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Post by Al S on Mar 31, 2021 17:54:58 GMT -5
Howdy one, howdy all!!! Here's a super quick Easter Survivor of label debut odds and sods released under the BB name that didn't get scooped up onto a full LP.
3 of them by my reckoning (phew!!!).
You won't see Kokomo here even though it was released by Elektra - as we know it was included on the artistically dodgey Still Cruisin' LP released by their old partners in crime, Capitol Records Inc. We could debate some of the inclusions, but we're not going to, the list is the list.
The 3 contenders by label are:
East Meets West with Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - FBI -
Happy Endings with Little Richard - Critique/Atco -
Problem Child - RCA -
Let's get straight into voting for your Favourite!!! The most voted will be the Survivor.
I also had Don't Worry Baby with The Everly Brothers on the list, but alas, Capitol got it's grubby mitts on that one - it would really have shaken things up.
Speaking of shaken, I'm planning on downing a Vesper or 2 tomorrow, so we'll reconvene in 48ish hours to see the winner.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Mar 31, 2021 18:58:07 GMT -5
Even though I hate the production, I am going with Problem Child. Carl’s vocal makes it for me. We should have known after hearing this one that SIP would follow suit.
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Post by mfp on Apr 1, 2021 1:33:23 GMT -5
Cool Carl in his shades belting out a stunning vocal, he makes this otherwise mediocre song.
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Post by jk on Apr 1, 2021 3:41:33 GMT -5
I like "East Meets West" so it gets my Easter vote.
I'm not familiar with "Problem Child" and the less said about the third candidate the better!
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Post by Al S on Apr 1, 2021 3:42:33 GMT -5
Even though I hate the production, I am going with Problem Child. Carl’s vocal makes it for me. We should have known after hearing this one that SIP would follow suit. In hindsight, we can hear SIP from Rock & Roll To The Rescue & Cali Dreaming onwards - the approach was pretty novel for those first couple of Tel/Mike prods, but it’s repetitive cookie cutter approach was wearing thin even by Prob Child, as you note. Except Summer Of Love, I don’t think anyone ever was or ever will be prepared for that. |
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Post by Al S on Apr 1, 2021 3:46:41 GMT -5
I like "East Meets West" so it gets my Easter vote. I'm not familiar with "Problem Child" and the less said about the third candidate the better! First time I heard East Meets West, I thought I died and gone to Hades. And the same for the next 9 to 20 listens. But eventually, it grew on me and I quite like it, more so than persistent attempts at Problem Child. |
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Post by E on Apr 1, 2021 3:53:53 GMT -5
Can't stand any, but Carl's vocal gives PC a little push, so that's my winner
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Post by John Manning on Apr 1, 2021 4:07:53 GMT -5
PC packs a more-fun punch than the other two bits of flotsam so gets my vote. Not the band’s finest era but they’d already served.
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Post by Vale on Apr 1, 2021 4:36:04 GMT -5
Can't stand any, but Carl's vocal gives PC a little push, so that's my winner I agree |
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Post by AGD on Apr 1, 2021 8:07:22 GMT -5
Who the **** are the eleven people who voted from "Problem Child" ? It's a steaming pile of rancid excrement.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Apr 1, 2021 8:24:27 GMT -5
Who the **** are the eleven people who voted from "Problem Child" ? It's a steaming pile of rancid excrement. I shovel doggie doo in the backyard every Monday afternoon. I’m used to it.  |
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Post by filledeplage on Apr 1, 2021 9:14:52 GMT -5
It is just their cinema genre - a kid's film - sort of slapstick comedy - in that zone with stuff such as Troop Beverly Hills, Cocktail, The Departed and certainly no worse than some of the Beatles' stuff.
Hula dancers? Are they emulating The BBs? Is this a nod to them?
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Post by Matt H on Apr 1, 2021 12:28:04 GMT -5
I am one of them. East Meets West isn't really a Beach Boys song, just them guesting on it. Happy Endings is a bad song made worse by Little Richard. Problem Child is not good either, but if I had to rank these 3, it would be:
Problem Child East Meets West
Happy Endings
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Post by John Manning on Apr 1, 2021 14:58:40 GMT -5
I am one of them. East Meets West isn't really a Beach Boys song, just them guesting on it. Happy Endings is a bad song made worse by Little Richard. Problem Child is not good either, but if I had to rank these 3, it would be:
Problem Child East Meets West
Happy Endings
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2021 14:59:44 GMT -5
Please tell me this is some sort of April fools prank. These songs are bottom of the barrel beach boys tracks so to speak
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Post by Al S on Apr 3, 2021 20:37:13 GMT -5
Ok - thank god, that’s done.
Problem Child is the Survivor by a long shot, we’ll see how far it gets in the Label Debut Survivors Survivor round when we get to it.
Given it’s a holy time, I’ll refrain from unleashing the next brace of diabolical strains until Monday in the USA! It’s gonna be brutal!
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Post by Al S on Apr 3, 2021 20:43:13 GMT -5
Please tell me this is some sort of April fools prank. These songs are bottom of the barrel beach boys tracks so to speak It is an April Fools prank, but not this year’s April Fools prank and not by me! |
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