(xxp) Their band were signed to Brother Records, so I suppose they were around. Notwithstanding the fact that Fataar was an excellent drummer and Chaplin had a good voice.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
oh sure, great musicians, but it was an interesting decision, if only commercially, to do this at that stage. i guess it was a choice between that and splitting up or just becoming the oldies act they'd turn into with 15 Big Ones
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
The Beach Boys have made a lot of off-the-wall decisions over the years. Like moving en masse to the Netherlands, I mean...
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
holy shit bad takes itt 12 years ago... the instrumental of mount vernon is incredible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uio_cnWZMsM brian discovers the miniomoog! beaks of eagles is a friggan nightmare! leaving this town is ok but too much of an elton rip.
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
haha, that music is pretty cool actually. never heard it on its own before
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
first part of 'The Trader' is kind of painful. Carl sounds like he's straining, the drums are lumpen and the piano/moog/guitar/harmonies/brass is overbearing. But once it goes into the "Making it softly / Like the evening sea" section it becomes one of my favourite songs of that era.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 10:19 (two years ago) link
huh, I could have sworn it was a Dennis song (Only With You), but you're right - he has a writers credit but it's Dennis.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 20 June 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
Yes, that track has such a gorgeous sound and feel.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 20 June 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
talk about bad takes this album is amazing
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 20 June 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
Popping in to say that I was OTM in June 2021. This is apropos of finding a s/h copy over the weekend. California Saga is still S-tier BBs
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 12:01 (six months ago) link
Picking just 19 Beach Boys favorites is one of the hardest things I ever had to do. If you asked me tomorrow I would probably want to include "Kiss Me, Baby", "Salt Lake City", "Girl Don't Tell Me", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "At My Window" and, from Holland, "Funky Pretty" & "Mount Vernon and Fairway". Blondie Chaplin's vocal on the fadeout to "Funky Pretty" is sensational. But here's my list as of today... Brian Wilson's 19 favorites on February 11, 2002.
from the linear notes of the "Classics Selected by Brian Wilson" comp, which is pretty great and would make a fun poll, but was also my introduction to Holland and The Flame, so thanks Brian
was cool to see Wilson/Chaplin/Jardine touring for a minute, which was totally not the Beach Boys but Love/Johnston was ffs
― Florin Cuchares, Thursday, 28 September 2023 03:21 (six months ago) link
Making it softlyLike the evening sea, trying to beMaking it goCreating it gentlyLike a morning breeze, a life of easeEyes that seeBeyond tomorrow, through to the time without hoursPassing the Eden of FlowersReason to live
― llurk, Monday, 4 March 2024 00:37 (one month ago) link
Need to do a deep dive
― calstars, Monday, 4 March 2024 00:43 (one month ago) link
Has ilm done a track by track of the B Boys or is Tom Petty more worthy
― calstars, Monday, 4 March 2024 00:44 (one month ago) link
Tom Petty wrote the liner notes to the reissue of Holland, maybe that will convince them. He hates "Mount Vernon & Fairway".
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 4 March 2024 01:12 (one month ago) link
Weird I was listening to this tonight…Who voted for ‘Leavin This Town’???
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Monday, 4 March 2024 01:35 (one month ago) link
Best bit of "The Trader":
Ears to hear...(two extra beats not in the previous verses)Beyond the showers...
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 4 March 2024 04:31 (one month ago) link
Bear song ever
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2024 04:56 (one month ago) link
BEST
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2024 04:57 (one month ago) link
(two extra beats not in the previous verses)
No, just one extra beat! A perfect bar of 5/4 out of nowhere.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 4 March 2024 05:04 (one month ago) link
an old roommate of mine was really nuts about “trader”
― brimstead, Monday, 4 March 2024 05:12 (one month ago) link
Man, this album is just so good
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Monday, 4 March 2024 11:26 (one month ago) link
And truly, The Trader has to be one of the band's most underrated songs
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Monday, 4 March 2024 12:01 (one month ago) link