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Post by jk on Jun 26, 2020 14:39:10 GMT
I think my favourite from the album ("Barbara Ann" will always be a 45 to me) is "There's No Other". That's a real beauty!
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Post by jk on Jul 2, 2020 9:16:49 GMT
And of course, there's Al's superb live version of "Runaway".
I dedicate it to the memory of Del Shannon and and to that of Max Crook, soloist on Del's hit version, who passed away yesterday:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 2, 2020 10:48:45 GMT
I always loved the song, "Runaway". Any version. I'm surprised it never ended up on a Beach Boys' album back in the day, either as a live recording or recorded as an oldie in the studio. They certainly released enough oldies through the years, including Al.
I first heard the above version when I purchased the Sunkist 25 Years Of Good Vibrations album (posted below), but that wasn't an official release by the band...was it? Then a 1965 version finally made its way onto Made In California.
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Post by bellbottoms on Jul 2, 2020 12:49:00 GMT
I always wished they'd done a studio version of The Wanderer. Though I have to say the crowd reaction to Dennis' performance is almost as enjoyable as the performance itself
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 2, 2020 12:53:15 GMT
Though I have to say the crowd reaction to Dennis' performance is almost as enjoyable as the performance itself Seems that's almost always the case with Dennis's live spotlights. Ah, the benefits of being attractive and charismatic! He probably could've tied his shoes for the audience and they'd have eaten it up as long as he flashed a mischievous smile.
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Post by bellbottoms on Jul 2, 2020 13:25:29 GMT
Though I have to say the crowd reaction to Dennis' performance is almost as enjoyable as the performance itself Seems that's almost always the case with Dennis's live spotlights. Ah, the benefits of being attractive and charismatic! He probably could've tied his shoes for the audience and they'd have eaten it up as long as he flashed a mischievous smile.
Thanks Kap, I just fainted and fell out of my chair imagining that Seriously though, it’s interesting to think that Dennis was shy about his vocals in the studio in the earlier days, but really did have the charisma to engage the audience and ability to rock out on stage. The looks certainly helped, but they weren’t the only thing. I don’t know how far I want to go down “What-If Avenue” because he really did grow into his musical abilities over time and it wouldn’t be the Beach Boys without him, but could he have been a young solo artist on his own? Maybe. There was always “something” there.
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Post by jk on Jul 19, 2020 14:26:20 GMT
The Boys' take on "Louie Louie" seems to attract its fair share of the soft stuff and I've never understood why. It kicks off in the style of the 1957 recording by the song's composer, Richard Berry, shifts gear into The Kingsmen's raucous 1963 hit version and then reverts to Berry again at the close. The Kingsmen's version is well known, the Berry original less so: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Louie#Original_version_by_Richard_Berry
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Post by jk on Aug 10, 2020 14:44:02 GMT
This is gorgeous! Tony Bennett's hit version of "I Wanna Be Around" must have been the one Brian had in mind when he adapted it for SMiLE. I really love that cool trombone excursion towards the end.
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Post by jk on Sept 18, 2020 14:40:56 GMT
How about the Boys' scorching Sydney performance of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"? If I remember correctly, that's The Surfaris' sax player on honking duties:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 18, 2020 15:00:39 GMT
How about the Boys' scorching Sydney performance of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"? If I remember correctly, that's The Surfaris' sax player on honking duties: Interesting about The Surfaris' sax player on the track. For years it was presumed to be Mike Love, but really, I could never see or hear him playing that part.
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Post by jk on Sept 18, 2020 15:39:58 GMT
How about the Boys' scorching Sydney performance of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"? If I remember correctly, that's The Surfaris' sax player on honking duties: Interesting about The Surfaris' sax player on the track. For years it was presumed to be Mike Love, but really, I could never see or hear him playing that part. Exactly! I can't remember where I read it but like you I found it quite simply beyond Mike to play this.
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Post by jk on Oct 3, 2020 20:54:09 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 3, 2020 21:24:43 GMT
Not one of my favorite Sly Stone songs, but it tops the Beach Boys' version by a factor of 10.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 3, 2020 23:26:56 GMT
Not one of my favorite Sly Stone songs, but it tops the Beach Boys' version by a factor of 10. I like Sly's "Hot Fun In The Summertime", but I still can't figure if it's a getting out of school/here comes summer song or a summer's over/back to school song. Maybe both? The Beach Boys' version certainly ain't great, but it is one of the better songs on Summer In Paradise.
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Post by kds on Oct 4, 2020 0:31:02 GMT
I think it's a summer song, even with the lyrics in the 2nd verse. Chad and Jeremy's A Summer Song also makes reference to summer's end.
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