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Today's song is Wonderful:
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Quote from: Wata on January 08, 2019, 03:14:09 AM
Today's song is Wonderful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TNisSSLuo
Love love love it.
Brian sings so poignantly on this track, and the melding of the trumpet, harmonies, and the harpsichord (even if its a MIDI harpsichord) works perfectly. The fake harpsichord actually gives the album more whimsy - the original is almost creepy (although still beautiful) whereas the MIDI version has this bright charm to it that isn't on the '66 version.
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Quote from: The LEGENDARY OSD on January 07, 2019, 10:52:00 AM
What can one say about this incredible track whether it be the original(my favorite) or the BWPS version. Perfection at every turn.
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Re: Discuss & Rate Brian Wilson Songs Day by Day
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Quote from: rab2591 on January 08, 2019, 08:14:28 AM
Quote from: Wata on January 08, 2019, 03:14:09 AM
Today's song is Wonderful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TNisSSLuo
Love love love it.
Brian sings so poignantly on this track, and the melding of the trumpet, harmonies, and the harpsichord (even if its a MIDI harpsichord) works perfectly. The fake harpsichord actually gives the album more whimsy - the original is almost creepy (although still beautiful) whereas the MIDI version has this bright charm to it that isn't on the '66 version.
5/5
To clarify, that is not a MIDI harpsichord sound, in fact far from it. The sounds heard on the studio version were some of the same sounds originally requested and custom-created for taking the Smile tour on the road. The harpsichord, Brian's detuned home piano heard all over Smiley and WH (and Friends), the mallet instruments like marimba/vibraphone, and others too...they were custom designed for the stage production so the sounds could be accessed and switched on the fly. The original studio tracks from 66-67 were used as the templates, and the technology used allowed the sounds to be shaped and built up according to the original reference recordings from the 60's. Kurzweil did the various jobs necessary to present Smile on stage as we saw and heard it, for reference just watch a Smile live video and check out the rigs they had on stage.
If I remember, those sounds designed for the road were done so well that they also went with them in the studio as heard on Wonderful, but that part can of course be clarified by those who were directly involved in the recordings. I just know personally who did the programming and shaping of those sounds, and he's one of the best in the business (someone I've known as a friend for 30 years and made music with in the past).
It was not MIDI, it was not a digital preset from a soundbank, etc - It was made specifically from and for the original tracks so they could be played live.
As far as the track on BWPS...Yes, 5 stars, but with an asterisk because I consider the more stripped down version heard on the GV box set to be one of the most beautiful recordings of all time, and I think all of that comic "rock with me henry" stuff cluttered it up too much...but the way it was presented in context on BWPS warrants the 5 stars since that's what Brian apparently wanted in '67 versus the more elegant version on that box set.
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Re: Discuss & Rate Brian Wilson Songs Day by Day
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Today's song is Wonderful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TNisSSLuo
Love love love it.
Brian sings so poignantly on this track, and the melding of the trumpet, harmonies, and the harpsichord (even if its a MIDI harpsichord) works perfectly. The fake harpsichord actually gives the album more whimsy - the original is almost creepy (although still beautiful) whereas the MIDI version has this bright charm to it that isn't on the '66 version.
5/5
To clarify, that is not a MIDI harpsichord sound, in fact far from it. The sounds heard on the studio version were some of the same sounds originally requested and custom-created for taking the Smile tour on the road. The harpsichord, Brian's detuned home piano heard all over Smiley and WH (and Friends), the mallet instruments like marimba/vibraphone, and others too...they were custom designed for the stage production so the sounds could be accessed and switched on the fly. The original studio tracks from 66-67 were used as the templates, and the technology used allowed the sounds to be shaped and built up according to the original reference recordings from the 60's. Kurzweil did the various jobs necessary to present Smile on stage as we saw and heard it, for reference just watch a Smile live video and check out the rigs they had on stage.
If I remember, those sounds designed for the road were done so well that they also went with them in the studio as heard on Wonderful, but that part can of course be clarified by those who were directly involved in the recordings. I just know personally who did the programming and shaping of those sounds, and he's one of the best in the business (someone I've known as a friend for 30 years and made music with in the past).
It was not MIDI, it was not a digital preset from a soundbank, etc - It was made specifically from and for the original tracks so they could be played live.
As far as the track on BWPS...Yes, 5 stars, but with an asterisk because I consider the more stripped down version heard on the GV box set to be one of the most beautiful recordings of all time, and I think all of that comic "rock with me henry" stuff cluttered it up too much...but the way it was presented in context on BWPS warrants the 5 stars since that's what Brian apparently wanted in '67 versus the more elegant version on that box set.
Thanks much, Guitarfool! When I got into Smile and started listening to BWPS I read a lot about how it was a MIDI harpsichord, and I remember reading quite a few angry comments about how "unfaithful" the BWPS harpsichord sound was to the original. Seeing Darian play the keyboard during those shows (and knowing nothing about how they put this show together) I didn't really question the idea that it was MIDI. Even based on the original instruments, I still say that it sounds so much brighter and charmed (for lack of a better term) than the original recordings, but that's probably due to the recording process?
Anyways, as always thanks for correcting that!
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Quote from: mtaber on September 18, 2021, 07:39:15 AM
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Re: Discuss & Rate Brian Wilson Songs Day by Day
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Today's song is Song for Children:
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Quote from: Wata on January 09, 2019, 01:35:20 AM
Today's song is Song for Children:
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Quote from: Wata on January 09, 2019, 01:35:20 AM
Today's song is Song for Children:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAGyK-gXoT0
Really like this song but prefer the original due to the dominant presence of the bass on the original. In the original the bass nears the levels of the 'Don't Talk' heartbeat, and in the BWPS version it is buried in the mix. Anywho, that's just my personal opinion.
Song For Children fits perfectly between Wonderful and Child, helps really pull together the spiritual suite.
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SFC is 5. I like this recreated version. As usual, I judge songs individually, not doing 60s vs. 2000s compare.
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Today's song is Child Is Father of the Man:
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Today's song is Surf's Up:
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Quote from: Wata on January 10, 2019, 03:47:36 AM
Today's song is Child Is Father of the Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCoweCaRn5U
Gah, I forgot to write a review about this!
I love the added lyrics and it really benefits the aura/atmosphere of the spiritual suite.
5/5
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As for Surf's Up,
the coda on this one is incredible! 2005 was probably the most perfect time for Brian to work on this, as his voice in so many of the songs is perfectly on point. Though his voice during the Disney/Gershwin era was fantastic too.
5/5 from me.
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Today's song is I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop:
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Splendid! SU got 7 5's!
Really good to see that people appreciate Brian-lead SU. I suspected it wouldn't rate well due to popular view that Carl/ Brian SU is definitive. To me, this is THE SU.
Today's song is 5. Cool fragments meshed together with creativity.
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Today's song is Vega-Tables:
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The harmonious coda was jaw dropping for me when I first heard this, and still is in ways. He's singing about eating vegetables but my goodness it sounds so beautiful! The 2011 SMiLE version is much more diverse/experimental, yet still cohesive. Yet the BWPS version has a real charm to it, too.
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