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Post by Fall Breaks on Jul 2, 2020 10:26:30 GMT -5
8. It's great, but so out of place on Adult Child. I vote based on song alone. I tip my hat to you for being able to add more complex factors. I will try to be better. Oh, I vote for the song alone too. The comment about it being out of place has nothing to do with the grade or me thinking it's great.
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Post by Autotune on Jul 2, 2020 11:03:52 GMT -5
I don’t know. A well-crafted song -or a demo, or an unfinished attempt-, but I associate it with the period in which Brian started to lose his identity as a singer. He got rid of his youthful sound and the PS exuberance, and we are left with pleasant, yet unremarkable and forcefully laid back singing. It’s as if he doesn’t know what to do with his voice. It would take him a few years to find a new (and short-lived) signature sound.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 2, 2020 12:33:15 GMT -5
Well, you know, they threw in Good Time (from 1970) on “Love You” and got away with it, so why not throw another Sunflower leftover from 1969 on Adult Child? Written, sung, and played by Brian, he name-checks Joe South's hit 'Games People Play', I’ve always really liked this one - both the music and the words. The production effort isn't quite on par with 'Good Time', but some fart smellers smart fellers decided to salvage and release it on the "30 Years of Beach Boys" ’93 box set. This jukebox Daddy rates it highly! Will Brison covered it very well:
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Post by mfp on Jul 2, 2020 16:58:13 GMT -5
Lots of great backing vocal variations to enjoy, 8
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Post by Will/P.P. on Jul 2, 2020 17:33:33 GMT -5
Better get my vote in before Alan closes the poll. 8/10. Song and performance!
Always reminded me more of something Brian was doing during the Wild Honey
sessions. But. First Brian had to hear "Games People Play", which wasn't out
until late 1968. So, must be 1969. Joe was a good writer. He won a Grammy
for Best Contemporary Song and Song of the Year. Then he did "Walk A Mile In
My Shoes". That was soon covered by Elvis during the most exciting time in his
career, for me. The return to live performances. It's on On Stage.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 2, 2020 17:50:49 GMT -5
Always reminded me more of something Brian was doing during the Wild Honey sessions. Yeah. Or 'Friends'.
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Post by Will/P.P. on Jul 2, 2020 17:56:13 GMT -5
Always reminded me more of something Brian was doing during the Wild Honey sessions. Yeah. Or 'Friends'. Agree. I've got to be quick. I'm on battery power. We're having a violent rain storm that knocked the power off while I was adding to my previous post. Yikes! Let me go see if I can get the air conditioner back on. It's also very hot here!
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Post by Mikie on Jul 2, 2020 17:59:31 GMT -5
Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Don't let us keep ya, Will!
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Post by Al Smith on Jul 2, 2020 23:12:49 GMT -5
Well, well, well, playtime with Brian's over, time for a smoke and a count of the vote: 5 - 1 vote
6 - 1 vote 7 - 5 votes 8 - 7 votes 9 - 5 votes 10 - 1 vote
So that's 95% of voters satisfied with the outcome! Re the result, I wonder what It's Trying to Say.
We'll find out soon!
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Post by Al Smith on Jul 2, 2020 23:28:59 GMT -5
It's Trying to Say - a happy little number from the gang with a McCartneyesque bounce to it.
The only bit that's a bit clumsy is the - That's what it's trying to say to you - where things drop momentarily in to an off-broadway mode - otherwise, good one all-round.
Thematically things start as a celebration of the day to day hopefulness a humble life can bring. Initially I find the subsequent lyrical detour into a homage to America's game by America's band a little left field, but our very own LA Angels step up to the plate and hit the ball out of the park, please shoot me now someone/anyone.
I'm going a solid 8.
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Post by jk on Jul 3, 2020 5:25:01 GMT -5
What a jolly tune to wake up to! (That was several hours ago.) It still sounds good, amidst the ever more urgent pressures of the day. Seeing as I just gave a rubbish song seven, this one deserves no less than a solid nine.
