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Post by Awesoman on Jan 3, 2022 8:06:33 GMT -5
This album is far from essential listening but it could be a lot worse. Putting aside the laughably bad "Wipe Out" track, the other new stuff here is listenable. The title track, which may be a rather shallow attempt at a radio single, is at least competent. I admit that "Island Girl" is a catchy guilty pleasure. I used to skip "Somewhere Near Japan" early on but the song has grown on me. It's really not that bad and is probably the best track on here. Brian's "In My Car" is a clunky mess, but the vocal arrangement is more complex than given credit for. And "Make It Big" at least has a strong lead vocal from Carl even if the song itself is pretty lightweight. And then there is the tour-de-force that is "Kokomo". For as polarizing as the song is to Beach Boys fans (and understandably so) I've always held a soft spot for it as it was crazy popular when I was a kid. Everyone loved that song, even if it cheapened just how deep and complex the band's music could be when they were in their prime.
It's also kind of interesting to hear Brian's scattershot participation in this album. He pops up here and there throughout most of the new songs (and I'm pretty sure he may be the *only* Beach Boy singing on "Wipe Out"), but his relationship with the band was clearly still fractured during this time.
Why weren't songs like "Happy Endings" and "Chasin' The Sky" not included on this compilation? They were both in movies during the 80's. Was it a legal issue?
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Post by boogieboarder on Jan 3, 2022 12:31:06 GMT -5
And then there is the tour-de-force that is "Kokomo". For as polarizing as the song is to Beach Boys fans (and understandably so) I've always held a soft spot for it as it was crazy popular when I was a kid. You are so young! I was almost 40 by the time “Kokomo” came out.
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Post by filledeplage on Jan 3, 2022 12:39:23 GMT -5
This album is far from essential listening but it could be a lot worse. Putting aside the laughably bad "Wipe Out" track, the other new stuff here is listenable. The title track, which may be a rather shallow attempt at a radio single, is at least competent. I admit that "Island Girl" is a catchy guilty pleasure. I used to skip "Somewhere Near Japan" early on but the song has grown on me. It's really not that bad and is probably the best track on here. Brian's "In My Car" is a clunky mess, but the vocal arrangement is more complex than given credit for. And "Make It Big" at least has a strong lead vocal from Carl even if the song itself is pretty lightweight. And then there is the tour-de-force that is "Kokomo". For as polarizing as the song is to Beach Boys fans (and understandably so) I've always held a soft spot for it as it was crazy popular when I was a kid. Everyone loved that song, even if it cheapened just how deep and complex the band's music could be when they were in their prime. It's also kind of interesting to hear Brian's scattershot participation in this album. He pops up here and there throughout most of the new songs (and I'm pretty sure he may be the *only* Beach Boy singing on "Wipe Out"), but his relationship with the band was clearly still fractured during this time. Why weren't songs like "Happy Endings" and "Chasin' The Sky" not included on this compilation? They were both in movies during the 80's. Was it a legal issue? That it ever could be construed as polarizing given the 80s is ridiculous. The same standard was never used against The Bee Gees with Stayin’ Alive and the whole disco era thing. Fans should have been delighted to see the band be so successful as a result of the Cocktail soundtrack, and the recruitment of millions of new young fans.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jan 3, 2022 22:34:25 GMT -5
I've never understood the disdain for 'Kokomo', but among most die hard fans, it's not considered a serious piece of work. It's got everything that turned it into the 'hit' that it was. What's there not to like about it? It's recognizable from the first hit on the drums intro. Mike's unmistakable vocal, corny catchy lyrics, the great harmonies on the chorus, the sound of The Beach Boys, Carl's blow it out of the water 'Ooooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo'...... It's a perfect hit record. I still don't understand why people 'laugh it off', even Bruce at times shrugs it off like it was a 'nothing song'. It'll continue to live well in my memories, as it was a monster song when I was little, and was one of those everywhere you turned at the time, somebody was playing it. The long discussed problem we all have, is Brian isn't on it. Bummer! I wonder how the record would fare now and what people's opinions of it are, had Brian been involved....
