More info on the new BW album

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Taken from this here site...

    The thing Brian Wilson seemed most excited about, when I interviewed him last week, was a new studio project— another concept album. He has been working over the past year with Van Dyke Parks on what he called a “narrative album” based on the classic children’s book The Little Prince.

    “I’m doing the narration,” he said. “It’ll be a bunch of songs interrupted by a narrator who tells the story— the idea is to present a complete narrative.”

    He explained that the narrator is named “Lucky Old Sun,” and asked if I remembered the old song. He sang a few bars: “That lucky old sun, he’s got nothin’ to do, but roll around heaven all day.”

    Wilson reminded me that he had released a children’s album along with Holland in 1973. I replied that it seemed to me that much of his work has a childlike quality to it; Smile, for instance, has both lyrical and musical references to children’s songs. “Yeah,” he said.

    I asked: What’s that about? Where does that come from?

    “From my heart,” he said. Simple.

A children's album?!

VDP writing the lyrics?!

[SloopJohnB]

Seems coherent! "Mt. Vernon & Fairway" is one of Brian's favorite tracks, and VDP has already made children albums & books... 

Edit: a little more info here: http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci_6059351

"I'm currently writing a new narrative concept with a theme song and some individual records, like eight or 10 records. We're going to take that to London in September," Wilson said.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Wonder if he'll use his "grinch" voice for the narration?

[pixletwin]

Cool. In light of the BW/VDP rennaissance that has been going on it will be really interesting to see how it works out.

[The Shift]

That's a very good read, many thanks guys for posting the info.

Leaves me a little choked though as I have four tickets for the opening night at the RFH, London, but turns out I'll be in California (of all places!), hiking the John Muir Trail! Last time I was hiking in the US Wilson released GIOMH, SMiLE and toured the UK. Seems our paths aren't always meant to cross!

[Pretty Funky]

I didn't know but VDP was involved in a series of books adapted from the stories of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit in the early 80s. A album based on the first "Jump" seems to have been well received. Some samples here.

http://www.amazon.com/Jump-Van-Dyke-Parks/dp/B000005JAF

[chris.metcalfe]

'Jump' is a fantastic record, especially on vinyl! Bought it when it came out and always liked it.

[Dan Lega]

Taken from this here site...

    The thing Brian Wilson seemed most excited about...

A children's album?!

VDP writing the lyrics?!

Can you please tell me where this info came from?  Is there supposed to be a link? Or were you talking about "The Smiley Smile Message Board" when you say "Taken from this here site..."? 

            Love and merci,   Dan Lega

[Don't Back Down]

Taken from this here site...

    The thing Brian Wilson seemed most excited about...

A children's album?!

VDP writing the lyrics?!

Can you please tell me where this info came from?  Is there supposed to be a link? Or were you talking about "The Smiley Smile Message Board" when you say "Taken from this here site..."? 

            Love and merci,   Dan Lega

http://www.smileysmile.net/index.php/van_dyke_parks_on_new_bw_album

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[LostArt]

Can you please tell me where this info came from?  Is there supposed to be a link? Or were you talking about "The Smiley Smile Message Board" when you say "Taken from this here site..."? 

            Love and merci,   Dan Lega

Yesterday's Monterey County Weekly

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.06-07-2007/cover/Article.cover_story/print

[Dan Lega]

Thanks, guys!

       Love and merci,   Dan Lega