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Post by Autotune on Jul 3, 2020 13:38:43 GMT -5
The epitome of the hamburger song genre. Dennis’ voice, at the time only suited for ballads of loss and grief, renders this jolly tune a most bizarre quality. A 9
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Post by filledeplage on Jul 3, 2020 14:10:04 GMT -5
It's Trying to Say - a happy little number from the gang with a McCartneyesque bounce to it. The only bit that's a bit clumsy is the - That's what it's trying to say to you - where things drop momentarily in to an off-broadway mode - otherwise, good one all-round. Thematically things start as a celebration of the day to day hopefulness a humble life can bring. Initially I find the subsequent lyrical detour into a homage to America's game by America's band a little left field, but our very own LA Angels step up to the plate and hit the ball out of the park, please shoot me now someone/anyone. I'm going a solid 8. A song from Dennis in these insane days of Covid - telling us "Everything will be alright." Those words surely do take on an enhanced meaning...get your season tickets for America's past-time - Baseball. On the 4th of July weekend.
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Post by mfp on Jul 3, 2020 16:03:10 GMT -5
Interesting percussion propels this sporty tune to an 8!
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Post by Will/P.P. on Jul 3, 2020 16:47:24 GMT -5
(2:03) of bliss and happiness. A 9/10. I don't care what others think, "It's Trying to Say"
is g-r-e-a-t!!! A simple song, but Brian was so good at just that. I'd give this a 10/10 if it
was more fleshed out/polished up. Is this more than piano and drums with vocals?
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Post by Will/P.P. on Jul 3, 2020 16:56:13 GMT -5
Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Don't let us keep ya, Will! Today was worse than yesterday. Violent storms passing over one after another. I kept the computer off most of the day. Strangely at around 5pm the sun came out! And I hear the song of the Ice Cream truck rolling down the road... boy, he got out quick.
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Post by Mikie on Jul 3, 2020 18:01:17 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2020 18:51:55 GMT -5
It’s trying to say- favorite part is the end when the lead vocal mercifully stops and you get a few seconds of instrumental. This is ‘slice of life’ but emphasis on the ‘slice’. I don’t know what they’re trying to say to me. I don’t feel everything will be alright when I listen to this song. In fact, I’m concerned something is very wrong. 3/10
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Post by Al Smith on Jul 3, 2020 21:04:29 GMT -5
It’s trying to say- favorite part is the end when the lead vocal mercifully stops and you get a few seconds of instrumental. This is ‘slice of life’ but emphasis on the ‘slice’. I don’t know what they’re trying to say to me. I don’t feel everything will be alright when I listen to this song. In fact, I’m concerned something is very wrong. 3/10 LOL - suggest you actively avoid My Dianne in the coming weeks.
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Post by Al Smith on Jul 3, 2020 21:12:43 GMT -5
Looks like everything will be ok for It’s Trying To Say:
3 - 1 vote 4 - 1 vote 5 - 1 vote
6 - 2 votes 7 - 2 votes 8 - 3 votes 9 - 3 votes 10 - 3 votes
I shall return soon to bring the final offering of Adult/Child, don’t touch that dial.
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Post by Al Smith on Jul 3, 2020 23:10:45 GMT -5
Talk about saving the best ‘til last.
Still I Dream Of It is not only a stone cold BW classic it’s own right, it’s the most successful of the big band numbers with Dick dialling down the dixie and focussing the backing track on the wonderment and whimsy of this raw and haunting accompaniment to Brian’s star linked dreams and quest for belonging.
While potentially akin to comparing a diamond to coal, Brian’s modern vocal captures the same yearning and emotional tenderness he found on Caroline No years before, showing the gruff had not quite devoured the chops.
I didn’t hear this version until sometime after I was exposed to the demo version from I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times; the use of the demo in the doco subsequently seemed a bit exploitative in wanting to portray a Brian set to keel over at the next plink of a minor key, as opposed to the meditative contemplation the big band version delivers.
Why this wasn’t revisited by the band at some stage is a genuine mystery - 10.
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Post by E on Jul 4, 2020 3:27:33 GMT -5
Ten. As you said, "Stone cold classic."
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Post by jk on Jul 4, 2020 4:02:48 GMT -5
Agreed, Alan and ed. And any song about food, Jesus and hypnosis is deserving of a big fat ten.
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Post by dant on Jul 4, 2020 4:25:06 GMT -5
I’ll give this a 10, it’s a very solid track!
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Post by pendlewitch on Jul 4, 2020 5:30:38 GMT -5
Have been avoiding most of this stuff. I enjoyed the Carl vocal songs, but not the ones slowed down (too slurry).
Still I Dream Of It: From the intro, was expecting, "...Loneliness...... is a cloak I wear" But going to that song and comparing, maybe not! My ears must be wearing out.
Well, it's not bad, going for 7. That's high for this 'album' from me.
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