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Post by jk on Mar 28, 2024 17:11:31 GMT
28 Alan (the co-composer) and Brian "Wake The World" with a string overdub session in 1968
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 28, 2024 20:09:12 GMT
28 Alan (the co-composer) and Brian "Wake The World" with a string overdub session in 1968
One of my favorite Friends' songs, probably Top 3. And, it popped up on Live In London...
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Post by jk on Mar 29, 2024 8:55:18 GMT
MARCH 29 Stars at a BW tribute concert at NYC's Radio City Music Hall in 2001 include David Crosby and Paul Simon
"I watched this amazing performance when it first aired on July 4th, 2001 and was stunned by Paul Simon's awesome re-imagining of this Brian Wilson classic love song. This show was recorded in New York City's Radio City Music Hall on March 29th, 2001. I have watched Paul's brilliant work on this song maybe 30 times... and it still knocks me out – every time. He comes out by himself... and plays every note perfectly – and sings this new updated creation perfectly as well. He hits every note and takes this song to an entirely new vocal wonderland. Everyone always heaps praise on Art Garfunkel's wonderful vocal work on Simon & Garfunkel's songs (and rightfully so)... but Paul gives us a glimpse of just what an outstanding vocalist he is – with this breathtaking performance. The guy is a master musician/performer." (Comment by aBeatleFan4ever)
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 29, 2024 10:39:39 GMT
I recall some people not liking what Paul did with the song, but I loved it. One of my favorite covers of anyone, by anyone, ever. Brilliant and beautiful.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 29, 2024 11:10:57 GMT
I recall some people not liking what Paul did with the song, but I loved it. One of my favorite covers of anyone, by anyone, ever. Brilliant and beautiful. While I appreciate(d) Paul's interpretation, I don't consider it...a favorite. I'm still glad he performed it, though.
My takeaway from that tribute show, which is still the same today, is how impressive the guest artist list was. Ricky Martin (who was very popular at the time), Carly Simon, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Jimmy Webb, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Vince Gill, Billy Joel, and Elton John. Very few concerts could attract that kind of talent. We're talking legends.
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Post by jk on Mar 30, 2024 11:25:45 GMT
30 20/20 enters the UK charts this week in 1969 and will rise to the number 3 spot
Imagine sitting in your bedroom back in 1969 with a friend who also happens to be a Beach Boys fan and has brought along their latest album -- and then hearing "Cabinessence"! I still recall the wonderment of those opening "doing doing doings" and being floored by those field-of-one racing vocal scales in the "iron horse" section. On the other hand, I wasn't entirely surprised -- this was The Beach Boys after all (this video is new to me):
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 30, 2024 12:34:42 GMT
30 20/20 enters the UK charts this week in 1969 and will rise to the number 3 spot
Imagine sitting in your bedroom back in 1969 with a friend who also happens to be a Beach Boys fan and has brought along their latest album -- and then hearing "Cabinessence"! I still recall the wonderment of those opening "doing doing doings" and being floored by those field-of-one racing vocal scales in the "iron horse" section. Same here, but it happened in the mid-1970s for me. I listened to 20/20 before I knew about the album and before I heard the SMiLE bootlegs. I was blown away, frankly. 20/20 might be the group's most underrated album. I never had the "disjointed" feel that some fans have alluded to.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 30, 2024 12:43:01 GMT
Imagine sitting in your bedroom back in 1969 with a friend who also happens to be a Beach Boys fan and has brought along their latest album -- and then hearing "Cabinessence"! I still recall the wonderment of those opening "doing doing doings" and being floored by those field-of-one racing vocal scales in the "iron horse" section. Same here, but it happened in the mid-1970s for me. I listened to 20/20 before I knew about the album and before I heard the SMiLE bootlegs. I was blown away, frankly. 20/20 might be the group's most underrated album. I never had the "disjointed" feel that some fans have alluded to. I don't recall whether my first "Cabinessence" listening experience was with 20/20 or with a Smile boot. Either way it would have been around the same time, the very late '90s. I loved it immediately, it fit into my newly constructed Beach Boys image of sophisticated art-chamber pop. (I had no time for the early hits era in those days.) I used it to try (in vain) to convince my friends that the Beach Boys were cool. But it turned out for the most part they didn't like this sort of things any more than they did the Beach Boys' stuff they already knew. As for the disjointed feel? I'm afraid I'm not with you there, Sheriff John Stone. I'm in the majority, perhaps(?), in that I do think it's disjointed. For example, to me, "Do It Again," "The Nearest Faraway Place," and "Cabinessence" sound like three entirely different bands.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 30, 2024 13:22:16 GMT
