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| Re: The Beach Boys [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 06:58 AM CDT thanks mikeyj, i'll look into it. |
| Re: Tribute bands [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 05:22 AM CDT Anyone have that 7" EP by Harmony Beach? Yup... and the CD with the bonus track I 'engineered' (that is, I set the level on the (admittedly broadcast quality) cassette recorder, held the mike up and pressed the record key  ). |
| Re: Tribute bands [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 05:18 AM CDT Didnt Flash Cadillac + continental kids do a tribute song or lp..  I forget..Sons Of The Beaches - excellent album: CD reissue has bonus tracks. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 05:14 AM CDT I mean almost every book on the Beach Boys is based around Brian and that's obviously fair enough. But it is usually full of bias and prejudice against Mike. Peter Ames Carlin's book treats Mike more even-handedly than any other I've read. |
| Re: POB: \ [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 04:33 AM CDT F$#@ - It's criminal that these songs have remained unreleased for 31 years. Wow! Just can't wait!!!!! |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 04:21 AM CDT It was once put to me that if you consider the upheavals during Mike's late teens/early twenties, his monetary concerns are easier to understand - in the space of maybe three years he went from being a carefree highschool student with a wealthy family and a lovely home to being a young married with a baby working two crappy jobs whose mother threw him out of the house. Add to that his father's business (= his inheritance) going belly up shortly after, and that's got to psychologically scar someone just as much as having an abusive father and a mother with a growing drink problem. Plus the abrupt change from being the Wilson's social superiors to pretty much depending on their son to bale you out. Think about it. Very true Andrew. That's clearly why (or atleast the major factor) why Mike is always looking at the "commercial" side of things. And perhaps Brian's abuse from Murry etc.. was why he was always so full of such loving music. You have to look back at history to understand why people are like they are and that is exactly why I think a book on Mike needs to be done. I'm sure like a lot of people I will always love the Wilsons better than any of the other members but like I said clearly Mike aint as bad as everyone makes out. He is clearly just misunderstood. And once he was condemned by the likes of Leaf, Priore etc.. he was pretty much stuck in a hole and now can't get out of it cause in most cases writers etc.. are totally against him. I mean almost every book on the Beach Boys is based around Brian and that's obviously fair enough. But it is usually full of bias and prejudice against Mike. |
| Re: POB: \ [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 04:06 AM CDT I originally intended to wait for the CD, but so what... Wow, these two samples sound fantastic. "Tug Of Love" - Can't wait to hear the complete song - very Beach Boys-ish - and I already know that I like Dennis' version of "Only With You" better than the BB track. He sounds fantastic on it. Even on these streaming files the sound quality of the POB songs is much clearer than on my CD copy. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 03:36 AM CDT I would also like to see a book on Mike in particular. It'd be interesting to see things from Mike's point of view. I know you can get Mike's point of view in interviews etc.. but obviously he never goes in to great detail about his childhood or anything. So it'd be interesting to get Mike's perspective of things. Then maybe a lot of people (myself included) would be able to understand where Mike is coming from and that would perhaps in turn help the reader understand why Mike has become so hated by most people. It was once put to me that if you consider the upheavals during Mike's late teens/early twenties, his monetary concerns are easier to understand - in the space of maybe three years he went from being a carefree highschool student with a wealthy family and a lovely home to being a young married with a baby working two crappy jobs whose mother threw him out of the house. Add to that his father's business (= his inheritance) going belly up shortly after, and that's got to psychologically scar someone just as much as having an abusive father and a mother with a growing drink problem. Plus the abrupt change from being the Wilson's social superiors to pretty much depending on their son to bale you out. Think about it. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 03:18 AM CDT I would like to see a biography of Brian Wilson (and maybe the Beach Boys) that BEGINS in 1975. Maybe take one chapter to set the scene, but cut right to the chase. Not having Dr. Landy's (new) input would be a huge hole, but there are still a lot of very interesting things to discuss from 1975 - present. Actually I would like to see one that ends in 1973. |
| POB: "Only With You" [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:58 AM CDT There's new samples on the Pacific Ocean Blue website of "Tug Of Love" and "Only With You" if anyone is interested. Not sure if anyone's going to listen to them or are just going to wait - I couldn't help myself. Just wondering what anyone else thinks? I like Only With You, not so sure about Tug Of Love yet. |
| Re: Pacific Ocean Blue Official Website [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:56 AM CDT Hi all! They updated the official site: all songs from POB to listen! (only the original album) They will update each week with samples of new songs to hear! the first bonus tracks (that is: fragments of them) are available for a listen now: Tug Of Love and Only With You... |