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Post by monolithic on Jan 4, 2022 2:05:19 GMT -5
This album is far from essential listening but it could be a lot worse. Putting aside the laughably bad "Wipe Out" track, the other new stuff here is listenable. The title track, which may be a rather shallow attempt at a radio single, is at least competent. I admit that "Island Girl" is a catchy guilty pleasure. I used to skip "Somewhere Near Japan" early on but the song has grown on me. It's really not that bad and is probably the best track on here. Brian's "In My Car" is a clunky mess, but the vocal arrangement is more complex than given credit for. And "Make It Big" at least has a strong lead vocal from Carl even if the song itself is pretty lightweight. And then there is the tour-de-force that is "Kokomo". For as polarizing as the song is to Beach Boys fans (and understandably so) I've always held a soft spot for it as it was crazy popular when I was a kid. Everyone loved that song, even if it cheapened just how deep and complex the band's music could be when they were in their prime. It's also kind of interesting to hear Brian's scattershot participation in this album. He pops up here and there throughout most of the new songs (and I'm pretty sure he may be the *only* Beach Boy singing on "Wipe Out"), but his relationship with the band was clearly still fractured during this time. Why weren't songs like "Happy Endings" and "Chasin' The Sky" not included on this compilation? They were both in movies during the 80's. Was it a legal issue? Well, Chasin' the Sky was on a different label and Carl gave that as the reason. I think Happy Endings was too, and as even Bruce has expressed ambivalence about the song, it's no surprise that there wasn't much of a push for that to be included.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Jan 4, 2022 12:30:39 GMT -5
This album is far from essential listening but it could be a lot worse. Putting aside the laughably bad "Wipe Out" track, the other new stuff here is listenable. The title track, which may be a rather shallow attempt at a radio single, is at least competent. I admit that "Island Girl" is a catchy guilty pleasure. I used to skip "Somewhere Near Japan" early on but the song has grown on me. It's really not that bad and is probably the best track on here. Brian's "In My Car" is a clunky mess, but the vocal arrangement is more complex than given credit for. And "Make It Big" at least has a strong lead vocal from Carl even if the song itself is pretty lightweight. And then there is the tour-de-force that is "Kokomo". For as polarizing as the song is to Beach Boys fans (and understandably so) I've always held a soft spot for it as it was crazy popular when I was a kid. Everyone loved that song, even if it cheapened just how deep and complex the band's music could be when they were in their prime. It's also kind of interesting to hear Brian's scattershot participation in this album. He pops up here and there throughout most of the new songs (and I'm pretty sure he may be the *only* Beach Boy singing on "Wipe Out"), but his relationship with the band was clearly still fractured during this time. Why weren't songs like "Happy Endings" and "Chasin' The Sky" not included on this compilation? They were both in movies during the 80's. Was it a legal issue? Well, Chasin' the Sky was on a different label and Carl gave that as the reason. I think Happy Endings was too, and as even Bruce has expressed ambivalence about the song, it's no surprise that there wasn't much of a push for that to be included. Kokomo was on Elektra, I believe and Capitol paid for the rights to use it on Still Cruisin’.
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Post by Al S on Jan 5, 2022 15:36:18 GMT -5
Well, Chasin' the Sky was on a different label and Carl gave that as the reason. I think Happy Endings was too, and as even Bruce has expressed ambivalence about the song, it's no surprise that there wasn't much of a push for that to be included. Kokomo was on Elektra, I believe and Capitol paid for the rights to use it on Still Cruisin’. That is correct and as heavily detailed in a cracker edition of ESQ for those interested in the development and promotion of Kokomo. I’ll edit in the volume etc later. The Elektra 45 b-side was Tutti-Frutti by Little Richard!
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Post by Al S on Jan 5, 2022 15:43:52 GMT -5
As Carl once said, dodgey, and as I say a few nice licks’n’hooks here and there, but on the whole second rate stuff.
Mike’s mikro-rapping on Still Cruisin was a major red light that Summer Of Love was just over the horizon - unfortunately ignored until too late and as a society, we should have exercised more diligence.
While the classic inclusions are obviously amazing songs, their inclusion gives the album an air of yet another cheap Capitol money grab compilation relatively hot on the heels of the Made In The USA classic years plunderathon.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Jan 5, 2022 16:08:45 GMT -5
As Carl once said, dodgey, and as I say a few nice licks’n’hooks here and there, but on the whole second rate stuff. As dodgey or second rate the song may be, the vocals were first rate. Great vocals and great vocal arranging. The band was spot on. We are talking Chasin' The Sky, correct? If not, then nevermind.
