I have nothing much against High Llamas, but O'Hagan is no match to Beach Boys
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 5 May 2005 02:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
O'Hagan was approached by "Brian's people" to do some stuff for the Beach Boys in the mid-'90s. He went to LA; first thing he saw was Mike Love bearing down on him asking if it were true that all Englishmen were "faggots." Exit O'Hagan stage left quicksnap.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― debden, Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link
This is important!
I have never heard the High Llamas though, although I am a very big fan of Microdisney. So he gets pretty much carte blance from me.
― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:52 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), May 5th, 2005.
!?HUH?!
I never heard that about Mike Love. I guess there's more reasons to dislike him.
― 99 der leuft balloonnnss, Thursday, 5 May 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 5 May 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
-- 99 der leuft balloonnnss (dododod...), May 5th, 2005. (later)
Yes, told in a 1997 Uncut feature w/ Brian on the cover. We have Sean O'Hagen's squeamishness to thank (in part) for never getting one last record out of them. I mean, as a huge fan of the Beach Boys, it must have come as a great shock to him to learn that Mike Love was actually a jerk.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 5 May 2005 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
There are a few cases of him managing to write good songs. They are called "Checking In, Checking Out" and "Giddy And Gay", both brilliant songs.
But generally, you are kind of right.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 5 May 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 May 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Love the High Llamas. Sean O'Hagan is a wizard. The more of his (and Cathal Coughlan's) songs I chord out and present on a website I've been building - COUGHLANOHAGAN.COM - the more I see just how great O'Hagan was and remains (as well as his songwriting partner from Microdisney, Coughlan).
― weirwrite, Saturday, 23 May 2020 06:43 (three years ago) link
I've loved O'Hagan's music for a long, long time. In fact, it was one of two reasons why I launched a website around his music https://coughlanohagan.com/.
― weirwrite, Saturday, 23 May 2020 06:46 (three years ago) link
knobhead
― thomasintrouble, Saturday, 23 May 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link