Showing posts with label 2004. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2004. Show all posts

2011/09/09

Jez Graham - Solar System

2004
A great piano solo version of Brian Wilson's composition from 1977's Love You album

2011/08/17

Beach Boys artikel uit 'De Witte Raaf' (in Dutch)

Source: (Januari 2005) taken from http://dewitteraaf.stylelabs.com/web/flash/content.asp
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The Beach Boys, een tragedie

Bart Meuleman

Wie over The Beach Boys begint, kan bij zijn toehoorders op twee soorten reacties rekenen: een licht spottende, verbaasde glimlach, of een kinderlijke verrukking. Een ernstige blik met gefronste wenkbrauwen kom je zelden tegen, want vriend en vijand zijn het erover eens: The Beach Boys, dat is lichte muziek bij uitstek. Toch gaan er achter hun liedjes meerdere drama's schuil. Om te beginnen die van hun eigen biografie natuurlijk. Hoe konden verwoestende, zelfdestructieve persoonlijkheden als The Beach Boys zo'n zonnige, optimistische muziek blijven maken?


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2011/08/16

Time Of The Session (repost)

Apr 8 2004 -> laweekly.com

From the LA weekly

APRIL 9 -15, 2004

Time of the Session
When the music was fast, and the players anonymous
by Robert Lloyd

Most of the music you will ever hear will be played by people you will never see and whose names you will neither know nor think to ask. It will be recorded in windowless rooms, witnessed sometimes only by an engineer or producer, the now-ancient technology of the overdub making the presence even of other musicians unnecessary. For every superstar singer or guitar heroine whose name adorns a T-shirt or tattoo, there are hundreds whose work is done anonymously, or as good as. Who play their part, collect their pay and go home.

Beach Boys Books (repost from 2004)

Source: http://b5.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1099119051&user=Bellagio
BB Books Posted on 10/30/2004 at 08:50:51 by AGD


I'd have to say that, because of their relative rarity, just about any book on the BB is a must buy, although, of course, some are more essential than others. Here's a list, most likely incomplete, what I'd consider to be essential has a *:

1976 The Beach Boys/Ken Barnes
1976 Southern California Pastoral/Bruce Golden
1977 The Beach Boys/John Tobler
1979 The Beach Boys/ Byron Preiss
*1979 The Beach Boys & The Southern California Myth/David Leaf (reissued and updated as The Beach Boys 1985)

Surf's Up!
*1982 Surf's Up! The Beach Boys On Record 1961-1981/Brad Elliot
*1985 The Beach Boys Silver Anniversary/John Milward
*1986 Heroes & Villains/Steve Gaines
*1988 Dumb Angel Gazette #2 - Look ! Listen ! Vibrate ! Smile !/comp. Domenic Priore
1991 Denny Remembered/Ed Wincensten
1991 Wouldn't It Be Nice/Brian Wilson with Todd Gold
*1992 The Wilson Project/Stephen J. McParland
*1992 Tape #10/Stephen J. McParland
1994 The Smile File/Dwight Cavanagh
*1994 The Beach Boys In Their Own Words/ed. Nick Wise
*1994 The Nearest Faraway Place/Timothy White
1995 The Rainbow Files - The Beach Boys On CD/Rene Hulz & Hans Christian Skotte
1995 The Dark Stuff/Nick Kent
*1997 The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Beach Boys/Andrew Doe & John Tobler (reissued and updated 2004)
*1997 How Deep Is The Ocean/Paul Williams
*1997 Back To The Beach/ed. Kingsley Abbott
1999 SMiLE, Sun, Sand & Pet Sounds/comp Stephen J. McParland, 1999
1999 Add Some Music To Your Day: Analyzing and Enjoying the Music of The Beach Boys/ed. Don Cunningham & Jeff Bleiel
*2000 Dennis Wilson - The Real Beach Boy /John Stebbins
*2000 In The Studio with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys: Our Favorite Recording Sessions/Stephen J. McParland
2001 Dumb Angel/Adam Webb
*2001 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds - The Greatest Album Of The 20th Cetury/Kingsley Abbott
*2003 Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of Pet Sounds/Charles A. Granta
*2004 The Beach Boys on CD (illustrated guide)/Joe Thomas
*2004 This Whole World: The Complete Beach Boys Single And EP Cover Collection/Manfred Schmidt & Christian Haschke
2004 Brian Wilson Solo: The Complete Guide To The Solo Works of Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas and Kie Miskelly
2004 The Japanese CD Releases of The Beach Boys & Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas
*2004 The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary Of America's Greatest Band on Stage And In The Studio/Keith Badman

