| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 11/10/2011 : 01:08:12
How many do you know still think of The Beach Boys as Surf & Hot Rod fluff? Genius; simple and pure.
Their music has stood the test.
Surf's Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_wBbS7I08&feature=related
Don't Go Near The Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmrFghI_NFU&feature=related
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 28/10/2011 : 17:34:28
Beach Boys: Rehearsal session 1967
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2011/09/16/the-beach-boys-rehearsal-session-1967/
"Dug reading all of your thoughts on the upcoming Beach Boys SMiLE sessions earlier this week. After posting it, a deluge of emails came in requesting that I re-post the Beach Boys rehearsal sessions that have popped up on AD a couple of times since 2005. So, in lieu of uploading each of the tracks separately, I’ve bundled the session in a zip file in hopes it will be around for a while to download…you know, for ‘posterity.’ Tracklist and DL link after the jump." aquariumdrunkard.com
d/l
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjqfc6dpj88w2b6
The Beach Boys :: God Only Knows
The Beach Boys :: California Girls
The Beach Boys :: Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys :: You’re So Good To Me
The Beach Boys :: The Letter
The Beach Boys :: Help Me Rhonda
The Beach Boys :: Heroes & Villains
The Beach Boys :: Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
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THE SMILE SESSIONS--SHOULD THEY BE RELEASED?
by aquarium drunkard
(I just love this pic of Brian conducting the vocals here...pointing "higher"...lk)
"We all knew this day would eventually come, it was only a matter of time. Earlier this month it was announced the sessions from the Beach Boys fabled Smile sessions would finally see an official release — and in grand fashion. Next month Capitol is releasing Smile via a variety of formats to satisfy all manner of Beach Boys fandom — from the simply curious to the obsessive. The former can pick up a two-CD version (itself boasting 40 tracks) while the latter can dig into the box set comprised of 5 CDs, vinyl, singles, etc. Sounds like fun.
I’m not going to rehash the storied history of these sessions (you can read about them, here), suffice to say that in terms of ‘lost albums’ this is something akin to the holy grail for fans. Not surprisingly most reactions have been positive, though I did find this piece via the Guardian UK interesting: Why I frown upon the Beach Boys releasing Smile. In short, the author ponders whether the sessions should in fact remain in bootleg form as they have the past 4 decades; his reasoning being that to do otherwise (an official release) might scar the experience. Personally, I’m looking forward to comparing (and contrasting) the various and sundry “fan” imaginations of Smile I’ve collected and/or happened upon over the years to what Capitol releases in October.
What do you think? Hit up the comments — do you believe they (Beach Boys/Capitol) should have left well enough alone, or are you looking forward to digging into what comes out?"
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 15/10/2011 : 02:26:33
quote:
Originally posted by Signed RW
Always been a little biased regarding "Have you ever been north of Morro Bay?" in "California Saga," since it's pretty much my backyard they're singing about here. California's central coast as a whole
is without a doubt one of the sweet spots on the planet...
Here is the complete California Saga...
That whole 3 song "saga" is just so fine...referring to Country Joe is a cool shout out in "California"--that last song has such a fine California feel...pure Beach Boys.
We used to camp in your are a lot back in the 70s' when I was in college in Phoenix, Rick. We took every break on the central coast of California. As far away from LA as we could get!
California Saga-Big Sur/The Beaks Of Eagles/California (10:05)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4BiHBwQlg8
The Boys were awfully homesick during their stay in Holland...hence this great piece was realized!
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| SignedRW |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 22:56:43
Always been a little biased regarding "Have you ever been north of Morro Bay?" in "California Saga," since it's pretty much my backyard they're singing about here. California's central coast as a whole
is without a doubt one of the sweet spots on the planet... |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 20:29:35
HOLLAND 1973...one of my favorite Beach Boys albums for sure!
Brian Wilson...live on Letterman 2001.....Sail On..LEGEND!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BakwE9cjSc&feature=related
Just as Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" was coming to print, The Beach Boys, at manager Jack Rieley's urging, decided to pack up and record their next album in the Netherlands. They felt the change of scenery would make for some inspirational sessions, and perhaps even snap former leader Brian Wilson out of his deep depression.
By mid-1972, Wilson was well into mental illness. Keenly aware that he was creating less music than ever before, The Beach Boys were hoping to jump-start his creative juices. Although he did make the trip (after three separate attempts to get on the plane), Wilson contributed little to the album, concentrating his musical efforts on "Mount Vernon and Fairway", a ten-minute long "musical fairy tale" which was later included with the album as a bonus EP. With Carl Wilson in charge, the rest of the band had to carry the album, and the resulting effort, named Holland, was one of The Beach Boys' more respected 1970s releases.
Due to homesickness, Al Jardine and Mike Love conspired to create a three-part song cycle as a ode to California. Mike Love donated the country-laced "Big Sur" (written three years earlier and here presented in 3/4 waltz time), while Love and Al Jardine delivered the partially spoken-word of Robinson Jeffers' poem "Beaks of Eagles" and the shuffle-arranged "California", which features Brian on its first two lines. A remix of "California" was issued as the second single from the album and retitled "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)". Dennis, who was not given a lead vocal on Holland, offered up "Steamboat" and "Only with You". Carl included "The Trader": an anti-imperialist two-part epic that starts with a gleeful "Hi!" from his 3-year-old son, Jonah.
