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Jim V.
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I don't know if this has ever been asked, but what is up with that Classics selected by BW album. Some of the selections seem a little odd. Let me explain.
First of all, we have H&V, Surf's Up, Wonderful: all songs originally intended for Smile. I'm pretty sure by 2002 he may have been playing these again live, but to already pick these as his favorites, well, I dont know.
Then we have Sail On, Sailor: these days he's pretty much said he hates the song (Warmth of the Sun blog, in concert)...so whats the deal?
Also, he mentions Funky Pretty as a favorite, not one he mentions too much.
I'm not saying I don't believe these choices were him, because the song commentary definately is him, but the choices seem a little odd for Brian, especially given the time.
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February 16, 2010, 12:16:36 AM »
For several reasons I love this compilation more than the majority of the others; the Warmth Of The Sun comp is another favourite. I am fond of the cover pic... it almost has religious overtones.
As for the song selection: I am a bit wary about Brian's input. The new recording of California Feeling sounds somewhat tired to me. But perhaps this very track was intended to be the album's selling point, apart from the stereo mixes.
So I share your doubts.
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February 16, 2010, 12:34:57 AM »
Personally, I doubt that Brian had anything to do with it. The songs, to me at least, seem the obvious ones that any outsider might pick in order to showcase Brian rather than the band. For example, the picks from the 1968-1973 albums feature 4 written solely by Brian and Marcella and Sail on Sailor. I don't see any of Brian's individuality in those picks. The only 3 with Mike writing credits are the super-hits and the only strange choice is We're Together Again which Brian may have nothing to do with the writing of.
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Again, excepting WTA, and the new version of CF, all were favorites of Brian's live show. I think with SOS, Brian hates doing the song more than he hates the actual song. Either that, or he doesn't like the memories it conjures up (more likely). As with everything Brian says, you have to take it with a grain of salt. I wish someone would ask Brian *why* he doesn't like it.
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Quote from: Fear 2 Stop® on February 16, 2010, 01:42:53 AM
Again, excepting WTA, and the new version of CF, all were favorites of Brian's live show. I think with SOS, Brian hates doing the song more than he hates the actual song. Either that, or he doesn't like the memories it conjures up (more likely). As with everything Brian says, you have to take it with a grain of salt. I wish someone would ask Brian *why* he doesn't like it.
I think he explained it in the "Warmth of the Sun" podcast series. IIRC it's mostly the lyrics he doesn't like.
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February 16, 2010, 05:42:47 AM »
I'm perplexed by the versions of two songs. Why use the inferior Wonderful? The true version had already been released on the Box Set. The superior Time to Get Alone had been released on Hawthorne as well. The overall sound is still excellent on the comp. A California Feeling with Beach Boy backing vocals would have been nice but I don't know if that would have been feasible.
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February 16, 2010, 06:42:24 AM »
I can't complain about this album. THIS is what got me into Brian and the BB's back in 2003.
I wanted a decent overview of the band's career (the post-surfing stuff AND some non-hit surfing stuff) and this is the only one out there like that.
All their other compilations were just the hits - this wasn't. The fact that it has Time to get Alone AND Busy Doin' Nothing certainly justifies it.
I still feel this is the definitive single-disc compilation to introduce a newcomer to the band.
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Quote from: oranjuly on February 16, 2010, 06:42:24 AM
I can't complain about this album. THIS is what got me into Brian and the BB's back in 2003.
I wanted a decent overview of the band's career (the post-surfing stuff AND some non-hit surfing stuff) and this is the only one out there like that.
All their other compilations were just the hits - this wasn't. The fact that it has Time to get Alone AND Busy Doin' Nothing certainly justifies it.
I still feel this is the definitive single-disc compilation to introduce a newcomer to the band.
Seconded. It is a very special collection.
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Ask Brian today what he thinks of a particular song he wrote and then ask him the same question 24 hours later to get the polar opposite responce.
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Any "insiders" with an info/anecdotes on this collection?
