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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Dennis Wilson Remembered |
| Date | Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:14:57 -0800 |
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I had one or two issues with that piece about Dennis. Mostly that the writer felt the
need to trash damn great albums like 16 Big Ones and Love You to advance Denny's fab
record. I love 'em all. I know more than a few folks who rate Love You as pure
genius. I look at it as a cross between Jonathan Richman and Young Marble Giants.
As for Mike, I gotta say: when I saw then BB after Surf's Up came out (71-72?), he
came out and told the audience if they listened to the new songs they were going to
play (pretty much the best of Pet Sounds through Surf's Up) they'd play some oldies
later. Then they launched into a note perfect version of Heros And Villains.
Reading about Dennis just makes me wanna cry. I can't imagine how Brian and Carl felt
when he died. And worse how Brian felt to be the last brother left when Carl died.
RS
GaryPig@aol.com wrote:
> << Speaking of Mike Love, while I abhor most of his antics from the past 20
>
> years, I can't agree with most Beach Boys fans and Mike Love haters who
>
> continually bash his Beach Boys input (which I noticed in the article, and
>
> hear all the time, anyway). The man is loathsome and reprehensible, but he
>
> did write and sing some great songs with the band, including tunes on the
>
> late '70s/early '80s albums. Plus, like him or not, he was the only member
>
> of the band who was emotionally and socially equipped to take the lead role
>
> on stage, and their live performances are a vital part of the band's
>
> history. >>
>
> AMEN
> (or should I say AHOY),
> David !!
>
> There wasn't then, isn't now, and never will ever be anything like the
> original Hawthorne-vintage Love/Wilson/Wilson/Wilson/Jardine genetic (well, I'll
> give Al a pass on that one ;-) vocal blend of the Beach Boys Mach I.
>
> Say what you will about Mike (remembering this IS a Family board however),
> but his bass parts in the BB harmonic stack, not to mention his lead vocals (ie:
> "Mountain Of Love" on the criminally underrated Beach Boys ...Naked -- I mean
> Party! album) were nothing to sneeze at either.
>
> And, while it may have always been for more personal than artistic or
> certainly altruistic reasons, without Mr. Love's perseverance and determination in
> the face of seemingly insurmountable odds (in their homeland especially), the
> Beach Boys probably would've forever packed it in by the end of those
> once-swinging Sixties.
>
> Now,
> howzabout "Without Murry, Brian's music would never have made it out of the
> Wilson garage" ??
>
> Discuss,
>
> Gary "NP: The Playmates" "....STILL!!" Pig
-- Ronald Sanchez
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