Tonight I thought I would list my personal top 10 list; my favorite 10 live performances. They are all some of my favorite groups/artists but this list's number one is not necessarily my favorite artist, and number two not my second favorite etc. But in this case my number one in this list is actually my favorite...This blog was supposed to be all about the doors, and later on the beach boys also but this is an exception because I won't update this blog anymore..maybe one more time or so...well...enjoy my list!
10. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women, live in Hyde Park 1969
I like this...it's really funky!
9. Dick Dale - Surfing & Misirlou - Ed Sullivan Show
Cause I looove Misirlou and he sure can play that guitar..this performance is soo great.
8. Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Just because this is like one of the best songs ever..and they are great live. From the Use Your Illusion tour..one of the longest tours in rock history..
7. W.A.S.P. - Tormentor, at the Lyceum in October 1984. It's not a favorite song of mine but it's a cool performance because it shows W.A.S.P. at their best...I would say...with the raw meat and everything...it's crazy but also interesting and kinda cool..I actually saw these guys live the other day..or well one of them..Blackie, and he behaved angelic hehe...people change for sure. Nice asses...hmm.
6.I posted this video already but here it is on the list...The Doors - Back Door Man + The End(live at the hollywood bowl 1968) They're both greaaat.
5. Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen, Live at the Ritz 1988.
Probably their best concert ever..pure rock n roll..and gotta love the dropping out of the song to smoke some cigs..
4. W.A.S.P - On Your Knees, at the Lyceum in October 1984.
3. The Beach Boys - I Get Around&When I Grow Up, their first UK performance in November 1964. Cause watching them makes me happy and Brian is so cuteee. Actually I wanted to post another performance but I could not find it but this is also great.
wowowow..number 2...it's really hard to list my top 10...there are so many other performances I really love...well well..
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird, 4th of July 1977. This song is one of my favorite songs and this performance is amazing.
1. Elvis Presley...<3<3<3 I could not choose between these two performances, they are both breathtaking and show Elvis at his best...even though the 2nd video is 5 years later..it shows that Elvis was always at his best...and I love him..greatest artist EVER. - Trying to get to you- Comeback Special 1968/An American Trilogy- Aloha From Hawaii 1973(broadcast live via satellite around the world and watched by over 1 and ½ billion viewers...the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.) ...An American Trilogy is not even one of my favorite songs but this performance is powerful.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Down in Kokomo
Facts about the song Kokomo
*This came together when producer Terry Melcher was hired to work on a song with The Beach Boys for the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail. The Beach Boys' best days were behind them, and they had been playing fairs and nostalgia shows. They were one of the most popular bands of the 60s, and had a bunch of songs dealing with recreation and fun, which is why they were asked to record for the movie.
*Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The Beach Boys, but he had nothing to do with this. He released his first solo album that year and came out with the first single, "Love And Mercy," 3 weeks before this was released. Wilson's album didn't do very well.
*Melcher wrote this with the help of John Phillips, a former member of The Mamas And The Papas, Beach Boy Mike Love, and Scott McKenzie, who had a hit in 1967 with "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)." Phillips' daughter Chynna was in the group Wilson Phillips with Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy.
*Kokomo is a city in the middle of Indiana and is also a small resort owned by Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay, the title was made up. It was supposed to represent all the tropical places and images that people think of when wishing to get away to some paradise island to escape the dreary work life. John Phillips thought the name sounded good and wanted to use it for the title. Mike Love added the "Aruba, Jamaica" part and changed the line "That's where we used to go" to "That's where we want to go."
*Van Dyke Parks was called in to help record the song. He worked closely with Brian Wilson and was a big part of the "Smile" project - an album Wilson worked on when he was going through drug addiction and severe mental problems. Parks was one of the few people in Wilson's world at the time, and helped with lyrics on the project, which was never finished. Having Parks at the sessions made it more of a legitimate Beach Boys song. He arranged the steel drum band and played accordion on the track.
*This was released in July 1988, but it went nowhere until the movie came out a few months later and made it a huge hit. When The Beach Boys played it live during concerts that summer, it got no response.
*Before this, the last US #1 for The Beach Boys was "Good Vibrations" in 1966. At 22 years, it was the longest ever between #1 hits.
*Actor John Stamos played drums in the video. He is famous for his work on the TV show Full House and for his wife, actress Rebecca Romijn Stamos.
*The Beach Boys performed this song on an episode of Full House entitled "Beach Boy Bingo." Everyone tries to coax D.J., who won 2 tickets to the next Beach Boys concert, to take them with her. John Stamos played "Jesse" on the show.
*The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year this was released.
*In 1999, DJ Bob Rivers parodied the song as "Kosovo."
From Wikipedia
*In the original version, lead vocals were performed by Mike Love and Carl Wilson. The harmonies include Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston. The only active Beach Boys member not involved with the recording was Brian Wilson, who, according to his autobiography, was given short notice of the recording session and unable to attend. He was, however, included in concert recordings of the song, including a live concert filmed for the television show Full House (episode 028). The 2008 A&E Network Biography on Brian Wilson stated that Mike Love would "brag" about having a #1 hit without Wilson's help.
*"Kokomo" appeared on VH1's "40 Most Awesomely Bad No. 1 Songs". However, it received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song - Motion Picture in 1989. The song also ranked at #12 on Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever",[2] while the music video was named the #3 worst video of 1988 on MuchMoreMusic's Back In... '88.
*This came together when producer Terry Melcher was hired to work on a song with The Beach Boys for the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail. The Beach Boys' best days were behind them, and they had been playing fairs and nostalgia shows. They were one of the most popular bands of the 60s, and had a bunch of songs dealing with recreation and fun, which is why they were asked to record for the movie.
*Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The Beach Boys, but he had nothing to do with this. He released his first solo album that year and came out with the first single, "Love And Mercy," 3 weeks before this was released. Wilson's album didn't do very well.
*Melcher wrote this with the help of John Phillips, a former member of The Mamas And The Papas, Beach Boy Mike Love, and Scott McKenzie, who had a hit in 1967 with "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)." Phillips' daughter Chynna was in the group Wilson Phillips with Brian Wilson's daughters, Carnie and Wendy.
*Kokomo is a city in the middle of Indiana and is also a small resort owned by Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay, the title was made up. It was supposed to represent all the tropical places and images that people think of when wishing to get away to some paradise island to escape the dreary work life. John Phillips thought the name sounded good and wanted to use it for the title. Mike Love added the "Aruba, Jamaica" part and changed the line "That's where we used to go" to "That's where we want to go."
*Van Dyke Parks was called in to help record the song. He worked closely with Brian Wilson and was a big part of the "Smile" project - an album Wilson worked on when he was going through drug addiction and severe mental problems. Parks was one of the few people in Wilson's world at the time, and helped with lyrics on the project, which was never finished. Having Parks at the sessions made it more of a legitimate Beach Boys song. He arranged the steel drum band and played accordion on the track.
*This was released in July 1988, but it went nowhere until the movie came out a few months later and made it a huge hit. When The Beach Boys played it live during concerts that summer, it got no response.
*Before this, the last US #1 for The Beach Boys was "Good Vibrations" in 1966. At 22 years, it was the longest ever between #1 hits.
*Actor John Stamos played drums in the video. He is famous for his work on the TV show Full House and for his wife, actress Rebecca Romijn Stamos.
*The Beach Boys performed this song on an episode of Full House entitled "Beach Boy Bingo." Everyone tries to coax D.J., who won 2 tickets to the next Beach Boys concert, to take them with her. John Stamos played "Jesse" on the show.
*The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year this was released.
*In 1999, DJ Bob Rivers parodied the song as "Kosovo."
From Wikipedia
*In the original version, lead vocals were performed by Mike Love and Carl Wilson. The harmonies include Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston. The only active Beach Boys member not involved with the recording was Brian Wilson, who, according to his autobiography, was given short notice of the recording session and unable to attend. He was, however, included in concert recordings of the song, including a live concert filmed for the television show Full House (episode 028). The 2008 A&E Network Biography on Brian Wilson stated that Mike Love would "brag" about having a #1 hit without Wilson's help.
*"Kokomo" appeared on VH1's "40 Most Awesomely Bad No. 1 Songs". However, it received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song - Motion Picture in 1989. The song also ranked at #12 on Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever",[2] while the music video was named the #3 worst video of 1988 on MuchMoreMusic's Back In... '88.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Facts II
*The Wilsons are brothers. Mike Love is their cousin and Al Jardine was Brian Wilson's classmate.
*Brian Wilson was the creative force. He was tormented by drug problems and a difficult childhood. He lost most of the hearing in his right ear when his father hit him with a wooden plank. By 1965, he stopped touring with the band and focused on writing and producing their songs. He was replaced on tour by Glen Campbell, who played on their Pet Sounds album as well as "Good Vibrations."
*In 1968, Dennis Wilson became friends with Charles Manson, who thought of himself as a songwriter. Wilson let Manson and his followers stay at his place and paid most of their expenses. When it became clear Manson was not of sound mind, Dennis was afraid to evict him, so he just let the lease end on the house and never came back to it. Manson and his "family" went on a notorious murder spree in 1969. Before he killed anyone, the Beach Boys recorded one of Manson's songs - "Learn Not To Love."
