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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 3, 2024 11:03:12 GMT
Oh, no, Meant For You is an opener, a friendly greeting to start the day. I can't hear it any other way. When I hear the lyrics "As I sit and close my eyes, there's peace in my mind, and I'm hoping that you'll find it, too...", I get a feeling of the end of the day, AFTER everything happened (writing a letter to a friend, seeing the little bird, passing by, etc.). The guy is finally sitting down, retiring even, maybe getting ready to meditate. I just never heard it as an opening song, as a "beginning" song. That would be "Be Still". Now is time life begins. Take that simple path...
Side 1 1. Be Still 2. Wake The World 3. Be Here In The Morning 4. When A Man Needs Woman
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 3, 2024 11:12:02 GMT
Oh, no, Meant For You is an opener, a friendly greeting to start the day. I can't hear it any other way. When I hear the lyrics "As I sit and close my eyes, there's peace in my mind, and I'm hoping that you'll find it, too...", I get a feeling of the end of the day, AFTER everything happened (writing a letter to a friend, seeing the little bird, passing by, etc.). The guy is finally sitting down, retiring even, maybe getting ready to meditate. I just never heard it as an opening song, as a "beginning" song. That would be "Be Still". Now is time life begins. Take that simple path...
Side 1 1. Be Still 2. Wake The World 3. Be Here In The Morning 4. When A Man Needs Woman I'm with lonelysummer: "Meant For You" is best as an opener for me. "Be Still?" Ehhh...not a good enough song to start an album.
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Post by jk on Apr 3, 2024 14:36:33 GMT
APRIL 3 Brian oversees the string overdubs for "Don't Talk", isolated for posterity on the Pet Sounds Sessions box set
The words "heartstring" and "tug" were surely invented to describe this utterly gorgeous sound:
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 3, 2024 20:40:07 GMT
Oh, no, Meant For You is an opener, a friendly greeting to start the day. I can't hear it any other way. When I hear the lyrics "As I sit and close my eyes, there's peace in my mind, and I'm hoping that you'll find it, too...", I get a feeling of the end of the day, AFTER everything happened (writing a letter to a friend, seeing the little bird, passing by, etc.). The guy is finally sitting down, retiring even, maybe getting ready to meditate. I just never heard it as an opening song, as a "beginning" song. That would be "Be Still". Now is time life begins. Take that simple path...
Side 1 1. Be Still 2. Wake The World 3. Be Here In The Morning 4. When A Man Needs Woman
Many people start their day with meditation.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 3, 2024 23:03:52 GMT
When I hear the lyrics "As I sit and close my eyes, there's peace in my mind, and I'm hoping that you'll find it, too...", I get a feeling of the end of the day, AFTER everything happened (writing a letter to a friend, seeing the little bird, passing by, etc.). The guy is finally sitting down, retiring even, maybe getting ready to meditate. I just never heard it as an opening song, as a "beginning" song. That would be "Be Still". Now is time life begins. Take that simple path...
Side 1 1. Be Still 2. Wake The World 3. Be Here In The Morning 4. When A Man Needs Woman
Many people start their day with meditation.
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Post by jk on Apr 4, 2024 12:54:37 GMT
APRIL 4 The Beatles have the top five singles in the US today in 1964. A worried Brian: "They were goin' like crazy" Back in the early to mid-sixties, it was clear to a teenage jk that the American record-buying public at large just loved a gimmick. It's what put "Sukiyaki" (Kyu Sakamoto) and "Dominique" (The Singing Nun) at the top of the charts. Same with "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" and that dreadful "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh". And... from my perspective across the ocean I saw those lovable English mop-tops occupying the entire US top five as pretty gimmicky too, and I still do. Beatlemania did actor Lorne Greene a big favour and propelled his song "Ringo" (about a cowboy) to #1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_(song)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 4, 2024 16:35:12 GMT
APRIL 4 The Beatles have the top five singles in the US today in 1964. A worried Brian: "They were goin' like crazy" And, I lived through that. That run of Beatles' singles is my earliest music memory (I turned six in May 1964). And, my Mom contributed to the purchasing of those singles as she brought them home - one at a time - from the "five and dime" store...