Upon the band's return from the Netherlands in the fall, Holland was rejected by Reprise Records for not having a potential hit single. It was decided to add an old unfinished Brian Wilson song, "Sail On, Sailor", which he had co-written with Ray Kennedy. After some re-working, Brian delivered what would become Holland's most famous track. "Sail On, Sailor" was one of two songs recorded at home (the other was Ricky Fataar's and Chaplin's soulful and moog-tinged "Leaving This Town") and added at the last minute to a re-sequenced and re-submitted Holland. One of the casualties of this tracklist reshuffling proved to be another Fataar/Chaplin tune, written with Mike Love, called "We Got Love", which would resurface later in 1973 in a live context.
Early test pressings of Holland, made in the US and in the UK feature the album in its original group-intended running order. Side one kicks off with "Steamboat", then the three-part Saga, followed by "We Got Love". The German distributor for Reprise records failed to implement the changed side-one line up correctly and mistakenly pressed 300-400 copies with the earlier running order. Early French and Canadian pressings of Holland still mention "We Got Love" on the sleeve, although the song is not on those albums.
Holland's bonus EP, entitled Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), was based on the intersection where the Love family lived in Los Angeles, and was primarily composed by Brian Wilson. Wilson originally intended it to be the centerpiece of a new Beach Boys album, consisting of the tracks from the EP and "Funky Pretty". It was initially rejected by the other band members, which effectively caused Brian to quit the sessions until Carl decided to include it as a separate EP. However, by that point, Wilson had lost interest in both the project and the Beach Boys; reportedly for denying his artistic output towards the group. Wilson would not record with the Beach Boys again as a group until 1974 for the aborted Caribou sessions. While narrated by Jack Rieley (as it was mostly unfinished when Wilson effectively walked away from the project), the voice of the Pied Piper was supplied by Brian in a slightly grainier-sounding voice, exemplifying the effects of his considerable drug abuse at the time, and forecasting his extremely raspy vocals on the next Beach Boys album, 1976's 15 Big Ones.
Released in January 1973, Holland received mostly encouraging reviews and helped The Beach Boys improve their critical standing further. Reaching #36 in the US and #20 in the UK, the album still failed to go gold. At the end of the year which saw their US shows grow consistently in audience size, Rolling Stone named Holland as one of their picks for "album of the year", and The Beach Boys moved closer to widespread public re-acceptance.
Front cover artwork
The photograph on the front sleeve of the "Holland" album is an upside down image of the Kromme Waal, a canal that runs through the center of Amsterdam.
So is the cover upside down because it looks cool or for some double meaning?! And are those two guys on the boat a couple of the Beach Boys?
STEAMBOAT...Carl is brilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJv1nmJEHM
Big Sur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJy64&feature=related
FUNKY PRETTY....great song....again Brian upstages a Beach Boys album with the last minute addition of FUNKY PRETTY & Sail On--an album he doesn't even actively participate in!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWi-MfUFX8&feature=related
Oh...and the BEATLES doing Sail On Sailor.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMcsEJsfqw&feature=related
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 18:47:29
_____________________________________________
Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 18:41:02
quote:
Originally posted by rocker
Also one of their best for the album art....
You know the image is striking. Now I think that's Don Quixote right???
Which one? If you mean SURF'S UP album art, that is based on JAMES EARLE FRASER'S iconic sculpture of an American Indian called "END OF THE TRAIL"....which has been cited as DON QUIXOTE like imagery in some album reviews; though Fraser's sculture was a testament of the broken spirit of the Indian.....at least for me. Perfect cover art for the album content either way...
Till I Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHl34pVhR5A&feature=related
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| rocker |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 14:19:56
Also one of their best for the album art....
You know the image is striking. Now I think that's Don Quixote right??? |
| markk |
Posted - 13/10/2011 : 01:24:48
It's all good, romantic, heavenly,heavy etc.
But,sometimes ya just gotta have fun! And they can do that too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q3s4n-PwPc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHTs_94uys&feature=related |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 22:07:31
TM...get this line up...
Charles Lloyd, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Al Jardine, Bill Hinsche and Pamela Polland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_xpxNnlqHE
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 21:36:30
"TM" (transcendental meditation) Charles Lloyd with the Beach Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_xpxNnlqHE
What a sax man!!
from 2002 live....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=IsjFNQeAoBg
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| rocker |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 14:14:23
Yeah....one of the greatest bands ever...and Brian Wilson especially one of the song writing greats...I think when we hear this one we get the idea of what a BW song is all about. And all of that from a guy who has gone throug many troubles...but he can dig deep for all the brightness that life can give...I salute him...an PS that Imagination album is just fabulous..get it if you don't have it!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJPCp1W7se8&feature=related |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 07:47:41
quote:
Originally posted by Signed RW
Actually, at least in California anyway, more people "know" and have grown right along with Brian and the band than you might think. Check out Charles Lloyd's "TM" on You Tube....
Folks like us, but I have so many friends that go blank when I talk about the post Surfing Beach Boys,,,but you are right, RW, their are millions who know.
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| SignedRW |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 03:20:56
Actually, at least in California anyway, more people "know" and have grown right along with Brian and the band than you might think. Check out Charles Lloyd's "TM" on You Tube.... |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 02:48:03
quote:
Originally posted by bob f.
Still....."Surfer Girl" "God Only Knows", and "Up In My Room" are magic.
...what the world needs now...
For Sure....it just that they were so much more and no one knows!
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| bob f. |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 01:48:59
Still....."Surfer Girl" "God Only Knows", and "Up In My Room" are magic.
...what the world needs now... |
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