Beach Boys News: 2008

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2011/09/05

Carnie & Wendy Wilson - Full Sail (at the CWF show at the Roxy)

2008

2011/08/16

Another Day: Peering into the Creative Genius of Brian Wilson

November-2008 -> eqmag.com

How does one of the most highly regarded pop musicians in the history of the recorded song still manage a successful career some 46 years after his first single scaled the charts?

“By being inspired to want to make someone happy,” Brian Wilson responds in a matter-of-fact tone.

2011/07/18

DVD REVIEW - WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY

The story of Dewey Cox, a fictional US rock musician, is a close parallel of 2005's Walk the Line, a biography of Johnny Cash, but it is also a parody of the biopic genre as a whole.

(2008 Dec 5 / Vladimir Kozlov)http://www.mnweekly.ru/dvdrev/20081205/55359832.html

+ Black Sheep Music Video (Van Dyke Parks / Brian Wilson style)

2010/07/07

CARNIE & WENDY WILSON - warmth of the sun [tribute]

From 'A Song For My Father'

2008

1964 Brian Wilson, Mike Love

Warmth Of The Sun

2010/04/27

Steve Reich - 'Drumming' mvt. III

2008 (written 1971)

Ryan Nestor - Glockenspiel
Charlie Olvera - Glockenspiel
Jon DeShetler - Glockenspiel
Stacy Kennedy - Piccolo

youtube.com/watch?v=6fm3DdSejYE&fmt=18

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumming_(Reich)

2010/04/14

Ravi Shankar feat Philip Glass - Meeting Along The Edge

1990
Written by Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass

youtube.com/watch?v=lGHtW2d6Vw8&fmt=18

+ On the Edge - homage to Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass 2008
By the Sabina Rakcheyeva Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFyTCq7pz4&fmt=18

2010/04/12

Army (Ben Folds) on Acappella U HD - University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers

2008 a capella cover

1999 Ben Folds

youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR5rFh9gBs&fmt=18

2010/04/07

Dr. Dog - 100 Years

2008

youtube.com/watch?v=LZjnAs9XoLU&fmt=18

+ Dr. Dog - My Old Ways (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xrC19GJcsw&fmt=18

+ Unbearable Why 3:13 (2010)
http://www.last.fm/music/Dr.+Dog/_/Unbearable+Why

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dog

2010/04/02

Build Me Up, Buttercup on ukulele

2008 by Jaaaaaaa aka Julia Nunes

1968 Written by: Mike d'Abo, Tony Macaulay (for the Foundations)

youtube.com/watch?v=HeP1Klmk0ng&fmt=18

+ Julia Nunes performs Jesus Walks, Kanye West
http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa#p/u/32/KARlYABG3AQ

2010/02/04

Hacienda "She's Got a Hold on Me" Music Video

2008

original

youtube.com/watch?v=HEHVMiGEh4w&fmt=18

+ http://www.myspace.com/haciendaspace

2010/02/02

Aqualung - Everything Changed (Audio slideshow)

2008

Written by: Matthew "Matt" Hales / ?

youtube.com/watch?v=K-LVWQq4A3w&fmt=18

+ wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqualung_(musician)

2010/01/22

BRIAN WILSON @ ASSER LEVY PARK

Know that high, clear, triumphant introductory passage on "God Only Knows"?

It's very arguably the single best moment on Pet Sounds and one of the greatest in all of music.

July 2008 Claire Shefchik

http://www.beyondrace.com/reviews/concerts/590-brian-wilson-asser-levy-park

2010/01/08

THIS MUCH I KNOW

Quote:

It will only take a slight little idea, a starting melody, to make my whole day.

24 August 2008 John Hind

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/24/popandrock

2009/12/29

CHORD CHANGES FOR THAT LUCKY OLD SUN

The whole album! Here's an example of ...

MIDNIGHT'S ANOTHER DAY
(music: Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett)

IntroF/D-F/F-F-C/G-C+2/A-C
C-F/C-C-F
Repeat
C/G-F/A-C/G-F
Verse A-D/A-E/A-D/A
Bm7-Cm7-G-Fm
D-A/C-Bm7-E11
Repeat
Ama7-A7-D/A-E/A
Ama7-A7-Dma7-Bm7
Chorus Fm7-B-Fma7-Bm7-E11 (2x)
Bb-Eb/Bb-F/Bb-Eb/Bb
Cm7-Dm7-Ab-Gm
Eb-Bb/D-Cm7-F11
Bridge Bb/D-Db dim-Cm7-F11 (2x)
Bbma7-Bb7-Eb/Bb-F/Bb
Bbma7-Bb7-Ebma7-Cm7
Gm7-C-Gbma7-Cm7-F11
(Repeat to intro up ½ step)

september 03, 2008 (via Probyn Gregory)

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=58471676&blogId=429639206

2009/12/28

PHOTOS OF THE ST. CHARLES STRING QUARTET - BACKSTAGE AT BRIAN WILSON CONCERT 2008

Brian Wilson, Paul Mertens, and five violin players = quartet !

St. Charles Quartet performs with Beach Boy legend, Brian Wilson at the Warner Theater, November 2008

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=136913&id=226141652870&l=82b313461b

+ http://www.stcharlesquartet.com/

+ Maalaala Mo Kaya (Would You Remember)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yf7UoyZ9Z8&fmt=18