(Addition by Ralph: )
some more:
The Beach Boys by Dean Anthony (1985)

A couple of related interesting books are:
"The Wrecking Crew" by Hal Blaine (1990)
Surf City / Drag City by Rob Burt (1986)

2009/12/17

BRIAN WILSON'S 'SMILE,' SPOON GET METACRITIC'S TOP ALBUM, ARTIST SCORES OF THE DECADE

Brian Wilson’s “Smile,” the long-delayed Beach Boys project that he resuscitated and finished in 2004, has come in atop Metacritic.com’s list of the best-reviewed albums of the decade, while Austin, Texas, indie-rock group Spoon has been named the best-reviewed pop music act.

December 15 Randy Lewis
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/12/brian-wilsons-smile-spoon-get-metacritics-top-album-artist-scores-of-the-decade.html

+ http://www.411mania.com/music/news/124627/Metacritic-Names-Spoon,-Brian-Wilson-Tops-Of-The-Decade.htm

2009/11/06

CHILD IS THE FATHER OF THE MAN

Brian Wilson threw away his candybar and ate the wrapper.

Brian Wilson lopes onstage at Disney Hall and faces his audience. He’s nervous, but he’s been meditating for an hour backstage in order to get a handle on it. He doesn’t feel like he has to throw up anymore.
Anyway, he’s got his faithful crew to back him up on this, a 10-piece-plus ensemble of strings, brass, percussion, keyboards, guitars and singers who will give his long-lost Smile the loving and detailed attention it needs. He knows he’s in good company. He’ll be fine. So will we.

Bluefat Archive November 2004
http://www.bluefat.com/0905/Brian_Wilson.htm

2009/04/14

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME




Rolling Stone® Magazine’s "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is the ultimate celebration of the greatest rock & roll songs of all time.
The editors of Rolling Stone® called on a five-star jury of singers, musicians, producers, industry figures, critics and, of course, songwriters.
The 172 voters, who included Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, nominated 2,103 songs in virtually every pop-music genre of the past half-century and beyond, from Hank Williams to OutKast. The results were tabulated according to a weighted point system.

001 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
002 - The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
003 - John Lennon - Imagine
004 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
005 - Aretha Franklin - Respect
006 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
007 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
008 - The Beatles - Hey Jude
009 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
010 - Ray Charles - What'd I Say
011 - The Who - My Generation
012 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
013 - The Beatles - Yesterday
014 - Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
015 - The Clash - London Calling
016 - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
017 - Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
018 - Chuck Berry - Maybellene
019 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
020 - The Beatles - Let It Be
021 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
022 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby
023 - The Beatles - In My Life
024 - The Impressions - People Get Ready
025 - The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

2004 Dec 9 Rollingstone.com
+ tracks 001-500
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11028260/the_rs_500_greatest_songs_of_all_time/print

2009/02/24

SONG STORIES - "MRS. O'LEARY'S COW" (2004)

From the album Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

Of all the interesting stories and rumors that surround the mysterious and turbulent Post-Pet Sounds era Beach Boys’ classics, “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow” has to be one of the most compelling.
“Mrs. O’Leary” is a song that's origins trace back to the mythical lost album SMiLE.

(2009 Feb 19 / Tyler Barlass)
http://justpressplay.net/music/music-news/4878-song-stories-qmrs-olearys-cowq-2004.html