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Nothings as GOOD as it used to be.
That said, I enjoyed it.
Jim
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From:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Dickson
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:29 AM
To:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]Do the Beach Boys sound this good live?
Anyone who thinks that Brian Wilson is in fine voiceis kidding themselves. His voice is shot to hell, off-key and his rangeis about an octave and a tad. Live he sits at a keyboard but doesn'tactually play it (or doesn't play it much)
Wayback, Andy Paley (then Brian's producer and collaborator) admitted that Brian'sfirst album was really only about 5% Brian Wilson, but then (he added) 'thereis only about 5% of Brian Wilson left'. He may be more coherent thesedays than before, and his voice doesn't have the horrors of 'Still I Dream OfIt' (any version) plastered across it, but it's nothing like the finely tunedinstrument it once as. No surprise though; a guy of his age would hardlysound like a man of 25. He just cannot make the high notes on 'CarolineNo' and really he ought not to even try any more. I'm just glad he'sstill with us.
On 2 November 2011 23:48, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:
Twenty years ago, Brian was still getting over the ravages of cocaineuse on his voice. I remember seeing him on SNL and being horrified. Back in theearly nineties I used to fantasize that one day he would return to the stage.His voice is better now than I ever hoped. Sometimes I close my eyes when hesings a song like Caroline No or Please Let Me Wonder and I can still hearthe voice that grabbed me 48 years ago.
Frank
In a message dated 11/2/2011 6:39:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jandjstrz@verizon.netwrites:
I was watching TV late one night recently and saw some programabout the behind the scenes preparations to have Brian Wilson and his bandperform Smile in London.
Given how bad I’ve heard him sound on some late night talks shows,and how nervous he was ramping up to the big opening night…I was surprised howgood he sounded.
He looked like he was having fun doing it too.
Couldn’t help but notice Paul McCartney and George Martin in theaudience giving him a standing ovation at the conclusion (GoodVibrations…Brian’s version)
Jim
Check’em out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVu7pyjG9AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmNzMQd_Yc
No,they don't but Brian Wilson's band does.
It's a bit of a slavish cover of the song, though.
Talking of which, I now have 'The SMiLE Sessions' as of two days ago. Ithink I've played it through about 8 times now. :-)
Mike
On 02/11/2011 15:58, tron400 wrote:
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh