Preview No Pier Pressure On Google Play!

[job]

Sounds alright. A few samples seem pretty excellent and several others sound like the usual BW duds we've come to expect. I'm not feeling what some posters are are all thrilled about. It was a good move to include Al though. He sounds much better than BW these days. Kind of sad though that it seems like the best way to improve a Brian Wilson album in 2015 is to have less Brian Wilson on it.

Agreed.  I hear roughly 3 really good tunes that are clearly out of place with the rest which sounds like the typical solo BW plodding uninspired stuff.

To say this is his best solo album ever isn't really saying much, even if it was.

I know you're not a BW fan from your previous posts (to each his own), so I'm honestly curious...which three songs were they?

I am a huge Brian Wilson fan...but I am generally disappointed in his solo material...for the record Imagination is my favorite BW solo work.  From what I can tell I really like Our Special Love, The Right Time and Sail Away.  I hope I am eventually convinced on the rest of the album.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Meant to specify 'not a BW solo fan'.

Our Special Love is indeed killer. If I had to pick one, I'd say Half Moon Bay is the only track that doesn't immediately grab me.


Oddly, I hate Imagination lol. Well maybe hate is too strong a word, but it's at the bottom for me. Yes, worse than GIOMH.

[Rocker]

https://soundcloud.com/reggiedunbar/brian-wilson-no-pier-pressure-previews

Uploaded it to soundcloud. Don't know how long they'll let it stay due to copyright stuff. So listen fast

Thanks man!

I'm surprised. The guy can pull it off again and again it seems....



Messrs. Jardine sr. and jr. 

[bsten]

Thanks for the Soundcloud preview!!!

Sounds great, but a little too much of that melancholy Imagination sound...
With Al, Blondie and David on the album I was expecting at least a couple of real rockers...
The samba song is great, On the island, as is the disco type song, Runaway dancer...
I’m Feeling Sad - Summer means new love w/lyrics - a pleasant surprise!

[ontor pertawst]

Incidentally, if anyone out there is getting very thoughtful, going "gee, I wish this were a real Beach Boys album even tho obviously it's a real Beach Boys album in all but name... maybe I should do my own compilation CD of it and put 'Pisces Brothers' in the center of it like a big stinking daybreak over the oceanic turd. Then I can close my eyes and almost smell Bruce's shorts..."

If anyone, anyone at all is thinking about doing that, just don't. Think of the children. The precious children. Also the shorts... the terrible, haunting shorts.

[Pretty Funky]

Has this been noted on any of these NPP threads? If so, apologies.


http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2015/02/18/check-out-preview-of-brian-wilsons-upcoming-solo-album-no-pier-pressure/


A promo video for “The Right Time” is scheduled to premiere this Thursday at Yahoo! Music.

[ppk700]

I felt two years ago that the astrological alignments favored a new creative milestone in the arc of Brian Wilson’s career, and that the Gershwin and Disney albums, and then That’s Why God Made the Radio, might be analogous to the burst of creativity that produced Today and Summer Days on the road to Pet Sounds.

And so, tucked in the corner of my mind has been an anticipation of what was to come, with the expectation that it would be exceptional. Initial responses to No Pier Pressure seem to bear out the celestial prognostication. To take it a step further – Pet Sounds was followed by Smile. And so it seems we may be witnessing a creative flowering the end of which is nowhere in sight.

Here’s what I posted then:

"TUNING IN THE LATEST STAR
FROM THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR..."

A revealing choice of words there. One might have expected the tuning in of a station or of a song but no, in 2012 we find Brian tuning into the stars.

And the timing could not be more appropriate as the aspects do indeed progress to mirror the alignment of the mid-sixties. And not just any point in the mid-sixties, but specifically October 65 thru June 66, which, as I am sure you all know coincides with the production of Pet Sounds, not to mention Rubber Soul, Revolver and Aftermath. Can I add Blonde on Blonde to the list, I forget its release date.

The Pluto-Uranus conjunction and synod in late Leo, and Saturn's opposition to it, contributed to the climax of the Vietnam war and the POP Flower Power uprising against it, heralding a major cultural transition for humanity.

