Hi From A Strange Fellow
Nov 25, 2020 0:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by #JusticeForDonGoldberg on Nov 25, 2020 0:45:50 GMT -5
So I’m actually relatively new to the BB fandom.
Growing up, one of my grandfather’s favorite bands was The Beach Boys. But, he was what you could call... a mainstream fan. He had several greatest hits compilations from the 70s, plus an old pressing of Shut Down V2 and SDSN.
On top of that, my parents love Kokomo.
Also, throughout the 2000s, several family members used... um... file sharing websites to get music. Don’t kill us, all those files are gone now.
Anyway, somehow we ended up with the SIP cover of Under the boardwalk in our iTunes, and I was just a little kid during those times but I absolutely couldn’t get over the vocals.
Yes, I know that looking back on that track today, those vocals are nowhere near peak Beach Boys, but I loved them. Also, as a kid, Don’t Worry Baby was one of the tracks that actually hit me.
But as I got older, my tastes caught up with the times.
My parents drifted more and more towards what I considered “boring pop country music,” the Luke Bryan‘s, and Florida Georgia lines of the world. And my music tastes moved towards what the majority of kids were listening to, hip-hop and EDM.
It wasn’t until high school when several things happened.
The first thing was that all the artists that I was listening to kept putting out extremely disappointing albums, and I was just running out of music that I enjoyed listening to.
But in my junior year, two things happened. First thing was that my grandfather passed away, so I was in a very reflective mood, looking back on my childhood.
The second thing that happened was that the marching band at my school, which I was a part of, was playing a Sgt. Peppers tribute. I had never heard Sgt. Peppers, but growing up I knew exactly what it was. I’m a huge Apple fan, and because of that, I’m a huge Steve Jobs fan. And he used to play Beatles and Dylan music all the time in his old presentations.
Anyway, I decided to listen to Sgt. Pepper, and I obviously loved it. Who doesn’t listen to Pepper And doesn’t even get a little tiny bit of enjoyment?
Anyway, I decided to read up on the album, just to learn more about older music because I found it interesting, and I kept reading about Pet Sounds. I had heard the title before, but I never payed it much attention. It sounded goofy.
But I was getting into 60s music, and I had a vague memory of that Boardwalk harmony, and I really wanted to hear it again.
I looked everywhere, but I could not find a sign that there was a song called boardwalk by the Beach Boys. Eventually, with tons and tons of digging, I found the track on a low quality YouTube rip.
Eventually, a couple months later, I decided to give Pet Sounds a listen.
I put the album on, and Wouldn't It Be Nice starts. I already knew the track, but I never really “listened” to it before.
You Still Believe In Me washed over my ears like a nice warm blanket.
But then, I heard That's Not Me. And all of a sudden, I got it. All my insecurities, my naivety about the real world, my fears of not fitting in, all being fully validated in this 2 and a half minute song. I was going through a lot of emotions and situations at the time, and I related to EVERY SINGLE WORD.
But then, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) started, and that was it. This was my favorite band.
I obsess over things extremely easily, and this was one of them.
After Pet Sounds, I went to the Surfer Girl album. I would literally take the album piece by piece. I would listen to In My Room 15 times in a row, then go back to my favorite parts in the song, and replay them over, and over, and over again.
Then, I would move on to Hawaii, and repeat the process.
I did this for every one of their albums, for every song, every lyric, every moment, every segment.
And then, I would read as much as I can about each album individually, until I knew way more than any human should ever know.
The only sad thing is, my physical collection of BB product is extremely small. I have an old, broken Turn table, no way to play CDs, and I’m blind so owning physical things for liner notes and packaging is useless to me, so for now I mostly listen to everything digitally, but that really shouldn’t matter. It’s about the music, not the way you consume it.
I hope this was a fine enough introduction, I don’t really like talking about myself.
Growing up, one of my grandfather’s favorite bands was The Beach Boys. But, he was what you could call... a mainstream fan. He had several greatest hits compilations from the 70s, plus an old pressing of Shut Down V2 and SDSN.
On top of that, my parents love Kokomo.
Also, throughout the 2000s, several family members used... um... file sharing websites to get music. Don’t kill us, all those files are gone now.
Anyway, somehow we ended up with the SIP cover of Under the boardwalk in our iTunes, and I was just a little kid during those times but I absolutely couldn’t get over the vocals.
Yes, I know that looking back on that track today, those vocals are nowhere near peak Beach Boys, but I loved them. Also, as a kid, Don’t Worry Baby was one of the tracks that actually hit me.
But as I got older, my tastes caught up with the times.
My parents drifted more and more towards what I considered “boring pop country music,” the Luke Bryan‘s, and Florida Georgia lines of the world. And my music tastes moved towards what the majority of kids were listening to, hip-hop and EDM.
It wasn’t until high school when several things happened.
The first thing was that all the artists that I was listening to kept putting out extremely disappointing albums, and I was just running out of music that I enjoyed listening to.
But in my junior year, two things happened. First thing was that my grandfather passed away, so I was in a very reflective mood, looking back on my childhood.
The second thing that happened was that the marching band at my school, which I was a part of, was playing a Sgt. Peppers tribute. I had never heard Sgt. Peppers, but growing up I knew exactly what it was. I’m a huge Apple fan, and because of that, I’m a huge Steve Jobs fan. And he used to play Beatles and Dylan music all the time in his old presentations.
Anyway, I decided to listen to Sgt. Pepper, and I obviously loved it. Who doesn’t listen to Pepper And doesn’t even get a little tiny bit of enjoyment?
Anyway, I decided to read up on the album, just to learn more about older music because I found it interesting, and I kept reading about Pet Sounds. I had heard the title before, but I never payed it much attention. It sounded goofy.
But I was getting into 60s music, and I had a vague memory of that Boardwalk harmony, and I really wanted to hear it again.
I looked everywhere, but I could not find a sign that there was a song called boardwalk by the Beach Boys. Eventually, with tons and tons of digging, I found the track on a low quality YouTube rip.
Eventually, a couple months later, I decided to give Pet Sounds a listen.
I put the album on, and Wouldn't It Be Nice starts. I already knew the track, but I never really “listened” to it before.
You Still Believe In Me washed over my ears like a nice warm blanket.
But then, I heard That's Not Me. And all of a sudden, I got it. All my insecurities, my naivety about the real world, my fears of not fitting in, all being fully validated in this 2 and a half minute song. I was going through a lot of emotions and situations at the time, and I related to EVERY SINGLE WORD.
But then, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) started, and that was it. This was my favorite band.
I obsess over things extremely easily, and this was one of them.
After Pet Sounds, I went to the Surfer Girl album. I would literally take the album piece by piece. I would listen to In My Room 15 times in a row, then go back to my favorite parts in the song, and replay them over, and over, and over again.
Then, I would move on to Hawaii, and repeat the process.
I did this for every one of their albums, for every song, every lyric, every moment, every segment.
And then, I would read as much as I can about each album individually, until I knew way more than any human should ever know.
The only sad thing is, my physical collection of BB product is extremely small. I have an old, broken Turn table, no way to play CDs, and I’m blind so owning physical things for liner notes and packaging is useless to me, so for now I mostly listen to everything digitally, but that really shouldn’t matter. It’s about the music, not the way you consume it.
I hope this was a fine enough introduction, I don’t really like talking about myself.