| Re: Tribute bands [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:41 AM CDT Gidea Park? Remember seeing them playing on a sixties revival show somewhere in the early 90-ies with several well- and lesser-known groups, and they did one huge set with Beach Boys hits. Pretty nice, although seeing 6 to 7 musicians dressed like they were going to the beach was almost embarassing. Part of the image I guess... |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:38 AM CDT This is almost certainly never going to happen, but i'd like to see a book on The Beach Boys in a similar format to Kevin Brownlow's seminal tome on the silent era, The Parade's Gone By.... Or in other words, just interview everybody, from the remaining band members on down and then present their words as the narrative. OK, back to reality - I'd really like to see books on Mike & Alan. Mike deserves a fair crack of the whip, and Alan, being the most divorced from the family nature of the band, has to have interesting takes on... well, pretty much everything. I would like to see that too Andrew. I know its not the same but that Beach Boys book "In Their Own Words" was even a cool idea, except it was nowhere near detailed enough and didn't even source the quotes. The Beatles one is way more comprehensive. Not sure about the Stones one though. I would also like to see a book on Mike in particular. It'd be interesting to see things from Mike's point of view. I know you can get Mike's point of view in interviews etc.. but obviously he never goes in to great detail about his childhood or anything. So it'd be interesting to get Mike's perspective of things. Then maybe a lot of people (myself included) would be able to understand where Mike is coming from and that would perhaps in turn help the reader understand why Mike has become so hated by most people. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:32 AM CDT Would love to see sheet music for every BB song ever released like they do for the Beatles. Me too. The hardbound white book affectionately known as the "Beatle Bible" is amazing, full transcriptions for every instrument of every song. It's great. Not 100% accurate, necessarily, but so good and cool as not to matter. I'd love a BBs one. Yeah that for me would be the coolest thing ever!! I don't know if there would be enough space for EVERY Beach Boys song but even say between 50-100 songs would be cool!! As long as they don't include "Barbara Ann", "Kokomo" etc.. then I'd be cool with that!! |
| Re: The Beach Boys [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:27 AM CDT Quite frankly, i'm kind of worried to try 'still cruisin' and 'summer in paradise'. If I was you (knowing that you like '85) I would get Still Cruisin'. Okay, it's no masterpiece and there is 3 oldies put on there, so basically there's only 7 tracks but most of those aren't that bad (except perhaps Make It Big). But yeah, you can do without Summer In Paradise. You aint missing out on much there. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:23 AM CDT This is almost certainly never going to happen, but i'd like to see a book on The Beach Boys in a similar format to Kevin Brownlow's seminal tome on the silent era, The Parade's Gone By.... Or in other words, just interview everybody, from the remaining band members on down and then present their words as the narrative. OK, back to reality - I'd really like to see books on Mike & Alan. Mike deserves a fair crack of the whip, and Alan, being the most divorced from the family nature of the band, has to have interesting takes on... well, pretty much everything. I would have said an accurate sessions book, but in the process of putting together the gigs & sessions pages with Ian & c-man (and their contribution far exceeds mine), it's become sadly evident that not all the AFM sheets have survived. Most notably MIA is the dcoumentation for Surfer Girl & Little Deuce Coupe - wherever they are, in the files of Local 47 they ain't... |
| Re: Tribute bands [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 26 Apr 2008 02:19 AM CDT What about the Surfsiders and their legendary tribute LP? That one's a classic  |
| Re: The Beach Boys Love You [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 25 Apr 2008 11:28 PM CDT Love you is probably my 3rd favourite BB album. From top to bottom it never lets up. I just love how BRIAN it is. From the child-like lyrics, the brilliant-yet understated arrangements to production. I'll admit that this is my favourite phase for the boys, vocally speaking. especially Brian. this album never gets old to me. |
| Re: New BB/BW book ideas [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 25 Apr 2008 11:16 PM CDT I'd like a biography on Mike, Carl, Bruce, or Al. |
| Re: Smiley Smile [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 25 Apr 2008 11:06 PM CDT this was the second BB album i ever bought. it was a confusing, bizarre listen...and i LOVED it. Up until that 1st listen, i had no idea that the beach boys were so "weird". 'getting hungry' is the only low point on the album for me. i don't know if i'm the only one, but i actually prefer the smiley version of vega-tables over the SMiLE version. |
| Re: Keepin' The Summer Alive [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 25 Apr 2008 10:57 PM CDT my girlfriend bought me the Keeping the summer alive and Beach Boys two-fer last winter. I wasn't expecting anything great (on account of the terrible reviews i read). but i was actually somewhat surprised. Goin' on is one of my favourite BB songs. I know it's not a a "classic", but i'll defend it. |
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