Since the mid-1960s Uranus-Pluto synod, throughout the first quarter of the cycle, a 47-year period, this cultural-revolutionary theme has fully engaged society's creative process. Now, at the turning of the first square of the cycle…the mid-1960s theme will now shift into its next prominent quarter; the creative action quarter. How this plays out is of course yet to be seen. Activists and revolutionists may storm the global stage during this transition point in the cycle; and it may produce another principal shift in our societal revolution. It may also be much more progressive due to the placements of Uranus and Pluto…It may also stimulate dynamic radical action for those born in the mid-1960s—matured forces that must now "explode into space."

This square is of extreme significance for those with prominent Uranus and Pluto natal placements, and for those with aspects to key points and planets in their natal and progressed charts by transiting Uranus and Pluto. It is fundamentally significant for all of humanity due to Uranus and Pluto's astrophysical bio-resonances, and simply for all of Earth due to the fact that all life on Earth nests within the greater planetary and cosmic cycles that create the ever-changing evolutionary symphony in which we evolve.

The Uranus Pluto Synodic Square - 2012-2015

Our current Uranus-Pluto square can produce radical, spontaneous, destructive, crazy, even war-like behavior for the spiritually unaware reactive type of younger soul. For souls more mature, this square can stimulate the motivation to adapt quickly to radical change and to create innovative solutions to emerge from or to rise above destructive scenarios and emotional turmoil. It may stimulate the creation of new technologies and modalities of thought motivated from structural systems and societal modalities that simply no longer work.

To conclude: If Brian Wilson is in tune again as he was in 1966 we may be on the receiving end of a startling new musical revelation! 1965 (TWGMTR) was followed by Pet Sounds (No Pier Pressure).

Let's Hope So.

I sent you a PM earlier, I don't think you've been online since then but I want to make sure you see it.

[job]

Meant to specify 'not a BW solo fan'.

Our Special Love is indeed killer. If I had to pick one, I'd say Half Moon Bay is the only track that doesn't immediately grab me.


Oddly, I hate Imagination lol. Well maybe hate is too strong a word, but it's at the bottom for me. Yes, worse than GIOMH.

Yikes..GIOMH disgusts me.

[bringahorseinhere?]

I love what Brian and company are doing here........ the songs are going to be interesting to hear in their complete form....

but, like others have said and suggested, the thing I do not like!  is that 90's digital production.....

the tracks sound like 'imagination' era tracks....... gosh, wish someone would fire up the old tape 8 track(s) and do things

the way they sounded best........... and not to be harsh, but Joe has gotta Go!!!!   

3 strikes, he's out (ie. stars n stripes, beach boys live 50th cd, and now this)

Sounds like Brian is keeping up his part as a performer/arranger, and doing great!

maybe it will sound better as wav. files or on vinyl   

RickB

[Rob Dean]

Meant to specify 'not a BW solo fan'.

Our Special Love is indeed killer. If I had to pick one, I'd say Half Moon Bay is the only track that doesn't immediately grab me.


Oddly, I hate Imagination lol. Well maybe hate is too strong a word, but it's at the bottom for me. Yes, worse than GIOMH.

Hey Billy , In my opinion nothing is worse than Getting In Over My Hernia 

[Andrew G. Doe]

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE BRIAN'S BEST RELEASE IN HIS SOLO CAREER.  I WILL BET.   

Posted by someone who has evidently never heard TLOS.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Also, listened to the clips again. "Sail Away" definitely has a "Sloop John B" vibe as someone mentioned a few months ago.

Also "Michael Rowed The Boat Ashore". 

[Cam Mott]

I'm happy for Brian and it isn't fair to judge from clips but they don't really hit my personal taste. Obviously I'm in a minority around here and I hope Brian is encouraged to keep on creating.

What's your opinion of "Pisces Brothers"? Do you like that?

Nope. I'm not really a fan of any of the bands solo music.

[ForHerCryingSoul]

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE BRIAN'S BEST RELEASE IN HIS SOLO CAREER.  I WILL BET.   

Posted by someone who has evidently never heard TLOS.

Actually, I have, and the spoken word parts hurt the album a lot.  The A-Side is not very well sequenced in my opinion compared to the B-Side.   