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Post by Al S on Jan 5, 2022 16:57:20 GMT -5
As Carl once said, dodgey, and as I say a few nice licks’n’hooks here and there, but on the whole second rate stuff. As dodgey or second rate the song may be, the vocals were first rate. Great vocals and great vocal arranging. The band was spot on. We are talking Chasin' The Sky, correct? If not, then nevermind. The whole album - Still Cruisin'.
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Post by Awesoman on May 10, 2022 8:10:55 GMT -5
I've never understood the disdain for 'Kokomo', but among most die hard fans, it's not considered a serious piece of work. It's got everything that turned it into the 'hit' that it was. What's there not to like about it? It's recognizable from the first hit on the drums intro. Mike's unmistakable vocal, corny catchy lyrics, the great harmonies on the chorus, the sound of The Beach Boys, Carl's blow it out of the water 'Ooooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo'...... It's a perfect hit record. I still don't understand why people 'laugh it off', even Bruce at times shrugs it off like it was a 'nothing song'. It'll continue to live well in my memories, as it was a monster song when I was little, and was one of those everywhere you turned at the time, somebody was playing it. The long discussed problem we all have, is Brian isn't on it. Bummer! I wonder how the record would fare now and what people's opinions of it are, had Brian been involved.... I think the casual fans always liked "Kokomo"; it's the die-hards that take issue with it. Because it's a far cry from the 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘚𝘔𝘪𝘓𝘌 era, was a Mike Love co-composition with no involvement from Brian (other than providing vocals for the Spanish version) and was arguably the biggest commercial hit the Beach Boys had, this seems to rub a lot of folks the wrong way. Years ago 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 wrote an article detailing the anomaly that is "Kokomo" trying to explain its success. ew.com/article/2004/05/28/truth-behind-annoying-hit-song-kokomo/
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Post by Rick Bartlett on May 10, 2022 8:59:34 GMT -5
Thanks 'Awesoman' for that, interesting read, and I didn't know Jim Keltner played on the track.
Do we have a listing of actually who 'played and sung' on 'Kokomo'? I believe Jeff Foskett was heavily involved and helped develop the track before having a lot of his vocals
removed for the other Beach Boys, is this correct?
There was some word of the 'Kokomo' multi-track being misplaced all these years and only just recently being discovered? I mean, how did that happen? How do you lose placement of the multi-track tape of a number hit in 1988!? Who's in charge here?
I believe this was briefly mentioned in one of the 'Beach Boys Talks' interviews maybe with Alan Boyd and Mark Linett, but Wow! I couldn't believe hearing that. If anyone has anymore detail about where it was tracked, and any details about the recording, I'd love to know.
Edit: A correction, not in 'Beach Boys Talk', but the discovery is in this great segment with Darren Paltrowitz. It's quickly discussed around the 15:20 mark.
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Post by filledeplage on May 10, 2022 9:22:05 GMT -5
I've never understood the disdain for 'Kokomo', but among most die hard fans, it's not considered a serious piece of work. It's got everything that turned it into the 'hit' that it was. What's there not to like about it? It's recognizable from the first hit on the drums intro. Mike's unmistakable vocal, corny catchy lyrics, the great harmonies on the chorus, the sound of The Beach Boys, Carl's blow it out of the water 'Ooooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo'...... It's a perfect hit record. I still don't understand why people 'laugh it off', even Bruce at times shrugs it off like it was a 'nothing song'. It'll continue to live well in my memories, as it was a monster song when I was little, and was one of those everywhere you turned at the time, somebody was playing it. The long discussed problem we all have, is Brian isn't on it. Bummer! I wonder how the record would fare now and what people's opinions of it are, had Brian been involved.... I think the casual fans always liked "Kokomo"; it's the die-hards that take issue with it. Because it's a far cry from the 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘚𝘔𝘪𝘓𝘌 era, was a Mike Love co-composition with no involvement from Brian (other than providing vocals for the Spanish version) and was arguably the biggest commercial hit the Beach Boys had, this seems to rub a lot of folks the wrong way. Years ago 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 wrote an article detailing the anomaly that is "Kokomo" trying to explain its success. ew.com/article/2004/05/28/truth-behind-annoying-hit-song-kokomo/Thanks for that link. Why was it a hit? It was Do it Again on cinematic steroids. Why would any fan not like this? Every college boomer had college break week on a Kokomo island, or South Florida, with pina coladas and frozen daiquiris, dragging their friends for a party week who were stuck in offices. It landed for the 6 year olds on Full House and got blasted on VH1 from Disney. It should come as a surprise to exactly no one.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on May 10, 2022 10:50:51 GMT -5