*Dennis Wilson died in 1983 when he drowned while swimming near his boat in California. US president Ronald Reagan gave special permission so his body could be buried at sea.
*They became the first major American rock group to play in a Communist country when they performed in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
*Along with Chynna Phillips, Brian Wilson's daughters Wendie and Carnie formed the popular early '90s group Wilson Phillips. Brian and Carnie were estranged for many years, but reconciled in 1995.
*Carl Wilson died of lung cancer in 1998.
*At one point when he was depressed, Brian Wilson weighed over 300 pounds.
*Brian Wilson stopped touring with the band because he hated performing, but he also hated to fly. Much of the travel on their early tours was by bus.
*Mike Love also surfed somewhat, but basically it was just Dennis that surfed. Brian Wilson, ironically, had a pathological fear of the ocean. There was a famous sketch on SNL in which John Belushi and Dan Akroyd play policemen who arrest and force Brian him to go surfing. They go to a real beach, and Brian does indeed go in the water, about knee deep. He had to have his therapist on site to keep re-assuring him he would be okay.
And some videos....
Brian Wilson on SNL
The Beach Boys(Dennis Wilson) & Charles Manson
From the TV miniseries; The Beach Boys, An American Family
*Brian Wilson was the creative force. He was tormented by drug problems and a difficult childhood. He lost most of the hearing in his right ear when his father hit him with a wooden plank. By 1965, he stopped touring with the band and focused on writing and producing their songs. He was replaced on tour by Glen Campbell, who played on their Pet Sounds album as well as "Good Vibrations."
*In 1968, Dennis Wilson became friends with Charles Manson, who thought of himself as a songwriter. Wilson let Manson and his followers stay at his place and paid most of their expenses. When it became clear Manson was not of sound mind, Dennis was afraid to evict him, so he just let the lease end on the house and never came back to it. Manson and his "family" went on a notorious murder spree in 1969. Before he killed anyone, the Beach Boys recorded one of Manson's songs - "Learn Not To Love."
*Dennis Wilson died in 1983 when he drowned while swimming near his boat in California. US president Ronald Reagan gave special permission so his body could be buried at sea.
*They became the first major American rock group to play in a Communist country when they performed in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
*Along with Chynna Phillips, Brian Wilson's daughters Wendie and Carnie formed the popular early '90s group Wilson Phillips. Brian and Carnie were estranged for many years, but reconciled in 1995.
*Carl Wilson died of lung cancer in 1998.
*At one point when he was depressed, Brian Wilson weighed over 300 pounds.
*Brian Wilson stopped touring with the band because he hated performing, but he also hated to fly. Much of the travel on their early tours was by bus.
*Mike Love also surfed somewhat, but basically it was just Dennis that surfed. Brian Wilson, ironically, had a pathological fear of the ocean. There was a famous sketch on SNL in which John Belushi and Dan Akroyd play policemen who arrest and force Brian him to go surfing. They go to a real beach, and Brian does indeed go in the water, about knee deep. He had to have his therapist on site to keep re-assuring him he would be okay.
And some videos....
Brian Wilson on SNL
The Beach Boys(Dennis Wilson) & Charles Manson
From the TV miniseries; The Beach Boys, An American Family
Sunday, November 1, 2009
<3 Brian
My top ten
1. California Girls
2. Catch a wave
3. Surfin' USA
4. Don't Worry Baby
5. Good Vibrations
6. Surfer Girl
7. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
8. I Get Around
9. Surfin'
10. Sloop John B
Beach Boys for Beginners
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Music/Beach-Boys-For-Beginners-77323.html
CHECK THIS SITE OUT
CHECK THIS SITE OUT
California Girls
Isn't this a lovely song...? Yes those California girls are gnarly..
Facts about this wonderful song:
*Probably the trademark "fun in the sun" Beach Boys song
*Brian has said that the intro to this song is the greatest piece of music that he's ever written. He said he was looking for an introduction which would be totally different to the rest of the song, but would lead into it.
*Mike got co-lyricist credits for this song after his suit against Brian.
*Beach Boys Mike Love and Brian Wilson wrote this song celebrating the women of California. Along with surfing and cars, girls were a common topic in many of the Beach Boys songs celebrating the California lifestyle.
*Structurally, this uses a contrasting verse-chorus form.
*David Lee Roth released this as his first single after leaving Van Halen. The video featured a lineup of beautiful women and got loads of airplay on MTV. It set the tone for Roth's solo career as he perpetuated his image as a hedonistic party boy (not much of a change from his days in Van Halen). Carl Wilson from The Beach Boys sang backup on Roth's version, which hit #3 in the US.
Noises:
0:10 The percussion instrument gets hit once too often
0:21 Someone says "It's good."
I will add some videos later cause youtube is down for maintenance right now
Update: Here they are! =)
The Beach Boys version is of course the BEST version
Facts about this wonderful song:
*Probably the trademark "fun in the sun" Beach Boys song
*Brian has said that the intro to this song is the greatest piece of music that he's ever written. He said he was looking for an introduction which would be totally different to the rest of the song, but would lead into it.
*Mike got co-lyricist credits for this song after his suit against Brian.
*Beach Boys Mike Love and Brian Wilson wrote this song celebrating the women of California. Along with surfing and cars, girls were a common topic in many of the Beach Boys songs celebrating the California lifestyle.
*Structurally, this uses a contrasting verse-chorus form.
*David Lee Roth released this as his first single after leaving Van Halen. The video featured a lineup of beautiful women and got loads of airplay on MTV. It set the tone for Roth's solo career as he perpetuated his image as a hedonistic party boy (not much of a change from his days in Van Halen). Carl Wilson from The Beach Boys sang backup on Roth's version, which hit #3 in the US.
Noises:
0:10 The percussion instrument gets hit once too often
0:21 Someone says "It's good."
I will add some videos later cause youtube is down for maintenance right now
Update: Here they are! =)
The Beach Boys version is of course the BEST version
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Facts
Formed:
1961, Hawthorne, CA
Main Members:
•Brian Wilson (b. June 20, 1942 Inglewood, CA): Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
•Mike Love (b. March 15, 1941 Baldwin Hills, CA): Lead vocals
•Carl Wilson (b. December 21, 1946 Hawthorne, CA; d. February 2, 1998 Los Angeles, CA): Vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
•Al Jardine (b. September 3, 1942 Lima, OH): Vocals, bass guitar
•Dennis Wilson (b. December 4, 1944 Inglewood, CA; d. December 28, 1983 Marina Del Rey, CA): Drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar
Genres:
Surf music, Sixties pop, Baroque pop, Psychedelic pop, Sunshine pop
Contributions to music:
•Brought the surf craze into the national consciousness
•Introduced harmonies which were a major influence on pop and rock
•Leader Brian Wilson's production techniques proved revolutionary and brilliant
•Created a rock soundtrack for summer fun
•Helped advance and personalize rock and roll songwriting
•Created Pet Sounds and "Good Vibrations," two of the biggest creative landmarks in pop history
•Helped influence their peers in the Sixties pop scene tremendously
Friday, October 30, 2009
Brian Wilson interview from 1995
Moderator (Speaker)
BRIAN WILSON: I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES is a documentary film that captures the dramatic highlights of Brian Wilson's extraordinary career both with and without The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson and Producer/Director Don join us for an online visit tonight... It is with great pleasure that we welcome Brian Wilson and Don Was to PRODIGY chat...
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I'd like to wish everybody an early Merry Christmas.
Moderator (Speaker)
Glad to have you online, Brian!!
Moderator (Speaker)
Welcome. And a very special welcome to Don Was.
Moderator (Speaker)
OK... Let's get to the questions...
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Hi Brian this is for you, Do you still sing with the BEACH BOYS? If so aren't you supposed to be in Ottawa Ontario tonight?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes, I still sing with the Beach Boys... in fact, I played two shows with them in Las Vegas earlier this year. No, I'm not supposed to be in Ottawa.
BudMan01 (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, what was your most memorable moment?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
My happiest moment was in Sacramento, Calif., when we got mobbed at a concert.
JP in NJ (PRODIGY Member)
Brian and Don.... Thanks for coming online. What's the new movie about? And why did you make it? I'm looking forward to seeing it?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
The movie is about my life and my career. I made the movie because Don Was asked me to do it... it took him about half a year to convince me to do it.
RADIOACTIVE (PRODIGY Member)
Since "Sweet Insanity" was never released, will any or all of those songs from that recording come out on any future release?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Probably not. Maybe "Rainbow Eyes" -- I like that one a lot.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
What can you tell us about the song "Is There A Chance" on David Foster's River of Love CD from 1990?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
We wrote it in one morning, working from 11:00 to 1:00 in the afternoon. We went solid for two hours... it took two hours to write. This was back in 1988.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, you must know who the "BARENAKED LADIES" are right? They wrote a song about you on their first album. Is what they said about you true & did you give them permission to write a song
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
My life is more complicated than that song... but I heard it and I appreciated hearing it. And I'm glad that there are so many people out there that care about me.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Don, For some reason i'm not firmilliar of who you are. Can you please tell me where I know your name from?
