Yeah, "Nearest Faraway Place" is great. Guess I didn't realize who wrote it.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
Bruce Johnston is like, "do you want some extra syrup on your syrup?"
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
We did get to hear Cass Elliot sing "Disney Girls," though!
Yeah, the joke is there's an old interview with Bruce where he talks about asking for Brian's help writing lyrics for Disney Girls, and he suggested the line "my friend Bob/he has a job" among others which Bruce rejected.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
not syrupy enough, I guess
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
wtf is a Disney girl, always bothered me about the song
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
You've got to listen to "Disney Girl" by Thin White Rope to get the rest of the story.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
It still would have been better than the lyrics to Student Demonstration Time. Xp to myself.
Anyway, I like Disney Girls and even Take a Load off Your Feet. The album is sequenced really well. Even though not all the songs are equally amazing taken on their own, those 2 songs are really important to the pace and flow of the album. "SURF'S UP" is the only song that doesn't fit IMO, feels so out of place.
Also, i know most fans like the vocal overdubs they added for this release, but they annoy me. I was quite disappointed that this mix was used for the Smile Sessions.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Prefer the extended mix of Til I Die and it would have made a great closer.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
The line "my friend Bob he has a job" may have been intended for Deirdre rather than Disney Girls, now that I think about it. I still would like to hear Mama Cass sing that.
I'll bet if she had covered Deirdre it would have worked pretty well. Her style kinda dovetails with Bruce Johnston's.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
he's also a MAGA
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
Not a great fan of her version of "Disney Girls" tbh, but she would have nailed "Deirdre" for sure.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
b..but he writes the songs..
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link