Since their original appearance on AD in 2006 I have had countless requests to re-post this 1967 recording session. So, here it is. I came upon this 1967 rehearsal about five years ago, and it has since become my favorite Beach Boys recording. All very understated and to the point. Besides saying that, I will [...]
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Amazing.Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s baitA pod of bottlenose dolphins helped protect the severely injured boarder Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone.That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective
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.....I have long held that its somewhat deceitful to call this a Beach Boys Track. There's not much ensemble playing happening. But I posted this track for two (yes two) reasons. The first, of course, is to get the obligatory Bad Dylan Cover out of the way here on Sunday Under Covers. But its the second reason that warms my hearthole. On july 11th i will get to be with my whole little fami...
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This song by the Beach Boys came up on the iPod yesterday, producing an unusually schizophrenic reaction, i.e.:1) This song is so bee-YOO-ti-ful2) Wow, this song is SO stupidI would venture a guess that means that Brian Wilson wrote the music and Mike Love wrote the lyrics. I mean, crying over a CAR? Come on!
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Time to celebrate the summer that's finally arrived!If Carl Wilson has the voice of an angel, what does a heavenly choir sound like? In 1967 in Hawaii, group rehearsals for a Beach Boys TV show were taped (though I’ve read disagreements from collectors and trufans over the exact circumstances of these recordings). Here’s a virtually acapella version of “God Only Knows”.To hear Carl promoti
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I hate it when I get this song stuck in my head at work. I just keep hearing "go home" over and over in my head. It's counter productive!
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"We've got another famous California group here," Jerry Garcia casually announced during the middle night of the Grateful Dead's five-night run to close the Fillmore East in April 1971. "It's the Beach Boys."The group joined the Dead for five songs and played two by themselves in the middle. Like many jams before and since it didn’t really jell, though hearing Jerry Garcia’s guitar tentatively
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Since the "first Beach Boys track":http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog_post/102064 was so well received, here's another.Hawaii, August, 1967. I am staying away from puns on 'summer' and 'Love'.Man these guys can sing.
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Let's end this "love-fest":http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog_post/102632 on a high note.After the Fillmore East "appearance":http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog_post/103652 with The Grateful Dead the group decided the place they should record their next album was Holland. Those sessions started the last great contemporary work the group did; Brian went off the rails again and when "Kokomo" became th...
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Since joining MOG about 3 months ago and realizing the integration with Rhapsody, I wondered how many Moggers actually have Rhapsody and can take advantage of the Yellow Buttons???I personally would not live without an online music service. It's literally like having a record store and an endless music discovery engine on your PC. You can listen to just about any artist you like, whenever you l...
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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...
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Just taking a second out of my Friday to show some love to 'Pet Sounds' and its utter brilliance. Sometimes I listen to this, and the first Velvet Underground record and I think pop music still hasn't caught up to these albums...
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I don't know what it is about car songs. I've never been behind the wheel of any vehicle, never even ridden a bicycle, but I find the whole rock fixation with automobiles, from Chuck Berry to The Beach Boys to Springsteen, fascinating. It's so detail-oriented, and poetic, and mythic. And emotional.The language and the references mean nothing to me, but 'No-Go Showboat,' 'Little Deuce Coupe,' '...
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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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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 ...
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