CHICAGO AND ITS ENDURING MUSICAL LEGACY

After the final note of the closing song has ended and the sound of the applause in the concert hall has faded, what ultimate impression does a singer or artist leave that will make his audience remember his performance as a great act?

For the legendary rock band Chicago, it has established an enduring musical legacy for fans to remember it by, foremost of which is its special ability to charm and inspire audiences of all ages and classes with the beauty of its music, the novelty of its style and the world-class quality of its act.

February 13, 2010 Manila Bulletin
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/243269/chicago-and-its-enduring-musical-legacy

Beach House: Teen Dream

Listen for free, until februari 22!


http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&id=ap100125beach_house_teen_dre
(produced by Grizzly Bear's producer Chris Coady)

1. Zebra
2. Silver Soul
3. Norway
4. Walk in the Park
5. Used to Be
6. Lover of Mine
7. Better Times
8. 10 Mile Stereo
9. Real Love
10. Take Care

+ Wednesday-music.com indie music profile: Beach House
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/02/10/wednesday-music-com-indie-music-profile-beach-house/

FIRST LOOK AT THE FORTHCOMING T.A.M.I. SHOW DVD FEATURING JAMES BROWN, ROLLING STONES, LESLEY GORE, BEACH BOYS AND MORE

It's a little hard to fathom, the line-up of the legendary T.A.M.I. Show film that was recorded over two days at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964.

There's James Brown and the Flames (before they became "Famous"), Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Lesley Gore (!), the Supremes, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Jan & Dean and more.

Thursday, Feb. 1 Randall Roberts
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/tami-show-first-look-dvd/

+ Legendary concert finally on DVD

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=326500&sc=102

+ Fricke’s Picks: The Greatest Rock Concert Movie Ever Made

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/02/frickes-picks-the-greatest-rock-concert-movie-ever-made/

Four Freshmen in Japan 1964 Part 4

1964

Easy Street, (Gershwin's) Somebody Loves Me, Poinciana, This October


youtube.com/watch?v=koX-Zd7BvEM&fmt=18

see also parts 1-7 and more!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=mharbaugh#g/u

Rhapsody In Blue

1943 or 1944, Glenn Miller version

1924 written by: George Gershwin



youtube.com/watch?v=IEpdXgj94xE&fmt=18
wiki: The civilian band version has Bobby Hackett solo in the middle. "Rhapsody in Blue" from the civilian band is not the entire work, but rather a section of the work arranged to fit on a 10" 78 rpm record. It was released as Victor 20-1529-A.
I've read (somewhere on messageboards) that Glenn Miller's version was the one that Brian Wilson knew as a young boy and gave him inspiration. Here's a link for...

+ Gershwin original recording 1927
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc&fmt=18
others say his fave version in the 60's was by Stanley Black with the London Festival Orchestra http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=12863

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_blue
+ News (December 2009?) from http://www.beachboysbritain.org.uk/news.html:
Prior to embarking on this recent jaunt, Brian and the band spent a few days in Oceanway (the old Western) studio, recording seven basic tracks for an album tentatively titled Wilson Sings Gershwin, these included:
"I Loves You Porgy", "Summertime", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "I Got Plenty Of Nothing" and 'the pretty section from "Rhapsody in Blue"'.
+ Peter Reum sheds a light on SMiLE (includes Gershwin-SMiLE connection)http://www.vandykeparks.com/miscfiles/opensky.html

RONNIE SPECTOR PLAYS STATEN ISLAND FEB. 13

Q: What do you think of Amy Winehouse?
A: Ohhh yes. I do one of her songs in my show, because she said once I think that she wanted to be Ronnie Spector when she grew up. And I think people can sort of see that, with the heavy eyeliner, and the hair going up like that. She got her name out there, but you can't be on drugs, because you'll go down faster than the Titanic.

February 08 2010 Ben Johnson
http://www.silive.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/02/ronnie_spector_plays_staten_is.html

+ http://www.ronniespector.com/

DEFINING THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

JT vocal jazz columnist blogs on the canon for singers

QUOTE:
But I have to quibble with such restrictive parameters. If 1960 (or so) is the cutoff, is most of the marvelous work of Cy Coleman to be omitted? What of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel, Bacharach & David and Stephen Sondheim?