Don Was (Speaker)
I was your high school English teacher.
Moderator (Speaker)
I like your style, Don...
Moderator (Speaker)
Grammy-award winning producer Don Was has worked with many of the giants in the music business...Bonnie Raitt, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne and many others... His latest project marks his directorial debut. The documentary BRIAN WILSON: I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES airs on The Disney Channel 9PM ET/PT Sunday. Please submit your questions to Brian Wilson & Don Was now.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
How many unreleased songs are there from the Beach Boys Capitol years left in the vaults?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Just about everything that was unreleased we put on the box set or on the "two-fers". We're hoping to put out some more "sessions" CDs in the future. Please write Capitol Records and tell them you want more.
JP in NJ (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, How realistic was the made-for-tv movie that ABC aired about The Beach Boys?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I never saw it, so it's hard to say.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, I'll be sure to watch your film this Sunday @ 9:00pm, Could you tell me a little about it though?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
The faces in the documentary are incredible. It is a very well-produced documentary. I'm happy that you will get a chance to see the real Brian Wilson, especially my sense of humor. JP in NJ (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, How would you compare writing music and performing it live?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Writing music is a cinch. Anyone can write a song. Performing live is difficult for me.
JP in NJ (PRODIGY Member)
Don, Can you tell us any juicy stories about The Stones or Bonnie Raitt? Thanks for doing this tonight. I've been looking forward to it all week!
Don Was (Speaker)
I could tell you stories about the Stones and Bonnie that would make your head spin. But, as Richard Nixon told John Dean, "That would be wrong."
Moderator (Speaker)
Oh well .....
Kyler2 (PRODIGY Member)
Hey Brian, its great to have you back! My question is will you ever release any of the Smile sessions or the Sweet Insanity sessions, please say yes.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes. Yes. Yes and Yeah.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
Are you planning to authorize the release of anymore SMiLE material?
Don Was (Speaker)
I'm not sure what Brian's plans are exactly, but recently Todd Rundgren and myself sat down with Brian to conceptualize about a way to release an interactive SMILE. In this format listeners could choose from a database of three hours of music and edit together their own versions of the record. We're working on developing this.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes we are.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
What was it like working with Tom Petty & Paul Mcartney? Were they nice
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
So far I haven't worked with Paul, although if you listen to his radio show on Labor Day Weekend you'll hear our first collaboration. As for Tom Petty, he is a total rock-and-roll genius, and I hope to work with him someday. Tom had some great things to say about me in the documentary, and I'm really pumped up by that.
Don Was (Speaker)
Tom Petty was extremely nice and very generous with his time. He came to the set while he was in the middle of making his last album -- leaving everyone waiting for him in the studio. Clearly Brian's music has meant a great deal to him. Paul McCartney is not in the movie but I've spoken with him about the film. He told me that he was really moved by the movie and that he would like to work with Brian sometime in the future. I know him socially and he's a lovely guy.
pglazer (PRODIGY Member)
Hi Brian, The new album is great. I know touring is tough for you but it sure would be great to see you back on tour with the Beach Boys, or mabye a short solo tour. Any plans?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
If the album is successful, we might do a solo tour. And I'm hoping to do some TV appearances in the near future.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
Are going to be a guest on your daughter Carnie's new talk show?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
We're talking about it and it may happen in the next two months.
RADIOACTIVE (PRODIGY Member)
Are there any future plans for the release of songs written and/or performed by Brian Wilson, Mike Love & Co.? If so, when? Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I hope so.
Doc107 (PRODIGY Member)
Whenever I want to "get up" or be alone, I love to go to my special place and listen to the Beach Boys. I had always thought how great it would be to sit alone in a room and listen to master tapes of "Brian Wilson developing his music." Thus, the boxed set was more than a dream come true for many of us. Is there any chance at all that more of that developmental material will be made available for those of us who are genuine connoisseurs of your musical genius?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes.
RADIOACTIVE (PRODIGY Member)
Don, Do you have any plans to start a record label?
Don Was (Speaker)
The release of Brian Wilson's "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" marks the second and final release from my record label, Karambolage. Maybe someday I'll start another one.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Don, you worked with Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jackson Browne & much more, What was your experience like with them? Don Was (Speaker)
In the end, I'm just a music fan who gets to attend my own personal concerts in the recording studio. The people you've mentioned are all great artists and it was a thrill to watch them create.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
If had your life to live over again, what would you change?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes, but that's a conversation for another day.
Kyler2 (PRODIGY Member)
Do you know if the Pacific Ocean Blue album by Dennis will ever be released?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I would like it to come out on CD. Write to Capitol and tell them that you want to have it, too.
Scorpio23 (PRODIGY Member)
hi, Brian and Don
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Hi Scorpio23.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, What would you say your best BEACH BOYS song is?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Without a doubt, "Surfer Girl". Its one of the nicest songs I've ever written. I was a 19 year-old kid when I wrote it.
Kirkster1 (PRODIGY Member)
First of all I'd like to say I respect both of you guys immensely.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Thank you Kirkster1.
Patricia F (PRODIGY Member)
Hi Brian! I met you in 1990 and 1991 and each time you were so kind to me! I wanted to thank you for that. I'm also the president of The Mike Love Fan Club and all the members think you're great!
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Good. Thank you.
Dj Thunder (PRODIGY Member)
Brian & Don, Who were (are) your rolemodles? (I think the audience would like to know that too)
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Phil Spector.
Don Was (Speaker)
Bob Dylan, Abbie Hoffman, and Ernest Tubb.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
There are probably a half dozen at least. In my life, it's my wife Melinda, and my father. In music, it's Phil Spector.
Patricia F (PRODIGY Member)
I have read that you have been working with Mike Love again. What have you written and/or recorded with him so far?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
We wrote a song called "Baywatch Nights", but I didn't record it with him. That's it so far.
Scorpio23 (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, are you going to appear at the Jones Beach, NY concert?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I was there 13 years ago, but I won't be there this time around.
Patricia F (PRODIGY Member)
Over the years, the press has written many things about you. What is the biggest misconception about you? What has been said over the years about you that is not true at all?
Don Was (Speaker)
Thank you. It's true that I've been the victim of vicious and mean-spirited innuendo. I would just like to reiterate that I never made any profit on that Whitewater Investment.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Probably the length of my hair (laughter). Actually, I don't read what they write, so I really wouldn't know.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
I have always believed that your brother Dennis had great songwriting ability. What is your favorite song written by Dennis?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
There are so many good songs written by Dennis. The one with the lyric "I'll never make the headlines or the evening news" comes to mind; also, "Slip on Through", and a song called "Little Bird" was a nice song... it had love in it.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
One more song, "Cuddle Up". I love that one.
Kyler2 (PRODIGY Member)
Hey Brian its great to have something new from you. Will your documentary be released on video/laserdisc? I hope so.
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Tape it when it's on the Disney Channel Sunday Night, and you'll have your own copy. It's a free Preview Weekend from Disney. Seriously, it will be out on home video.
JP in NJ (PRODIGY Member)
Paul McCartney once said that PET SOUNDS was somewhat responsible for many of his ideas for the SGT PEPPER album. Brian, can you comment on that? How did that make you feel?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
It was great for someone from my own profession to say that. It was a very respectful thing to say, and it really pumped me up. There is a personal thing between Paul and me, so it means a lot to me when he says such nice things about Pet Sounds.
FLUG (PRODIGY Member)
Brian, you are the heart, soul and spirit of the "Beach Boys". I miss you on tour, but keep those "thoughts" running around in your brain. I've been seeing you/all for 25 years...God Bless...
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Thank you very much.
Doc107 (PRODIGY Member)
A question I'm sure many folks have. I know you have experienced some pretty heavy struggles in your life. Sudden fame, sudden pain surely has its price. The question is: How are you doing, Brian?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I'm doing all right, thank you. Things are looking up.
Patricia F (PRODIGY Member)
Did you enjoy making "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" and how did you like working with Don Was? Will you work with him again in the future?
Don Was (Speaker)
I would love to work with him again if he can spare some time from the beautiful work he is doing with Mother Theresa. The man is a saint. signed, Brian Wilson.
JayTea (PRODIGY Member)
Do you have any live dates for "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
It starts airing on the Disney Channel on August 27, and then it will be on Sept 11, 21, and 30. It also is playing at the New York Film Forum, and it opens in San Francisco Labor Day Weekend.
mcon (PRODIGY Member)
I have had one wish for a long time; to hear a Brian Wilson album recorded, composed, arranged, and performed using the same techniques and instrumentation as the 60's. Could this happen?
Don Was (Speaker)
Buy Pet Sounds.
FLUG (PRODIGY Member)
Don: Can you get Brian to do the Garden States Arts Center on Sunday?
Don Was (Speaker)
Okay!
