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GasLightStreet
The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
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GasLightStreet
The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
Exaggerate much?
You do realize that "The Wrecking Crew" were not the producers, writers, arrangers or primary vocalists on most of the Beach Boys records, don't you? To state that the Beach Boys were nothing without them, in my opinion would fall a bit closer to a lie than the truth. No doubt they were important to the Beach Boys (and many other artists) but they were in no way everything that you heard on those records. In my opinion anyway.
Peace,
Mr DJA
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GasLightStreet
The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
Exaggerate much?
You do realize that "The Wrecking Crew" were not the producers, writers, arrangers or primary vocalists on most of the Beach Boys records, don't you? To state that the Beach Boys were nothing without them, in my opinion would fall a bit closer to a lie than the truth. No doubt they were important to the Beach Boys (and many other artists) but they were in no way everything that you heard on those records. In my opinion anyway.
Peace,
Mr DJA
Having read the book, TBB would not have had anything near the sounds they got for their albums - at all - without The Wrecking Crew.
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The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
Absolutely, and unapologetically. They were a huge musical part of my teen years and their music will always be special to me, whether Mike Love is a tool or not. I grew up in SoCal, so the beach was where I spent many of my summer days.
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
Yes. I do. For many years they were my favorite act above both the Beatles & the Stones. They're not that high in my listening now but I still give their "Endless Summer" greatest hits album a spin on a regular basis. Fun & Happy listening to my ears.
Peace,
Mr DJA
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
Yes. I do. For many years they were my favorite act above both the Beatles & the Stones. They're not that high in my listening now but I still give their "Endless Summer" greatest hits album a spin on a regular basis. Fun & Happy listening to my ears.
Peace,
Mr DJA
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
You'd be surprised at how many people I've met that not only love the band but love their late 1960s albums that get overlooked: Friends, 20/20, Sunflower
I heard California Girls on the radio the other day and still, to this day, that intro, the first 30 seconds, is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect in every way.
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Interesting. The feuding among the members of the group reminds me of M and K. Had to check out what the line about Mick being chickensh*t was about. Here's the quote: "I know Mick Jagger won't be here tonight, he's gonna have to stay in England. But I'd like to see us in the Coliseum and he at Wembley Stadium because he's always been chickenshit to get on stage with the Beach Boys." Here's the link to the interview.
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
You'd be surprised at how many people I've met that not only love the band but love their late 1960s albums that get overlooked: Friends, 20/20, Sunflower
I heard California Girls on the radio the other day and still, to this day, that intro, the first 30 seconds, is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect in every way.
I'm sure a lot of people like the Beach Boys. I was just being an invisible complainer on the internet. But I didn't understand the original quote from Mike Love. That was rude of Mike Love to say, wasn't it? Probably just sour grapes about Mick Jagger, because the Stones are still incredibly successful... and Mike Love is playing county fairs.
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
You'd be surprised at how many people I've met that not only love the band but love their late 1960s albums that get overlooked: Friends, 20/20, Sunflower
I heard California Girls on the radio the other day and still, to this day, that intro, the first 30 seconds, is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect in every way.
I'm sure a lot of people like the Beach Boys. I was just being an invisible complainer on the internet. But I didn't understand the original quote from Mike Love. That was rude of Mike Love to say, wasn't it? Probably just sour grapes about Mick Jagger, because the Stones are still incredibly successful... and Mike Love is playing county fairs.
Well, that reputation certainly does follow him around, like the article said. I know a guy that worked on some Beach Boys project in that early 1990's, and when Love's name came up, he did a face-palm, sighed and said, "You have no idea what I went through with Mike Love."
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GasLightStreet
The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
I'm copying here a post I made last August from the IORR Wrecking Crew thread...
The Beach Boys DID play their instruments on virtually all of their songs on their first five albums, and on a majority of their hits overall. "Wrecking Crew" folks began to show up on a few songs for their sixth album, "All Summer Long" (in 1964), and then really joined the fray for their next two albums, "Today" and "Summer Days (and Summer Nights)"...although these albums do include two and three tracks, respectively, that don't feature any members of the Wrecking Crew. After that came "Pet Sounds" and the "Smile" sessions (virtually all Wrecking Crew), but even on the albums where the Wrecking Crew dominated the recordings, Carl Wilson still played lead guitar on many songs.
It's great that the Wrecking Crew musicians are getting their deserved recognition after all these years, but in some instances, there's been a bit of revisionist history going too far in the other direction. For instance, in one of the trailers for the film, "Fun, Fun, Fun" is playing in the background...yes, there is some Wrecking Crew participation on the track, but Carl (lead guitar), Brian (Hammond B3 organ solo), Dennis, and Al Jardine all play on it as well.
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GasLightStreet
The Beach Boys were NOTHING without The Wrecking Crew.
Exaggerate much?
You do realize that "The Wrecking Crew" were not the producers, writers, arrangers or primary vocalists on most of the Beach Boys records, don't you? To state that the Beach Boys were nothing without them, in my opinion would fall a bit closer to a lie than the truth. No doubt they were important to the Beach Boys (and many other artists) but they were in no way everything that you heard on those records. In my opinion anyway.
Peace,
Mr DJA
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
Absolutely, and unapologetically. They were a huge musical part of my teen years and their music will always be special to me, whether Mike Love is a tool or not. I grew up in SoCal, so the beach was where I spent many of my summer days.Quote
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Socrates1
Does anyone actually like the Beach Boys?
Yes. I do. For many years they were my favorite act above both the Beatles & the Stones. They're not that high in my listening now but I still give their "Endless Summer" greatest hits album a spin on a regular basis. Fun & Happy listening to my ears.
Peace,
Mr DJA
Which one of you is Don Was, and which one of you is the little old lady from Pasadena?