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Re: Bo Diddley R.I.P [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 06:29 AM CDT

They played a clip of him on the radio yesterday, and he said that his approach was he was always trying to find a new rhythm, a new beat that would fit in a song and that's what he was most proud of. He did have some clever grooves.

HEYYYY BO DIDDLEY!!

Re: Bad, but catchy [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 06:27 AM CDT

I actually love "Wipeout". I doubt anybody's gonna top that. LOL.

I know what you mean, though. A lot of the best parts of Beach Boys songs are kind of silly... like "Drive-In"... when the boys are doing the "OOOOOhhhhhh... WOP!!! WHOPPPP WOPPPP!!!!" in the background.

New setlists just posted [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 06:14 AM CDT

Just posted:

Mike & Bruce:

Palise Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 11/2/07
State Theater, Easton, PA, 2/27/08
Commerce Bank Arts Center, Sewell, NJ, 3/1/08
Tradition Park, Port St. Lucie, FL, 3/29/08
Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, 4/3/08
Hammersmith Apollo, London, England, 4/4/08
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, 4/11/08
Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5/15/08
Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA, 5/18/08

http://fun_fun_fun.tripod.com/setlists.html

More to come, including some Brian TLOS shows, Mike & Bruce's Australia mini-tour, and three Al shows. Thanks to all who contributed.

Bad, but catchy [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 04:48 AM CDT

Just wondered if anyone else has particularly guilty pleasures out there... Beach Boys or Brian Wilson songs which you know are bizarrely bad in certain ways, but which you enjoy listening to?

These seem particularly prevalent on "Love You" and "BW88" - Roller Skating Girl, Walkin' the Line are examples that spring to mind.

But to be fair, even some of the 60s tracks, like "Salt Lake City" have this same feckless quality.

So, am I alone in this ?

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 03:25 AM CDT

Quote from: buddhahat on Today at 03:09:00 AM

I was confused by this - the inside spread of both bootleg and official release in June are identical, Then it dawned on me that presumably the bootleg took that inside photo layout from the original LP, and obviously the new release is doing the same - Is this right?

Yep.

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 03:09 AM CDT

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 12:32 AM CDT

Believe me this package is nothing like the bootleg, there are pages and pages and pages with tons of previously unseen photos plus memorabilia collages, and multiple essays and lengthy new credits...plus its oversized with a fold down cover...just wait till you see it, its really beautiful. Actually the image above does not reflect how deluxe it really is.

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 11:15 PM CDT

But that's what the original cover looked like, too!

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 10:51 PM CDT

Quote from: c-man on June 02, 2008, 08:53:58 PM

Quote from: Zander on June 02, 2008, 08:22:17 PM

It looks great - and it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a little bit of, ahem, influence from the bootleg copy I bought last year. They're nearly identical!

Are the powers that be taking a little bit of artistic licence from the fans / bootleggers?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,3136.msg55491.html#msg55491

EDIT: The pictures are below my intial post. If you can't see the pictures, Here's the front and back I found on the 'net...

http://www.bigozine2.com/cdcvrs/images82/DWbamboo/DWbamboo.jpg

The inside is pretty much identical...

I'd say the bootleggers took a little bit of artistic licence from the original artwork...

Well, point taken but they're nearly identical in terms of layout. The label must've have at least seen the bootleg one before...

Re: Carl's vocal on AJ track [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 10:45 PM CDT

It's nice the Wilson brothers are still continuing to release music from beyond the grave.

And that's such a cool pic of Al.

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 08:53 PM CDT

Quote from: Zander on June 02, 2008, 08:22:17 PM

I'd say the bootleggers took a little bit of artistic licence from the original artwork...

Re: POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 08:22 PM CDT

Re: Bo Diddley R.I.P [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 08:20 PM CDT

Man I have most of his original Checker LP's he was so good in the fifties and sixties.

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Re: a SMiLE question or 3 [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 07:59 PM CDT

I think CWTL is definitely Wild Honey era. The genius didn't die with Smile.

POB Legacy Edition - Picture [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 07:26 PM CDT

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Re: Bo Diddley R.I.P [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 04:15 PM CDT

So sad to hear this, he surely was a true original, in every sense of the word.

His heart has stopped, but his beat will last forever. R.I.P.

Re: Handwritten lyrics [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 04:02 PM CDT

Quote from: mikeyj on June 02, 2008, 10:40:35 AM

Quote from: Mark A. Moore on June 02, 2008, 08:15:50 AM

There are tons of handwritten lyrics in Jan Berry's archive . . . including "Surf City."

I've always wondered, how much of Surf City did Brian write? In fact, I've always wondered how much Brian wrote of some of the other Jan & Dean songs that he co-wrote. Besides Sidewalk Surfin', which of course is just Catch A Wave with re-written lyrics.

Mark does the Jan Berry archive have handwritten lyrics to all of the Brian co-writes (including Sidewalk Surfin')?

Yes, there are handwritten or typed lyrics for pretty much everything.

M.

Re: Noble Surfer [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 03:47 PM CDT

^^^^

oh he's just joshin!

Re: Banjo or Uke on A Thing or Two? [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 03:21 PM CDT

But then again, there's something about doing a straight-ahead song in the style of [whatever--doesn't matter] that I find cool, too. For Paul to unashamedly do "When I'm 64" or whatever is great. In a way, it's the same as how I like the Beach Boys' work on the Fat Boys' "Wipeout." They're adding a part to a rap song. It's fun. foda what's cool.

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Re: a SMiLE question or 3 [Smiley Smile Message Board]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 02:58 PM CDT

Quote from: sockittome on June 01, 2008, 12:13:58 PM

Is there any basis for the speculation that CWTL was originally connected to Wind Chimes somehow, other than the similarity of the chord structure?

I think most people associate the two because CWTL has the same riff as Wind Chimes - it's an identical riff and so it's logical to presume that CWTL grew out of Wind Chimes.

There's a great version that starts with a beautiful accapella intro and I always thought this intro was from the smile sessions, but everyone I've ever asked says that the earliest CWTL sessions are from Wild Honey. It's not inconceivable that he had started sketching it out during Smile though, but there's no evidence to support that as far as I'm aware.

Doctor Doctor Give Me The News [Smiley Smile Dot Net]

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 07:08 AM CDT

Paul Wallis offers some interesting medical news regarding Brian Wilson. To the best of my knowledge, it's not accurate at all.

So that tune that won’t get out of your head is pretty normal. They’re right, though, about the vocal effects. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys had a stroke which affected his speech centers, but he started playing again, with some help of his daughters. There was a documentary I saw, where the minute he began to sing familiar songs, his vocals, which had been slurring when he spoke, returned to Beach Boys level. It was quite unforgettable.