Doc107 (PRODIGY Member)
Is there any chance that you might record again with the Beach Boys, or is that chapter closed?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Yes, anything is possible.
DITTOE (PRODIGY Member)
For Don Was: I loved "What Up Dog" and still play it regularly. Liked the second album too--"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" has been one of my favorite songs since 1972. Was there a third Was Not Was album? Any chance of more? Was Not Was is such a cool combination of soul, funk and hippy rock. Humor and all that weirdness. I just gotta have more.
Don Was (Speaker)
Thank you very much. There were two albums before What Up, Dog. Both are very hard to find. Born To Laugh At Tornadoes was released in 1984 on Geffen Records and features our collaboration with Mel Torme, "Zaz Turned Blue". Our first album, Was Not Was was released on Island Records in 1981. Since I started charting-out Brian's music in 1989, I've been plagued by a severe case of writer's block. Each time that I get halfway through a song I ask myself, "Whats the point when Brian did this so much better 25 years ago." Perhaps if I can regain a shred of self respect we'll make a new record.
FLUG (PRODIGY Member)
Brian: Why are you doing this????
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Because I love my fans.
Moderator (Speaker)
And we love having you here, Brian!
mercur (PRODIGY Member)
are u guys going on tour anytime soon
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
No.
pglazer (PRODIGY Member)
I read recently that you went back to visit the house you grew up in and it was torn down for the freeway. A few years back when visiting L.A., I too visited the site. The lot was vacant. The freeway was under construction. What was this experience like for you?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I felt disappointed. When I got out there, I said, "Where did the house go?" It was demolished for a freeway project.
DITTOE (PRODIGY Member)
Don: You've worked with so many different acts as a producer. Does anyone in particular stand out as the best to produce?
Don Was (Speaker)
They're all so different. It would be really unfair to single anyone out. I've enjoyed every record that I've made.
DITTOE (PRODIGY Member)
Brian: I've heard several different stories about "Good Vibrations," thattook months to record, that it was all done in one afternoon, that it was donebits and pieces over a year or so. What about it? Any truth in any of thstories?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
There were five main sessions for "Good Vibrations", spread out over a perof months.
JayTea (PRODIGY Member)
Any thoughts on the book GLIMPSES by Lewis Shiner? (It speculates on whatyou had finished SMILE.)
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
I just did an interview with Lewis Shiner that will be in October's ToPulse magazine.
Giant George (PRODIGY Member)
hi
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Hi back.
Vader123 (PRODIGY Member)
Peace OUt, I is up OUtiiii 5,000,000,-000
Don Was (Speaker)
Me too!
Moderator (Speaker)
Don, you've done this before....
mercur (PRODIGY Member)
how long have you been with the beach boys
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Since 1961.
Heartbleed (PRODIGY Member)
Brian: What kind of music do you listen to now? Any new artists that drive out of your tree?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Perry Como, Kenny Rogers..
FLUG (PRODIGY Member)
Brian: With Van Dyke Parks and others working on new material, can we lforward to more of the "classics" like "Hero's and Villians"??????????????????
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
No, but Van Dyke's album "Orange Crate Art" is a wonderful album. I do the vocals on it. And it moves the music into the< present.
cabinessence (PRODIGY Member)
A dream album for me would be a collaberation between Brian and PMcCartney, considering there talents and mutual admiration, is there anyone in particuthat you Brian, would like to work with. If McCartney were intereswould you feel comfortable working wit h him?
Brian Wilson (Speaker)
Paul McCartney would be great... we spoke recently about doing something together.
Beach Boys Fun Facts
Who is the oldest Wilson brother?
Brian was the oldest, Dennis was the middle child and Carl was the youngest one.
What was the Beach Boys' very first single?
Surfin', Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy who did much surfing, suggested that the band record a song about the up-and-coming fad.
In what city in California was the band formed?
Hawthorne
What year was the group formed?
1961
Which song was their first chart entry in 1962?
Surfin'
I will post more questions and answers tomorrow =)
Gooodmorning
Here's one of my favorite Beach Boys songs..Don't Worry Baby and of course, there is a little story behind it too.
The song was conceived as a followup to the Ronettes' #2 hit "Be My Baby." When Brian Wilson heard the Ronettes' song on the radio, he wondered aloud if he could match it. Wilson's wife Marilyn reassured him, saying, "Don't worry, baby." Wilson remembered it when it came time to write songs with his DJ friend Roger Christian.
I think it is a very cute song and Brian did a wonderful job with it, one of the best songs ever. This is a video featuring clips from the actual song + clips from other Beach Boys songs..I love this video. And Brian looks sooo handsome=)
The song was conceived as a followup to the Ronettes' #2 hit "Be My Baby." When Brian Wilson heard the Ronettes' song on the radio, he wondered aloud if he could match it. Wilson's wife Marilyn reassured him, saying, "Don't worry, baby." Wilson remembered it when it came time to write songs with his DJ friend Roger Christian.
I think it is a very cute song and Brian did a wonderful job with it, one of the best songs ever. This is a video featuring clips from the actual song + clips from other Beach Boys songs..I love this video. And Brian looks sooo handsome=)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Brian Wilson interview 1966
PEACE
Relative peace must be nice in New York.
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FEAR
Not knowing what to expect is the only reason for fear.
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DRUNK
I don't know anyone who get's drunk. In fact, I haven't been drunk myself for three years. There's no point in it. It isn't really fun. Why bother?
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HONESTY
It's great and groovy and kicks all rolled into one big mind-blower. No one should be without it.
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SUICIDE
It only makes things worse. You can't solve anything by killing yourself. I mean, things can only get better, but if you're dead, they may not.
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WATTS
It's only four miles from my original home, where my mother still lives. We didn't panic - she just didn't go outside the house.
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CRIME
Very consistent.
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POLICE
They're nice men, I think.
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KOREA
I was about 11 years old and primarily concerned with baseball.
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JUVENILE DELIQUENCY
There seems to be a trend toward non-violence today. More and more kids are thinking love and peace and friendship, instead of hate and spite.
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SCHOOL
I wonder how much longer school will be compulsory? Very soon, I think, education will not only be free-form, but free for the taking or leaving. TIME
Time is fine when it's in cadence.
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STEREO
I can't enjoy stereo much, I'm deaf in one ear.
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EAR
The right one.
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DRUGS
An underground train.
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PATRIOTISM
Beer and brass bands.
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HYMN
I think I can write one someday.
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ORGAN
My dad gave me a piep organ for my birthday -- that's what I'll write the hymn on. Or at.
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DOOR
The door has been opened for a whole universe of experience for me.
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NEWSPAPER
I don't read the newspapers too much because they depress me.
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SWIMMING POOL
I have just rediscovered the delights of swimming. I'm completely turned on to swimming pools again. For a while they bored me. Now I take a swim once a day and I'm completely healthy.
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ALBUM
Our next album will be better than "Pet Sounds". It will be as much an improvement over "Sounds" as that was over "Summer Days".
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RECORDING STUDIO
My recording studio has become a castle, with a wing for everyone.
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TELEVISION
Someday I want to make commercials for TV - with a new twist.
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DRUMS
Someday I want to write a symphony for drums. HOLLYWOOD BOWL
The sound men at the Bowl are not rock 'n' roll sound men. I would advise people who want to play there and sound good, to change their plans, or plan their changes.
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SURFING
It's a very challenging sport. I've never been able to meet the challenge.
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LYRICS
Let's make them all free-form, so we don't get hung up on making rhymes.
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DRUG SONGS
There are myriad of drug songs on the pop music market today. I don't know which they are.
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MIRROR
Have you tried the mirror technique of subconsciousness? I'm reading a book about it - I'm fascinated by the mind and hypnosis and things like that.
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CAR
One day everyone will sit up in his car and fall out to the groovy sounds of cartridge tapes. Do I sound like a commercial?
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SUCCESS
Came very easily to me, professionally speaking.
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GLASSES
I would recommend that everyone who gets eye strain when they read go to an optometrist and get reading glasses so that they can read more and longer. This is what I did, and I really do think everyone should do it.
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RAIN
It's purifying. It cleanses the earth and helps things grow. It's spiritual too.
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AUTOGRAPHS
I would suggest to every girl who collects autographs that she has them analyzed. Amazing revelations.
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THE MOON
Funny you should mention that - I've been reading a book about moon deities and about how the moon affects women's personalities. Fascinating.
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PUBLICISTS
Professional wordsmen.
Relative peace must be nice in New York.
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FEAR
Not knowing what to expect is the only reason for fear.
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DRUNK
I don't know anyone who get's drunk. In fact, I haven't been drunk myself for three years. There's no point in it. It isn't really fun. Why bother?
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HONESTY
It's great and groovy and kicks all rolled into one big mind-blower. No one should be without it.
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SUICIDE
It only makes things worse. You can't solve anything by killing yourself. I mean, things can only get better, but if you're dead, they may not.
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WATTS
It's only four miles from my original home, where my mother still lives. We didn't panic - she just didn't go outside the house.
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CRIME
Very consistent.
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POLICE
They're nice men, I think.
