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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 11, 2019 18:34:42 GMT
"Sweet Sunday Kinda Love" is a good song; not one of my favorites on the album, though. I always thought the song would've benefitted from an intro. Apparently Brian or Marilyn really liked the song because it was eventually recorded by The Honeys.
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Post by lonelysummer on Oct 12, 2019 4:39:05 GMT
While we're on the album, I want to give a shout-out to one of my favorite songs on the album, a song that doesn't get much love from what I've seen: "Sweet Sunday Kinda Love."
It's not a great song, by any means. It's about as down-the-middle as you can be, almost a prototypical girl-group style of song. But I like it. Not for any special genius or anything. Just because it's a nice little song.
Easily my favorite song on the album - which points out its fatal flaw - almost no Carl throughout; only that one lead vocal, and no songwriting.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 12, 2019 12:09:12 GMT
While we're on the album, I want to give a shout-out to one of my favorite songs on the album, a song that doesn't get much love from what I've seen: "Sweet Sunday Kinda Love."
It's not a great song, by any means. It's about as down-the-middle as you can be, almost a prototypical girl-group style of song. But I like it. Not for any special genius or anything. Just because it's a nice little song.
Easily my favorite song on the album - which points out its fatal flaw - almost no Carl throughout; only that one lead vocal, and no songwriting. I could see Dennis staying away from the sessions. He didn't seem to be a team player at times. I'll bet he showed up for the 1978 concerts though - $$$$$$$$$$$$$. But I was disappointed that Carl wasn't more involved. Carl was a team player. I'd like to know how many sessions Carl was present for. There is so little information about M.I.U. published.
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Post by lonelysummer on Oct 16, 2019 2:16:54 GMT
Easily my favorite song on the album - which points out its fatal flaw - almost no Carl throughout; only that one lead vocal, and no songwriting. I could see Dennis staying away from the sessions. He didn't seem to be a team player at times. I'll bet he showed up for the 1978 concerts though - $$$$$$$$$$$$$. But I was disappointed that Carl wasn't more involved. Carl was a team player. I'd like to know how many sessions Carl was present for. There is so little information about M.I.U. published. A friend of mine interviewed Carl on local radio at the time they were recording M.I.U. The band had been doing some recording at Kaye/Smith Studios in Seattle. If he was disinterested in the recording, he didn't indicate so at the time. In fact, he said going to M.I.U. was real good for them, living more simply - which contradicts what other people have written about that period. "Dennis and Carl didn't like it because they couldn't do their drugs there".
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 16, 2019 12:18:18 GMT
I could see Dennis staying away from the sessions. He didn't seem to be a team player at times. I'll bet he showed up for the 1978 concerts though - $$$$$$$$$$$$$. But I was disappointed that Carl wasn't more involved. Carl was a team player. I'd like to know how many sessions Carl was present for. There is so little information about M.I.U. published. A friend of mine interviewed Carl on local radio at the time they were recording M.I.U. The band had been doing some recording at Kaye/Smith Studios in Seattle. If he was disinterested in the recording, he didn't indicate so at the time. In fact, he said going to M.I.U. was real good for them, living more simply - which contradicts what other people have written about that period. "Dennis and Carl didn't like it because they couldn't do their drugs there". But you know, I would think around that time, Carl was starting his recovery. The infamous Australian tour where Carl had his unfortunate performances was in March 1978. By late 1978 and early 1979 with the L.A. (Light Album), Carl appeared and sounded in much better shape.
So, again, I'm wondering about Carl's participation in the M.I.U. album. I'm happy to read what your friend said. I'm a fan of M.I.U. I want to like it. I want to think Brian (a lot) and Carl (at least a little) contributed. I'd wish I heard that radio interview, though we don't know if Carl was full of shit.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 16, 2019 12:34:17 GMT
By the way, the idea that people couldn’t get or do drugs in Iowa is nonsense, especially people with the resources the Wilson brothers had. (I know you didn’t say that, but only noted it has been said.)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 16, 2019 12:45:09 GMT
Yeah, and I wanna be accurate. I just did some quick research and most of the M.I.U. sessions were done WHILE Carl was still having serious problems and BEFORE the 1978 Australian tour.
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Post by lonelysummer on Oct 18, 2019 2:44:33 GMT
A friend of mine interviewed Carl on local radio at the time they were recording M.I.U. The band had been doing some recording at Kaye/Smith Studios in Seattle. If he was disinterested in the recording, he didn't indicate so at the time. In fact, he said going to M.I.U. was real good for them, living more simply - which contradicts what other people have written about that period. "Dennis and Carl didn't like it because they couldn't do their drugs there". But you know, I would think around that time, Carl was starting his recovery. The infamous Australian tour where Carl had his unfortunate performances was in March 1978. By late 1978 and early 1979 with the L.A. (Light Album), Carl appeared and sounded in much better shape.
So, again, I'm wondering about Carl's participation in the M.I.U. album. I'm happy to read what your friend said. I'm a fan of M.I.U. I want to like it. I want to think Brian (a lot) and Carl (at least a little) contributed. I'd wish I heard that radio interview, though we don't know if Carl was full of shit.
I will put that interview on youtube someday - it's in line along with 100 other old audio tapes I have.
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