Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 15:10:39 GMT -5
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its an interesting curiosity and worth a listen. But it's not something I dig up and listen to again and again. And I dont think it would have been a good album.
I know im very much in the minority, and at the risk of getting placed on a watchlist somewhere...I actually like Hey Little Tomboy. I think it's funny, especially the spoken word parts. I just picture Brian saying them to a young butch woman at a bar or something and it makes me laugh
For me, one of the flaws of the material is that it doesn't gel together the way Love You does, even though that also had some scattered themes. It might have possibly come together more if it was finished--like the unified production might have made the songs sound like they belong despite their differences. But I just can't see a finished, good album with Frank Sinatra/lounge singer type songs such as "life is for the living" alongside typical off beat Brian songs like Hey Little Tomboy or Shortenin' Bread. Maybe Im grading this material slightly too hard, expecting it to fit together as an album when it's just unfinished demos and works in progress. Or maybe some of you are giving the collection a pass because it was unfinished, when we have stuff like SMiLE which not only gels but sounds fantastic even though it's also unfinished. Who's to say?
its an interesting curiosity and worth a listen. But it's not something I dig up and listen to again and again. And I dont think it would have been a good album.
I know im very much in the minority, and at the risk of getting placed on a watchlist somewhere...I actually like Hey Little Tomboy. I think it's funny, especially the spoken word parts. I just picture Brian saying them to a young butch woman at a bar or something and it makes me laugh
For me, one of the flaws of the material is that it doesn't gel together the way Love You does, even though that also had some scattered themes. It might have possibly come together more if it was finished--like the unified production might have made the songs sound like they belong despite their differences. But I just can't see a finished, good album with Frank Sinatra/lounge singer type songs such as "life is for the living" alongside typical off beat Brian songs like Hey Little Tomboy or Shortenin' Bread. Maybe Im grading this material slightly too hard, expecting it to fit together as an album when it's just unfinished demos and works in progress. Or maybe some of you are giving the collection a pass because it was unfinished, when we have stuff like SMiLE which not only gels but sounds fantastic even though it's also unfinished. Who's to say?
