How many do you know still think of The Beach Boys as Surf & Hot Rod fluff? Genius; simple and pure.
Their music has stood the test.
Surf's Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_wBbS7 ... re=related
Don't Go Near The Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmrFghI_ ... re=related
FEEL FLOWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c0YzcfD ... re=related
BEACH BOYS...must have masterpieces...
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BEACH BOYS...must have masterpieces...
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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".
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...a must have and the only Beach Boys album at that point that had a song penned by every Beach boy. A most beautiful album! .....and much heavier than you'd expect.
Also one of their best for the album art....
Here are a few more tracks to get you to snatch this gem!!
Long Promised Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmAqpRFGzRQ
Take A Load Off Your Feet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTEcyoH ... re=related
Lookin' At Tomorrow (Al Jardine & Gary Winfrey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOeDvqVh ... re=related
Till I Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfHJxoAR ... re=related
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And don't forget their OTHER masterpiece...SUNFLOWER (1970)
Slip On Through (penned and sung by Dennis Wilson!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Gyhy-z ... re=related
A hit in the UK and called their Sgt Peppers....but didn't sell here at all, sadly. Dennis Wilson really shone on this album)
This Whole World (Brian Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xz5QDsY ... re=related
Forever (also by Dennis Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tokxcbu ... re=related
Got To Know The Woman (Dennis Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGOyVZK ... re=related
Add Some Music To Your Day (Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkA4-U4 ... re=related
Cool, Cool Water (B. Wilson, Love) (this is so in the Smile feel....so great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mky-UhxUKoM
Also one of their best for the album art....
Here are a few more tracks to get you to snatch this gem!!
Long Promised Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmAqpRFGzRQ
Take A Load Off Your Feet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTEcyoH ... re=related
Lookin' At Tomorrow (Al Jardine & Gary Winfrey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOeDvqVh ... re=related
Till I Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfHJxoAR ... re=related
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And don't forget their OTHER masterpiece...SUNFLOWER (1970)
Slip On Through (penned and sung by Dennis Wilson!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Gyhy-z ... re=related
A hit in the UK and called their Sgt Peppers....but didn't sell here at all, sadly. Dennis Wilson really shone on this album)
This Whole World (Brian Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xz5QDsY ... re=related
Forever (also by Dennis Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tokxcbu ... re=related
Got To Know The Woman (Dennis Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGOyVZK ... re=related
Add Some Music To Your Day (Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkA4-U4 ... re=related
Cool, Cool Water (B. Wilson, Love) (this is so in the Smile feel....so great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mky-UhxUKoM
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".
-Aldous Huxley
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Beach Boys: Rehearsal session 1967
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2011/09 ... sion-1967/
"Dug reading all of your thoughts on the upcoming Beach Boys SMiLE sessions earlier this week. After posting it, a deluge of emails came in requesting that I re-post the Beach Boys rehearsal sessions that have popped up on AD a couple of times since 2005. So, in lieu of uploading each of the tracks separately, I’ve bundled the session in a zip file in hopes it will be around for a while to download…you know, for ‘posterity.’ Tracklist and DL link after the jump." aquariumdrunkard.com
d/l
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjqfc6dpj88w2b6
The Beach Boys :: God Only Knows
The Beach Boys :: California Girls
The Beach Boys :: Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys :: You’re So Good To Me
The Beach Boys :: The Letter
The Beach Boys :: Help Me Rhonda
The Beach Boys :: Heroes & Villains
The Beach Boys :: Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
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THE SMILE SESSIONS--SHOULD THEY BE RELEASED?
by aquarium drunkard
(I just love this pic of Brian conducting the vocals here...pointing "higher"...lk)
"We all knew this day would eventually come, it was only a matter of time. Earlier this month it was announced the sessions from the Beach Boys fabled Smile sessions would finally see an official release — and in grand fashion. Next month Capitol is releasing Smile via a variety of formats to satisfy all manner of Beach Boys fandom — from the simply curious to the obsessive. The former can pick up a two-CD version (itself boasting 40 tracks) while the latter can dig into the box set comprised of 5 CDs, vinyl, singles, etc. Sounds like fun.