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 5, 2024 20:34:50 GMT
APRIL 4 The Beatles have the top five singles in the US today in 1964. A worried Brian: "They were goin' like crazy" Back in the early to mid-sixties, it was clear to a teenage jk that the American record-buying public at large just loved a gimmick. It's what put "Sukiyaki" (Kyu Sakamoto) and "Dominique" (The Singing Nun) at the top of the charts. Same with "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" and that dreadful "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh". And... from my perspective across the ocean I saw those lovable English mop-tops occupying the entire US top five as pretty gimmicky too, and I still do. Beatlemania did actor Lorne Greene a big favour and propelled his song "Ringo" (about a cowboy) to #1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_(song) I was in the car with my girlfriend a few years ago, had it on the nostalgia station, and this thing came on, and she cried out "what the heck is THIS?" I had to explain.
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 5, 2024 20:38:55 GMT
And, I lived through that. That run of Beatles' singles is my earliest music memory (I turned six in May 1964). And, my Mom contributed to the purchasing of those singles as she brought them home - one at a time - from the "five and dime" store... One of my earliest musical memories is going through my parents' box of 45's; and as I recall, the "five and dime" was where they said they had bought them. Some of them had a stamp on the label "59", which I guess was how much they paid for them. I also remember there being a couple that were on the "TOPS" label - inferior cover versions of hits. As I recall, the TOPS 45's were EP's - two or three songs per side. So I was hearing these cheapo versions of hits in some cases before I heard the legit ones. Not quite the same thing, but my dad had an album of Floyd Cramer covering pop hits. That was my introduction to "Good Vibrations". Later, when I heard the hit version, it sounded strange to me.
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Post by jk on Apr 5, 2024 22:16:07 GMT
One of my earliest musical memories is going through my parents' box of 45's; and as I recall, the "five and dime" was where they said they had bought them. Some of them had a stamp on the label "59", which I guess was how much they paid for them. I also remember there being a couple that were on the "TOPS" label - inferior cover versions of hits. As I recall, the TOPS 45's were EP's - two or three songs per side. So I was hearing these cheapo versions of hits in some cases before I heard the legit ones. Not quite the same thing, but my dad had an album of Floyd Cramer covering pop hits. That was my introduction to "Good Vibrations". Later, when I heard the hit version, it sounded strange to me. Was this the FC cover version you heard, LS? In the UK we also had cheapo 45 versions of '50s and '60s hits sold exclusively by the Woolworths high street retail chain on their Embassy Label. I bought at least one -- I recall it had Bobby Rydell's "Sway" on one side and Emile Ford's "Counting Teardrops" on the other: And lo and behold, here is that version of "Sway", as sung by "Bobby Stevens" (I recognize the cheapo backing vocals!): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_Records
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 6, 2024 1:40:29 GMT
One of my earliest musical memories is going through my parents' box of 45's; and as I recall, the "five and dime" was where they said they had bought them. Some of them had a stamp on the label "59", which I guess was how much they paid for them. I also remember there being a couple that were on the "TOPS" label - inferior cover versions of hits. As I recall, the TOPS 45's were EP's - two or three songs per side. So I was hearing these cheapo versions of hits in some cases before I heard the legit ones. Not quite the same thing, but my dad had an album of Floyd Cramer covering pop hits. That was my introduction to "Good Vibrations". Later, when I heard the hit version, it sounded strange to me. Was this the FC cover version you heard, LS? THAT'S THE ONE!
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Post by jk on Apr 8, 2024 7:15:18 GMT
APRIL 8 "Shoot The Curl"/"Surfin' Down The Swanee River" released as a single in 1963 (see March 5th) This was the A-side in the US (for "SDTSR" see the entry a month ago):
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 8, 2024 11:01:52 GMT
APRIL 8 "Shoot The Curl"/"Surfin' Down The Swanee River" released as a single in 1963 (see March 5th) Due to all of the circumstances - the popularity of The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson's burgeoning production skills, a major record company (Capitol), the surfing fad, the popularity of "girl groups", and the sound of The Honeys (I thought Ginger and Marilyn were good singers) - it's hard to believe The Honeys had minimal commercial success.
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Post by jk on Apr 8, 2024 13:35:51 GMT
Due to all of the circumstances - the popularity of The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson's burgeoning production skills, a major record company (Capitol), the surfing fad, the popularity of "girl groups", and the sound of The Honeys (I thought Ginger and Marilyn were good singers) - it's hard to believe The Honeys had minimal commercial success. Maybe a lack of promotion by Capitol and the sheer number of girl groups at the time had something to do with it, but I agree -- it is a little odd.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 8, 2024 13:42:23 GMT
"You know I hate to be a downer..." but I never thought the Honeys and/or American Spring were especially good, despite Brian's involvement. I definitely like some of their music, but I didn't think their voices were very strong and the material was often so-so.
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