tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post3187291452074907231..comments2023-11-03T09:36:19.479+00:00Comments on THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY: The Life Of Briandavyhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-11072619018472785322012-06-20T17:30:58.944+01:002012-06-20T17:30:58.944+01:00Postscript: Brian is 70 today. Happy Birthday Bria...Postscript: Brian is 70 today. Happy Birthday Brian. Thank you for the music.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-33489635749138922732012-06-15T18:44:34.467+01:002012-06-15T18:44:34.467+01:00Already on it. Thanks.Already on it. Thanks.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086396915055033307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-70451171918741967092012-06-15T17:47:10.964+01:002012-06-15T17:47:10.964+01:00That BB blog I mentioned looks worth a trawl Mick ...That BB blog I mentioned looks worth a trawl Mick - lots of rare stuff there.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-58954974903526105662012-06-15T17:37:29.399+01:002012-06-15T17:37:29.399+01:00Top work young Davy. I've never heard those ol...Top work young Davy. I've never heard those older versions. <br /><br />Slightly off topic - in the same way you sort of hope the new mini-suite is the last thing Brian writes for the Beach Boys I often think it would have been perfect if Bowie had retired after Ashes To Ashes and the Scary Monsters LP. Of course we would have been denied the genius of 'Tonight' and 'Never Let Me Down' but it seemed such a perfect career closer.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086396915055033307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-20273356520428958422012-06-15T16:22:25.043+01:002012-06-15T16:22:25.043+01:00That is a good one, that, and I was minded to ment...That is a good one, that, and I was minded to mention it meself.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-81248635749389317102012-06-15T15:27:30.260+01:002012-06-15T15:27:30.260+01:00http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/article...http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/playlists/the-beach-boys-classics-selected-by-brian-wilson<br /> is a good introduction if you can bear to buy a shiny cd Ally. I don't read GQ by the way, it was the only page that wasn't blocked trying to link this while at work.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-49073163777856972722012-06-15T14:37:31.320+01:002012-06-15T14:37:31.320+01:00Except dagnabbit just tried - file too big to upl...Except dagnabbit just tried - file too big to upload. Er...leave it with me.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-21868861114654515402012-06-15T14:27:29.006+01:002012-06-15T14:27:29.006+01:00ooooooooooohh. boldooooooooooohh. boldally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-19931620921644435462012-06-15T13:49:28.638+01:002012-06-15T13:49:28.638+01:00I'll get right on it. I know you don't lik...I'll get right on it. I know you don't like shiny silver discs so I'll try to do it all modern and zip file.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-90405701453751143202012-06-15T13:38:41.716+01:002012-06-15T13:38:41.716+01:00you are a wonderful jewel packed mine old thing. i...you are a wonderful jewel packed mine old thing. if you've got a mo and fancy cobbling together some songs that'd be glorious. if it's not too much trouble and all. ta ever so<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-21505061423107288742012-06-15T13:19:11.551+01:002012-06-15T13:19:11.551+01:00Capitol wanted LPs to come thick and fast to sell ...Capitol wanted LPs to come thick and fast to sell singles in the early-mid 60s, and poor Brian was forced to knock them out at a frightening rate (two or three a year sometimes) - album quality suffers big time. Until the mid-late 60s/early 70s I don't really think of them as an 'album band' at all. There are sublime individual tracks - beautiful Brian ballads to have you 'bursting' again (In My Room, Surfer Girl, Warmth Of The Sun, Don't Worry Baby) and timeless pop classics, not all of them singles - on all the early releases though.<br /><br />Just as we <em>start</em> to get semi-proper albums, then 'Pet Sounds' (and its famous foreshadowing on the melancholy 2nd side of 'Beach Boys Today'), it all goes horribly wrong as BW goes into serious meltdown, 'Smile' is shelved, and he's then in and out of the picture for the next ten years.<br /><br /><em>On the other hand</em> with Brian 'indisposed' and contributing songs/producing only sporadically, the other BBs, especially brothers Carl & Dennis, start coming into their own as songwriters and contribute lovely things to albums like 'Sunflower' (1970) (some beautiful, beautiful Dennis songs like 'Forever') 'Surf's Up' (1971) (title track left over from 'Smile', Brian's masterful 'Till I Die', Carl's 'Feel Flows' & 'Long Promised Road' and even Bruce 'I Write The Songs' Johnston's 'Disney Girls (1957)') and, a big personal fave of mine, 'Holland' (1973). '20/20' from 1969 is a sort of Beach Boys 'Hatful Of Hollow'.<br /><br />After 'Holland' there are less than a handful of good things, and they are very thinly spread indeed.<br /><br />I would happily send you some sort of comp or playlist if you'd like my dear xdavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-84038476505174752702012-06-15T12:27:11.632+01:002012-06-15T12:27:11.632+01:00the beach boys remain baffling here - i've nev...the beach boys remain baffling here - i've never managed to get a grip. is there a good way to try and ease in. or something that will astound them into my ears. i mean i know god only knows is so perfect it's almost impossible to listen to without bursting but oh you know what about all the rest?<br />i shall be having a good old go on this lot obviously<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-43209135986903907352012-06-15T12:12:38.409+01:002012-06-15T12:12:38.409+01:00Oh yes, there's never any planning around here...Oh yes, there's never any <em>planning</em> around here. As I'm sure is obvious.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-81977401437580164112012-06-15T11:10:59.984+01:002012-06-15T11:10:59.984+01:00In my experience the best ones always do. Plan to...In my experience the best ones always do. Plan too much the words get bored and look around for something else to do.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-88640244774269156882012-06-15T10:56:05.653+01:002012-06-15T10:56:05.653+01:00Thanks! Sort of came tumbling out.Thanks! Sort of came tumbling out.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-75505311095176180522012-06-15T10:53:35.700+01:002012-06-15T10:53:35.700+01:00Best piece you've done for a very long time. ...Best piece you've done for a very long time. *raises glass (cup of tea)*<br /><br />Lovely work Davy boy.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.com