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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / RIP Jeff Beck
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on: January 11, 2023, 02:34:14 PM
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From Mike Stax of the Ugly Things zine the sad news that a sudden attack of meningitis has taken Jeff Beck. Whether or not you think his tour with Brian was an interesting experiment or a mismatch or maybe even a success, no denying the enormous degree to which he expanded the possibilities of the electric guitar. I stood 15 feet from him at his Louisville show in ‘76 and the word phenomenal is what comes to mind all these years later. RIP
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Brian at number 57 in new Rolling Stone greatest singers list
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on: January 02, 2023, 01:02:59 PM
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/Rolling Stone’s done another list of the greatest singers of all time - pointing out in the intro that the criteria used to determine greatest singer are different from those used to decide the greatest technically proficient vocalists. The last time the magazine put together such a list, a dozen years ago, it was 100 greatest; now it’s 200 greatest. Much more so than was the case in the previous list, non-rock singers are included. For example, Om Khalsoum, the great Egyptian singer is on it, and so is Ofra Haza. Brian is at number 57 and Carl is not included. Very remarkably, Joe Cocker, who certainly would have been in the top ten or at least 20 if Rolling Stone had done an issue like this in the 1970s, isn’t included at all. He was number 98 in the earlier list of 100. Harry Nilsson is another fine singer not in the list.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Mike Love on Cameo
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on: April 20, 2021, 03:37:53 PM
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Sorry about starting the thread twice but at first I got an error message and I tried it again.
It’s interesting to compare the 125 smackeroos Mike charges to what others charge. Carnie asks for $75, Neil Sedaka for $399, Debbie Gibson $250, for example.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Seconds on Amazon Prime
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on: October 19, 2019, 05:18:53 PM
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If you’re not an Amazon Prime subscriber, Seconds can be seen for free here: https://archive.org/details/John.Frankenheimer..Seconds.1966angeeParaZoowoman.websiteFast forward to the 20 minute mark if you want to start at the point Brian walked in to see it.... though I should add that even when seen from the beginning this is uneasy viewing and if watched after dark preferably should not be seen alone. I’ve discussed Seconds a bit in other topic threads about the movie here so will just note, again, that the casting of two actors playing the same person naturally brings Love and Mercy to mind though I don’t know if Bill Pohlad had seen this film before deciding to use two actors to play Brian. That said there are definite similarities between the second half of L&M and the second and third “acts” of Seconds.... |
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Kim Shattuck RIP
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on: October 02, 2019, 06:14:55 PM
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Kim Shattuck, who first gained notice as a member of the Pandoras and later led the pop/punk band the Muffs, died this morning in LA at the age of 56 after a two year battle with ALS aka Lou Gehrig’s disease. As a rocker and a screamer she was second to none. The first two Muffs albums hold up as well as just about anything released in the 90s. But sometimes her songwriting displayed a gentler and occasionally BB’s influenced side. That was probably why she and her Muffs bandmates appeared at one of the Wild Honey shows in LA some years ago and performed this: https://youtu.be/IHj8wKXiLR0Seeing Kim taking on one of the most complicated Brian melodies is a little startling and though she might have done better tearing through, say, Little Honda, there’s something gentle and childlike in her delivery that fits in. She’ll be missed. |
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Gary Stewart Estate Sale In LA this weekend 8/17-18
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on: August 15, 2019, 09:09:30 AM
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https://www.estatesales.net/CA/Santa-Monica/90405/2264232Dusting off this thread because this Saturday and Sunday at the late Gary Stewart’s Mar Vista home there’s a sale of all his belongings (except for his gigantic vinyl/CD/tape collection which was bequeathed to his Rhino store colleague Jeff Gold). Items include his huge collection of books (which would have many out of print and extremely collectible music related titles), his countless x-large Hawaiian shirts, lots of DVDs and VHS tapes, tons of promotional swag from T shirts down to badges, potted plants...and his bike. Proceeds go to his favorite charities. Further details and photos at the link above.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Gary Stewart RIP
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on: April 12, 2019, 10:08:52 AM
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This morning news came of the sudden death of Gary Stewart, longtime employee of Rhino Records (first at its store, later at its label as A&R head and Vice President) and for the last 14 years working at Apple’s iTunes. His career is on topic here because he was involved in every appearance of a BBs track on a Rhino compilation...not to mention those two three inch CDs of BBs music he put together in the late 1980s. One of the all time great record men, as they used to call ‘em, and a very good guy. RIP. https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/11400/gives some background on his career up to the time he joined Apple. |
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