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« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2008, 01:16:14 PM » |
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Agreed - the last worthwhile track the band recorded. No excuses required.
*Better than Soul Searchin' and Still A Mystery? *I expect AGD to disagree with this, but the two Paley songs were the last worthwhile tracks the band recorded. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 10, 2008, 09:49:11 PM » |
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« Reply #27 on: October 10, 2008, 10:46:09 PM » |
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If you're saying "... Japan" was the last good released (non-box set/comp) BB track, then I will agree with that.
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« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2008, 10:20:39 AM » |
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Yup.
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« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2008, 01:39:19 AM » |
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I just watched the video of Somewhere Near Japan provided by the link on the previous page. I had forgotten how much I liked the song. I actually like the echo in this song. To me it adds to the "mysterious" vibe in the lyrics. I know what Smilin Ed H means though. I've always HATED the weird echo effect on Mike vocal on "Getcha Back". A simple double tracked vocal, or a vocal "doubled" with Al or Carl would have sufficed.
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« Reply #30 on: October 15, 2008, 06:30:56 AM » |
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If you're saying "... Japan" was the last good released (non-box set/comp) BB track, then I will agree with that.
i'm trying to think of a way in which i could disagree with this but it's pretty much impossible XD |
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« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2008, 11:36:33 AM » |
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I can't get the video to play. I regesitered and got HMR but no SNJ. What is the trick?
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« Reply #32 on: October 22, 2008, 12:37:03 PM » |
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While I think that Jardine's vocal on Strange Things is superb and that alone makes the song listenable, I also agree that Japan was their last really good one. In terms of the 4th CD of Good Vibes, for completeness sake I think you could have added Where I Belong, Somewhere Near Japan and maybe the live version of SIP
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« Reply #33 on: October 27, 2008, 07:16:50 AM » |
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I got out the Still Cruisin disc and blew off the dust, played SNJ and read the lyrics as I listened.
Struck me first of all as a metaphor of the last days of the Beach Boys. Very touching when you hear it that way.
My engine's all burned out
My crew has all bailed out
I don't know where I am
But it's somewhere near Japan
And she said
"Rescue me"
I'm somewhere in the
China Sea
I think I'm sinkin' fast
This call is probably my last
I'm throwin' out a life line
And I'm doin' it for old time's sake
Though I know you're gonna break my heart
One more time
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« Reply #34 on: November 05, 2008, 10:21:34 AM » |
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Listened again today. Three times. I love Carl's part especially. Are there any as of yet unreleased songs with Carl vocals of this quality? I thnk there must be some .......other than Soul Searching.
This album in general was so disappointing that I never really payed much attention to this little gem of a song. Glad I finally found it.
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« Reply #35 on: November 05, 2008, 11:08:02 AM » |
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I like your viewpoint of this song as posted above.
Although the album itself was sh*t, I kinda hold a softspot for it, as the day I bought it (for $1 clearance!) my wife & I, um, "hooked up" for the first time.
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« Reply #36 on: November 05, 2008, 07:45:45 PM » |
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I still have a soft spot for Framptom Comes Alive for the same reason  ooooohhhh bebbie I luv yer waaayyyy!!! (evereyday) |
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« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2008, 11:48:21 AM » |
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I still have a soft spot for Framptom Comes Alive for the same reason ooooohhhh bebbie I luv yer waaayyyy!!! (evereyday) "Do You Feel Like I Feel" was recorded at my university! |
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