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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Random Things |
| Date | Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:11:35 -0500 |
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At 09:40 PM 10/18/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>> I still dont know why they included the cover of The Crystals "Then I
Kissed
>> Her" (which was released as a stop-gap 45 in Britian in 1967 while everyone
>> was
>> waiting for "Smile") while they left off "Girl Don't Tell Me'.
>
>Because Then I Kissed Her *was* a hit outside the US (and while it was
>a stop-gap single it was a *big* hit in the UK, one of their biggest)
>and a regular in live shows, while Girl Don't Tell Me was never a
>single and wasn't performed live by a Beach Boy until Al Jardine's
>Beach Boys Family & Friends did it in 99.
In Domenic Priore's "Look, Listen, Vibrate, Smile" book theres a quote from
Mike
Love "We've got to sing this song because EMI say It's our new release".
Reviewers blasted EMI for overlooking "Pet Sounds" (was Caroline No
released as
a single there?) and re-releasing an 2 year old recording. (page 197)
And I think "Girl Dont Tell Me" is a classic. it seems to be the most popular
(and easiest to cover!) with Power Pop bands over the years. Theres been some
great covers - Gary Usher produced a powerful "Wall Of Sound" version on Decca
in 1965 with a young singer by the name of Keith Green (who later became a
star
in Christian music in the late 1970's) and Tony Rivers & The Castaways did a
fine version on Immediate records in the UK around the same time. The
Smithereens (in thier first public perfomance) covered it, its on their
rarities comp "Attack Of The Smithereens".
>> "She Knows Me
>> too Well" is about Brian's first wife Marilyn and he asked to remove it for
>> personal reasons.
>
>I think you mean Let Him Run Wild here...
Yeah I may be wrong here..!
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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