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« on: March 05, 2009, 03:13:18 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 05:36:23 AM »
Great interview ! Thanks. Probably one of the most interesting Brian-interviews I know.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 06:05:17 AM »
Quote from: Rocker on March 05, 2009, 05:36:23 AM
Great interview ! Thanks. Probably one of the most interesting Brian-interviews I know.

Yeah... he's really talking this time, isn't he?
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 07:20:53 AM »
Quote from: The Heartical Don on March 05, 2009, 06:05:17 AM
Quote from: Rocker on March 05, 2009, 05:36:23 AM
Great interview ! Thanks. Probably one of the most interesting Brian-interviews I know.

Yeah... he's really talking this time, isn't he?


Yeah, he is. But also the interviewer asks some interesting questions about music. I really love this. No talk about the sandbox, crazy "fire"-sessions or Charles Manson. This is how one should interview Brian...
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 07:40:46 AM »
Quote from: Rocker on March 05, 2009, 07:20:53 AM
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Quote from: Rocker on March 05, 2009, 05:36:23 AM
Great interview ! Thanks. Probably one of the most interesting Brian-interviews I know.

Yeah... he's really talking this time, isn't he?


Yeah, he is. But also the interviewer asks some interesting questions about music. I really love this. No talk about the sandbox, crazy "fire"-sessions or Charles Manson. This is how one should interview Brian...

Spot on. If more interviewers could muster the decency of Ken Sharp, we might see much more informative interviews.
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 08:48:30 AM »
Good one indeed. Now can you imagine Ding Dang still being his very favorite song on the entire Love You album? Gotta love this guy.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 01:00:52 PM »
Ding Dang is one of his most inspired songs?
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 01:18:38 PM »
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After it was done I took a certain part of where I was singing and I made a mono tape loop and put my voice on the tape loop. I sent the loop into an echo chamber. I went into the echo chamber and listened to my voice in a circle and walked out of there in another world.

I wish I could've been in that echo chamber.
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 05:16:32 PM »
This is an amazing interview.. thank you for posting it.  His memory is impeccable.. very 'with it'
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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 05:35:22 PM »
That's what surprised me most when I interviewed him, when he's engaged his memory is very good.
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 11:50:30 PM »
Quote from: variable2 on March 05, 2009, 05:16:32 PM
This is an amazing interview.. thank you for posting it.  His memory is impeccable.. very 'with it'

Thank you. I was surprised too. I'd think that when he's totally comfortable, no 'minders' around, and not suspecting someone wanting to 'use' him for his own purposes but honestly interested, he'd be able to come up with a lot of new and fascinating insights.
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 12:05:36 AM »
Now, why can't every Brian Wilson interview be this good? There was one thing that really surprised me though:

“Surf’s Up.”
That was written with Van Dyke Parks in 1966 and it was done on drugs. We took speed pills. “Surf’s Up” was probably the worst vocal I ever sang.
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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2009, 01:09:14 AM »
Quote from: Jay on March 06, 2009, 12:05:36 AM
Now, why can't every Brian Wilson interview be this good? There was one thing that really surprised me though:

“Surf’s Up.”
That was written with Van Dyke Parks in 1966 and it was done on drugs. We took speed pills. “Surf’s Up” was probably the worst vocal I ever sang.



Hmmm... but isn't that a fitting explanation why he did not want it resurrected/reconstructed for the album Surf's Up, later?
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 04:53:34 PM »
Speaking of Smile era vocals he didn't like, hasn't he also said about H&V (the released version, wasn't it?) that he sounds like he's "singing that one taking a s**t"?
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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2009, 11:23:33 PM »
Yeah, he also says they messed up the singing on the chorus to "California Girls". He was just to hard on himself.
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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2009, 09:52:44 PM »
Quote from: Dada on March 13, 2009, 11:23:33 PM
Yeah, he also says they messed up the singing on the chorus to "California Girls". He was just to hard on himself.

Actually that one is true...you can hear that their singing is slightly behind the beat. 

I've never understood how he can hate his vocal on the Surf's Up demo though.  I've always found that to be one of his best vocal performances.
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« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2009, 05:42:04 AM »
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Yeah, he also says they messed up the singing on the chorus to "California Girls". He was just to hard on himself.

Actually that one is true...you can hear that their singing is slightly behind the beat. 

I've never understood how he can hate his vocal on the Surf's Up demo though.  I've always found that to be one of his best vocal performances.

actually they are on top of the beat, not behind
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« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2009, 02:48:51 PM »
Love that he gives shout outs to "How Deep Is Your Love" and "What A Fool Believes", among others.  Makes perfect sense that he would dig those tunes.
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« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2009, 10:20:21 AM »
 Brian XM Interview

 Did anyone hear it?

 http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=6

 
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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2009, 03:19:50 PM »
they had it today, not sure if its the same one
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« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2009, 04:39:56 PM »
Quote from: Chris Brown on April 25, 2009, 09:52:44 PM

I've never understood how he can hate his vocal on the Surf's Up demo though.  I've always found that to be one of his best vocal performances.
Well, BW also hates his vocals on Let Him Run... which leads me to think he's not a fan of his higher vocals. Personally I think he's out of his mind (as far as those tunes go!) but can understand not liking one's own voice.
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