Not even worth arguing whether Smile was innovative, that's been conclusively and scientifically established by now
But even, Wild Honey sounds nothing like Smile or Pet Sounds, suddenly this barbershop influenced surf group is doing blue eyed soul.
Is that true? I feel like they change quite a bit stylistically even after Pet Sounds. And their late albums lay the template for a lot of pop to come.
Me n my college mates were obsessed with how prophetic All I Wanna Do Sounds, wrt that haunted hazy 00s indie sound.
Almost mentioned "Day in the life of a tree" and decided that it would be the object of Dissensus ridicule. So I hope Kid Charlemagne gets bullied accordingly
> Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys estimates that he’s heard “Be My Baby,” by the Ronettes, more than 1,000 times. The very first listen, 50 years ago this month, still haunts him.
> "I was driving and I had to pull over to the side of the road — it blew my mind,” Mr. Wilson said, repeating a...
Peak BBoys tracks (not sure which are BW-led, and records are messy) have to include
Don't Worry Baby
I Know There's An Answer (which I believe BW originally wanted to title Hang On To Your Ego)
I Just Wasn't Made....
Heroes & Villains
Disney Girls
All I Wanna Do
Surf's Up
Sail On Sailor
Help...
> One night we all went up to Brian Wilson’s Babylonian house in Bel-Air. Brian then had in his study an Arabian tent made of crimson and purple Persian brocade. It was like being inside the pillow of a shah. There was one light, fashioned from a parking meter. You had to put pennies in it to...
Saw him at Northside Fest at McCarren Park years ago. Had a press pass so got pretty up close and personal. Sad news but of course, in some sense he died a long time ago.
His late 60s run the stuff of legends. Slide doors and Bedouin tents and Steinways in sand.
@Corpsey come take a great american roadtrip and visit all the dudes. Prove your humanity. Show yourself worthy of salvation. Three stops, New York Chicago San Francisco Bay
Combing the archive trying to find where Line B admits that anyone who stays at his flat gets nightmare and sleep paralysis and demon visitations and wets their sheets
I second Stan. Corpsey elevates sloth to an artform. He is determined to be a layabout even when it would be easier to rise to the occasion. A place in the archive is just
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