20/20 Presents SMiLE
Side 1 1. Never Learn Not To Love 2. All I Want To Do 3. Be With Me 4. Time To Get Alone 5. I Can Hear Music 6. I Went To Sleep
7. Do It Again (with the SMiLE sound effects at the end; a prelude to Side 2)
Side 2 1. Bluebirds Over The Mountain 2. Cabin Essence 3. The Nearest Faraway Place 4. Our Prayer 5. Cotton Fields
6. Old Folks At Home / Ol' Man River
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Post by jk on Mar 30, 2024 14:51:23 GMT
Same here, but it happened in the mid-1970s for me. I listened to 20/20 before I knew about the album and before I heard the SMiLE bootlegs. I was blown away, frankly. 20/20 might be the group's most underrated album. I never had the "disjointed" feel that some fans have alluded to.I don't recall whether my first "Cabinessence" listening experience was with 20/20 or with a Smile boot. Either way it would have been around the same time, the very late '90s. I loved it immediately, it fit into my newly constructed Beach Boys image of sophisticated art-chamber pop. (I had no time for the early hits era in those days.) I used it to try (in vain) to convince my friends that the Beach Boys were cool. But it turned out for the most part they didn't like this sort of things any more than they did the Beach Boys' stuff they already knew. As for the disjointed feel? I'm afraid I'm not with you there, Sheriff John Stone . I'm in the majority, perhaps(?), in that I do think it's disjointed. For example, to me, "Do It Again," "The Nearest Faraway Place," and "Cabinessence" sound like three entirely different bands. I'd prefer to describe 20/20 as a patchwork quilt, a very colourful one too. And if you don't happen to like one of the patches ("All I Want To Do" in my case) you don't have to look at it for long. C&TP:ST is one I'm much more likely to call disjointed...
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 31, 2024 20:31:50 GMT
Same here, but it happened in the mid-1970s for me. I listened to 20/20 before I knew about the album and before I heard the SMiLE bootlegs. I was blown away, frankly. 20/20 might be the group's most underrated album. I never had the "disjointed" feel that some fans have alluded to. I don't recall whether my first "Cabinessence" listening experience was with 20/20 or with a Smile boot. Either way it would have been around the same time, the very late '90s. I loved it immediately, it fit into my newly constructed Beach Boys image of sophisticated art-chamber pop. (I had no time for the early hits era in those days.) I used it to try (in vain) to convince my friends that the Beach Boys were cool. But it turned out for the most part they didn't like this sort of things any more than they did the Beach Boys' stuff they already knew. As for the disjointed feel? I'm afraid I'm not with you there, Sheriff John Stone . I'm in the majority, perhaps(?), in that I do think it's disjointed. For example, to me, "Do It Again," "The Nearest Faraway Place," and "Cabinessence" sound like three entirely different bands. Wild Honey and Friends feel like albums. Smiley Smile, aside from the two singles, feels like an album. 20/20 feels like a grab bag. In that respect, it's like the Monkees post-PACJLTD albums, where you have a few songs from each as individuals - Mike with his Nashville buddies, Micky with his team, Davy with his friends...and Peter left out. The contents of 20/20 are mostly very good to excellent, but it doesn't flow. Sunflower flows.
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Post by jk on Apr 1, 2024 20:37:59 GMT
APRIL 1 "Meant For You", the track that would open Friends, recorded in a mere three takes in 1968
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 1, 2024 20:40:32 GMT
APRIL 1 "Meant For You", the track that would open Friends, recorded in a mere three takes in 1968 A favorite of mine.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 1, 2024 21:35:00 GMT
APRIL 1 "Meant For You", the track that would open Friends, recorded in a mere three takes in 1968 "Meant For You" is another song where I'm in the minority. I think the song is overrated. After all these years, I'm still trying to realize its...merits. I also never understood why the song was the opener for Friends (and Brian's I Just Wasn't Made For These Times). To me, it has closer written all over it. Or, I would've placed it right before the closing track, going right into "Transcendental Meditation".
"Be Still" should've been the opener on Friends.
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 3, 2024 2:09:49 GMT
Oh, no, Meant For You is an opener, a friendly greeting to start the day. I can't hear it any other way.
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