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Elmo Lewis
The whole damn thing made me feel old.
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FrankM
Why does Lady Gaga feel the need to dress in the most outrageous costumes? She looks like a sardine caught in a fishing net.
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ryanpow
I thought Adelle blew everyone out of the water.
Marroon Five doing little surfer girl was suprsingly good. Foster the people's wouldn't it be nice sucked.
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memphiscats
Wish I could remember - I'm still in shock to learn that God didn't give us the remote control... Sicilian - I was joking - I respect all religions - if you only knew...
Geez guys - lighten up! Or just light up - whatever works.
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mickscarey
How boring was Springsteen?!
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ryanpow
I thought Adelle blew everyone out of the water.
Marroon Five doing little surfer girl was suprsingly good. Foster the people's wouldn't it be nice sucked.
Forget Minaj, I'm offended that you would praise Maroon 5 but slag Foster.
Foster did a brilliant job of re-creating one of the greatest, most complex recorded song in the history of music.
As a musican, I've been trying to learn this song all my life.
The lead singer has a thin voice, but he captured the melody. Its not an easy song to sing, even in the car. And if you're going to do a Beach Boys tribute, you better get the harmonies right. Maroon seemed strained, and it was an easy-choice song and nothing stood out. Levine may have a technically better voice than Foster, but that means nothing. Levine was emoting too much and very pitchy.
Foster/People nailed it.
From the timpani player to the great looping bass line to all those little whimsical touches: Brian created this song piece by piece in a recording studio over a period or time. These guys managed to capture the essence, the feel of this masterpiece in all its melodic, childlike, orchestral magnificance! It's like a tapestry, chaotic mosaic of everything going on in Brian's head and yet it makes sense.
I think you have to realize how amazing the production of Brian's song is to fully appreciate that Foster tried to pay homage to every singe note, drum beat, vocal part....
To nitpick about the guy's vocal skills is an injustice to what they were able to accomplish live with a live band.
Are there any other Beach Boys purists here who can support here?
[justjared.buzznet.com]
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Stoneage
I agree with you mickschix, Mars's peformance was immaculate but boring. I have seen him before. I don't think it's wrong to call him a James Brown (or Prince...) epigon. Skilful but boring.
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I thought Adelle blew everyone out of the water.
Marroon Five doing little surfer girl was suprsingly good. Foster the people's wouldn't it be nice sucked.
Forget Minaj, I'm offended that you would praise Maroon 5 but slag Foster.
Foster did a brilliant job of re-creating one of the greatest, most complex recorded song in the history of music.
As a musican, I've been trying to learn this song all my life.
The lead singer has a thin voice, but he captured the melody. Its not an easy song to sing, even in the car. And if you're going to do a Beach Boys tribute, you better get the harmonies right. Maroon seemed strained, and it was an easy-choice song and nothing stood out. Levine may have a technically better voice than Foster, but that means nothing. Levine was emoting too much and very pitchy.
Foster/People nailed it.
From the timpani player to the great looping bass line to all those little whimsical touches: Brian created this song piece by piece in a recording studio over a period or time. These guys managed to capture the essence, the feel of this masterpiece in all its melodic, childlike, orchestral magnificance! It's like a tapestry, chaotic mosaic of everything going on in Brian's head and yet it makes sense.
I think you have to realize how amazing the production of Brian's song is to fully appreciate that Foster tried to pay homage to every singe note, drum beat, vocal part....
To nitpick about the guy's vocal skills is an injustice to what they were able to accomplish live with a live band.
Are there any other Beach Boys purists here who can support here?
[justjared.buzznet.com]
I'm here with ya stupidguy2! I thought they did an exceptional job with the song. The lead singer has gone on record as being a huge Brian fan (which helps with the brownie points, of course) but like you said, he really did a fine job capturing the lead vocal. The intonation, inflection and most of all, the accuracy of hitting that melody correctly was all there. He seemed to have a lost some steam by the end of it but nevertheless, they kept the fun and joyful feel to the song. I have yet to know for sure but it seems that Brian's band were really the ones we could hear who played the music. Sure Foster The People were all up there plugged in and playing, but I suspect they were mixed lower right under Brian's band. I think that is what accounted for the very full and large sound. I thought the entire performance (including the B was mixed awful. I bet it sounded better in the Staples Center.
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I thought Adelle blew everyone out of the water.
Marroon Five doing little surfer girl was suprsingly good. Foster the people's wouldn't it be nice sucked.
