The Beach Boys

[smuggs 9353]

In My Room is a great song.

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Pet Sounds is a perfect record.  

I will fight anyone who says differently.

Paul McCartney has said “Pet Sounds” made him cry and that “God Only Knows” is his favorite song in all of music history.

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

On 7/3/2019 at 11:06 PM, honolulu horn said:

Wow, you're regarded.

Brian Wilson is unquestionably one of rock's geniuses. Here's one reason why. You can hear him working out one little piece of the insanely complex final version that he hears in his head:

And if you really want to get into it, here's Brian Wilson working out California Girls. It takes 45 minutes and 42 takes, but it's pretty cool seeing how it all comes together. He was exacting but had it all worked out in his head -- just needed to get the players all aligned to get there:

Remember that he started experiencing symptoms of schizoaffective disorder right around the release of Good Vibrations / Pet Sounds. He still receives treatment for it. The film Love and Mercy is a great biopic. He's pretty amazing to see live, as he just comes out and his band checks in with him throughout to see what he's able to perform without his symptoms getting in the way. Incredible story about a genius struggling with mental illness and (at times) harnessing it all into amazing works of mastery.

 

I only made it 20-25 minutes in to the California Girls video-- fascinating stuff.

(As someone who's never recorded/worked in a studio) I was surprised at how many false starts there were that were caused by bum notes. Shit, guys, get it together.

Edited July 10, 2019 by SwanderedTalent

[honolulu horn 6158]

6 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said:

I only made it 20-25 minutes in to the California Girls video-- fascinating stuff.

(As someone who's never recorded/worked in a studio) I was surprised at how many false starts there were that were caused by bum notes. Shit, guys, get it together.

Yeah, I find these sorts of recordings really interesting. They take songs we've heard forever and really show how much work, trial and error, etc went into the final version. There's a great video of the Beatles working out Something in which George Harrison gets help with the lyrics "Something in the way she moves, attracts me like a pomegranate" and in which McCartney figures out the bass line. I love hearing how these things are made.

The ones of Brian Wilson producing are especially cool -- you know he's got it in his head and is just trying to explain it to the musicians. "Yeah, we need to have two simultaneous but discordant bass lines..."

[NeverMarryAStripper 21875]

I once drove nonstop from Houston to Biloxi listening to nothing but The Beach Boys.   They are the best driving music ever recorded.

[South Austin 52454]

8 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I once drove nonstop from Houston to Biloxi listening to nothing but The Beach Boys.   They are the best driving music ever recorded.

For a drive that long I do believe I’d have to stop to pee at least once.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

For a drive that long I do believe I’d have to stop to pee at least once.

Do you even long journey diaper brah ??  And it ain't gonna be the Beach Boys I'm listening to non stop.

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1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Do you even long journey diaper brah ??  And it ain't gonna be the Beach Boys I'm listening to non stop.

That all Depends...

[DougO 5243]

16 hours ago, South Austin said:

For a drive that long I do believe I’d have to stop to pee at least once.

Especially listening to all those songs about water and stuff.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

13 hours ago, DougO said:

Especially listening to all those songs about water and stuff.

not to mention their B-sides like "I Gotta Piss" and "Are We There Yet?"

[DougO 5243]

Finally saw the new-ish Beach Boys documentary on Disney. It was a pleasant watch for the music, but total bullshit as a doc, leaving out most of the controversy and tragedy, as well as the real reunion they had a little while back. They even totally skipped the Kokomo period, which frankly I didn't mind so much, but it's definitely a big part of the story. 

It is sad that there is still not a legit Beach Boys doc, which would be like some kind of epic Greek tragedy,