I’m not going to rehash the storied history of these sessions (you can read about them, here), suffice to say that in terms of ‘lost albums’ this is something akin to the holy grail for fans. Not surprisingly most reactions have been positive, though I did find this piece via the Guardian UK interesting: Why I frown upon the Beach Boys releasing Smile. In short, the author ponders whether the sessions should in fact remain in bootleg form as they have the past 4 decades; his reasoning being that to do otherwise (an official release) might scar the experience. Personally, I’m looking forward to comparing (and contrasting) the various and sundry “fan” imaginations of Smile I’ve collected and/or happened upon over the years to what Capitol releases in October.
What do you think? Hit up the comments — do you believe they (Beach Boys/Capitol) should have left well enough alone, or are you looking forward to digging into what comes out?"
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2011/09 ... sion-1967/
"Dug reading all of your thoughts on the upcoming Beach Boys SMiLE sessions earlier this week. After posting it, a deluge of emails came in requesting that I re-post the Beach Boys rehearsal sessions that have popped up on AD a couple of times since 2005. So, in lieu of uploading each of the tracks separately, I’ve bundled the session in a zip file in hopes it will be around for a while to download…you know, for ‘posterity.’ Tracklist and DL link after the jump." aquariumdrunkard.com
d/l
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjqfc6dpj88w2b6
The Beach Boys :: God Only Knows
The Beach Boys :: California Girls
The Beach Boys :: Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys :: You’re So Good To Me
The Beach Boys :: The Letter
The Beach Boys :: Help Me Rhonda
The Beach Boys :: Heroes & Villains
The Beach Boys :: Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
-------------------------------------------------------------------
THE SMILE SESSIONS--SHOULD THEY BE RELEASED?
by aquarium drunkard
(I just love this pic of Brian conducting the vocals here...pointing "higher"...lk)
"We all knew this day would eventually come, it was only a matter of time. Earlier this month it was announced the sessions from the Beach Boys fabled Smile sessions would finally see an official release — and in grand fashion. Next month Capitol is releasing Smile via a variety of formats to satisfy all manner of Beach Boys fandom — from the simply curious to the obsessive. The former can pick up a two-CD version (itself boasting 40 tracks) while the latter can dig into the box set comprised of 5 CDs, vinyl, singles, etc. Sounds like fun.
I’m not going to rehash the storied history of these sessions (you can read about them, here), suffice to say that in terms of ‘lost albums’ this is something akin to the holy grail for fans. Not surprisingly most reactions have been positive, though I did find this piece via the Guardian UK interesting: Why I frown upon the Beach Boys releasing Smile. In short, the author ponders whether the sessions should in fact remain in bootleg form as they have the past 4 decades; his reasoning being that to do otherwise (an official release) might scar the experience. Personally, I’m looking forward to comparing (and contrasting) the various and sundry “fan” imaginations of Smile I’ve collected and/or happened upon over the years to what Capitol releases in October.
What do you think? Hit up the comments — do you believe they (Beach Boys/Capitol) should have left well enough alone, or are you looking forward to digging into what comes out?"
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".
-Aldous Huxley
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jamestkirk
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HOLLAND 1973...one of my favorite Beach Boys albums for sure!
Brian Wilson...live on Letterman 2001.....Sail On..LEGEND!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BakwE9c ... re=related
Just as Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" was coming to print, The Beach Boys, at manager Jack Rieley's urging, decided to pack up and record their next album in the Netherlands. They felt the change of scenery would make for some inspirational sessions, and perhaps even snap former leader Brian Wilson out of his deep depression.
By mid-1972, Wilson was well into mental illness. Keenly aware that he was creating less music than ever before, The Beach Boys were hoping to jump-start his creative juices. Although he did make the trip (after three separate attempts to get on the plane), Wilson contributed little to the album, concentrating his musical efforts on "Mount Vernon and Fairway", a ten-minute long "musical fairy tale" which was later included with the album as a bonus EP. With Carl Wilson in charge, the rest of the band had to carry the album, and the resulting effort, named Holland, was one of The Beach Boys' more respected 1970s releases.
