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Susan
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 Posted August 18th, 2008 09:19 PM IP    
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If Brian can be held responsible for flops like GIOMH and the Xmas album, then he conversely should be held responsible for BWPS |
And this is a point that often gets missed. As fans we'd sure like to have it both ways, but...we can't.
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Noble Surfer
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Posted August 18th, 2008 11:56 PM IP
I guess I'm just sick and tired of all the debating...four years after the fact. too. Saddened that some listners have to let the album's origin and possible origin interfer with their expereience. I really don't care if I was being told the truth or not. And truthfully no one else should care.. Do I like the record? Yes. How it came to be is an intereting yarn that may truthfully come to light in the future but it won't change how I feel about the record.
"He's the Number One man!"
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Susan
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Posted August 19th, 2008 12:19 AM IP
I do like thise maroon double-breasted shirts with the big belt buckles underneath, tho, Rob...nice pic.
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alan
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Posted August 19th, 2008 12:53 AM IP
Indeed - the record does stand up regardless of how it was made and at least for this old time fan it was total vindication of the myths we had to live with all those years.
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Lance
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Posted August 19th, 2008 12:15 PM IP
Yeah, that is all I was saying. Regardless of how it was made, its a cool album. EArlier I said that when I first heard it I wondered why more albums weren't made with that "modular" approach. Later, I thought about it and realized that the fact that more records aren't made that way is what I actually love about it. I'm glad he didn't make most of his records that way, but having one is thrilling--the album is both supremly artsy, yet totally enjoyable.(To my ears, at least.) All the background info, and the debate of who did what and what would it have been originally and so on is interesting indeed! But not when I'm rockin' out.
Heaviness disguised as lightheartedness. Since 1971
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buddhahat
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Posted August 19th, 2008 12:53 PM IP
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Wow, someone quoted an old post of mine!
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Yeah sorry that must have been a bit weird. I didn't realise you were a member of this board too! Oh well, thanks for the anecdote anyway. I remember finding it particularly reassuring when we were having that discussion on the Smiley board.
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luther
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Posted August 22nd, 2008 12:32 AM IP
btw, that's one of my favorite pictures of Brian ever.
don't try so hard.
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Susan
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Posted August 22nd, 2008 02:00 AM IP
I'll be seeing Mike's group tomorrow night at Mohegan Sun, a casino in eastern CT. I hadn't planned on going, but David will be playing with the band, and it's his 60th b'day. We were going to have a b'day party, but playing music always trumps; we'll party Saturday night. I'm looking forward to it; i've played music with the guy in public, but i've never seen him play with his first band. Should be a good time - from everything i hear, this current BB band with David in the line-up is as rockin' and tight as a fan could hope for in this day and age.
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alan
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Posted August 22nd, 2008 01:59 PM IP
Have a great time! They are still supposed to be a good live band anyway!
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Susan
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 07:45 AM IP
Good show! Energy seemed a little low to me, but i was not in the audience area; we were kind of stage left and down on floor level. The sound wasn't great there.
The audience loved it, and that's what matters. Full house, too - close to 7,200! Nice. Only 35 songs, but man...WHAT SONGS!
It never ceases to amaze me just how many really really great songs the BBs have in their arsenal. Tonight was a GH show, so the furthest away from the mainstream they got was Getcha Back...but still, it was a good show. There are some very fine voices in that group, and David's guitar adds tremendously to the sound.
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luther
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 02:14 PM IP
I had a VERY strange dream last night: I was in a fictional bar (which oddly is the same fictional bar I've been in before). I went into a second room just off the main bar room to find none other than one Brian Douglas Wilson, circa 1976--unbuttoned shirt, fat, facial hair ... I asked him if he'd "tickle the ivories" (yes, I said those words). He did not respond at all. I noticed who he was sitting with, so I said, "Stamos, c'mon, don't you wanna hear Brian play?" Well, Stamos did. So Brian got up and played some truly awful, plunking boogie-woogie music on the piano. Then Brian, Stamos and some people I don't know all agreed to go on an anti-poverty fact-finding mission the next day. We all got together and walked around poor neighborhoods and went into people's houses and stuff. I don't think Brian was paying much attention to those people's complaints, though. His eyes were sort of glazed over. Stamos was very involved.
don't try so hard.
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buddhahat
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 02:49 PM IP
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luther wrote:
I had a VERY strange dream last night: I was in a fictional bar (which oddly is the same fictional bar I've been in before). I went into a second room just off the main bar room to find none other than one Brian Douglas Wilson, circa 1976--unbuttoned shirt, fat, facial hair ... I asked him if he'd "tickle the ivories" (yes, I said those words). He did not respond at all. I noticed who he was sitting with, so I said, "Stamos, c'mon, don't you wanna hear Brian play?" Well, Stamos did. So Brian got up and played some truly awful, plunking boogie-woogie music on the piano. Then Brian, Stamos and some people I don't know all agreed to go on an anti-poverty fact-finding mission the next day. We all got together and walked around poor neighborhoods and went into people's houses and stuff. I don't think Brian was paying much attention to those people's complaints, though. His eyes were sort of glazed over. Stamos was very involved.