And that’s just the tip of the post-1960 iceberg, representing composers and lyricists who, by and large, carried the torch lit by Porter, Berlin and such. What about those who, from the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era onward, have further defined the art of songwriting? Are they less “great” than their predecessors?

I’d argue that Lieber & Stoller, Bob Dylan, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Donald Fagen, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, to name but a few, are equally deserving of inclusion;

02/08/10 Christopher Loudon
http://jazztimes.com/articles/25733-defining-the-great-american-songbook

THE MAN BEHIND THE BRITISH INVASION

What would the music industry look like without Sid Bernstein?

We might have been spared the recent Depeche Mode concert at Ramat Gan Stadium, for one, since it was his idea to hold rock concerts in sports stadiums.
And perhaps Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys would not have worked so hard on the fantastic harmonies in "Pet Sounds," because he would not have been familiar with the Beatles, the inspiration for and main catalyst of the work, who Bernstein first brought to the United States. Many more years might have passed before white American audiences were exposed to Ray Charles and James Brown had Bernstein not been the first to take the risk with them.

9/2/2010 Noya Kochavi
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1148560.html

+ Sid brought the first bands of the British invasion to America which included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues, The Animals, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark Five, Manfred Mann and Gerry and the Pacemakers. Among the groups he managed were The Rascals, Melba Moore, Laura Branigan and Phoebe Snow. He introduced ABBA to America...the list goes on and on.

http://www.sidbernsteinpresents.com/

ANDREW BIRD - NOBLE BEAST

In hindsight, just about everyone can agree that, right from the start, Squirrel Nut Zippers was destined to be nothing more than a passing fad.
Even when its popularity was mushrooming, it was clear that the band was too campy to last for very long.
Nevertheless, it is highly doubtful that anyone really expected that Squirrel Nut Zippers’ most promising offshoot would be Andrew Bird.
The violinist was never even considered a full-fledged member of the group.
Yet, Bird managed to parlay the modicum of attention that he received into a burgeoning solo career.

February 5, 2010 John Metzger
http://www.musicbox-online.com/review/02052010/bird-noble-beast.html

+ Album Review, samples
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12605-noble-beast/

Blog modifications 07/02/2010

Moved various blogs to http://beachboysnewsplus.blogspot.com/ (under 'beached')

Strandjungs - Kaffeebraun

1985 Kaffeebraun (mel. I Get Around)





youtube.com/watch?v=FZUUvwG8la8&fmt=18

+Strandjungs - Hilf mir Sonja (Help me Rhonda) 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tajybrM_4Co&fmt=18

+Strandjungs-Surfen am Baggersee 1984 (mel. Surfin' USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2NIAiUKyrY&fmt=18

+ info
http://www.gofortheshow.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199:strandjungs-beach-boys-revival-band&catid=2:cover&Itemid=3

'THE NEW REALITY' LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL A CAPELLA GROUPS GET THEIR 15 MINUTES

BRATTLEBORO -- Remember when college a cappella was all the rage?
It was pretty big in its day, but now something new has muscled its way into the collective consciousness of trend-watchers -- high school a cappella.

‎Feb 4, 2010‎ JON POTTER
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_14329765

SUNDANCE (MOVIE) REVIEW: CATFISH

QUOTE:

It also has a very effective soundtrack, featuring some wonderful, choral re-arrangements of a few BEACH BOYS tunes. The film is particularly well paced, and considering the emotional journey we take, it`s incredible that the filmmakers were able to fit everything into a ninety minute running time.

Feb. 4, 2010 Chris Bumbray
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=30693

+ Catfish Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hXJpJPBtSk

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

2008

original



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

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

BEST OF WHAT'S NEXT: HACIENDA

Dante Schwebel stifles a laugh when asked how he got here—“here” being a van situated halfway between Portland and Seattle, rolling along with him and his three younger cousins in tow.

