gfxgfx
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
logo
 
gfx gfx
gfx
680601 Posts in 27601 Topics by 4068 Members - Latest Member: Dae Lims March 29, 2024, 03:49:17 PM
*
gfx*HomeHelpSearchCalendarLoginRegistergfx
gfxgfx
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.       « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Saturday Morning in the City / Smile connection  (Read 1026 times)
Greg Parry
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 108



View Profile
« on: June 27, 2021, 05:43:55 AM »

A few years back Wirestone posted this.

I have to say, I don't know of any band that has songs that literally go through generations before being released. I mean, look at the saga of Sandy / Sherry / Terri / She Says That She Needs Me. That's something like 33 years from first version to last. Smile Era improv / Thankful We Are to Little Children / Saturday Morning in the City 88 / Saturday Morning in the City 95 / Saturday Morning in the City 04 -- some 35 years from first to last. And even the band's last album has a Mike song that was 34 years old on it!

I remember reading about this connection in the Badman book, which does have some inaccuracies as we know. However, the SMITC demo does utilize that left hand melody style that Brian was fond of during the Smile period, and that melody is quite Smile-esque. I have always wondered as to the truth of this connection, and Wirestone's post re-piqued this question as to SMITC's origins

There is a similarity between it and H&V Part 1 Tag, but not close enough to warrant it being thought of as the same piece.

I would be very interested to know if there is a specific 'Smile era improv' that is circulated which was later worked into SMITC?
 
Logged
WillJC
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 510


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2021, 01:45:50 AM »

The notion comes from some of the progressions Brian tried out while recording All Day. Which is a reach, because none of that's the same music, but there you go.

There's evidence that SMITC's first incarnation (Grateful Are We) was written in 1968, a few years before Brian's other songwriting collaborations with Stephen Kalinich.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 01:48:45 AM by SaltyMarshmallow » Logged
Greg Parry
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 108



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2021, 03:33:13 AM »

Thanks.

I obviously haven't given the All Day sessions a close enough listen, but will correct this.
Logged
gfx
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
gfx
Jump to:  
gfx
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Page created in 0.69 seconds with 21 queries.
Helios Multi design by Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!