New Brian's song: "Live Let Live" on "Artic Tale" soundtrack

[STE]

What the..?!  Never heard anything about this before:

http://www.arctictalesoundtrack.com/

[RONDEMON]

It's a cool song. I dig it. Love the time signature!

[matt-zeus]

I like it!! If this and What love can do were on a new album that would be a great start! Production is nice, sounds like Brian does the backing vocals too!

[pixletwin]

I liked it. Good find.

[Aegir]

Someone else needs to start singing lead on Brian's songs.

[HighOnLife]

If somebody else sang lead, they wouldn't be Brian Wilson songs.

[mikeyj]

If somebody else sang lead, they wouldn't be Brian Wilson songs.

I agree. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but I think that if you want to hear Jeff or whoever it may be, then go and buy their albums. I cant understand why people dont just do that if they dont want to hear Brian sing lead vocals. Either that or just listen to the stuff that you can actually bear to listen to. Either that or go and listen to Everything I Need by The Wilsons or something (I know Brian sings a bit on that) but if you want to hear someone else sing Brians songs then listen to that etc... So yeh I couldnt agree more with you that they wouldnt be Brian songs if Brian wasnt singing them.

[Ron]

I agree, the quirky crazy slightly shrill thing is kind of what Brian's trademark is.  He sang much better of course with the boys but that's kind of the trademark of a beach boys song, not a Brian Wilson song. 

[Aegir]

I don't think Brian needs to be a solo artist. I'd rather the Brian Wilson Band, full of great singers and songwriters, contribute too. Mike was smart, he let his son sing some leads.

[mikeyj]

I don't think Brian needs to be a solo artist. I'd rather the Brian Wilson Band, full of great singers and songwriters, contribute too. Mike was smart, he let his son sing some leads.

Well nobody is forcing you to buy Brian's solo albums/works. So if you don't want to hear them then just don't buy them. Simple.

[HeyJude]

Well, here's another example of the official BW website not really keeping up to date with publicizing these things. To be fair, the CD won't even be released until July 31st, so I would imagine it'll get a mention on the BW website eventually.

The sample sounds pretty decent. It kind of sounds like it might have been a co-write with somebody else; it doesn't sound 100% Brian-ish in terms of composition. It doesn't sound at all out of character for Brian either, though. The bit where he goes into the falsetto briefly sounds a bit wonky, but the rest of it sounded okay. It sounded polished but not overly so, and it didn't sound overproduced and overarranged like a lot of the stuff on "GIOMH." I sure hope this new track doesn't have a sax solo in it, or sax anywhere for that matter. I just re-listened to a bunch of "GIOMH", and while I'm not as down on the album as some, I can't stand the "honk-honk" saxophone running all through so many songs from beginning to end, not to mention the general overproduced Disney-soundtrack sound (i.e. "A Friend Like You").

It'll be interesting to see who wrote the song, who produced it, and who plays and sings on it. I wonder if this is another track in conjunction with Ramone. I also wonder if it's a totally new recording or if it's something that might have been recorded at some point over the last five years or so. Wasn't there some sort of press release or news story a few years ago about Brian writing with new writer? I can't remember the other writer's name, but I remember some sort of report about that. 

[Aegir]

I don't think Brian needs to be a solo artist. I'd rather the Brian Wilson Band, full of great singers and songwriters, contribute too. Mike was smart, he let his son sing some leads.

Well nobody is forcing you to buy Brian's solo albums/works. So if you don't want to hear them then just don't buy them. Simple.

I do want to hear them, but I would rather Brian not sing lead on all of his songs. Doesn't mean I don't want to hear them, though. I listen to Brian alot, I love Imagination and the Christmas album.

[mikeyj]

I do want to hear them, but I would rather Brian not sing lead on all of his songs. Doesn't mean I don't want to hear them, though. I listen to Brian alot, I love Imagination and the Christmas album.

Yeh I do understand what you mean. I can understand where people are coming from sometimes, Brian's voice is a bit much sometimes, but when Brian gets it right I would rather him over anybody else in his band. Note: I stress the "IF" he gets it right (ie: what we know Brian is capable of).

[matt-zeus]

This is a fresh sounding song, and Brian sounds energetic and enthusiastic, and not 'tweaked' in any way either!

[HighOnLife]

If I wanted to hear the other guys, I'll listen to my Wondermints stuff.

[Rocker]

He wrote it with Van Dyke Parks according to imdb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488508/soundtrack

[Jonas]

If somebody else sang lead, they wouldn't be Brian Wilson songs.

Wouldn't it be nice to li...ahh forget about it.

[Andrew G. Doe]

On the evidence of a 29-second clip... meh.

[Fun Is In]

One of the things he seems challenged to include any more is the great emotional depth that he could convey in his vocals in the good old days. 

To my ear, the vocals seldom seem tied to the emotions represented in the lyrics. He still succeeds some times, but not like when he was a young man with an intact mind.

[Amy B.]

To my ear, the vocals seldom seem tied to the emotions represented in the lyrics. He still succeeds some times, but not like when he was a young man with an intact mind.

One of the times I think he succeeded was in the Carnie duet of "You Are So Beautiful." Not my favorite backing track at all (very Carnie, though), but Brian sounded very invested in it. Also, the Christmas album. Few people seemed to like it, but it had many of the elements people have been clamoring for. Brian put emotion into his vocals, for example. "Snow so deep, stars so bright..." He clearly put care into the way he sang it.

[Sheriff John Stone]

One of the things he seems challenged to include any more is the great emotional depth that he could convey in his vocals in the good old days. 

To my ear, the vocals seldom seem tied to the emotions represented in the lyrics. He still succeeds some times, but not like when he was a young man with an intact mind.

Yes, yes, and yes!

[phirnis]

Sounds quite alright to these ears. Go, Brian!

[the captain]

Someone else needs to start singing lead on Brian's songs.

Amen. It has nothing to do with not liking Brian's songs, and it is not remotely like listening to a Wondermints album. But Brian can barely sing a lot of his own parts anymore. If when he was at the peak of his vocal powers he was able to dole out parts to others, why shouldn't he do it now? I think the recordings would be far superior if he assigned parts to appropriate voices. That doesn't mean he'd have to sit out this song or that, but he could certainly only take certain pieces. Obviously most of you disagree by your previous comments. But that's what I think.

I also think:

On the evidence of a 29-second clip... meh.

[SG7]

Totally sounds like something from the Believe in Yourself/ GIOMH era. Lots of overdubbing going on here. I'll still be anxious to hear the rest of it.

[HighOnLife]

If Brian is going to dole out parts to other people, he might as well sell his songs to the highest bidder (which might mean nobody). Since he's not with the Beach Boys any longer, I see no reason for him to become part of an ensemble. If his voice is that shot, he should just retire outright.