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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Bonus Tracks That Are Better Than \
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on: June 08, 2022, 07:28:19 AM
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Interesting topic, pm. The bonus track (actually a combination of bonus tracks) that comes straight to my mind is "Can't Wait Too Long" on the SS/WH twofer. I couldn't believe my ears the first time I heard it -- it was like a whole new world opening up. I say combination of tracks, because its predecessor is the a cappella "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring" and the contrast couldn't be greater, from that song's intimate chamber setting to the musical equivalent of a tropical landscape.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Album Closers
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on: May 22, 2022, 03:48:08 AM
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Good call, BL. Three that immediately come to mind: - "The End" (The Doors song) - "Kandy Korn" (on Captain Beefheart's Strictly Personal). That final instrumental workout takes album closers to another level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwp5Cic3N3I - "When The Levee Breaks" ( Led Zeppelin IV). Putting "Stairway To Heaven" at the end of side one rather than side two was a stroke of genius. Bonham's drumming on "WTLB" is to die for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVvizpjJK4As for Beach Boys albums, "Surf's Up" is about as good as it gets. I also have a soft spot for "The Shift" on their debut, as its unique harmonic structure gives an inkling of what Brian would be capable of in the years to come...
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Tears For Fears
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on: May 15, 2022, 02:58:46 AM
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Is anyone else here a huge fan?
Their newest album, The Tipping Point has been on replay for me since I first got it.
My wife and I going to see them on tour next month!! Hi there, pm. Not a huge fan but I knew and liked a few of the early songs at the time, most notably "Mad World" and "Shout". I watched a great documentary about them a while back. Hope you enjoy the concert next month!
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles
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on: April 26, 2022, 10:53:06 AM
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I love "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". Absolutely love those recordings! The video for "Real Love" is pretty bad though.
The "Get Back" movie I didn't watch. A friend of mine and I were going to but after he zapped through all three parts and basically only saw talking bits and other stuff that didn't seem to be very interesting, we decided not to. I only made sure to watch the rooftop performance (I love that and the idea of it). And honestly I don't feel like I missed anything. But I'm not a fan. If I was I probably would have a different view (although, I still haven't seen "Long promised Road" yet). I'm not a huge Beatles fan either! But I lived through their entire career and I do appreciate their immense talent as a band. I think if you weren't to watch the talking bits, the rest of the film would make no sense. It's the talk that drives Get Back: Paul's Herculean efforts to create something good out of the mess they started off with; John's ability to twist everything into hilarious one-liners; George's complaints about being ignored (and walking out of the sessions at one point); and Ringo's lack of talk, but when it comes to trying out stuff, he's onto it straight away. My wife and I watched all three parts and were mesmerized. That's another thing -- if you miss out on the "preamble", the concert seems facile, whereas it was a major struggle to put it on at all. And Billy Preston's entry into the project at a late stage is worth the price of admission alone -- what an inspiration he proved to be! Just my two euro cents.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The return of the "What are you listening to now?" thread
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on: April 10, 2022, 12:55:56 AM
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Uploader Dan Fingerman's description says it all (not to forget the ~350 comments): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YgGYE6DUAHi peeps. A bit of a different upload today. I found this video on Youtube through a Discord server about Boards of Canada. The original uploader claimed to have found this video on a thrifted VHS tape. People went nuts over the fact this could be unreleased Boards of Canada tracks, but I doubt it. Especially since the tape was found in the USA, according to the original uploader. Some Boards of Canada tracks seem to have been sprinkled in though. I liked the upload so I downloaded it. Turns out the original uploader deleted the entire channel (probably due to hate from people saying it's fake). Never thought I'd be someone to save something from being lost media, but here I am... I doubt it's a lost Boards of Canada release, but it's a really nice collection of music anyway! Hope you enjoy it. Original description from the now deleted video: A few or more years ago I used to work at a local Red White & Blue Thrift center and the employees would always get first pick on any of the items that were dropped off. There was a box full of VHS tapes, some of which were horror movies. I grabbed four of the tapes. The tapes have remained on my shelf and never watched any of them until recently over the pandemic when the entire world was in lockdown. I went to go watch The Shining. I took the tape out of it's box and noticed there was no label on the VHS tape. I popped it in and to my surprise this is what was on that tape. I was a little irritated, as I am a big Stephen King fan and was looking to watch the movie. I fast forwarded the tape, but it goes all blank after the music and clouds stop. I figured, some jack-ass decided to over dub cheesy music over some boring video footage of clouds. After all these months, I decided to convert the VHS footage to digital and post it. No idea who made this tape, whether it's some kind of joke, or what the music is. I tried to use the Shazam music app to see if I could identify, but no luck there. Maybe someone else knows? If I had to make an honest guess, I think possibly the tape is a student experiment for a class and maybe they made a tape compiled of music to throw on top of it and they accidentally put it in the wrong cassette box? Either way, I find it interesting or maybe slightly creepy. I was goin to throw the tape away, but something about the whole ordeal, I find very interesting. Timestamps 00: 00:00 01: 00:17 02: 01:30 03: 02:55 04: 03:08 05: 06:14 06: 07:28 07: 09:04 08: 10:07 09: 13:25 10: 14:20 (Boqurant - Boards of Canada) 11: 15:33 12: 18:06 13: 20:05 14: 21:54 15: 22:18 16: 24:40 (Seeya Later - Boards of Canada) 17: 28:42 18: 30:40 19: 32:50 20: 35:44 21: 39:32
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Paul McCartney's RAM - the most 'beach boys' Beatle album?
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on: April 05, 2022, 10:52:41 AM
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I was listening to RAM recently and struck by the Wilson influence in this one. A couple of thoughts I jotted down -
-Ram On --Sounds like it could have been a smiley smile outtake. You get some bass vocals very reminiscent of Mike. Some really cool harmonies in general behind this sparse production effort.
-Dear Boy --Starts off extremely Beatles-y...but about 25 seconds in we get some beach boys style harmonies with a 'child is the father of the man' style counterpoint
Uncle Albert --Brian Wilson style chords and bass all over this one. Some smile esque 'vocal noises', humor, transitions
Smile Away --Sounds like a prototype of 15 Big Ones era
Monkberry moon delight -- Mashing triad piano, cool backing vocals. Reminds me of night blooming jasmine and ding dang a bit Fascinating observation, barto. I gave all the tracks a listen (I'm not familiar with the album as a whole) and I see what you mean, particularly in the first three instances. For completeness' sake, here is the album in question. Starting times of songs are in the first comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdGaLyow4Ag
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