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Post by joshilynhoisington on Mar 18, 2022 20:37:07 GMT
I am very partial to the short era where Brian's default was to have two electric 12-strings (or more) playing complementing parts. This more or less coïncides with Later SDSN tracks into earlier Pet Sounds tracks.
The Little Girl I once Knew guitars, Trombone Dixie, Wouldn't it Be Nice, and You Still Believe in Me -- all phenomenal. In general these parts are the least typical guitar parts anybody has ever devised.
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Post by Emdeeh on Mar 19, 2022 3:41:40 GMT
Joe Walsh, KTSA
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 21, 2022 18:43:31 GMT
I might have a few choices, but my first one is maybe counterintuitive, as it's a ballad instead of a rocker: "In My Room." Those opening notes are some of my first Beach Boys memories (because of my parents' old records), and I love that classic tone.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 27, 2022 15:09:06 GMT
Let's try another instrument. Or in this case, a set of instruments. One thing that was relatively frequent in the Beach Boys'--and especially Brian Wilson's-- music is the use of a wide assortment of percussion instruments other than a typical drum kit. Sleigh bells, wood block, tambourines, congas, oh my. What (across the band's and its members' catalogs) is your favorite use of auxiliary percussion?
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Post by kds on Mar 27, 2022 16:19:18 GMT
I'm blanking at exactly what instrument was used, but I like the "jewerly" sounding percussion on the first two verses of Surf's Up.
And the marimba (sp?) on All Summer Long.
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Post by Emdeeh on Mar 27, 2022 17:53:44 GMT
Tympani on WIBN — I know it’s a bit off-topic, but I love the way Matt Jardine played that tympani part towards the end of the song in live shows.
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Post by joshilynhoisington on Mar 30, 2022 0:17:26 GMT
I'm blanking at exactly what instrument was used, but I like the "jewerly" sounding percussion on the first two verses of Surf's Up. And the marimba (sp?) on All Summer Long. Likely house keys on SU.
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Post by joshilynhoisington on Mar 30, 2022 0:18:19 GMT
I think we need to separate tuned percussion from unpitched percussion, it's not quite fair to have to have to choose from such a disparate catalog!
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 30, 2022 0:29:50 GMT
I think we need to separate tuned percussion from unpitched percussion, it's not quite fair to have to have to choose from such a disparate catalog! I was actually thinking the same thing when kds mentioned marimba. But I also didn't want to make it like homework for anyone not familiar with that kind of differentiation.
Why not open it up to both/either for those who want to take it to that level? (btw I have had similar hesitation about non-piano keyboard instruments...synth, organ, and others [e.g. harpsichord]?)
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Post by sockit on Mar 30, 2022 2:38:28 GMT
When I think of "auxiliary percussion" the first thing that comes to mind is "Pet Sounds" (the song).
That is all.....
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 30, 2022 12:43:44 GMT
When I think of "auxiliary percussion" the first thing that comes to mind is "Pet Sounds" (the song). That is all..... The whole album has its share, but yes, the song is quite a showcase of it from the get-go.
Another classic example from the album, the water jug on "Caroline, No."
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Post by joshilynhoisington on Mar 30, 2022 20:22:36 GMT
Incidentally, the instruments playing the Pet Sounds instrumental percussion loop are Bongos, a Tambourine, Sleigh Bells, a Wood Block, a Guiro, and a Slapstick.
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