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KOREA
I was about 11 years old and primarily concerned with baseball.
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JUVENILE DELIQUENCY
There seems to be a trend toward non-violence today. More and more kids are thinking love and peace and friendship, instead of hate and spite.
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SCHOOL
I wonder how much longer school will be compulsory? Very soon, I think, education will not only be free-form, but free for the taking or leaving. TIME
Time is fine when it's in cadence.
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STEREO
I can't enjoy stereo much, I'm deaf in one ear.
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EAR
The right one.
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DRUGS
An underground train.
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PATRIOTISM
Beer and brass bands.
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HYMN
I think I can write one someday.
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ORGAN
My dad gave me a piep organ for my birthday -- that's what I'll write the hymn on. Or at.
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DOOR
The door has been opened for a whole universe of experience for me.
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NEWSPAPER
I don't read the newspapers too much because they depress me.
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SWIMMING POOL
I have just rediscovered the delights of swimming. I'm completely turned on to swimming pools again. For a while they bored me. Now I take a swim once a day and I'm completely healthy.
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ALBUM
Our next album will be better than "Pet Sounds". It will be as much an improvement over "Sounds" as that was over "Summer Days".
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RECORDING STUDIO
My recording studio has become a castle, with a wing for everyone.
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TELEVISION
Someday I want to make commercials for TV - with a new twist.
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DRUMS
Someday I want to write a symphony for drums. HOLLYWOOD BOWL
The sound men at the Bowl are not rock 'n' roll sound men. I would advise people who want to play there and sound good, to change their plans, or plan their changes.
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SURFING
It's a very challenging sport. I've never been able to meet the challenge.
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LYRICS
Let's make them all free-form, so we don't get hung up on making rhymes.
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DRUG SONGS
There are myriad of drug songs on the pop music market today. I don't know which they are.
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MIRROR
Have you tried the mirror technique of subconsciousness? I'm reading a book about it - I'm fascinated by the mind and hypnosis and things like that.
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CAR
One day everyone will sit up in his car and fall out to the groovy sounds of cartridge tapes. Do I sound like a commercial?
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SUCCESS
Came very easily to me, professionally speaking.
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GLASSES
I would recommend that everyone who gets eye strain when they read go to an optometrist and get reading glasses so that they can read more and longer. This is what I did, and I really do think everyone should do it.
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RAIN
It's purifying. It cleanses the earth and helps things grow. It's spiritual too.
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AUTOGRAPHS
I would suggest to every girl who collects autographs that she has them analyzed. Amazing revelations.
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THE MOON
Funny you should mention that - I've been reading a book about moon deities and about how the moon affects women's personalities. Fascinating.
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PUBLICISTS
Professional wordsmen.
Brian Wilson
I found a list of non-Beach Boy, Brian Wilson Productions, written by Steven Dunn..might be interesting to read.
Throughout his working life Brian has been writing music, and not always with the Beach Boys. In the early 60s Brian worked as a producer in that he wrote music for many other artists.
Artist Title Date Recorded BW credits
Honeys
Surfin' Down The Swanee River Apr-63 Co-written & prod
Shoot The Curl Apr-63 Prod
Miss My Little Surfer Boy Sep-63 Prod
Pray For Surf Sep-63 Prod
Hide Go Seek Sep-63 Written & prod
Rabbits Foot Sep-63 Written & prod
The One You Can't Have Dec-63 Written & prod
From Jimmy With Tears Dec-63 Prod
You Brought It All On Jan-64 Written & prod
Make The Night(Just A Little Bit Longer) Jan-64 Co-prod
In The Still Of The Night Jan-64 Co-prod
Raindrops Mar-64 Co-prod
He's A Doll Apr-64 Written & prod
The Love Of A Boy And Girl Apr-64 Prod
Tonight You Belong To Me Sep-68 Prod
Goodnight My Love Sep-68 Prod
I Know You're Gonna Be alright Dec-68 Written & prod
Kenny & The Cadets(=BBs)
Barbie Apr-62 Co-prod
Rachel & Revolvers
The Revolution Sep-62 Co-written & prod
Number One Sep-62 Co-written & prod
What Is A Young Girl Made Of Sep-62 Co-written & prod
Bob & Sheri
Surfer Moon Oct-62 Written & prod
The Humpty Dumpty Oct-62 Prod
Johnny Dew(=Brian)
Farmers Daughter Nov-62 Written & prod
Lana Nov-62 Written & prod
Jan & Dean
Gonna Hustle You Apr-63 Co-written & vocals
Get a Chance With You May-63 Co-written & vocals
Surf City May-63 Co-written
She's My Summer Girl May-63 Co-written
Sidewalk Surfin' Nov-63 Co-written
Drag City Nov-63 Co-written
The New Girl In School Dec-63 Co-written
Dead Man's Curve Jan-64 Co-written & backing vocals
Surf Route 101 Jan-64 Co-written
Ride The Wild Surf Sep-64 Co-written
Surfin' Wild Sep-64 Co-written
Survivors (=BBs)
Pamela Jean Sep-63 Written & prod
After The Game Sep-63 Written & prod
Sharon Marie Runaround Lover Sep-63 Co-written & prod
Summertime Sep-63 Prod
Thinkin' Bout You Baby Apr-64 Co-written & prod
The Story Of My Life Apr-64 Co-written & prod
Glen Campbell Malibu Sunset Jul-63 Co-written & prod & vocals
Guess I'm Dumb Apr-65 Co-written & prod
Sunsets My Surfin' Little Woodie Sep-63 Co-written
Nodeans Beach Girl Sep-63 Co-written & prod
Timers No Go Showboat Oct-63 Co-written
Ron Wilson If It Can't Be You Dec-63 Written & prod
Castells I Do Jan-64 Co-written & prod
Gary Usher Sacramento Mar-64 Co-written & prod
That's Just The Way I Feel Mar-64 Prod
Rick Denton Endless Sleep Mar-64 Prod
Paul Peterson She Rides With Me Mar-64 Co-written & prod
Donna Loren Muscle Bustle Mar-64 Co-written
Annette Surfer's Holiday Mar-64 Co-written
Monkeys Uncle Aug-64 BBs vocals
Hale & Hushabyes Yes Sir Jun-64 Backing vocals
Hondells My Buddy Seat Nov-64 Co-written & prod
Bob & Bobby Twelve O' Four Sep-68 Prod
What You Want Me To Do Sep-68 Prod
Ron Wilson I'll Keep On Loving You Sep-68 Co-prod
As Tears Go By Sep-68 Co-prod
"Dino, Desi & Billy" Lady Love Nov-70 Co-written
Spring Snowflakes Apr-73 Co-written & co-prod
Shyin' Away Apr-73 Co-prod
Fallin' In Love Apr-73 Co-prod
Don't Be Cruel Apr-77 Co-prod
Sweet Sunday Kinda Love May-78 Co-prod
She's Out To Get You May-78 Prod
Do Ya May-78 Prod
It's Like Heaven May-79 Co-prod
Had To Phone Ya May-79 Co-written & co-prod
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Quotes
Dennis Wilson:
"I can tell you the day the Beach Boys will no longer exist--never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."
- Dennis Wilson, 1977
"Nothing will ever top the expression on Brian's face, ever... that was the all time moment."
- Dennis Wilson, on the first time they all heard "Surfin'" on the radio in Brian's car.
"Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. He is the band. We're his fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything."
- Dennis Wilson
"I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up."
- Dennis Wilson
"People always thought Brian was a good time guy until he started doing those heavy, searching songs on 'Pet Sounds' and all, but that stuff was closer to his own personality and perceptions. By the time people get close to an accurate picture of Brian Wilson--if ever-- he's gonna be far beyond them again, and I can dig his frustration."
- Dennis Wilson, 1976
"Brian Wilson is not a good looking human being, yet his music is beautiful. Look at Nat King Cole--he looked like a real piece of shit but he had a beautiful voice. Look at Aretha Franklin--she would scare me in a dark room, yet her voice is fantastic. Roy Orbison too. The thing I listen too is the music."
-Dennis Wilson, 1976
"We've done everything together. Shit, eat, fart, cry, laugh. Everything."
-Dennis Wilson
"The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group."
-Dennis Wilson
"I hope that the karma will fuck up Mike Love's meditation forever. That album is an embarrassment to my life. It should self-destruct."
-Dennis Wilson, 1979 on "M.I.U."
"If there wasn't The Beach Boys and there wasn't music, I would not even talk to them. But through music I fell in love with my brothers."
-Dennis Wilson
Brian Wilson:
"A voice or a song can be so comforting to someone who really needs it."
-Brian Wilson, 1990
"Musically, I am The Beach Boys."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
-Brian Wilson
"People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth."
-Brian Wilson, 1966
"I've had emotional gangsters run my life for 20 years. I pray to God with all my heart and soul that it doesn't happen again."
-Brian Wilson, 1995
"I don't think I am a genius. I believe the word genius applies only to people who can do things that other people can't do. I can't do things others can't. I wasn't a genius in high school, and I'm not now."