“We weren’t really a band at first,” he says. “When we started it was just to entertain ourselves—no aspirations, really. Nothing more than just playing upstairs, just something to do.”

February 4, 2010 Tim Newby
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/02/best-of-whats-next-hacienda.html

+ Hacienda - Big Red & Barbacoa

http://musicremedy.com/h/hacienda/album/big-red--barbacoa-8184.html

RAPID TRANSIT

Rebecca Brown: American Romances (City Lights Books, 2009)

Like cowgirls? Like flyboys? Like reading? Then you’ll really like Rebecca Brown.

feb 2010 Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/books/rapid-transit-feb-10

SAHS GRAD STARS IN 'CARNIE WILSON: UNSTAPLED'

Reality TV can do some serious damage to a family unit.

Look what it did to the Osbournes, and Jon & Kate and their brood.

February 2, 2010 BRIAN BINGAMAN
http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/02/02/life/srv0000007457553.txt

Cass Elliot - Disney Girls

1972

Written by: Bruce Johnston



youtube.com/watch?v=nL-DlkDqVrY&fmt=18

From wiki:
"Disney Girls" was written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnston and recorded by The Beach Boys on their 1971 album Surf's Up. Johnston, who was a friend of Cass’, along with fellow Beach Boy Carl Wilson both played and sang backing vocals on it.

THE WORST ROCK'N'ROLL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN HISTORY

1. Brian Epstein
The 1963 Beatles/Seltaeb merchandising fiasco is well documented. In short, Beatle business "supremo" Brian Epstein, or more accurately his lawyer David Jacobs, sold the band's image rights to posh bloke Nicky Byrne, an acquaintance from the Chelsea party scene.

02/02/2010 Steve Jelbert
http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/02/the_worst_rocknroll_management.html

WHY DO WE 'SURF' THE WEB?

The average UK employee spends 57 minutes a day surfing the web while at work.

2010 Ben Tyson
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Do-We-Surf-the-Web?&id=3642267

BRIAN WILSON APPEARS IN MELLODRAMA DOCU

Repost with update!visit 'Mellodrama, an In-Depth Look at the Mellotron (DVD)':
http://blogs.courant.com/bill_weir/2010/02/-its-the-beginning-of.html
- - - - -
The Mellotron documentary explores the history of tape keyboard sampling through Harry Chamberlin's invention of the Chamberlin keyboards and drum machines, the popularization of the Mellotron and its influence on music recording today.

10 nov 2009
Photo: Beach Boy Brian Wilson and Mellodrama producer Elizabeth Kibbey hanging out on a Mellotron...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9858941&id=105757610485

LIL WAYNE, BRIAN WILSON, KANYE WEST RECORD 'WE ARE THE WORLD' FOR HAITI

QUOTE:
"I think it's amazing what's been done for Haiti, but I think it's amazing what hasn't been done for New Orleans," he (Lil Wayne) said.

February 2, 2010 NME
http://www.nme.com/news/lil-wayne/49536

+
http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/02/we-are-the-world-remade.html

+
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8492766.stm

+ list of artists
http://ca.sys-con.com/node/1268499

+ Haiti three weeks later
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/haiti_three_weeks_later.html

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)

THE BEACH BOYS WITH THE MSO

The Beach Boys, or rather The Beach Boy (Mike Love, who owns the name) and friends, have been touring for over four decades and perform around 150 shows a year. For three nights with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Love and co. get together and do it again.

30 January 2010 Danu Poyner
http://www.australianstage.com.au/201001303140/reviews/melbourne/the-beach-boys-with-the-mso.html

+
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20100201-250787/Good-vibrations-and-The-Beach-Boys

Person-of-the-year-interviews-brian-wilson

2010 interview

http://www.grammy.com/videos/person-of-the-year-interviews-brian-wilson

+ 2010 Grammy Awards Coverage: Neil Young tribute star-studded

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Grammys/2010/2010/01/30/12676641-qmi.html

+ Neil Young honoured for heart (and art) of gold

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Neil+Young+honoured+heart+gold/2506637/story.html