Due to homesickness, Al Jardine and Mike Love conspired to create a three-part song cycle as a ode to California. Mike Love donated the country-laced "Big Sur" (written three years earlier and here presented in 3/4 waltz time), while Love and Al Jardine delivered the partially spoken-word of Robinson Jeffers' poem "Beaks of Eagles" and the shuffle-arranged "California", which features Brian on its first two lines. A remix of "California" was issued as the second single from the album and retitled "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)". Dennis, who was not given a lead vocal on Holland, offered up "Steamboat" and "Only with You". Carl included "The Trader": an anti-imperialist two-part epic that starts with a gleeful "Hi!" from his 3-year-old son, Jonah.
Upon the band's return from the Netherlands in the fall, Holland was rejected by Reprise Records for not having a potential hit single. It was decided to add an old unfinished Brian Wilson song, "Sail On, Sailor", which he had co-written with Ray Kennedy. After some re-working, Brian delivered what would become Holland's most famous track. "Sail On, Sailor" was one of two songs recorded at home (the other was Ricky Fataar's and Chaplin's soulful and moog-tinged "Leaving This Town") and added at the last minute to a re-sequenced and re-submitted Holland. One of the casualties of this tracklist reshuffling proved to be another Fataar/Chaplin tune, written with Mike Love, called "We Got Love", which would resurface later in 1973 in a live context.
Early test pressings of Holland, made in the US and in the UK feature the album in its original group-intended running order. Side one kicks off with "Steamboat", then the three-part Saga, followed by "We Got Love". The German distributor for Reprise records failed to implement the changed side-one line up correctly and mistakenly pressed 300-400 copies with the earlier running order. Early French and Canadian pressings of Holland still mention "We Got Love" on the sleeve, although the song is not on those albums.
Holland's bonus EP, entitled Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), was based on the intersection where the Love family lived in Los Angeles, and was primarily composed by Brian Wilson. Wilson originally intended it to be the centerpiece of a new Beach Boys album, consisting of the tracks from the EP and "Funky Pretty". It was initially rejected by the other band members, which effectively caused Brian to quit the sessions until Carl decided to include it as a separate EP. However, by that point, Wilson had lost interest in both the project and the Beach Boys; reportedly for denying his artistic output towards the group. Wilson would not record with the Beach Boys again as a group until 1974 for the aborted Caribou sessions. While narrated by Jack Rieley (as it was mostly unfinished when Wilson effectively walked away from the project), the voice of the Pied Piper was supplied by Brian in a slightly grainier-sounding voice, exemplifying the effects of his considerable drug abuse at the time, and forecasting his extremely raspy vocals on the next Beach Boys album, 1976's 15 Big Ones.
Released in January 1973, Holland received mostly encouraging reviews and helped The Beach Boys improve their critical standing further. Reaching #36 in the US and #20 in the UK, the album still failed to go gold. At the end of the year which saw their US shows grow consistently in audience size, Rolling Stone named Holland as one of their picks for "album of the year", and The Beach Boys moved closer to widespread public re-acceptance.
Front cover artwork
The photograph on the front sleeve of the "Holland" album is an upside down image of the Kromme Waal, a canal that runs through the center of Amsterdam.
So is the cover upside down because it looks cool or for some double meaning?! And are those two guys on the boat a couple of the Beach Boys?
[8D]
STEAMBOAT...Carl is brilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJv1nmJEHM
Big Sur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJ ... re=related
FUNKY PRETTY....great song....again Brian upstages a Beach Boys album with the last minute addition of FUNKY PRETTY & Sail On--an album he doesn't even actively participate in!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWi-MfU ... re=related
[:D]
Oh...and the BEATLES doing Sail On Sailor.....[;)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMcsEJs ... re=related
Brian Wilson...live on Letterman 2001.....Sail On..LEGEND!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BakwE9c ... re=related
Just as Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" was coming to print, The Beach Boys, at manager Jack Rieley's urging, decided to pack up and record their next album in the Netherlands. They felt the change of scenery would make for some inspirational sessions, and perhaps even snap former leader Brian Wilson out of his deep depression.