-Brian Wilson
"Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that. God damn!"
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me. So. I take the lesser of two evils; I'll work on myown, solo, before I work with a bunch of guys that don't give a shit about me...they just spit at me and kick me, no respect at all."
-Brian Wilson, 1995
"You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song."
-Brian Wilson
"I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth."
-Brian Wilson, 1966
"Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"The ocean scares me."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it."
-Brian Wilson
"So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"Well, yeah, I've had obstacles in my life. And I have a name to live up to. That alone was a hardship for me, living up to my name. Goddamn was it hard."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too."
-Brian Wilson, 1979
"You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money."
-Brian Wilson, 1965
Carl Wilson
"Subconsciously, I'm very religious."
-Carl Wilson
"Every once in a while, an individual is born into the world whose whole being is music. I think Brian is one of those rare people."
-Carl Wilson, 1969
"In Fort Worth, Texas there is a drug clinic which takes people off the streets and helps them get over bad LSD trips. They don't use any traditional medical treatment whatsoever. All they do is play the patient our 'Smiley Smile' album and apparently this acts as a soothing remedy which relaxes them and helps them to recover completely from their trip."
-Carl Wilson, 1970
Al Jardin
"Brian is an anachronism in his own time. You accept him for what he is. If he says he's coming to the studio, you stop what you are doing and go, because when he does something, he does it for keeps. But today he's a short-distance runner. He's not running the 440 at this stage of his life. But he's a killer in the 100 yard dash."
-Al Jardine, 1978
Mike Love
"Brian, don't fuck with the formula!"
-Mike Love, 1966
"There are a few good 'psych' groups but too many never change from their first appearance. They don't develop."
-Mike Love, 1969
"My darling uncle didn't die soon enough. But I didn't resent Murry anymore than I'd resent anyone who stole from his kids, beat them unnecessarily, intimidated them, and screwed them up emotionally."
-Mike Love, 1980
"The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else."
-Mike Love, 1975
"I like to see a group or person entertain me...that's why I wear my gold lame jacket and turban. Even though Carl dresses pretty spiffy too, the rest of the group doesn't care so much. Of course, just because Al Jardine hasn't changed his underwear since the Japan tour in sixty-five--I mean you can't ask for everything."
-Mike Love
"I am always thinking of those kinds of things when I am writing a lyric--same as I did with 'Kokomo', which was No. 1 in 1988, whereas Brian's solo album came out and didn't have one hit record on it."
-Mike Love, 1993
"What holds us together as a team now is music...and greed."
-Mike Love
"And one of the greatest things that interested me was that he (the Maharishi) said 'You don't have to give up your Rolls Royce...and forsake all your pursuits of material pleasures...to develop innerspiritual qualities'. That sounded real good to me."
-Mike Love, 1968
"I think it's difficult to promote and be commercially successful with an album that's called 'Sweet Insanity'...I don't think that's very mainstream pop."
-Mike Love, 1993
"I was in the oil business for a while--gas and oil, check the tires."
-Mike Love
Other people:
"I thought Brian was a perfect gentleman, apart from buttering his head and trying to put it between two slices of bread"
-Tom Petty, after eating with Brian.
"If there is one person I have to select as a living genius of pop music, I would choose Brian Wilson."
-George Martin (Beatles producer)
"We were all so poor we'd just sit around singing and on occasion drink a brew; not the children, the adults. And then I bought a Hammond electric organ, on time, and we'd play duets, my wife and I. And then Brian would get in on the act and sing. All they ever heard was music in the house. And on occasion family arguments."
-Murry Wilson
"But 'Pet Sounds' was not a big hit. That really hurt him badly, he couldn't understand it. It's like, why put your heart and soul into something?"
-Marilyn Wilson, 1966
"People should never be allowed to say 'no' to Brian Wilson... cause if you just get behind him, or next to him, and go with him, it's gonna come out okay."
-David Anderle, 1968
"Music is Brian Wilson's best friend, lover, everything. On a one-to-one basis, it's the only thing that has never wronged him."
-Van Dyke Parks
"We got along really well. I always appreciated his stuff. It always had that tongue-in-cheek humor. Brian had an odd little way of looking at life, differently than the average person did. And I appreciated that."
-Dean Torrence
"I can tell you the day the Beach Boys will no longer exist--never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."
- Dennis Wilson, 1977
"Nothing will ever top the expression on Brian's face, ever... that was the all time moment."
- Dennis Wilson, on the first time they all heard "Surfin'" on the radio in Brian's car.
"Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. He is the band. We're his fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything."
- Dennis Wilson
"I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up."
- Dennis Wilson
"People always thought Brian was a good time guy until he started doing those heavy, searching songs on 'Pet Sounds' and all, but that stuff was closer to his own personality and perceptions. By the time people get close to an accurate picture of Brian Wilson--if ever-- he's gonna be far beyond them again, and I can dig his frustration."
- Dennis Wilson, 1976
"Brian Wilson is not a good looking human being, yet his music is beautiful. Look at Nat King Cole--he looked like a real piece of shit but he had a beautiful voice. Look at Aretha Franklin--she would scare me in a dark room, yet her voice is fantastic. Roy Orbison too. The thing I listen too is the music."
-Dennis Wilson, 1976
"We've done everything together. Shit, eat, fart, cry, laugh. Everything."
-Dennis Wilson
"The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group."
-Dennis Wilson
"I hope that the karma will fuck up Mike Love's meditation forever. That album is an embarrassment to my life. It should self-destruct."
-Dennis Wilson, 1979 on "M.I.U."
"If there wasn't The Beach Boys and there wasn't music, I would not even talk to them. But through music I fell in love with my brothers."
-Dennis Wilson
Brian Wilson:
"A voice or a song can be so comforting to someone who really needs it."
-Brian Wilson, 1990
"Musically, I am The Beach Boys."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
-Brian Wilson
"People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth."
-Brian Wilson, 1966
"I've had emotional gangsters run my life for 20 years. I pray to God with all my heart and soul that it doesn't happen again."
-Brian Wilson, 1995
"I don't think I am a genius. I believe the word genius applies only to people who can do things that other people can't do. I can't do things others can't. I wasn't a genius in high school, and I'm not now."
-Brian Wilson
"Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that. God damn!"
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me. So. I take the lesser of two evils; I'll work on myown, solo, before I work with a bunch of guys that don't give a shit about me...they just spit at me and kick me, no respect at all."
-Brian Wilson, 1995
"You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song."
-Brian Wilson
"I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth."
-Brian Wilson, 1966
"Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"The ocean scares me."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it."
-Brian Wilson
"So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up."
-Brian Wilson, 1976
"Well, yeah, I've had obstacles in my life. And I have a name to live up to. That alone was a hardship for me, living up to my name. Goddamn was it hard."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too."
-Brian Wilson, 1979
"You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part."
-Brian Wilson, 1988
"I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money."
-Brian Wilson, 1965
Carl Wilson
"Subconsciously, I'm very religious."
-Carl Wilson
"Every once in a while, an individual is born into the world whose whole being is music. I think Brian is one of those rare people."
-Carl Wilson, 1969
"In Fort Worth, Texas there is a drug clinic which takes people off the streets and helps them get over bad LSD trips. They don't use any traditional medical treatment whatsoever. All they do is play the patient our 'Smiley Smile' album and apparently this acts as a soothing remedy which relaxes them and helps them to recover completely from their trip."
-Carl Wilson, 1970
Al Jardin
"Brian is an anachronism in his own time. You accept him for what he is. If he says he's coming to the studio, you stop what you are doing and go, because when he does something, he does it for keeps. But today he's a short-distance runner. He's not running the 440 at this stage of his life. But he's a killer in the 100 yard dash."
-Al Jardine, 1978
Mike Love
"Brian, don't fuck with the formula!"
-Mike Love, 1966
"There are a few good 'psych' groups but too many never change from their first appearance. They don't develop."
-Mike Love, 1969
"My darling uncle didn't die soon enough. But I didn't resent Murry anymore than I'd resent anyone who stole from his kids, beat them unnecessarily, intimidated them, and screwed them up emotionally."
-Mike Love, 1980
"The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else."
-Mike Love, 1975
"I like to see a group or person entertain me...that's why I wear my gold lame jacket and turban. Even though Carl dresses pretty spiffy too, the rest of the group doesn't care so much. Of course, just because Al Jardine hasn't changed his underwear since the Japan tour in sixty-five--I mean you can't ask for everything."
-Mike Love
"I am always thinking of those kinds of things when I am writing a lyric--same as I did with 'Kokomo', which was No. 1 in 1988, whereas Brian's solo album came out and didn't have one hit record on it."
-Mike Love, 1993
"What holds us together as a team now is music...and greed."
-Mike Love
"And one of the greatest things that interested me was that he (the Maharishi) said 'You don't have to give up your Rolls Royce...and forsake all your pursuits of material pleasures...to develop innerspiritual qualities'. That sounded real good to me."
-Mike Love, 1968
"I think it's difficult to promote and be commercially successful with an album that's called 'Sweet Insanity'...I don't think that's very mainstream pop."