Forget Minaj, I'm offended that you would praise Maroon 5 but slag Foster.
Foster did a brilliant job of re-creating one of the greatest, most complex recorded song in the history of music.
As a musican, I've been trying to learn this song all my life.
The lead singer has a thin voice, but he captured the melody. Its not an easy song to sing, even in the car. And if you're going to do a Beach Boys tribute, you better get the harmonies right. Maroon seemed strained, and it was an easy-choice song and nothing stood out. Levine may have a technically better voice than Foster, but that means nothing. Levine was emoting too much and very pitchy.
Foster/People nailed it.
From the timpani player to the great looping bass line to all those little whimsical touches: Brian created this song piece by piece in a recording studio over a period or time. These guys managed to capture the essence, the feel of this masterpiece in all its melodic, childlike, orchestral magnificance! It's like a tapestry, chaotic mosaic of everything going on in Brian's head and yet it makes sense.
I think you have to realize how amazing the production of Brian's song is to fully appreciate that Foster tried to pay homage to every singe note, drum beat, vocal part....
To nitpick about the guy's vocal skills is an injustice to what they were able to accomplish live with a live band.
Are there any other Beach Boys purists here who can support here?
[justjared.buzznet.com]
I'm here with ya stupidguy2! I thought they did an exceptional job with the song. The lead singer has gone on record as being a huge Brian fan (which helps with the brownie points, of course) but like you said, he really did a fine job capturing the lead vocal. The intonation, inflection and most of all, the accuracy of hitting that melody correctly was all there. He seemed to have a lost some steam by the end of it but nevertheless, they kept the fun and joyful feel to the song. I have yet to know for sure but it seems that Brian's band were really the ones we could hear who played the music. Sure Foster The People were all up there plugged in and playing, but I suspect they were mixed lower right under Brian's band. I think that is what accounted for the very full and large sound. I thought the entire performance (including the B was mixed awful. I bet it sounded better in the Staples Center.
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Justin
Yes indeed, Brian's entire band was back there holding it down (and yeah that's Nelson Bragg on percussion). Only two members of Mike Love's group were incorporated into the group: John Cowsill on drums and Scott Totteen on guitar. Can't wait for the tour..
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Justin
Yes indeed, Brian's entire band was back there holding it down (and yeah that's Nelson Bragg on percussion). Only two members of Mike Love's group were incorporated into the group: John Cowsill on drums and Scott Totteen on guitar. Can't wait for the tour..
That's where that big sound came from - I wondered about that, just didn't know that was Brian's official band. I thought it might have been some studio musicians.
Either way, they did an excellent job - incredible.
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Justin
Yes indeed, Brian's entire band was back there holding it down (and yeah that's Nelson Bragg on percussion). Only two members of Mike Love's group were incorporated into the group: John Cowsill on drums and Scott Totteen on guitar. Can't wait for the tour..
That's where that big sound came from - I wondered about that, just didn't know that was Brian's official band. I thought it might have been some studio musicians.
Either way, they did an excellent job - incredible.
Here's the best quality video of the performances. In looking at the video there are many instances where you hear John hitting the drums while the Foster drummer is doing something else. But anyway...good job by all!
[929nin.com]
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stupidguy2
What a great band! I knew there had to be some seriously studious musicians back there nailing all those parts down. Brilliant....I wonder how long they've had to work to perfect this song. I love Foster the People - very inventive and melodic -but damn, if they had managed to pull this off all on their own, they could have gotten a Grammy for that alone.
There is something to be said for studio/session musicians - they probably have the discipline most "artists"/musicians lack.
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Braincapers
I didn't see the Grammys (yet) so I don't know whether I would have been offended but I do find it annoying that Christianity is about the only religion it's OK to mock.
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stupidguy2
But still, my point is that there is a place for artist who stray from the accepted norm - her act is part-hip-hop and part performance art.....
Not my thing, and you don't have to like it, but I get irritated at some of the 'moral outrage'.
Well I definitely agree with you on the 'moral outrage'...that, is a joke.
How is it possible to be a Stones fan, and have moral outrage? Maybe they need to see a clip of c*cksucker blues?
Yeah, one of the greatest examples of this on this board a while back:
Someone deriding Gaga for using gimmicks in her live shows, to which another poster (Gazza?),
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'Yeah, because using a giant inflatable cock as a prop is completely artistic.'
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GumbootCloggeroo
Is it just me or does Taylor Swift sing about the same topic for every song? Some guy breaking her heart. Can't she write a song about a toaster or something?