I've never understood the disdain for 'Kokomo', but among most die hard fans, it's not considered a serious piece of work. It's got everything that turned it into the 'hit' that it was. What's there not to like about it? It's recognizable from the first hit on the drums intro. Mike's unmistakable vocal, corny catchy lyrics, the great harmonies on the chorus, the sound of The Beach Boys, Carl's blow it out of the water 'Ooooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo'...... It's a perfect hit record. I still don't understand why people 'laugh it off', even Bruce at times shrugs it off like it was a 'nothing song'. It'll continue to live well in my memories, as it was a monster song when I was little, and was one of those everywhere you turned at the time, somebody was playing it. The long discussed problem we all have, is Brian isn't on it. Bummer! I wonder how the record would fare now and what people's opinions of it are, had Brian been involved.... I think the casual fans always liked "Kokomo"; it's the die-hards that take issue with it. Because it's a far cry from the 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘚𝘔𝘪𝘓𝘌 era, was a Mike Love co-composition with no involvement from Brian (other than providing vocals for the Spanish version) and was arguably the biggest commercial hit the Beach Boys had, this seems to rub a lot of folks the wrong way. Years ago 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 wrote an article detailing the anomaly that is "Kokomo" trying to explain its success. ew.com/article/2004/05/28/truth-behind-annoying-hit-song-kokomo/I’m a diehard and I really like Kokomo. The refrain alone is worth the price of admission. Carl’s part is just pure Beach Boys nirvana. I couldn’t care less whether Brian was on it or not, though he was invited to participate. Lastly, hearing this on the radio and it reaching number 1 was fantastic. For me, it was released at a time when new music was beginning to pass me by. It was nice having something so familiar do so well.
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Post by boogieboarder on May 10, 2022 11:24:05 GMT -5
How do you lose placement of the multi-track tape of a number hit in 1988!? Who's in charge here?
I don’t know what format their multi tracks were in. I do know that I still have my reel to reel recordings from the 70s and 80s. But after that I have DAT tapes that are no longer readable, ADAT tapes that are probably no longer readable, computer audio files that my software can’t find after my hard disk crashed, even though I backed up the hard drive, and audio files that my software won’t read after Apple stopped using the audio format they were using. Then there’s audio files that are just missing. Who knows what takefile-1-1b-a means? Then there’s all the iTunes libraries lost after four computer upgrades from a G-4, to G-5, iMac, and iMac Pro, which is now obsolete, as well as four operating systems behind after I bought it just three years ago.
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Post by Awesoman on May 11, 2022 7:13:21 GMT -5
I think the casual fans always liked "Kokomo"; it's the die-hards that take issue with it. Because it's a far cry from the 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘚𝘔𝘪𝘓𝘌 era, was a Mike Love co-composition with no involvement from Brian (other than providing vocals for the Spanish version) and was arguably the biggest commercial hit the Beach Boys had, this seems to rub a lot of folks the wrong way. Years ago 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 wrote an article detailing the anomaly that is "Kokomo" trying to explain its success. ew.com/article/2004/05/28/truth-behind-annoying-hit-song-kokomo/I’m a diehard and I really like Kokomo. The refrain alone is worth the price of admission. Carl’s part is just pure Beach Boys nirvana. I couldn’t care less whether Brian was on it or not, though he was invited to participate. Lastly, hearing this on the radio and it reaching number 1 was fantastic. For me, it was released at a time when new music was beginning to pass me by. It was nice having something so familiar do so well. Yeah as a kid I was a fan of this song long before I took a deep dive into the group and became a dieharder. Having been exposed to the band's entire catalog at this point it's safe to say they've put out music with far more integrity than "Kokomo" (and in some cases much less...), but the song shouldn't be discounted for its success. For a short period of time in the late 80's they were back on top of the world thanks to that song. In terms of production I'd even argue that the song holds up decently enough and sounds less dated than their 1985 self-titled album or their dreadful follow-up, SIP.
