The Flat Five - It's a World of Love and Hope
Some of you probably know these guys from their Beach Boys covers. Album out now....really great stuff I think.Listen to some tracks here - https://theflatfivechicago.bandcamp.com/ or whole album on...
View ArticleRe: I Hear A Symphony: A \
Another death, I'm afraid. On the positive side, the conductor Georges Prêtre reached the ripe old age of 92. Although it seems he was best known for his interpretations of opera, I have a wonderful LP...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: CenturyDeprived on Today at 11:41:44 AMQuote from: Justin on Today at 11:36:49 AMQuote from: Emily on Today at 11:20:59 AMI think that if people remove their guilty imaginings from the...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: Emily on Today at 11:47:17 AMI think it's pretty easy to tie aspects of The Beach Boys music and career arc to the institutional racism of the time. And I think their early music comes...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: Emily on Today at 11:48:45 AMQuote from: CenturyDeprived on Today at 11:41:44 AMQuote from: Justin on Today at 11:36:49 AMQuote from: Emily on Today at 11:20:59 AMI think that if people...
View ArticleRe: Al's BB Family
Quote from: HeyJude on Today at 11:50:59 AMOn iTunes right now, the only Al tracks available are that "Hurry Up, Hurry Up Santa Claus" track from 2015, and that weird digital-only single of a live...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
This is a response to Justin, two above. Some is in that article; some is in this thread. An example: the music industry in the early '60s had a complicated racial structure. There was a lot of money...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: CenturyDeprived on Today at 12:00:16 PMQuote from: Emily on Today at 11:48:45 AMQuote from: CenturyDeprived on Today at 11:41:44 AMQuote from: Justin on Today at 11:36:49 AMQuote from:...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: Emily on Today at 12:17:43 PMSome is in that article; some is in this thread. An example: the music industry in the early '60s had a complicated racial structure. There was a lot of money...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
I think there's a bigger problem with people hearing things that aren't there. But whatever. Edit - sorry that was rude. I think that to say that people should essentially not talk about racism because...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: Emily on Today at 12:34:11 PMI think there's a bigger problem with people hearing things that aren't there. But whatever. But you know, that cuts both ways, right? With regards to some...
View ArticleRe: Pet Sounds and Race
Quote from: Emily on Today at 12:17:43 PMA lot of American folk is rooted in the poverty of the depression. One can analyze a folk musician's music in that light without being taken as asserting that...
View ArticleRe: Favorite Beach Boys Moments
Man, there are so many... I think my list is probably a million miles long. Off the top of my head:This Whole World: ah-ooooooooooooooooooooom-bop-ditty (that whole wait for it feeling followed by...
View ArticleRe: What are you watching now?/Favourite Movie of the Moment
Chris Gaines VH1 Behind the Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1a3aqnwyw
View ArticleRe: T.A.M.I. Show/Big T.N.T. Show Coming to Blu-ray on December 2
I got the original restored DVD of TAMI a few years back and *still* haven't watched it, I am ashamed to say
View ArticleRe: Recent recording
This is pretty, I really love it Are you sure it needs lyrics? I kind of like it just how it is.
View ArticleRe: Are the Beach Boys 'Famous'?
David Letterman used to have a running gag on his late night show about "one of the Beach Boys -- Al Jardine." I think he liked the sound of Al's name.
View ArticleRe: This day in Beach Boys history
JANUARY 7th1964: Two recording sessions today: one at Western Recorders and the other at Gold Star. At the Western session, In The Parkin Lot, This Car Of Mine, Dennys Drums, and Dont Worry...
View ArticleRe: Favorite Beach Boys Moments
Quote from: RangeRoverA1 on Today at 06:14:45 AM2Adult Child: is it different than your thread? Check: http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,8992.0.htmlWow I forgot about that.But there is a...
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