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February 17, 2010, 06:29:23 PM »
I feel like Brian has only come to hate Sail On Sailor in the past few years of performing it...Maybe he just hates performing it? The words are a bit overwhelming to sing night after night. or maybe he hated that he didn't give two $hits about it at the time of writing it with Van or that so many other people had to help write it, btw...anyone know the individual lyrics that were written by whom?
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My guess is that the bulk of the released BB lyric is Jack's, with bits of VDP and Kennedy.
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That's the impression I've been under.
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on February 17, 2010, 09:48:50 PM
My guess is that the bulk of the released BB lyric is Jack's, with bits of VDP and Kennedy.
That sounds right. Nobody tells the story of how the song came together in the same way so I'm just going on instinct and on how different the KGB lyric is.
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February 18, 2010, 02:30:47 AM »
Nobody's yet mentioned the words David and Leaf which I would have thought most relevant.
I love this and 'Warmth' because they're both HDCD encoded. Heroes and the other stereo remixes sound spectacuar.
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February 22, 2010, 01:28:29 PM »
I became so tired of compilations that I never bought it.
Maybe I should.
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Quote from: B-Rex on February 16, 2010, 05:42:47 AM
The superior Time to Get Alone had been released on Hawthorne as well.
well that's a matter of opinion.
Brian may have had nothing to do with writing We're Together Again? first time i've heard that.
I have heard that the only reason Brian has a writing credit on Deirdre is because of its similarity to WTA.
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This compilation have stereo mixes made for this release?
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Quote from: B-Rex on February 16, 2010, 05:42:47 AM
The superior Time to Get Alone had been released on Hawthorne as well.
Superior in your opinion. Not mine. Nor Brian & Carl's either, evidently.
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Quote from: MBE on February 17, 2010, 11:54:26 PM
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on February 17, 2010, 09:48:50 PM
My guess is that the bulk of the released BB lyric is Jack's, with bits of VDP and Kennedy.
That sounds right. Nobody tells the story of how the song came together in the same way so I'm just going on instinct and on how different the KGB lyric is.
Has anyone ever asked Brian directly about the song's origin and subsequent development?
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I don't think that they used the "wrong" version of 'Time To Get Alone'. The '20/20' version is the definitive one and the 'Hawthorne' version is, even if you personally like it better, work in progress so it makes sense that they used the more familiar version. But it's a different thing with 'Wonderful'. I also never understood why the 'Smiley Smile' version was chosen over the 'Smile' version.
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honestly, if Brian chose the smiley version, that just makes it even more bizarre and interesting
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Re: Classic Seletcted By BW
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Thinking about the Smiley Smile version versus the 'Smile' version; I wonder how Brian hears that song when he imagines it in his mind. It could be a different answer before and after BWPS.
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Quote from: johnnyhypothesis on February 23, 2010, 06:07:08 AM
Thinking about the Smiley Smile version versus the 'Smile' version; I wonder how Brian hears that song when he imagines it in his mind. It could be a different answer before and after BWPS.
It would not surprise me at all if he'd heard the Smile version much more often over the years than the SS version. Was he such an avid listener to their own albums?
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Re: Classic Seletcted By BW
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Aside from the nice fade, i don't think the mix on Hawthorne of Time to Get Alone is anywhere near as nice as the official 20/20 version. And i love the Smiley Smile version of Wonderful. Perhaps Brian thinks the album deserves a break, which it does. But again, just one guys opinion...
Anyway, i really like this Classics album, it's a great selection of songs. I'd never, until the issue was raised here, doubted Brian had picked the tracks. Although it quite odd that, considering how much he bangs on about how Love You is the most underated BB album all the time (something with which I strongly disagree), he didn't pick a song from that album.
Funky Pretty is a great track - maybe, while listening back through their albums, he was reminded of how great it is (but At My Window? A nice track, but like the 9th or 10th best song on Sunflower).
It's a little disapointing that every single selection is primarily a Brian song - it would've been nice for him to have acknoleged his brothers songwriting talents also, even if it had just meant him opting for the predictable Forever. One of Carl's Surf's Up tracks would have been more than worthy of inclusion.
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