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Does anyone know where I can find the full version of "This Isn't Love," lyrics and all? I remember watching it on a Brian Wilson special, and I haven't been able to find it since. I think it's a forgotten great.
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2015, 07:20:47 AM » |
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Live at the Roxy Theatre
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2015, 10:57:50 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2015, 11:03:44 AM » |
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The soundtrack album has the Alan Cummings version of the song.
I think the only version of This Isn't Love with Brian Wilson is the live version from the Live at the Roxy 2CD set.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2015, 03:19:17 PM » |
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I think the only version of This Isn't Love with Brian Wilson is the live version from the Live at the Roxy 2CD set.
The only vocal version with Brian. Brian previously recorded a solo piano instrumental for a various artists compilation appropriately titled Songs Without Words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9s6iLL6tA |
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2015, 09:20:10 PM » |
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I always thought it was a good song. I dont' know if he wrote the lyrics, but it has that quirky Brian thing and is very beautiful.
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2015, 03:53:07 AM » |
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Lyrics by Tony Asher.
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2015, 03:14:46 PM » |
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Lyrics by Tony Asher.
Written about Lorren Daro's girlfriend, as with all of his songs. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2015, 09:58:14 PM » |
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Yikes. Live at the Roxy is pretty pricey, I'll have to wait until I can no longer resist hearing the full version.
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2015, 10:19:53 PM » |
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The 1983 studio demo floating around on YouTube is purty cool too.
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2015, 08:50:30 AM » |
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Do you have a link for that video?
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2015, 09:50:26 AM » |
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It's not a studio demo. It's Brian fooling around on the piano with the eight-note phrase that begins the song. He ad libs some vague vocals. He returned to that melodic phrase in the mid-90s with Tony to actually write the full song.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2015, 10:28:59 AM » |
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It's not a studio demo. It's Brian fooling around on the piano with the eight-note phrase that begins the song. He ad libs some vague vocals. He returned to that melodic phrase in the mid-90s with Tony to actually write the full song.
I wish Brian had recorded more of his 90s compositions with Asher. The only other one to be released is "Everything I Need" which Brian recorded first with Carnie and Wendy and then as a duet with Jeff Foskett. Hell, I wish they worked together on more albums for the Beach Boys after Pet Sounds. They clearly were great collaborators for each other. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2015, 01:42:32 AM » |
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The 1983 studio demo floating around on YouTube is purty cool too.
You can hear Brian playing around with the melody again on the Hamburger/Cocaine Session bootleg (apparently from 1981), so he must've had it in his head for a while. |
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« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2015, 02:27:45 PM » |
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The 1983 studio demo floating around on YouTube is purty cool too.
You can hear Brian playing around with the melody again on the Hamburger/Cocaine Session bootleg (apparently from 1981), so he must've had it in his head for a while. I believe that's the tape where we get some placeholder lyrics, something like "I Said a Prayer.": |
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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2015, 05:43:07 PM » |
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The 1983 studio demo floating around on YouTube is purty cool too.
You can hear Brian playing around with the melody again on the Hamburger/Cocaine Session bootleg (apparently from 1981), so he must've had it in his head for a while. I believe that's the tape where we get some placeholder lyrics, something like "I Said a Prayer.": There's no 83 studio demo, AFAIK. It's all from the Cocaine session tapes. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2015, 09:43:19 AM » |
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Agreed, that's the only "earlier" version of the song I've ever heard.
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« Reply #17 on: September 15, 2015, 10:05:05 AM » |
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The 1983 studio demo floating around on YouTube is purty cool too.
You can hear Brian playing around with the melody again on the Hamburger/Cocaine Session bootleg (apparently from 1981), so he must've had it in his head for a while. I believe that's the tape where we get some placeholder lyrics, something like "I Said a Prayer.": There's no 83 studio demo, AFAIK. It's all from the Cocaine session tapes. D'oh. Sorry, you're right - my bad. I was mixing it up with the 83 "The First Time" demo. |
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