-Mike Love, 1993
"I was in the oil business for a while--gas and oil, check the tires."
-Mike Love
Other people:
"I thought Brian was a perfect gentleman, apart from buttering his head and trying to put it between two slices of bread"
-Tom Petty, after eating with Brian.
"If there is one person I have to select as a living genius of pop music, I would choose Brian Wilson."
-George Martin (Beatles producer)
"We were all so poor we'd just sit around singing and on occasion drink a brew; not the children, the adults. And then I bought a Hammond electric organ, on time, and we'd play duets, my wife and I. And then Brian would get in on the act and sing. All they ever heard was music in the house. And on occasion family arguments."
-Murry Wilson
"But 'Pet Sounds' was not a big hit. That really hurt him badly, he couldn't understand it. It's like, why put your heart and soul into something?"
-Marilyn Wilson, 1966
"People should never be allowed to say 'no' to Brian Wilson... cause if you just get behind him, or next to him, and go with him, it's gonna come out okay."
-David Anderle, 1968
"Music is Brian Wilson's best friend, lover, everything. On a one-to-one basis, it's the only thing that has never wronged him."
-Van Dyke Parks
"We got along really well. I always appreciated his stuff. It always had that tongue-in-cheek humor. Brian had an odd little way of looking at life, differently than the average person did. And I appreciated that."
-Dean Torrence
Pet Sounds
40 Reasons why Pet Sounds is the Greatest Album Ever
Andrew Gladwin
1. It’s all about the need for love and acceptance, two of the most basic human needs
2. It inspired the Beatles to greater heights, especially Here, There And Everywhere
3 It has beautiful melodic bass-lines
4. It covers a wide range of real emotions from pure joy to utter disappointment
5. It wasn’t made for these times…or those times…but for all times
6. It usually makes at least the Top 10 of best album polls in well-known music magazines
7. George Martin likes it
8. Because quiet is the new loud
9. It has cool animals on the cover
10.…and dog noises
11. God Only Knows may the most beautiful song ever
12. …and Caroline No may have the loveliest backing track of every song
13. It inspired great harmonic music from Jimmy Webb, the Association, Curt Boetcher and many other late 60s artists
14. Brian wanted to spread spiritual love to the world
15. It blurred the boundaries between rock, jazz and classical music
16. It had the best musicians in Los Angeles playing on it
17. Brian’s melodies ascend to a very special place…whether it’s musical or spiritual
18. The title is a pun
19. No-one was worried that 13 tracks would be bad luck
20. If you haven’t lived at least some of the songs….you probably haven’t lived
21. Brian spent almost 40 years trying to top it with SMiLE
22. Carl Wilson sings like an angel on God Only Knows
23. Dennis Wilson is on the album….somewhere
24. Alice Cooper likes it
25. Chuck Norris likes it…and if he doesn’t it, fans of the album would be prepared to persuade him!
26. It has theremin
27. …and train noises
28. As NME said in 1993, it’s “proof that swooning emotions, pearling harmonies and lines about missing your girl are still valid.”
29. And as NME said further, it’s proof that we’re all “soft lads and lasses at heart.”
30. There is weird studio chatter all over Here Today
31. It still inspires groups today to make great music
32. It has two instrumentals that say everything through the music
33. It has bicycle bells
34. Tony Asher is a great lyricist
35. It’s the new alternative….melodic, harmonic and meaningful
36. Despite not being promoted properly by the record company, it has still gone platinum
37. It has a traditional folk song
38. It changed music forever
39. If you don’t get it, takes Brian’s advice on the album….”listen…listen..listen.”
40. 40 years after its release, it is more appreciated than ever
The Beach Boys!
This week is all about The Beach Boys..but if you miss The Doors I could always do something about that...but The Beach Boys were actually Jim Morrisons favorite group.
Here are The Beach Boys
I get around
Like most early Beach Boys songs, this does not have deep lyrical content. It's a fun song about a teenage lifestyle in Southern California featuring friends, girls and cars.
I get around was The Beach Boys first #1 in their own country ("Surfin' Safari" went to #1 in Sweden 2 years earlier). Father-manager Murry Wilson and therefore his beleaguered son Brian despaired over not hitting the top spot in the US, coming off second best first to the Four Seasons through 1962 and into '63, then to Jan & Dean when they got to #1 that summer with "Surf City" - a song Brian Wilson wrote.
This was released as a double A-side single in May 1964 with "Don't Worry Baby." It is considered one of the best ever single releases along with Hound Dog/Don't bea Cruel by Elvis Presley.
This was The Beach Boys real breakthrough in the UK, reaching #7 in a chart that for months had seen only British faces. It was also #1 in Canada and New Zealand.
Here it is; I get around
Here are The Beach Boys
I get around
Like most early Beach Boys songs, this does not have deep lyrical content. It's a fun song about a teenage lifestyle in Southern California featuring friends, girls and cars.
I get around was The Beach Boys first #1 in their own country ("Surfin' Safari" went to #1 in Sweden 2 years earlier). Father-manager Murry Wilson and therefore his beleaguered son Brian despaired over not hitting the top spot in the US, coming off second best first to the Four Seasons through 1962 and into '63, then to Jan & Dean when they got to #1 that summer with "Surf City" - a song Brian Wilson wrote.
This was released as a double A-side single in May 1964 with "Don't Worry Baby." It is considered one of the best ever single releases along with Hound Dog/Don't bea Cruel by Elvis Presley.
This was The Beach Boys real breakthrough in the UK, reaching #7 in a chart that for months had seen only British faces. It was also #1 in Canada and New Zealand.
Here it is; I get around
Monday, October 26, 2009
Today I thought I would write about the times when Jim got arrested. The most serious accident occurred in Miami when he exposed himself but he was also arrested in New Haven. Instead of writing about it I thought I would post some videos, here's one with Ray Manzarek telling the story. But to cut it short, During a show in New Haven, Connecticut he was arrested for attempting to incite a riot by telling the crowd that the police had sprayed him and journalist Patricia Keneally with mace backstage just before the concert.
Here's a clip from the movie The Doors when "Jim"(Val Kilmer) is arrested. I thought it would be interesting to see this. I could not post it but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LetNvwmv8XY
And here is the real Jim Morrison.
Regarding the Miami incident. In March 1, 1969 during another concert, this time in conservative Miami, Florida, Morrison was arrested for exposing himself on stage and using profanity. The legal troubles caused the group to loose their bookings for the next several months.
This text is taken from "http://www.doors.com/miami/one.html" and it describes the incident well I think.
"When Jim finally arrived, it was obvious to everyone who knew him he was drunk, drunk beyond even Morrison standards. Jim was not a man to be reasoned with, even if his close associates hadn't been faced with thirteen thousand angry reasons why he'd better get on the stage. Morrison only needed a moment to size up the situation. While The Doors repeated the intro to Break on Through over and over, he bided his time at the side of the stage. When Jim finally crossed the stage and took the microphone, at least one tape-recorder ate up every word. You can still hear it if you want to, ask any hard-core Doors fan for an audio of the Miami concert. Just be forewarned, it wasn't Jim's finest hour. (Here's "Light My Fire", live in Miami)
"And here's Touch Me"
The following is a summary of the controversial moments of the next 65 minutes:
While the introduction repeated, now painfully patient in the background , Morrison rapped incoherently into the microphone. He eventually managed to sing a couple of verses but lost interest quickly, returning to his aimless sermon. "I'm not talking about no revolution. And I'm not talking about no demonstration. I'm talking about having a good time. I'm talking about having a good time this summer. Now you all come to L.A. You all get out there. We're going to lie down there in the sand and rub our toes in the ocean and we're going to have a good time. Are you ready? Are you ready?......Are.... you.....ahhhhh!"
"Five to One" was always a controversial call to action and Jim fell into the first few lines of the song. Hesitation. As if transported through the moment to the stage of the Living Theatre, his voice twisted with anger and condemnation. "You're all a bunch of f**kin' idiots." Sounds of shock and outrage from the audience. "Let people tell you what you're gonna do. Let people push you around. How long do you think its gonna last? How long are you gonna let it go on? How long are you gonna let them push you around. Maybe you love it. Maybe you like being pushed around. Maybe you love getting your face stuck in the shit.....You're all a bunch of slaves. Bunch of slaves. Letting everybody push you around.
What are you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do about it...What are you gonna do?
On and on it went . At some point Jim staggered over to Robby and fell to his knees, focusing his attention on Robby's guitar solo (conflicting perceptions would debate his true intentions in the months ahead). Later. "THERE ARE NO RULES"........ "Anybody here from Tallahassee?" Audience affirmation..... " Well, I lived there until I got smart and went to California." At one point Jim made a direct reference to the Living Theatre. "Hey, listen. I used to think the whole thing was a big joke. I thought it was somethin' to laugh about, and the last couple of nights I met some people who were doin' somethin'. They're trying to change the world and I wanna get on the trip. I wanna change the world."
