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| Pre-sale code Tony Bennett, Brian Wilson & Paul Anka ["brian wilson"] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:53 AM CDT
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| Re: The Top 10s Topic [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:53 AM CDT For the helluva it: Songs 1. Surfs Up 2. Lets Go Away For A While 3. In My Room 4. Cabinessence 5. All Summer Long 6. Midnight's Another Day 7. Feel Flows 7. River Song 8. I Get Around 9. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 10. Sail On Sailor Albums 1. Pet Sounds 2. Smile Bootlegs 3. Brian Wilson Presents Smile 4. That Lucky Old Sun 5. Sunflower 6. Today 7. Brian Wilson 1988 8. The Beach Boys Love You 9. Surf's Up 10. Friends | ||
| Re: That is proof..... [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:33 AM CDT No wonder he was the "front man." The guys in the band didn't want to have to look at him.  another 40-year old mystery solved then... | ||
| Re: Small \ [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:27 AM CDT Definitely a nice bit of trivia. Never would have caught that.....thanks! | ||
| Re: The Top 10s Topic [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:26 AM CDT I'll stick with official released albums / songs songs (this could be a totally different list next week) 1. Till I Die 2. Marcella (In Concert) 3. River Song 4. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone 5. Midnight's Another Day 6. Are You Real 7. Celebrate The News 8. It's About Time 9. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 10. Lonely Sea albums 1. Sunflower 2. Pet Sounds, 3. Pacific Ocean Blue 4. Holland 5. Wild Honey 6. Today 7. Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE 8. Friends 9. Smiley Smile 10. Carl & The Passions / So Tough | ||
| That is proof..... [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:23 AM CDT No wonder he was the "front man." The guys in the band didn't want to have to look at him. | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:21 AM CDT DADA LOBS CAT INTO FLOCK OF PIGEONS enjoying this (although preferring the debate to the 'i like it' v 'i don't like it' nonsense). smiley smile is a mystery, to be sure. two things strike me. (1) there's a radio phoner on a boot somewhere in which brian is promoting ss. far from sounding incoherent or at all doinked, he sounds monumentally bored. (he's also more cogent and verbose than he is today, even, which suggests that the real headf***ing he administered himself came later.) (2) he gave up. he gave up the songwriting ('whistle in' must have taken all of ten seconds), gave up the arranging, gave up the studio, gave up the struggles with the sequencing and the other bbs and the record company, switched off the lights and turned his ambition in on the way out. burned out? probably, after all that effort and nervous energy. joking? tricky. it's not all that funny, if it is a joke. (mind you, he probably wasn't in a funny-ha-ha mood at the time.) my twopennyworth: part f***-you-all, part this-is-all-i-can-be-bothered-with. | ||
| LMFAO! [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:21 AM CDT  Mike as a chimp Good God Almighty! That is Mike Love for sure! Man, thanks for that! I should probably PayPal you a liver or something similar for such art!  | ||
| Re: The Top 10s Topic [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:06 AM CDT Songs: 01. Don't Worry, Baby 02. The Little Girl I Once Knew 03. Friends 04. 'Til I Die 05. Wind Chimes (Smiley version) 06. Catch A Wave 07. Surfer Girl 08. I Know There's An Answer 09. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 10. I Went To Sleep Albums: 01. Friends 02. Pet Sounds 03. Today! 04. All Summer Long 05. The Beach Boys Love You 06. Smiley Smile 07. Surf's Up 08. Surfer Girl 09. Summer Days 10. Holland | ||
| Re: How Will TLOS Chart? - UK And US [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:06 AM CDT Its not Billboard, but if the Billboard number is somewhere close....holy cow Brian, you have a palpable hit on your hands! When the &(*^ does Billboard publish its chart? | ||
| Re: This scares me... [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:01 AM CDT I'm also pretty sure he had surgery to remove excess skin from the weight loss around '85-'86. There is a TV performance before BW88 (I'll have to get look it up to remind me of which one) where you can see the tightness and a little stitching on his neck. | ||
| Re: Brian Wilson on Pacific Ocean Blue [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:55 AM CDT Very good post. | ||
| Re: How Will TLOS Chart? - UK And US [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:53 AM CDT Holy cow, 22 is not bad at all!! | ||
| Re: The Top 10s Topic [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:52 AM CDT Songs would be very difficult but I'll give it a shot: 1. Surf's Up 2. Til I Die 3. Here Today 4. I Get Around 5. Break Away 6. Good Vibrations 7.IN My Room 8. Kiss Me Baby 9. Still I Dream Of It(demo) 10. Don't Talk Albums, a little easier: 1. Smile 2.Wild Honey 3. Friends 4. Pet Sounds 5. Today 6. Sunflower 7. Holland 8.Pacific Ocean Blue 9. Summer Days 10. All Summer Long 11. Love You 12. Smiley Smile The last three are tied.  | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:47 AM CDT Quote Dear Beach Bum - I was joking! Heaven forbid that this would turn into a 'Don'-board... my respect for other posters is way too high for that! Let's shake hands and have a virtual Bud now... Sorry for taking things so serious. Hey....how about That Lucky Old Sun?  