Sorry I'm so shockingly late with this. I listened a couple of times, and not being the biggest Beach Boys fan ever (or even the mediumist Beach Boys fan) a lot of this was fresh to me, and even what I was familiar with got a new perspective.
First impression was damn these boys could sing! The harmonies are a lot more obvious stripped of everything else. That said my favorites were a couple of rarities that were accompanied by some instrumentation. At least I think they're rareties, I mean,
Heroes and Villains - That was trippy! Not exactly the clean-cut image I've always had.
Cabinesque was pretty surreal as well.
Surf's Up was not at all what I was expecting Lyrics are not what I would call Beach Boys-esque. Kinda Freddy Mercury vibes. Sweet.
Feel Flows - Did they abandon SoCal for Haight Ashbury? Probably the highlight of the disk for me.
Long Promised Road - This stands alone without instruments just fine.
Funky Pretty - When I started listening to this disc I thought this would like watching a cooking show on the making of Velveeta. Turns out to be much more interesting. Maybe the program directors on all those AM radio stations of my youth never heard something like this, or thought it was too weird, or maybe the original mix just didn't do it justice. Thanks for the introduction to music I thought I already knew!
They cover what I think is the best era of Beach Boys music... that hardly anybody noticed at the time. Or even to this day.
They contain all kinds of outtakes and various unique versions of those songs.
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Feb 28, 2025 - 9:08pm
Steely_D wrote:
Oh MAN, you know I love stuff like this. I always love seeing how the sausage gets made. (Exception: knowing that Lennon was saying nonsense like "sugarplum fairy" and "cranberry sauce" when I always heard something much more sinister...)
I was worried that I might get chastened for this subject matter being who these guys are.
I'm glad somebody might stick up for me.
Oh MAN, you know I love stuff like this. I always love seeing how the sausage gets made. (Exception: knowing that Lennon was saying nonsense like "sugarplum fairy" and "cranberry sauce" when I always heard something much more sinister...)
lazy is giving away free stuff advice to new members!
so if you're on the fence here's your chance to join
see what other brains are listening to!
bonus: i'll cover lifetime membership dues for the first 100 peeps!
reminds me of this quote
âThe MCC is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our peeps need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of mixes cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.â
- Mark Twang