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Post by filledeplage on May 11, 2022 7:35:39 GMT -5
I’m a diehard and I really like Kokomo. The refrain alone is worth the price of admission. Carl’s part is just pure Beach Boys nirvana. I couldn’t care less whether Brian was on it or not, though he was invited to participate. Lastly, hearing this on the radio and it reaching number 1 was fantastic. For me, it was released at a time when new music was beginning to pass me by. It was nice having something so familiar do so well. Yeah as a kid I was a fan of this song long before I took a deep dive into the group and became a dieharder. Having been exposed to the band's entire catalog at this point it's safe to say they've put out music with far more integrity than "Kokomo" (and in some cases much less...), but the song shouldn't be discounted for its success. For a short period of time in the late 80's they were back on top of the world thanks to that song. In terms of production I'd even argue that the song holds up decently enough and sounds less dated than their 1985 self-titled album or their dreadful follow-up, SIP. Still Cruisin’ is still a comp-feel film track version, for the most part. Kokomo was significant enough to have been the lead off (and name for) SIP. It was a take-off of a Kokomo theme, without Kokomo which was conspicuous by its absence. It could have been a live version, for a little more authenticity, with the extraordinary live version of SIP. People can say what they want about SIP in its present state but it is hard to argue that the live version is awful, complete with Carl and Richie Cannata on sax. The promos even teased it.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on May 11, 2022 8:40:27 GMT -5
I’m a diehard and I really like Kokomo. The refrain alone is worth the price of admission. Carl’s part is just pure Beach Boys nirvana. I couldn’t care less whether Brian was on it or not, though he was invited to participate. Lastly, hearing this on the radio and it reaching number 1 was fantastic. For me, it was released at a time when new music was beginning to pass me by. It was nice having something so familiar do so well. Yeah as a kid I was a fan of this song long before I took a deep dive into the group and became a dieharder. Having been exposed to the band's entire catalog at this point it's safe to say they've put out music with far more integrity than "Kokomo" (and in some cases much less...), but the song shouldn't be discounted for its success. For a short period of time in the late 80's they were back on top of the world thanks to that song. In terms of production I'd even argue that the song holds up decently enough and sounds less dated than their 1985 self-titled album or their dreadful follow-up, SIP. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but while integrity plays an important role in my life, it is not that important to me with music. If something catches my ear whether it be Classical, Big Band, Rock & Roll, Bubble Gum, Rock, Disco etc. it is about how it grabs me the first time I hear it, integrity or not. I was over 30 years old when Kokomo was released, so I wasn’t a kid listening, but that refrain grabbed me right off. Really, how much integrity lies in songs like Louie, Louie or Mony Mony? I love them, anyway. 😀 I agree with your 2nd paragraph. Beach Boys 85 and SIP were made to sound like what was popular at the time. Most of the songs on 85 don’t fit the style or arrangements. The songs on SIP work better on this album, but the production is just not up to snuff.
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Post by Awesoman on May 11, 2022 9:00:37 GMT -5
Yeah as a kid I was a fan of this song long before I took a deep dive into the group and became a dieharder. Having been exposed to the band's entire catalog at this point it's safe to say they've put out music with far more integrity than "Kokomo" (and in some cases much less...), but the song shouldn't be discounted for its success. For a short period of time in the late 80's they were back on top of the world thanks to that song. In terms of production I'd even argue that the song holds up decently enough and sounds less dated than their 1985 self-titled album or their dreadful follow-up, SIP. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but while integrity plays an important role in my life, it is not that important to me with music. If something catches my ear whether it be Classical, Big Band, Rock & Roll, Bubble Gum, Rock, Disco etc. it is about how it grabs me the first time I hear it, integrity or not. I was over 30 years old when Kokomo was released, so I wasn’t a kid listening, but that refrain grabbed me right off. Really, how much integrity lies in songs like Louie, Louie or Mony Mony? I love them, anyway. 😀 I agree with your 2nd paragraph. Beach Boys 85 and SIP were made to sound like what was popular at the time. Most of the songs on 85 don’t fit the style or arrangements. The songs on SIP work better on this album, but the production is just not up to snuff. Yeah I don't think we're at odds here in our views. Pretty much agree with you. By "integrity" my point is that the band has put out music that is far more ambitious and creatively deep than "Kokomo" ever cared to be. But as you implied, the whole point of this song was for it to be fun. And I agree with you that you can judge a song for what it is in and of itself, independently of whatever else the artist did.