SS--a joke. But only funny to the perpetrator--Brian Wilson. And not a very light-hearted joke. But immensely interesting--and in a way, beautiful-- for many of us(not you, obviously.) | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:13 AM CDT Quote Dear Beach Bum - I was joking! Heaven forbid that this would turn into a 'Don'-board... my respect for other posters is way too high for that! Let's shake hands and have a virtual Bud now... Done, sir! Sorry for not getting the joke. It is late (an excuse). I probably can't listen to Smiley without a bias. I just went thru too many years dreaming of the imaginary legend of "Smile." Sorry for taking things so serious. Hey....how about That Lucky Old Sun? | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:09 AM CDT .....which makes what he has accomplished in the last 8 years, all that more amazing. I measure my life in greatest hits. One might be my marriage or the birth of a child. The rebirth of Brian Wilson is something I consider one of my lifes greatest hits. Wouldn't have missed it for the world. | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:07 AM CDT Maybe this will make better sense to you. I already had all of the Smile boots before I bought Smiley Smile. Strange timeline perhaps, but that was how it happened. How could anyone not be disappointed and majorly P-O'd after that? Nah, nobody will ever be able to convince me that was a great album. I don't think that I have ever been let down more in my entire life. Brian gave up that year. Sure, he made appearances and ocassionally blew our minds, but the dream was over. Dear Beach Bum - I was joking! Heaven forbid that this would turn into a 'Don'-board... my respect for other posters is way too high for that! Let's shake hands and have a virtual Bud now... | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:04 AM CDT Maybe this will make better sense to you. I already had all of the Smile boots before I bought Smiley Smile. Strange timeline perhaps, but that was how it happened. How could anyone not be disappointed and majorly P-O'd after that? Nah, nobody will ever be able to convince me that was a great album. I don't think that I have ever been let down more in my entire life. Brian gave up that year. Sure, he made appearances and ocassionally blew our minds, but the dream was over. | ||
| The Top 10s Topic [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:45 AM CDT Just because there should be one every once in a while, right? It would be interesting to see everyone's lists... Top 10 favorite BB songs and top 10 favorite BB albums... You can include solo songs/albums if you want to. Here are mine: Songs 01. God Only Knows 02. Wouldn't It Be Nice 03. Forever 04. Break Away 05. Time to Get Alone 06. This Whole World 07. Surf's Up 08. I Get Around 09. Good Vibrations 10. Our Prayer Albums 01. Pet Sounds 02. Brian Wilson Presents Smile 03. Sunflower 04. Friends 05. The Beach Boys Today! 06. 20/20 07. Surf's Up 08. All Summer Long 09. Smiley Smile 10. Wild Honey | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:44 AM CDT How you mean? Because I don't like the album? I can't stand it. Gonna ban me for that? From what I have read, I like TLOS much more than you. Should you be banned for that? I don't think so, but maybe you don't want Brian Wilson fans with a different opinion than yours on here. Such a shame. This is a Beach Boys/Brian Wilson board. -- not a heartical "don" board. The BB's are my favorite band. Brian is my musical idol. If you think that means I don't deserve to tip a glass with you, then do what you will with me. I have been disrespectful of nobody, and Brian himself has spoken badly against that album. In the end I guess, is this a private clubhouse, or is it a place for true fans? Guess I will soon find out. | ||
| Re: My Beach Boys marathon! [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT Oh, Lord no. I heard part of *one* SIP track ("Summer of Love") and never listened to it again. That was a while ago though, which means I'll end up suffering through the whole thing at one point... We have a right to see you 'experiencing' SIP live. Do install a webcam and a decent sound connection. We want to see you writhing, and finally reaching delirium tremens. It's one of those rare occasions where a fellow is really competing for the coveted Darwin Awards. | ||
| Re: How Will TLOS Chart? - UK And US [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:35 AM CDT At day's end, the Daily Double put Brian at a very respectable #22. You can bet that Billboard will fall somewhere in there - although I don't know if the on-line sales are figured into that. | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:34 AM CDT I literally hate the album. Complete garbage to me. Maybe it is for what might have been.....but I really think it is because the other members won out and Brian lost (by his own means), and that was the beginning of the end, no matter how much us lifers think of some of the music that came later. Are you applying for a ban, pal?  | ||
| Re: Brian Wilson on Pacific Ocean Blue [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:33 AM CDT I have to say, in these interviews for TLOS, I think we're seeing a new Brian emerge. Sharper than he's been for a long time -- and more willing to engage (this interview excepted, where he clearly just wants the guy to shut up). I've read that mental illness can trail out for folks in their 60s. I wonder if Brian's symptoms are actually receding as he's getting older, and allowing him a little more mental and creative leeway. Good call. I know from what I do on a daily basis that: Getting older automatically involves not only losing bits of your cognitive abilities and memory (very human) but also tends to erase the extreme highs and lows that depression brings with it. One of the very few things that Landy brought to Brian has been the motivation to exercise. Exercise is a potent anti-depressant and drives up the formation of new nerve cells in your brain. Also: the fact that he re-married and more or less was obliged to spend his time with social contacts and 'novelty seeking' (as in: doing a 6 show run in London, for instance) - that fact contributed immensely to his stability. And: addiction therapists know that people aged 50 and over regularly stop, just like that. Their need to self-medicate then is waning; and it's an effect that comes with aging. To conclude: people tend to 'converge' in a lot of respects when they get older, and the mental state is no exception here. | ||
| Re: Smiley Smile was a joke. [Smiley Smile Message Board] Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:24 AM CDT I literally hate the album. Complete garbage to me. Maybe it is for what might have been.....but I really think it is because the other members won out and Brian lost (by his own means), and that was the beginning of the end, no matter how much us lifers think of some of the music that came later. | ||
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