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Often bands, in order to receive more airplay in overseas markets, artists would record their hits in another laguage. German was a popular choice for the european markets back in the day. The Beatles did it with I Want To Hold Your Hand, and She Loves You. Here, The Beach Boys do it with In My Room. We've had talk of this song before on the Mog, just throwin it out thre again, it's worth a second listen.
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...If we're gonna be all obsessed and shit with Brian Wilson, I really like this intrumental from previously mentiond Pet Sounds album. I think this song just sounds like the sixties, caught right as America was falling headlong into those unsure and troubled times. This song is like the soft spot in a gray sky.
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Big Sur is just about the best place in world as far as I'm concerned. This song is part of the California Saga song cycle on The Beach Boys's Holland.
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A fellow mogger asked me to post this 1973 single from the The Beach Boys' Holland LP and I am happy to do so. The interesting backstory that has emerged on this song is that Van Dyke Parks claims to have written the bulk of it, following along with some snippets that Brian Wilson put down on a tape recorder. Whatever the origin, it is the last great Beach Boys single in my book.
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school is almost out!!! yippee! the kids asked me when we will celebrate summer birthdays. then they asked me what we will do for summer birthdays and as a joke i said we will have a dance-off and they got SOOOOOOOOOO excited. kind of scary. well let's see if they can put on a real dance-off in the spirit of dance 360! RIP. i miss that show. did anyone else watch it? i loved the noisemeter they had--a very scientific tool for measuring the audience's applause. al... MORE
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I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Fathers Day. My 10 year old has been out of school for a week. Generally hes a good kid.However he has been trying to see just how far he can go.Yesterday I had to sit him down and explain the concept of grounding to him.I could see the wheels turning seeing how he could skate by this one but we shall see.Oh the trials we must face.
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Well, I just got started mogging last Saturday and some people were loving my music discoveries. And then poof, Sunday my page and posts have disappeared. I read the post from David Hyman and waited to see if Mog support would restore my page, but after 5+ days- nothing. So I re-joined today and will be rebuilding my page. I guess we'll just have to wait to see if my previous posts ever rise from the digital ashes of the crash. Hopefully David and IT will be able to r... MORE
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Well color me tickled pink. I have found the nexus where my need for visual information and facts combine. I had been working on some graphic design to chart the rise of what I call "The New Popular Sound" in music. TNPS genesis comes somewhere between The Beatles "Rubber Soul" and The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds albums. This is the time in which I think a new definition of rock and popular music was redefined, and in a sense, these albums are still influencing and changin... MORE
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on the shore
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Just back from a brief trip to Provincetown, Masssachusetts. After we visited one of the lovely beaches, we got back in the car and turned on WOMR (broadcasting from the historic schoolhouse on Commercial Street). I heard a jazz rendition of a song that sounded familiar, and gradually realized: it's "Surfer Girl" (a nice thing to hear after you've been to the beach, albeit not surfing). The artist was unidentified, so I'm still puzzled. Does anyone know what this might be?... MORE
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In this post you missed, because you thought it was about Phish, which it wasn't (they were more of a tertiary character within the grand scheme of the post), I opened it up a bit about the importance of the jam in my life.
How appropriate that I would come across this article by Joshua Allen at The Morning News, in which he tells us just why 2:42 is the perfect song length. Here's a snippet:
"What else is at 2:42? “Don’t Do Me Like That” by Tom Petty. “Divine Hammer” by th... MORE
How appropriate that I would come across this article by Joshua Allen at The Morning News, in which he tells us just why 2:42 is the perfect song length. Here's a snippet:
"What else is at 2:42? “Don’t Do Me Like That” by Tom Petty. “Divine Hammer” by th... MORE
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I always liked the Beach Boys as a kid, a neighborhood friend had Beach Boys Party! and I especially loved their version of "Barbara Ann" on that record and their singles always brought a smile to my ears. Later when I became more of a rock fan, I was attracted to their later, more serious albums like 20/20 and especially Surf's Up. I didn't really know then about the various Wilson family intrigues and band problems, but now the tales of Brain Wilson's mental problems, ... MORE
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don't know how this one escaped me for so long. pets are on the brain as of late as many moggers have been having pet issues this past year. plus i read a brian wilson biography on the beach in mexico...strange trip that guy has been on... pet sounds is a truly groundbreaking album for it's time and a great example of brian wilson's collaberative spirit, and his use of the studio as instrument. i have a vocal only mix of this record as well as the original. it is... MORE
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It's freezing here in DC. Let's warm up with some Beach Boys from 1980, when the hard workin' drummer Denny Wilson was still alive and kicking.
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I was in San Francisco during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, and there are few experiences in my life I remember more vividly or with such savor. The actual shaking was said to have lasted about ten seconds, of which I spent the first two in a state of confused paralysis, and the next eight with a clarity of thought and perception which I hope I can experience again just once before I die. Just from the way I could feel its structural supports as they jarred and sl... MORE