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« Reply #450 on: June 29, 2017, 08:53:31 AM »

Wendy

FIVE. Amazing harmonies, excellent uncheerful lead by Mike, just a beautiful song. Count me in as one of the can't-get-enough-of-it people.
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« Reply #451 on: June 30, 2017, 06:41:57 AM »

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« Reply #452 on: June 30, 2017, 06:42:29 AM »

Today's song is Do You Remember.
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« Reply #453 on: June 30, 2017, 06:51:45 AM »

Perhaps not the strongest track on the album (well, definitely not the strongest track on the album!) but it's still too good (and too entertaining) to be called filler. 5. 
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« Reply #454 on: June 30, 2017, 07:08:42 AM »

Give it a strong four - it's cool little rock and roll.
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« Reply #455 on: June 30, 2017, 08:28:28 AM »

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Like how they honor rock and roll pioneers.
There were lots of songs of this sort later on. But were there any before this?
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« Reply #456 on: June 30, 2017, 04:55:26 PM »

Do You Remember

FOUR. Great rocking fun.
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« Reply #457 on: July 01, 2017, 06:36:25 AM »

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« Reply #458 on: July 01, 2017, 06:36:43 AM »

Today's song is Girls on the Beach.
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« Reply #459 on: July 01, 2017, 06:48:20 AM »

I love Dennis’ solo vocal in this. He had such a unique voice yet it flowed perfectly with the rest of the band.

4/5 for me, somewhat cheesy lyrics but their harmonies are spot on as usual.
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« Reply #460 on: July 01, 2017, 07:33:57 AM »

For me this is the hidden gem on ASL. Here, Brian took '60s group harmonies about as far as they could go. Not only is there a modulation from "verse" to "chorus", but the third verse itself modulates halfway through. Astonishing! Hats off to the other Boys, who had to sing it----what a feat! And that beautiful, wistful tag. Wow. 5.
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« Reply #461 on: July 02, 2017, 05:47:33 AM »

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« Reply #462 on: July 02, 2017, 05:48:18 AM »

Today's song is Drive-In.
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« Reply #463 on: July 02, 2017, 06:12:43 AM »

Basically I like "Drive-In" because I'm a sucker for sleigh bells! (Although these are hard to hear on YouTube.) And that vertiginously long stretch of dead air! The goofy double-tracked mumblings are pretty cool too. 5.  
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« Reply #464 on: July 03, 2017, 05:42:06 AM »

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« Reply #465 on: July 03, 2017, 05:42:52 AM »

Today's song is Our Favorite Recording Sessions.
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« Reply #466 on: July 03, 2017, 05:52:54 AM »

I like it. Said this before, but all three "talk tracks" have something to recommend them, and in the case of "OFRS" it's Brian's note, which he forgets. The note he then plays on the piano is the first pitched note we hear in the next and last track on ASL, "Don't Back Down".

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The fact that this was the first of the three that I heard may have some bearing on why I like it...
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« Reply #467 on: July 03, 2017, 07:06:48 AM »

It's tracks like this that make me wonder what it was like to buy these LPs when they first came out. What was it like being a teenager, dropping the needle on this brand new record, hearing hit after hit, then hearing a talking track? I think it would've been cool as hell: here are guys almost my age being as goofy as I am in school, only they're recording this goofy stuff on a major record.

In that context I think these tracks can be appreciated more. But it is still filler and you have to ask yourself: if there weren't talking tracks (and instead, decent songs put in their place) on these albums how much more appreciated would they be today?
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« Reply #468 on: July 03, 2017, 09:17:30 AM »

...  in the case of "OFRS" it's Brian's note, which he forgets. The note he then plays on the piano is the first pitched note we hear in the next and last track on ASL, "Don't Back Down".

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I like the ending for the reason John K notes above.
And as rab2591 stated, I as a kid loved the records that included band members talking, goofing off.
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« Reply #469 on: July 03, 2017, 02:44:41 PM »

OFRS

3. Less forced than Cassius vs Sonny, perhaps? It's amusing, although I wish they put it at the end of the record.
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« Reply #470 on: July 04, 2017, 04:12:36 AM »

It's quiet here without RR. Well, everyone can't be online all the time (although I do my level best, lol).
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« Reply #471 on: July 04, 2017, 05:22:39 AM »

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« Reply #472 on: July 04, 2017, 05:23:19 AM »

Today's song is Don't Back Down.
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« Reply #473 on: July 04, 2017, 05:34:32 AM »

The mono version is definitive, as it's gentler on the tag. In the stereo version, the tag fades way too soon.

"DBD" feels absolutely right in its position at album's end, after the talk track. (In that respect, I disagree with Mike G.) 

A great end to a consistently good album, one of the Boys' best.

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« Reply #474 on: July 04, 2017, 06:36:36 AM »

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Love the punkiness.
Wish, however, that it was a little faster. Heard a cover of this with a speeded up tempo, wow.
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