[ForHerCryingSoul]

This new album sounds like a combination of Imagination and TWGMTR.  To me, the sound is comparable to Paul McCartney's NEW and I don't know why, but I'm not as bothered with the Imagination-style production as I feared I would be.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Incidentally, if anyone out there is getting very thoughtful, going "gee, I wish this were a real Beach Boys album even tho obviously it's a real Beach Boys album in all but name... maybe I should do my own compilation CD of it and put 'Pisces Brothers' in the center of it like a big stinking daybreak over the oceanic turd. Then I can close my eyes and almost smell Bruce's shorts..."

If anyone, anyone at all is thinking about doing that, just don't. Think of the children. The precious children. Also the shorts... the terrible, haunting shorts.

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, so they're samples, and my ears are in a bad way again... but even so, I'm hearing what sounds like way too much autotune for my liking. Does Thomas know where the bodies are buried, or where the negatives are ?

There are some lovely, lovely moments, and I want to hear the complete album before pontificating (hell, I just want to hear), so I'll hold my tongue. For now.

[Andrew G. Doe]

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE BRIAN'S BEST RELEASE IN HIS SOLO CAREER.  I WILL BET.   

Posted by someone who has evidently never heard TLOS.

Actually, I have, and the spoken word parts hurt the album a lot.  The A-Side is not very well sequenced in my opinion compared to the B-Side.   

Your opinion was rendered invalid the moment you posted what is above in caps.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I agree with him, personally. As for TLOS, I did think it was a great album, but I hated the interludes, and in fact liked the demos more.

[ForHerCryingSoul]

Your opinion was rendered invalid the moment you posted what is above in caps.

I didn't know that.  Sorry.   

[RiC]

http://brianwilson.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=BWIWEBWWUSD&sku=BWIBN009

There's the surfboard for ya!

[timbnash68]

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE BRIAN'S BEST RELEASE IN HIS SOLO CAREER.  I WILL BET.   

Posted by someone who has evidently never heard TLOS.

Actually, I have, and the spoken word parts hurt the album a lot.  The A-Side is not very well sequenced in my opinion compared to the B-Side.   

Your opinion was rendered invalid the moment you posted what is above in caps.

Am I the only one to notice that every time there are groups of positive comments about this new album that certain "old guard" members of this board feel that they have to set the record straight and get everyone into silly negative discussions about who's holding Brian hostage forcing him to use instruments he doesn't want to use, pro tools plugins, and the like, or just generally accepting the fact that because someone likes this new music doesn't mean that they don't like Brian's older solo material.  I'm a music fan, and participate in several music message boards, and I've rarely seen the likes of this.  Just because I happen to like Led Zeppelin IV doesn't mean that everybody who likes III is a complete idiot.  I love what I hear so far and I'm not afraid to say it.  Its almost as if certain contributors think they can bully others into changing their mind.  I like Lucky Old Sun and I like what I'm hearing here, and it shouldn't mean I have to choose between the two.  Like somebody said before, thank God Brian is still creating music well into his 70s.  Someday that may not be the case.

[Amy B.]

http://brianwilson.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=BWIWEBWWUSD&sku=BWIBN009

There's the surfboard for ya!

So, is anyone here planning to shell out $2,700 for this package?

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE BRIAN'S BEST RELEASE IN HIS SOLO CAREER.  I WILL BET.   

Posted by someone who has evidently never heard TLOS.

Actually, I have, and the spoken word parts hurt the album a lot.  The A-Side is not very well sequenced in my opinion compared to the B-Side.   

Your opinion was rendered invalid the moment you posted what is above in caps.

Am I the only one to notice that every time there are groups of positive comments about this new album that certain "old guard" members of this board feel that they have to set the record straight and get everyone into silly negative discussions about who's holding Brian hostage forcing him to use instruments he doesn't want to use, pro tools plugins, and the like, or just generally accepting the fact that because someone likes this new music doesn't mean that they don't like Brian's older solo material.  I'm a music fan, and participate in several music message boards, and I've rarely seen the likes of this.  Just because I happen to like Led Zeppelin IV doesn't mean that everybody who likes III is a complete idiot.  I love what I hear so far and I'm not afraid to say it.  Its almost as if certain contributors think they can bully others into changing their mind.  I like Lucky Old Sun and I like what I'm hearing here, and it shouldn't mean I have to choose between the two.  Like somebody said before, thank God Brian is still creating music well into his 70s.  Someday that may not be the case.

agreed. It's all subjective anyway.

[Lowbacca]

Am I the only one to notice[...]

No.