Emdeeh
Pacific Coast Highway
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Post by Emdeeh on Mar 24, 2023 19:33:43 GMT
Best: My favorite on this album, by a mile, is "Rockin' All Over the World." Unlike some folks here, I like Carl's version of "Youngblood" -- not the best version of the song, but still enjoyable. I also like "What More Can I Say," "What You Do to Me," and Billy Hinsche's "One More Night Alone."
Least: "If I Could Talk to Love"
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 25, 2023 1:46:23 GMT
Some more articles and reviews
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 25, 2023 1:47:59 GMT
What You Do to Me actually got some airplay regionally; I never heard it on the radio, but our local AC station played Givin' You Up for several weeks.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 25, 2023 1:50:48 GMT
Stereo Review had high praise for Youngblood.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 25, 2023 1:57:56 GMT
Best: Several candidates here; love the way What More Can I Say starts off the album with that hard driving guitar sound; Givin' You Up is a ballad that sure sounded like a potential hit to me, and Carl sings it ...well, like only Carl can. If I Could Talk to Love is a very special song to me, especially the lyrics. Time and Too Early to Tell are solid rockers. Why is it with some many albums that the song I get into the most is smack dab in the middle of side two (traditional burial ground?)? In this case, it's Of The Times. Love how it starts off soft and builds up; reminds me a bit of 1974/75 Doobies. Great vocals by Carl and Myrna, and the guitar solo...is that Skunk Baxter? Sounds like him. Worst: Youngblood is okay, but it's no match for the Coasters, Leon Russell, or Bad Company. What You Do to Me is a good pop song, but it's really Carl's vocal that sells it. As a song, it's just average. If it had been up to me, I would have put out What More Can I Say as the single. Attachments:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 25, 2023 2:06:50 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 25, 2023 11:22:57 GMT
Did you notice the article titled "Beach Boy Carl Wilson Gets 'Blood' Transfusion" calls Myrna Smith-Schilling his wife?
"However, unlike the first album--which included all originals written by Wilson and his wife, former Sweet Inspiration Myrna Smith-Schilling--the new album features two rock standards."
That's funny because I've never really been up on all the guys' various relationships, and when I first saw the clips of Carl doing this material with her, I wondered if the two were romantically involved. It's only later I learned she was Jerry Schilling's wife. I wonder how common that misconception or question was.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 26, 2023 2:48:51 GMT
Did you notice the article titled "Beach Boy Carl Wilson Gets 'Blood' Transfusion" calls Myrna Smith-Schilling his wife? "However, unlike the first album--which included all originals written by Wilson and his wife, former Sweet Inspiration Myrna Smith-Schilling--the new album features two rock standards." That's funny because I've never really been up on all the guys' various relationships, and when I first saw the clips of Carl doing this material with her, I wondered if the two were romantically involved. It's only later I learned she was Jerry Schilling's wife. I wonder how common that misconception or question was. I couldn't fault Carl if he went for a beautiful woman like Myrna, but he was already with Gina, and Myrna was with Jerry.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 26, 2023 13:58:51 GMT
Based on everyone else's posts, I'm not expecting any agreement on what comes next. But first, I would like to say that I probably enjoyed the album more this time around than I had previously. And I really took notice of "Of the Times". I'm not sure how, but I had sort of overlooked that one. Ultimately, I probably still prefer the debut, but I like them fairly equally. Rating-wise, they're both low 7s.
Best - "What You Do To Me" - Okay, if ever there was a song I would classify as a guilty pleasure it's this one. I absolutely LOVE it! Best song on the album? No question. Head and shoulders above the rest, just like "Heaven" was. Speaking of (its main competition)...best solo song? It's close, but YES. And why stop there? Best Carl Wilson song ever? Again, YES! I'll take it over "I Can Hear Music", "Long Promised Road", "The Trader", etc. It's just so infectious. It's such a FEEL GOOD song. And Carl has never sounded better. This is a hit record on an album that went under the radar. I guarantee you if it was featured in one of those big '80s dance movies it would have been huge. And there's probably an argument to be made that, as a solo artist, this style fit Carl best. But I also want to shoutout "Rockin' All Over The World", "Of the Times", and "One More Night Alone" (which is in contention for best lead vocal of his career).
Worst - "What More Can I Say" - Objectively, I think it's a good track, and I almost like it, but the style/production keeps me from getting there. The guitar riffs and sounds, with the sax, they couldn't sound more mid-80s-guitar-driven-rock if they tried (and since it's not a popular song, it ends up sounding very generic). And it hits you immediately with that intro. I'm starting to think that that sets the tone for me for the whole album and results in me not quite liking Youngblood as much as some other fans do (particularly relative to the debut). Throughout the album, I'm not a fan of the guitars. Extremely well played, but I don't personally love that style and I don't think it fits Carl particularly well either. Oh, and the worst vocal moment on the album occurs at the 2:14 mark of "What More Can I Say". Overall, I think the album starts slow and loses steam at the end.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 26, 2023 14:14:54 GMT
Givin' You Up is a ballad that sure sounded like a potential hit to me, and Carl sings it ...well, like only Carl can. I like it. I really enjoy the vocals, but I just wish at the end he went all-in with his rock voice, just for one line. Perhaps at the 3:49 mark would have been the best time. As it is, I think it goes on too long without enough variation in delivery, intensity-wise. We know Carl had it in him, and I think the song calls for it, but he just opted to keep it a little more reserved.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 26, 2023 14:22:26 GMT
Oh, and "She's Mine" is no slouch either.
That strikes me as pretty interesting subject matter for Carl/a Beach Boy. Not sure it works for me, but I suppose I like it more than not. Another questionable decision was the introduction of the disco hi-hat at the end. I wasn't expecting that! Otherwise, the song does rock. And I like that.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 26, 2023 19:39:58 GMT
I met Jeff "Skunk" Baxter back in 2006 at Experience Music Project in Seattle. He was doing a talk there about his career in music (and government). He signed my Youngblood album and said "Carl was the best singer that ever walked!" Cool guy. He had a guitar on stage with him, so he would illustrate some of his stories by playing something on it.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 26, 2023 19:43:55 GMT
There was occasionally talk in the later 80's about Carl recording another solo album. I searched Billboard, and this is all I could find. Attachments:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 27, 2023 12:15:55 GMT
I met Jeff "Skunk" Baxter back in 2006 at Experience Music Project in Seattle. He was doing a talk there about his career in music (and government). He signed my Youngblood album and said "Carl was the best singer that ever walked!" Cool guy. He had a guitar on stage with him, so he would illustrate some of his stories by playing something on it. It's a bitter irony that some of Carl's best vocals of his career - on Carl Wilson and Youngblood - were barely heard by Beach Boys' fans and general music fans. And, you could probably extend that point to two later Beach Boys' albums - The Beach Boys (1985) and Summer In Paradise.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 27, 2023 12:30:39 GMT
I find it really sad in hindsight that in the early '80s, Carl and Mike both wrote and/or recorded enough music to release multiple albums; Brian was writing and demoing some music. Presumably Al would always be available to do whatever needed doing. Dennis had slowed down as the '80s began, but of course there were all those unreleased Bambu tracks.
And yet there's no Beach Boys album for 5 years in this period.
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