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Post by filledeplage on May 11, 2022 9:16:14 GMT -5
Yeah as a kid I was a fan of this song long before I took a deep dive into the group and became a dieharder. Having been exposed to the band's entire catalog at this point it's safe to say they've put out music with far more integrity than "Kokomo" (and in some cases much less...), but the song shouldn't be discounted for its success. For a short period of time in the late 80's they were back on top of the world thanks to that song. In terms of production I'd even argue that the song holds up decently enough and sounds less dated than their 1985 self-titled album or their dreadful follow-up, SIP. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but while integrity plays an important role in my life, it is not that important to me with music. If something catches my ear whether it be Classical, Big Band, Rock & Roll, Bubble Gum, Rock, Disco etc. it is about how it grabs me the first time I hear it, integrity or not. I was over 30 years old when Kokomo was released, so I wasn’t a kid listening, but that refrain grabbed me right off. Really, how much integrity lies in songs like Louie, Louie or Mony Mony? I love them, anyway. 😀 I agree with your 2nd paragraph. Beach Boys 85 and SIP were made to sound like what was popular at the time. Most of the songs on 85 don’t fit the style or arrangements. The songs on SIP work better on this album, but the production is just not up to snuff. We are probably in the same time space. I had kids and was teaching Pre-K at that time and my students were coming in singing “Aruba Jamaica...” and I nearly fell over. This was dripping down to those next generations but, I agree it was not the kind of production that marked their work. The tech maybe looked good (and in that time) didn’t sound bad, at that time but it did not age well. And why I think it could use a do-over.
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Post by lonelysummer on May 11, 2022 14:04:17 GMT -5
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Post by boogieboarder on May 12, 2022 10:02:46 GMT -5
Nobody’s stating the obvious here so I will. After Brian essentially left The Beach Boys, the rest of the band couldn’t write hits, but somehow they struck gold with the number one hit “Kokomo.” Well, “Kokomo” was a song written and recorded years previously by proven genius songwriter John Philips of the Mamas and Papas, with lyrics rewritten at the time by Scott McKenzie. A studio version was recorded in 1985, with lead vocals by original Mamas and Papas lead vocalist Denny Doherty, as well as Scott McKenzie, but apparently remained unreleased until it was included on the 2010 CD Many Mamas, Many Papas. You can look up “Kokomo” on the internet, including Wikipedia, and you won’t find any mention of this at all.
Yes Terry Melcher and Mike Love rewrote and added more parts, but proven hit songwriters like Brian Wilson and John Phillips know what they’re doing.
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Post by Awesoman on Jan 17, 2024 9:31:05 GMT -5
You can file this under "not urgent or necessary" but I wonder if we'll ever get a compilation that includes these tracks as well as some of their other long dormant songs they released in the 80's. Replace the "oldies" included here with "Chasin' The Sky", "Happy Endings", "Problem Child", "Rock & Roll To The Rescue" and whatever else they did and you'll have a decent overview from that era. I know none of this music is as remarkable as their previous material from the 60's and 70's, but at least some of it ("Somewhere Near Japan") deserves to be remastered and revisited and it would be nice to have this content accessible even if just for completionist's sake.
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Post by Al S on Jan 27, 2024 4:24:12 GMT -5
You can file this under "not urgent or necessary" but I wonder if we'll ever get a compilation that includes these tracks as well as some of their other long dormant songs they released in the 80's. Replace the "oldies" included here with "Chasin' The Sky", "Happy Endings", "Problem Child", "Rock & Roll To The Rescue" and whatever else they did and you'll have a decent overview from that era. I know none of this music is as remarkable as their previous material from the 60's and 70's, but at least some of it ("Somewhere Near Japan") deserves to be remastered and revisited and it would be nice to have this content accessible even if just for completionist's sake. I behind you in nearly all cases. But let's leave "Happy Endings" as an exclusive for the Japanese CD release.
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