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Post by Kapitan on Jul 28, 2020 13:27:28 GMT
All of us have probably either grown to appreciate and love BBs-world songs that didn't initially appeal to us, or cool on some that might have made a big first impression but dulled over time.
What song(s) come to mind for you along those lines, songs of which your opinion has changed the most, either positively or negatively over the years?
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Post by bellbottoms on Jul 28, 2020 13:40:39 GMT
My first and early feelings about The Smile Sessions were that it was the greatest thing I ever heard. That lasted a year, maybe a bit longer than that. After some time passed, it started to cool. I don't listen to it very much anymore in its entirety. I still think it contains some of the best music I've ever heard, but it no longer has a start to finish glow for me. I'm not sure whether learning about the behind-the-scenes details or others opinions of it is what did it, or if I just "got over it" on my own. Regardless, I put it on recently after not listening to it for quite a while, and it was just... different. I was disappointed. Which is strange, because it's not as if I wasn't deeply familiar with it. But it made me sad that it didn't live up to my initial impressions of it.
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Post by kds on Jul 28, 2020 13:55:21 GMT
+ Hold On Dear Brother - When I first heard this twangy song on my first couple listens of CATP, I was fairly unimpressed. Over the last few years, as I've become a little more welcoming of country music, it might be my favorite song on the album.
+ Spring Vacation - I used to think this was a dud when I first heard TWGMTR. But, over the last year or two, I've grown to appreciate the breezy song, even if I still think Joe should've let David play the guitar on this one.
- Pacific Ocean Blue - When I first heard POB about 6-7 years ago, I thought it was a brilliant album. I'm sorry to say that, as it's a fan and critical favorite, but I wound up liking the album less on each listen.
+ BB85 - When I first heard this, I honestly thought it was a POS outside of Getcha Back. But, there's something very warm and summery to me that I've grown to appreciate about the sheer - 80s ness of it. Maybe it reminds me of listening the radio as a kid in the mid 80s. Maybe I don't know. But I like the album a lot more now.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 28, 2020 13:59:48 GMT
I'm not sure of a specific song to begin, but I can definitely group together the mid-60s, pre-Pet Sounds classics as music that has grown in my estimation quite a lot over my 25 years or so of fandom.
Broken record, but I was all about Pet Sounds and then (the still-legend-of) Smile from my 1996ish jump into fandom. And I didn't just not like the rest, I went out of my way to make fun of it all. "I'm not a Beach Boys fan or anything, but Brian Wilson was a genius and it really shows on Pet Sounds...his talent was wasted in that band!" That was me for a few years.
It gradually changed, and kept gradually changing. I still think the peak was right there with that material, but that "peak" that would have been graphed as some kind of super-tall, super-sharp spike back then now has a much more gradual slop on both sides, and several pretty good-sized peaks around it.
I'm still not interested in early material like Surfin, Surfin Safari...I barely enjoy Surfin USA or Be True to Your School. But I Get Around, Fun Fun Fun, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl, In My Room, Don't Worry Baby, Help Me Rhonda, etc.? Yes, please!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 28, 2020 15:52:41 GMT
+ The early instrumentals. I used to skip over them as far back as the pre-CD vinyl days, but they've grown on me. They're well-recorded, I think they are a great showcase for Carl Wilson and David Marks' guitar skills, and, frankly, they rock.
- The Surf's Up album. It IS a group album, but could've been so much more with Dennis' songs. However, I'm just not blown away by Carl, Al, and Mike's contributions. I listen to Surf's Up mainly for "Disney Girls" and Brian's closing trifecta. The overall album has not aged well with me.
+ No Pier Pressure. As the years go by, I find myself revisiting this one and enjoying it. Simple as that. I am continually amazed at how well Brian sang at such an advanced age.
- Brian Wilson 1988. No other BB-related album have I spent as much time TRYING to like than this one - for decades! Other than "Love And Mercy", "Let It Shine", and parts - PARTS - of "Rio Grande", I just don't think the songs are that strong. And, to compound that, two other songs, "Being With The One You Love" and "He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move" are better than most of the songs that appeared on the album.
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