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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The warmth of the sun/Seasons in the sun |
| Date | Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:34:06 +0000 |
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The Brian Wilson cd is a soundtrack for an excellent film of the same
name.Well worth seeking out.A great introduction for what is going on right
now with Brian.
>From: Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: "audities@smoe.org" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: The warmth of the sun/Seasons in the sun
>Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:24:17 -0400
>
>While lazing at the beach last week (yeah, tough life, huh?) I took the
>opportunity to catch up on some CDs I've had lying around un-listened. One
>that really caught my ear was Brian Wilson's "I Just Wasn't Made For These
>Times", which I picked up some months ago in the used bins for a few bucks.
>I really enjoyed it, and listened to it 3 or 4 times over the course of the
>week. Of course, I was very familiar with most of the material -- it's a
>collection of 10 or so B Wilson classics, rerecorded in a studio around
>'95,
>BEFORE the Brian comeback/tours of recent years. Does anyone have any info
>on this disc? I've never heard of it before.
>
>Another oldie but goodie that I really enjoyed was an anthology of Frankie
>Valli and the Four Seasons songs. What fun stuff! You may love or you may
>hate Frankie's falsetto (I almost choked on my crab cake when I heard him
>sing Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright") -- but there's no denying
>that the act had a ton of well crafted, supremely catchy "in your face"
>hits. Reminded me of the classic Motown era. And I thought, now HERE'S a
>band that deserves a power pop tribute CD. The songs are great, but
>wouldn't it be nice to hear them done in new arrangements, rocked up a bit,
>by current artists/different vocalists? That would be one fab slab, I
>think...
>
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