When someone jumped on stage and drenched him with champagne, Jim took his shirt off. "Let's see a little skin, let's get naked." Damp clothing fell to the concrete floor. "I'm not talking about revolution, I'm not talking about guns and riots, I'm talking about love. Love one another. Love your brother, hug him. Man, I'd like to see a little nakedness around here....grab your friend and love him. Take your clothes off and love each other." More clothing carpeted the concrete. When Jim finally got around to talking about what was really on his mind no doubt everyone was ready. "You didn't come here for music did you? You came for something more, didn't you? You didn't come to rock'n'roll, you came for something else didn't you? You came for something else --WHAT IS IT?" The audience recovered quickly from their initial shock and shouted all sorts of options. They weren't really sure what they wanted, but Morrison was. " You want to see my c*ck, don't you? That's what you came for isn't it? YEAHHHH!" There was a long, screeching crescendo from the floor. What happened next is anyone's guess, apparently, Morrison waved his shirt in front of his crotch in bullfighter tradition, he took it away for an instant and taunted. "See it? Did you see it?" The audience proceeded to "see" exactly what they wanted to see (reality has never been defined)."
Back Door Man, Miami
Here's a clip from the movie The Doors when "Jim"(Val Kilmer) is arrested. I thought it would be interesting to see this. I could not post it but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LetNvwmv8XY
And here is the real Jim Morrison.
Regarding the Miami incident. In March 1, 1969 during another concert, this time in conservative Miami, Florida, Morrison was arrested for exposing himself on stage and using profanity. The legal troubles caused the group to loose their bookings for the next several months.
This text is taken from "http://www.doors.com/miami/one.html" and it describes the incident well I think.
"When Jim finally arrived, it was obvious to everyone who knew him he was drunk, drunk beyond even Morrison standards. Jim was not a man to be reasoned with, even if his close associates hadn't been faced with thirteen thousand angry reasons why he'd better get on the stage. Morrison only needed a moment to size up the situation. While The Doors repeated the intro to Break on Through over and over, he bided his time at the side of the stage. When Jim finally crossed the stage and took the microphone, at least one tape-recorder ate up every word. You can still hear it if you want to, ask any hard-core Doors fan for an audio of the Miami concert. Just be forewarned, it wasn't Jim's finest hour. (Here's "Light My Fire", live in Miami)
"And here's Touch Me"
The following is a summary of the controversial moments of the next 65 minutes:
While the introduction repeated, now painfully patient in the background , Morrison rapped incoherently into the microphone. He eventually managed to sing a couple of verses but lost interest quickly, returning to his aimless sermon. "I'm not talking about no revolution. And I'm not talking about no demonstration. I'm talking about having a good time. I'm talking about having a good time this summer. Now you all come to L.A. You all get out there. We're going to lie down there in the sand and rub our toes in the ocean and we're going to have a good time. Are you ready? Are you ready?......Are.... you.....ahhhhh!"
"Five to One" was always a controversial call to action and Jim fell into the first few lines of the song. Hesitation. As if transported through the moment to the stage of the Living Theatre, his voice twisted with anger and condemnation. "You're all a bunch of f**kin' idiots." Sounds of shock and outrage from the audience. "Let people tell you what you're gonna do. Let people push you around. How long do you think its gonna last? How long are you gonna let it go on? How long are you gonna let them push you around. Maybe you love it. Maybe you like being pushed around. Maybe you love getting your face stuck in the shit.....You're all a bunch of slaves. Bunch of slaves. Letting everybody push you around.
What are you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do about it...What are you gonna do?
On and on it went . At some point Jim staggered over to Robby and fell to his knees, focusing his attention on Robby's guitar solo (conflicting perceptions would debate his true intentions in the months ahead). Later. "THERE ARE NO RULES"........ "Anybody here from Tallahassee?" Audience affirmation..... " Well, I lived there until I got smart and went to California." At one point Jim made a direct reference to the Living Theatre. "Hey, listen. I used to think the whole thing was a big joke. I thought it was somethin' to laugh about, and the last couple of nights I met some people who were doin' somethin'. They're trying to change the world and I wanna get on the trip. I wanna change the world."
When someone jumped on stage and drenched him with champagne, Jim took his shirt off. "Let's see a little skin, let's get naked." Damp clothing fell to the concrete floor. "I'm not talking about revolution, I'm not talking about guns and riots, I'm talking about love. Love one another. Love your brother, hug him. Man, I'd like to see a little nakedness around here....grab your friend and love him. Take your clothes off and love each other." More clothing carpeted the concrete. When Jim finally got around to talking about what was really on his mind no doubt everyone was ready. "You didn't come here for music did you? You came for something more, didn't you? You didn't come to rock'n'roll, you came for something else didn't you? You came for something else --WHAT IS IT?" The audience recovered quickly from their initial shock and shouted all sorts of options. They weren't really sure what they wanted, but Morrison was. " You want to see my c*ck, don't you? That's what you came for isn't it? YEAHHHH!" There was a long, screeching crescendo from the floor. What happened next is anyone's guess, apparently, Morrison waved his shirt in front of his crotch in bullfighter tradition, he took it away for an instant and taunted. "See it? Did you see it?" The audience proceeded to "see" exactly what they wanted to see (reality has never been defined)."
Back Door Man, Miami
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Jim Morrison on the death of a Coyote
Here's a video when Jim talks about the death of a coyote. It's cute and he says "a part of me wanted to go up and scratch him behind the ears and say 'hey, everythings cool, man" How sweeet.
The Women...
Jim Morrison had a lot of women...of course. Pamela Courson was his "main woman", his long-term companion. This is taken from wikipedia about their relationship:
"At times, Courson used the surname "Morrison" with his apparent consent or at least lack of concern. After Courson's death in 1974 the probate court in California decided that she and Morrison had what qualified as a common law marriage.
Courson and Morrison's relationship was a stormy one, however, with frequent loud arguments and periods of separation. Biographer Danny Sugerman surmised that part of their difficulties may have stemmed from a conflict between their respective commitments to an open relationship and the consequences of living in such a relationship."
Jim met Patricia Kennealy, a rock critic and science fiction/fantasy author in 1969 when she interviewed him and they became friends and lovers.
In 1970, Morrison participated in a Celtic Pagan handfasting ceremony with her. Before witnesses, one of them a Presbyterian minister,the couple signed a document declaring themselves wedded but none of the necessary paperwork for a legal marriage was filed with the state. When Jim wrote her poems and letters he called her "his wife" or Patricia Morrison though. But in his will he left everything to Pamela and in his will he wrote " I am an unmarried person".
Jim also had sex regularly with fans, and it is said that he preferred "chubby blondes".
He ha numerous flings with female celebrities, like Nico from Velvet Underground, Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Gloria Stavers(16 magazine's editor in chief) and many others. Nico fell madly in love with him and was very jealous of Pamela and she died her hair red just to get more attention from Jim later on.
Here are some videos, and some interviews with his ladies.
"At times, Courson used the surname "Morrison" with his apparent consent or at least lack of concern. After Courson's death in 1974 the probate court in California decided that she and Morrison had what qualified as a common law marriage.
Courson and Morrison's relationship was a stormy one, however, with frequent loud arguments and periods of separation. Biographer Danny Sugerman surmised that part of their difficulties may have stemmed from a conflict between their respective commitments to an open relationship and the consequences of living in such a relationship."
Jim met Patricia Kennealy, a rock critic and science fiction/fantasy author in 1969 when she interviewed him and they became friends and lovers.
In 1970, Morrison participated in a Celtic Pagan handfasting ceremony with her. Before witnesses, one of them a Presbyterian minister,the couple signed a document declaring themselves wedded but none of the necessary paperwork for a legal marriage was filed with the state. When Jim wrote her poems and letters he called her "his wife" or Patricia Morrison though. But in his will he left everything to Pamela and in his will he wrote " I am an unmarried person".
Jim also had sex regularly with fans, and it is said that he preferred "chubby blondes".
He ha numerous flings with female celebrities, like Nico from Velvet Underground, Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Gloria Stavers(16 magazine's editor in chief) and many others. Nico fell madly in love with him and was very jealous of Pamela and she died her hair red just to get more attention from Jim later on.
Here are some videos, and some interviews with his ladies.
Blue Sunday
This song is from the album Morrison Hotel(one of their best albums=))
So today it's Sunday and I thought I would write about this song..Blue Sunday, it is a pretty song but I don't have much to say about it. Jim wrote this song to mock love songs, believe it or not. He was exaggerating when he wrote the lyrics and he was totally making fun of love songs. And that's the truth, a lot of people say he wrote this to Pamela cause he loved her so much but people who attended the recording sessions says he wrote this song to criticise love songs. Well..what else, radio stations often play this song together with Peace Frog, as you can hear if you listen to them, they kinda melt into each other.
I will post a video here which includes Peace Frog & Blue Sunday...I couldn't find a better video. Blue Sunday begins at 2.57
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Doors of Perception
The Doors took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception (a reference to the 'unlocking' of 'doors' of perception through psychedelic drug use), Huxley's own title was a quote from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, in which Blake wrote that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
"There are things known and things unknown... and in between are the doors..."
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