the selection is abysmal of course, but there are re-releases of stuff like Daydream Nation and Straight Outta Compton, and jazz classics from Count Basie and Herbie and Astrud Gilberto
this morning I had some Beach Boys hits with breakfast. I am just as guilty as anyone of trying to shrug off the earlier pop stuff, but Help Me Rhonda, Be True to Your School, and about a half dozen other oldies reminded me how long before Pet Sounds Brian Wilson was able to inject space-aged chords into doo-wop forms.
plus motherfucking California Girls
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indeed. 'don't worry baby' and 'in my room' don't need van dyke parks or glen campbell.
they just need brian.
and tons and tons and tons and tons of plate reverb.
indeed. 'don't worry baby' and 'in my room' don't need van dyke parks or glen campbell.
YES.
http://www.cabinessence.net/essays/mob9.html
read this (and the other mind of brian essays) at the cabinessence site to dig deeper into just how weird this music really is. and how tricky it is that it takes an essay to point out how weird it is..
are you pulling a free cd scam on bmg, dave? or are you privy to some promos?
no, i just failed to turn down the featured selection enough times to rack up some points.
before i knew it, there were ten free discs waiting to be liberated from some warehouse that will never be drained of all its peabo bryson...
i want to start a band called peabo bryson and the brown eyes. the band won't play music or do anything. but it will exist and probably there will be pictures.
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