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Weirdly enough, ageing rock stars have been showing up in my dreams recently too - either Brian Wilson, or Mick Jagger. God knows what they represent. I remember reading posts from people on the Smiley board who were all describing meeting BW in their dreams and at the time I thought "christ, you guys need to get out more!" Ho hum, my obsession is now complete.
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Susan
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 03:40 PM IP
Luther, does it concern you that you have a recurring dream bar?
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luther
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 03:43 PM IP
Sometimes I want to go where everybody knows my name ... even when I'm sleeping. (PS, it is a combination of The Nomad, First Ave's 7th Street Entry and an imaginary basement bar. As you go down the stairs the bar is to the right and the stage, with piano, straight ahead. Also to the right is a doorway into a second room, and that's where BW was. If I ever come across this bar, I'll already know my way around.)
don't try so hard.
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Susan
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 04:36 PM IP
What will be scary is if everybody DOES know your name...
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buddhahat
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Posted August 24th, 2008 08:53 AM IP
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John (not lennon) wrote:
Hard to escape SMiLE
D.A.N. from the land of blue popped thse up for all to enjoy...
SMiLE - First movement covered by Swedish group Polly Tones - Guitar and Voice
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Wow I love this! Thanks for posting it John. Is there anywhere I can get a copy of the whole thing?
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kenshane
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Posted August 26th, 2008 02:56 AM IP
Interesting and revealing. I was surprised to read that he still hears voices. I had hoped that the meds would have shut them down. And if genius is the ability to make something complex seem simple, then TLOS is genius.
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alan
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Posted August 26th, 2008 03:12 AM IP
The voices have never stopped sadly. He's always mentioned them if asked, and they never seem to have got much better. He just copes a little better than he used to I suppose. It still doesn't sound like much fun being Brian.
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kenshane
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Posted August 26th, 2008 04:20 AM IP
I was amused when he spoke about sitting down at shows and how he moved his hands around. At least he didn't say that he played the piano, just that he moved his hands around. He did play a bit when I saw him a few weeks ago though.
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John (not lennon)
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Posted August 26th, 2008 04:25 PM IP
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buddhahat wrote:
Wow I love this! Thanks for posting it John. Is there anywhere I can get a copy of the whole thing?
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Not that I know of, i only got the link from someone who posted it on the Blueboard.
I'd love to hear the rest of it
...j (",)
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buddhahat
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Posted August 26th, 2008 08:08 PM IP
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John (not lennon) wrote:
Not that I know of, i only got the link from someone who posted it on the Blueboard.
I'd love to hear the rest of it
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They have a myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cf...endID=334847237
I listened to some of their own stuff and you can definitely hear the smile influence (One of the intros sounds like Cabinessence). There's some good vocal arrangements in there too. I emailed them to find out if they are planning to do the other 2 movements but have yet to hear from them. It would be a great shame if they didn't finish it. I think their treatment of it is very beautiful and I'd be interested to hear how they approach songs like Wonderful and Child is Father to the Man.
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kenshane
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Posted August 26th, 2008 09:46 PM IP
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John (not lennon) wrote:
Hard to escape SMiLE
D.A.N. from the land of blue popped thse up for all to enjoy...
SMiLE - First movement covered by Swedish group Polly Tones - Guitar and Voice
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Great stuff. I hope they do the rest. Thanks for this.
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John (not lennon)
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Posted August 27th, 2008 12:14 AM IP
cool will check out the myspace site also
...j (",)
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luther
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Posted August 30th, 2008 06:57 PM IP
Hahaha. Quote:
Asked who he is backing in the forthcoming U.S. presidential elections, [Brian Wilson] replies, "McCain. John McCain. He has a good smile. |
PR-inside.com
don't try so hard.
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alan
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Posted September 3rd, 2008 02:42 AM IP
Shame. A gig report would have been interesting! I wonder what John Lydon would have done if asked to play?
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Mike
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Posted September 3rd, 2008 03:14 AM IP
"Pretty Vacant" And We Don't Care
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luther
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Posted September 25th, 2008 11:05 PM IP
Haha. Kevin Love (Stan's son, Mike's nephew, and a high first-round draft pick of my local pro basketball team, the Minnesota Timberwolves) is interviewed here by a sportswriter. However, note the final minute or so, with the question: Prince or the Beach Boys. It shows young Mr. Love may not know much about Prince ... or the Beach Boys. http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband...egoryId=3025809
don't try so hard.
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