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November 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Wilson: At My Piano
Brian Wilson At My Piano Decca I can just imagine so many reviews missing the point, chuckling off at the redundancy of an instrumental set of Beach Boys songs, arguing that the sun-kissed classics need those vocal harmonies to really come alive.Archive
October 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Happy, Happy Gig Memories
We can’t see (m)any gigs. We can’t have (m)any gatherings. Live music venues are taking a hit. It might all feel doom and gloom – and possibly with the good reason that it actually is rather dooming and very, very gloomy….but we have memories of the past, right? We’ve seen some shows. Some incredible gigs. […]Archive
August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 67
The Beach Boys, Wild Honey (1967) I have a few more Beach Boys albums to go but this was a nice find, recently. My favourite period for the band is 1967-1973 – they were out of the surfing phase and couldn’t rely on Brian at least not for brand new material all the time; so […]Archive
March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Murry Wilson & Snow: The Break Away EP
Murry Wilson & Snow The Break Away EP Omnivore Recordings Murry Wilson shares the prize with Joe Jackson (father of the Jackson 5, not the super singer/songwriter) as one of the world’s worst Professional Fathers – these manager/Svengali types that invented the cliché of channeling their own rage through their sons (and daughters) and being […]Archive
March 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 153
Beach Boys, Good Vibrations (1975) You know you’re one of the tragic few – a real fan with more dollars than sense as they say when you buy a compilation like this. To be fair I bought this for $2 and it would only have ever been a bargain at half the price. The Beach […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 214
The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]Archive
November 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 15 – Murry Wilson, “The Many Moods of Murry Wilson”
Murry Wilson, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson, 1967 Murry Wilson. Not a nice guy. Bitter hack – who was sure he was “a genius too”. Murry Wilson. Pretty sure he was the manager of The Beach Boys for a lot longer than he ever was – and written up as a bad guy who […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Wind Chimes
What’s the last song that made you feel like you actually stopped existing? That was the question. And there’s only one answer. That one by The Beach Boys… The one that goes, “On the warm breeze the little bells/Tinkle like wind chimes Though it’s hard I try not to look at my wind chimes Now […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 231
The Beach Boys, Rock And Roll Music [Single] (1976) It’s when you don’t really care about the A-side or the B-side and you own the parent album which has both songs on it anyway (and that’s also not great) that you realise you’re in pretty deep. This is me, in real time, with my latest […]Archive
October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Mike Love: 12 Sides of Summer
Mike Love 12 Sides of Summer BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Just what is a Mike Love? Is it the cold, prickly nasally lead singer of one of the best groups to ever make music? Is it the guy that provided many of their worst songs in the latter years? Is a Mike Love the […]Archive
October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman