand Mike Love agreeing to doing this in light of him not wanting to f*** with the formula. This makes anything on SMiLE seem tame.
It's a song about putting your dick in a girl, which was far more commerical than the crow in the cornfield according to Mike. Well he's right. The only thing more commerical than a song about putting your dick in a girl is a song when the guy is bemoaning that a girl has broken up with him and so he won't be putting his dick in her anymore. |
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I'd rather be forced to sleep with Caitlyn Jenner then ever have to listen to NPP again.
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« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2013, 12:54:40 PM » |
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It was also the debut single of the duo "Brian Wilson & Mike Love."
Can anybody explain why it wasn't a Beach Boys single?
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« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2013, 02:05:05 PM » |
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I never knew what to think of it. It definitely emphasizes the failure of Smiley Smile, the low point, and what we got instead of what we could have got. But then again the sense of failure just makes it all the more haunting and melancholy. I just listen to it half sad and half appalled, and in the end it's hard for me to sum up an overall impression. BUT SCREW IT THE FACES VERSION IS AWESOME |
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« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2013, 02:25:50 PM » |
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whats disturbing about it? musically, its post-modern primativism; bold, minimalist cartoon rock. its fuckin genius and a definite highlight. its sequencing in the tracklist is perfect too.
mike love really knows how to write a hit for the plebes! he did work as a gas attendant for a while.
maybe stop taking lyrics so literally - its not about cannibalism you mongrel.
you're probably the type of demented reactionary that thinks i wanna pick you up is about munchausen by proxy or paraphilic infantilism fetishism.
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« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2013, 02:36:35 PM » |
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It was also the debut single of the duo "Brian Wilson & Mike Love."
Can anybody explain why it wasn't a Beach Boys single?
I can think of two reasons - payback to Mr Love for abandoning him for his ego music Pet Sounds and Smile trips with other collaborators. And it doesn't really sound like the Beach Boys - but they did include on Smiley anyway. And Brian knew the single would tank? |
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« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2013, 03:34:24 PM » |
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whats disturbing about it? musically, its post-modern primativism; bold, minimalist cartoon rock. its fuckin genius and a definite highlight. its sequencing in the tracklist is perfect too.
mike love really knows how to write a hit for the plebes! he did work as a gas attendant for a while.
maybe stop taking lyrics so literally - its not about cannibalism you mongrel.
you're probably the type of demented reactionary that thinks i wanna pick you up is about munchausen by proxy or paraphilic infantilism fetishism.
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