don't put too much time into this! :)
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 30 November 2013 07:59 (ten years ago) link
Too late…
― goodoldneon, Saturday, 30 November 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Randomly: anyone know the German techno track that samples the intro/outro to "The All Golden"? Not the Madlib track.
― with hidden noise, Sunday, 1 December 2013 09:37 (ten years ago) link
Hadn't listened all that much to "Discover America" until last night. WOW.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8wH_O6Uzs
Really love the guitars in the first verse of this!
Went into this thread expecting it to be bumped because of this: https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/568206586268684288
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
discover america is such a weird/wonderful record.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Mike Love once again rockin' that serial killer stare
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
the world wants to know: will van dyke be in the twin peaks reboot
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
has VDP been posting to the weirdos + Mike Love thread?
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 19 February 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
i see van subscribes to the theories of "seen and not seen"
― rushomancy, Thursday, 19 February 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
That RBSA lecture is AMAZING. He really goes into depth about how he arranges.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
gotta watch that. he is a fun speaker. was just listening to the Byrds' 5D yesterday and imagining a world where VDP joined them instead of Gram Parsons.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
"Maybe if you put some rhythm in your strings, a drummer can find some room to lay back and still be involved with great economy."
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
"Bring the heat of the street into the parlor to meet the elite"
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
Btw quickly paused this to peruse his wikipedia page, I had no idea he was offered spots in The Byrds and Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young! Someone really needs to write a biography on him.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
huh, hadn't heard about the csn offer... can't really imagine what they were thinking!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
not a biography, but the 33 1/3 on "song cycle" is a good one
― rushomancy, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
That RBSA lecture is AMAZING. He really goes into depth about how he arranges.― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
where can i view this??
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 March 2015 00:42 (nine years ago) link
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/van-dyke-parks
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 5 March 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
"The static in this batcave of bloggery" he has an amazing way with words.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 5 March 2015 01:23 (nine years ago) link
someone ought to employ him as a lyricist!
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Thursday, 5 March 2015 04:33 (nine years ago) link
my heart sings whenever i find some Song Cycle appreciation in the wild- http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/a-brief-history-of-prog-folk-fleet-foxes/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
I listened to it for the first time in ages just the other day. It really is great
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 15 June 2017 10:05 (six years ago) link
just listened to this 10 times in a row (got the Sundazed reissue of the single in Toronto the other day)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOmA3sS34ls
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 September 2017 02:54 (six years ago) link
Can you imagine is VDP produced a whole album for Randy Newman that sounded like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xq7hhBipE
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 25 September 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
GODDAMN that is fucking great!!
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 September 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
the Harpers Bizarre cover is p sweet too, VDP plays keyboards on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZmgGcZeayA
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
he is great on twitter
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
yeah his twitter is great. if you say anything about how he is under appreciated, his career was sabotaged, mike love is an asshole, or his brilliance knows no bounds, he will smash that fuckin fav & RT immediately. i like his "birthday" series.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
Didn't know this
On Aug. 9, '69, just after 3:00 p.m, I rapped on the door at 10050 Cielo Dr., to visit Terry Melcher at home. He'd moved. On that front lawn I'd 1st met Brian. Sharon met me, clued me in. Asked if I wanted to come join her & her guests. Decent! I declined. pic.twitter.com/UTvtlbZtYB— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) November 21, 2017
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
Saw that as well. Yikes.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
According to Karina Longworth on her Manson podcast, every Hollywood celeb of the time has a story about going to the Tate house or being invited that day. Makes me a bit sceptical about VDP.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
i was yapping about vdp at a show recently and this dude came up and showed me his biz card
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23509069_10155771033790600_2409688217229193297_o.jpg?oh=7fd7c2035f17535994f7922665ed9bb8&oe=5A919AAB
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
ha yes!! i was just telling my friend about that business cardalso recently converted another friend to the righteous ways of SONG CYCLE...it is the gospel/disease I spread
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
Ah yeah I got given one of these when I met him. Totally forgot about that. Hope I still have it somewhere
― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Thursday, 23 November 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
's weird. I used to follow VDP on Twitter and he also followed me. Then he blocked me. I'll never know why. He's also the only person to block me on there. I still revere the man!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 23 November 2017 01:49 (six years ago) link
Maybe it was an accident?
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 11 December 2017 04:16 (six years ago) link
he's been having a ball with puns on "he is not your run of the mill Alabama garden variety country fare" lately
― flappy bird, Monday, 11 December 2017 06:42 (six years ago) link
lol fuck switch Alabama around
― flappy bird, Monday, 11 December 2017 06:43 (six years ago) link
He wanted to look at the 16 mm copy of the Zapruder film I would show in slo-mo, trying to fathom what had actually happened when our brloved JFK got his head blown away in Dallas. I had the only copy in town. https://t.co/wmMh1hpIc6— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) December 9, 2018
― flappy bird, Sunday, 9 December 2018 05:56 (five years ago) link
Discover America is the Clear Spot to Song Cycle's Trout Mask Replica - don't ask me to choose a favourite.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 19 April 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
Their paths intersect through the work of @thevandykeparks.Here's a non-linear 17 hour tour of Van Dyke Parks' compositions, performances, productions, and arrangements:https://t.co/13ShAMJmmy— Tim Gurczak (@TimGurczak) May 25, 2021
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link