By mid-1972, Wilson was well into mental illness. Keenly aware that he was creating less music than ever before, The Beach Boys were hoping to jump-start his creative juices. Although he did make the trip (after three separate attempts to get on the plane), Wilson contributed little to the album, concentrating his musical efforts on "Mount Vernon and Fairway", a ten-minute long "musical fairy tale" which was later included with the album as a bonus EP. With Carl Wilson in charge, the rest of the band had to carry the album, and the resulting effort, named Holland, was one of The Beach Boys' more respected 1970s releases.
Due to homesickness, Al Jardine and Mike Love conspired to create a three-part song cycle as a ode to California. Mike Love donated the country-laced "Big Sur" (written three years earlier and here presented in 3/4 waltz time), while Love and Al Jardine delivered the partially spoken-word of Robinson Jeffers' poem "Beaks of Eagles" and the shuffle-arranged "California", which features Brian on its first two lines. A remix of "California" was issued as the second single from the album and retitled "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)". Dennis, who was not given a lead vocal on Holland, offered up "Steamboat" and "Only with You". Carl included "The Trader": an anti-imperialist two-part epic that starts with a gleeful "Hi!" from his 3-year-old son, Jonah.
Upon the band's return from the Netherlands in the fall, Holland was rejected by Reprise Records for not having a potential hit single. It was decided to add an old unfinished Brian Wilson song, "Sail On, Sailor", which he had co-written with Ray Kennedy. After some re-working, Brian delivered what would become Holland's most famous track. "Sail On, Sailor" was one of two songs recorded at home (the other was Ricky Fataar's and Chaplin's soulful and moog-tinged "Leaving This Town") and added at the last minute to a re-sequenced and re-submitted Holland. One of the casualties of this tracklist reshuffling proved to be another Fataar/Chaplin tune, written with Mike Love, called "We Got Love", which would resurface later in 1973 in a live context.
Early test pressings of Holland, made in the US and in the UK feature the album in its original group-intended running order. Side one kicks off with "Steamboat", then the three-part Saga, followed by "We Got Love". The German distributor for Reprise records failed to implement the changed side-one line up correctly and mistakenly pressed 300-400 copies with the earlier running order. Early French and Canadian pressings of Holland still mention "We Got Love" on the sleeve, although the song is not on those albums.
Holland's bonus EP, entitled Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), was based on the intersection where the Love family lived in Los Angeles, and was primarily composed by Brian Wilson. Wilson originally intended it to be the centerpiece of a new Beach Boys album, consisting of the tracks from the EP and "Funky Pretty". It was initially rejected by the other band members, which effectively caused Brian to quit the sessions until Carl decided to include it as a separate EP. However, by that point, Wilson had lost interest in both the project and the Beach Boys; reportedly for denying his artistic output towards the group. Wilson would not record with the Beach Boys again as a group until 1974 for the aborted Caribou sessions. While narrated by Jack Rieley (as it was mostly unfinished when Wilson effectively walked away from the project), the voice of the Pied Piper was supplied by Brian in a slightly grainier-sounding voice, exemplifying the effects of his considerable drug abuse at the time, and forecasting his extremely raspy vocals on the next Beach Boys album, 1976's 15 Big Ones.
Released in January 1973, Holland received mostly encouraging reviews and helped The Beach Boys improve their critical standing further. Reaching #36 in the US and #20 in the UK, the album still failed to go gold. At the end of the year which saw their US shows grow consistently in audience size, Rolling Stone named Holland as one of their picks for "album of the year", and The Beach Boys moved closer to widespread public re-acceptance.
Front cover artwork
The photograph on the front sleeve of the "Holland" album is an upside down image of the Kromme Waal, a canal that runs through the center of Amsterdam.
So is the cover upside down because it looks cool or for some double meaning?! And are those two guys on the boat a couple of the Beach Boys?
[8D]
STEAMBOAT...Carl is brilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJv1nmJEHM
Big Sur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJ ... re=related
FUNKY PRETTY....great song....again Brian upstages a Beach Boys album with the last minute addition of FUNKY PRETTY & Sail On--an album he doesn't even actively participate in!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWi-MfU ... re=related
[:D]
Oh...and the BEATLES doing Sail On Sailor.....[;)]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMcsEJs ... re=related
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".
-Aldous Huxley
-Aldous Huxley