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Post by jk on Jun 23, 2021 17:13:32 GMT
As with The Regents' "Barbara Ann", the BB's version wins hands down. Brian took "Hushabye" to another level. He shuffled the running order and added a biggish pinch of emotion to the mix. The drums help immeasurably, to say nothing of the (for want of a better word right now) arrhythmic introduction. ASL is packed with goodies and this is most certainly one of them.
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 28, 2021 12:45:36 GMT
Because it's timely for our single of the week, here are some other versions of "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" (listed chronologically).
What do you think?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jun 28, 2021 12:55:48 GMT
I'm a little late on "Hushabye", but I'll go with The Beach Boys' version, though I also enjoy The Mystics' version, too. With the drumming (Hal?) and the strength of the harmonies, Brian almost made a power ballad out of "Hushabye". Come to think of it, that would've been cool to hear - The Beach Boys later (around Summer In Paradise) or on one of Brian's solo albums - to hear "Hushabye" as a power ballad!
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Post by B.E. on Jun 29, 2021 2:28:00 GMT
My appreciation for the song, "Bluebirds Over The Mountain", has grown - thanks to those three earlier versions. (I lasted halfway through the first refrain of Robert Plant's version. I love ya, but that sucks!)
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 29, 2021 12:08:28 GMT
My appreciation for the song, "Bluebirds Over The Mountain", has grown - thanks to those three earlier versions. (I lasted halfway through the first refrain of Robert Plant's version. I love ya, but that sucks!) I lasted about as long with Plant's version. It is, suffice to say, not to my taste.
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Post by jk on Jul 1, 2021 11:48:04 GMT
As I said in the BB 45s topic (thanks, Cap'n), Ritchie's is the one for me. I hope the OP is doing okay.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 9, 2021 14:16:25 GMT
One of many possible "brother" additions... "Hold On, Dear Brother" is from an era of the Beach Boys history often described as a little funky or soulful. Well, along those lines, you don't get much funkier or more soulful than Allen Touissaint! So how about the Beach Boys versus the Elvis Costello & Toussaint recording of "Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?"
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 7, 2021 22:43:12 GMT
In the Alphabet St. thread I was thinking about the Raspberries, which led me to posting their "Driving Around." Well doggone it, Al Jardine has a song with a similar title, "Drivin'." What do you prefer?
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Post by B.E. on Aug 7, 2021 23:02:49 GMT
Whoa, those are some nice harmonies! Al and Brian were out Beach Boy'd here. I'm going with the Raspberries. I might have to listen to that album.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 8, 2021 13:23:26 GMT
The Raspberries easily. More life! Better arrangements. Al's sounds like a couple of old guys reliving the past and stealing some parts along the way. It kind of reminds me of "Beaches In Mind". If Mike Love would've come up with something like "Drivin'" - both lyrics and music - he would've been crucified. Eric Carmen knew how to take riffs and make records. Yep, my vote goes to "Drivin' Around".
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Post by kds on Sept 22, 2021 12:41:24 GMT
We've arrived to the end of another summer officially. This time last year, I posted The Beach Boys' Summer's Gone against end of summer themed songs by The Doors and Jimmy Buffett, but I neglected probably the most popular end of summer song of the last 40 years, from a guy whose given us a ton of great music over the years - Don Henley.
His signature solo hit The Boys of Summer begins as a lament to a summer in the rear view before becoming more about a lost love.
On the surface the songs by Henley and The Beach Boys deal with that feeling of summer ending, but also go a little deeper (Henley about a lost love and The Beach Boys about loss), but both make sense to play this time of year.
So, what say you?
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 22, 2021 12:58:55 GMT
Never been a Henley fan, so I'd go "Summer's Gone."
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Post by jk on Sept 22, 2021 13:31:33 GMT
Never been a Henley fan, so I'd go "Summer's Gone." I liked the live version Henley and others did of The Beatles' "Yes It Is" but that's about it. "Summer's Gone" for me too.
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Post by kds on Sept 22, 2021 13:32:20 GMT
I'm a big fan of both songs.
I actually play the Henley song more. Despite it being an end of summer song, the 80s production with the guitar gulls and all feel "summer-y" to me, so it loves on my Spotify Summer playlists.
I love Summer's Gone, but it's a downer. Henley's lyrics are a downer, but I do find Mike Campbell's music to be more uplifting. Musically, when listening to Summer's Gone, you can almost feel the air changing.
So, I'll give Don Henley a slight nod.
Interesting that Henley, as a solo artist, has sort of followed the Phil Collins timeline, where in the 80s and early 90s, Henley was very polarizing, but at the dawn of the 21st century, the tide turned a bit. Although not nearly as extreme as that of the Phil Collins tale.
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Post by Emdeeh on Sept 22, 2021 14:10:58 GMT
Don Henley for this one. “Summer’s Gone” is beautiful, but it’s also a serious downer for me.
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