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« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2006, 09:06:16 PM » |
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If it has leaves and proper color it's alive. I thought you were going to the Serge Gainsbourg thread.
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« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2006, 09:13:42 PM » |
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i was there, check it out. btw i think BEYONCE would be HOTTTTER than she already is, if she spoke french.
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« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2006, 09:15:06 PM » |
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Listen to Les Nubians. They look like Beyonce AND they speak French.
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« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2006, 09:17:12 PM » |
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I'm Soooo there, hey Dr. Esquire, book us a flight?
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« Reply #29 on: February 14, 2006, 09:18:08 PM » |
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I'll get my cannon ready.
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« Reply #30 on: February 14, 2006, 09:38:40 PM » |
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That's such a romantic song. Shame it wasn't about Brian's then-wife Marilyn. I like the song even more because of that. |
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« Reply #31 on: February 14, 2006, 09:42:38 PM » |
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Different strokes for different folks.
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« Reply #32 on: February 14, 2006, 09:50:38 PM » |
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True. Brians a funny bastard though you have to admit.
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« Reply #33 on: February 14, 2006, 09:52:46 PM » |
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Yep. The fatter he got, the funnier he got. BW at 340 lbs should've been doing fat white gangsta rap. Raps about drugs and birthday cake and big grilled steaks.
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« Reply #34 on: February 14, 2006, 09:54:16 PM » |
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Maybe Smart Girls was conceived during that period?
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« Reply #35 on: February 14, 2006, 09:55:09 PM » |
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Smart Girls isn't fat white gangsta rap. Smart Girls is portly white comedy rap.
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« Reply #36 on: February 14, 2006, 09:56:02 PM » |
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No, but it's rap and it's funny.
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« Reply #37 on: February 14, 2006, 09:58:43 PM » |
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touche Doc.
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« Reply #38 on: February 15, 2006, 01:27:28 AM » |
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Maybe Smart Girls was conceived during that period?
Tell 'em, Ian. |
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« Reply #39 on: February 15, 2006, 01:51:37 AM » |
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SMART GIRLS DOES NOT EXIST!
Never has, never will.
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« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2006, 01:58:44 AM » |
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Like Alan said, if we knew more about Brian's early lyrical work it woudl be easier...but going just on what we know he wrote, I would go with A Day In The Life of a Tree. "Oh lord I lay me down, my branches to the ground, there's nothing left for me". Gut-wrenching stuff.
Uh, am I remembering this wrong? Wasn't it Jack Reilly who wrote the lyrics (and Brian the music)? I know, I wish Brian had written the lyrics and sang the thing but...  |
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« Reply #41 on: February 15, 2006, 03:50:59 AM » |
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"Til I Die"
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« Reply #42 on: February 15, 2006, 08:16:37 AM » |
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"Well, oh my, oh gosh, oh gee"
Seriously. It's so dumb it's great.
I knew you'd come over to the dark side, Jeff. It's my favourite too, pretty much goes without saying being a Roller Skating Child nut. I also like what's immediately before that line: "We'll make sweet lovin' when the sun goes down We'll even do more when your mama's not around" |
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« Reply #43 on: February 15, 2006, 08:59:41 AM » |
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Love You has his most entertaining lyrics. Till I Die is he greatest personal statement in his own words.
Question, maybe deserving its own thread......
I bought Pet Sounds in London this past weekend and watched the interview with Tony Asher.
I knew that Tony was the chief lyricist but I had been under the impression that he mostly helped Brian flesh out his ideas, put them into verse form, and help fit/set them to music.
But the interview gives the impression that Brian did the music only, that the ideas and lyrics were Ashers..
What is the prevailing wisdom on this topic?
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« Reply #44 on: February 15, 2006, 09:21:56 AM » |
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I read a couple of interviews about it, and I THINK it was like this:
Brian and Tony met at Brian's house and talked for a couple of hours about a topic (growing up, new love, dates, break-ups...the whole PS-stuff). To establish a mood and find a topic for a song. Then Brian played a song or melody or some chords on the piano, and Tony went home and wrote lyrics to it. = Idea by Brian AND Tony, Words by Tony. I also read that Brian made Tony correct or change some lyrics now and then.
Correct me if I´m wrong.
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« Reply #45 on: February 15, 2006, 09:34:17 AM » |
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Brian could be quite specific on things he didn't like. And he also had lyric ideas that Tony had to work from. Didn't Tony say that Brian "didn't write lyrics, he edited them" or something similar? I think Brian had the same relation to Mike Love with writing. Mike wrote the words, but Brian could tell Mike what the song was supposed to be about, and even edit his lines.
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« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2006, 09:35:13 AM » |
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That sounds closer to what I've heard in the past. Tonys spin in the film makes it sound a little more like he was the sole lyricist.
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« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2006, 10:01:27 AM » |
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In addition to the other Love You stuff listed here, I have always liked the Brian being Brian line "...pat, pat, pat pat pat her on her butt, butt" very profound...
But for weighty, contemplative poetic work, 'Til I Die is a no-brainer.
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« Reply #48 on: February 15, 2006, 12:17:27 PM » |
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"I try hard to be more
What you want me to be"
Killed me the first time I heard this. Hearing this part in stereo freaked me out. Just the brutal honesty it's conveying.
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