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rocketonarail said:

....... Dave Berry did this as a ` B ` side to ` The Crying Game ` ........... This Sex Pistols version dates from some of their earliest recordings , circa Nov 1976 ............ other cover versions they played live in their early days included The Who`s ` Substitute ` , and The Monkees ` Stepping Stone ` ...........
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If you like your punk cover versions, then give this album a listen. It's a goodun !!
 
Alzero said:
I saw him at the Hollywood Bowl about 10 or 12 years ago and I can honestly say that after seeing him on stage for over an hour I still haven’t seen Brian Wilson perform. He sat behind a piano the he did not play: another guy in the back played all the piano parts. And he lip synched all of his vocals. Even his patter between songs sounded stilted and scripted.

He quit performing a decade or more before he stopped touring! I understand that he probably had bills to pay, but the whole affair left a bad taste in my mouth and it was a disservice to his fans who paid to see him actually perform his music
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Probably the 50th tour-I attended in Chicago. But I think you're a bit harsh- I agree that Brian was barely 'playing' piano & humming along but it was great to have Brian, Mike, Al, David & Bruce, etc on stage performing. We will never have that opportunity again-
 
Jeff Beck toured briefly w/ Brian Wilson and had some "interesting" comments about him. I remember reading an article about him in Rolling Stone years ago, and it appeared that he was taken advantage of by his therapist. It also seemed that he was taraumatized by his father. He was considered to be a musical genius, but had his share of problems.
 
This is what Paul McCartney had to say about Brian Wilson's passing,

Paul McCartney​

June 12 at 2:31 AM ·

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Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special. The notes he heard in his head and passed to us were simple and brilliant at the same time. I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while. How we will continue without Brian Wilson, 'God Only Knows'.
Thank you, Brian. - Paul

My personal favorite Beach Boys album is 'Holland', great music.
 
Eugene Landy was the shrink who took Brian on as one of his patients ........

All access to Brian had to go through Landy first ......... and Landy drew a handsome ( extortionate ? ) fee , which he promptly supplemented by becoming Brian`s manager , co-producer , and co-songwriter ! .......... claiming 25% royalty even on material he never even contributed to .........

Apparently this was seen as a good thing ........ an incentive to get Brian firing on all four cylinders again .........

.........although who was the one being incentivised I`m not quite sure .............

It seems Brian loved him though , and several others , including Brian`s daughter , thought Landy did have a positive effect as far as Brian`s well being was concerned ........

( They do say that some being held long term hostage can start to build up a positive relationship with their captor .............. maybe there was an element of that at play here ........... ) .......
 
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Here`s a Brianless Beach Boys performing on the Mike Douglas TV show in 1969 ...........

Written for the Beach Boys by Charles Manson , and originally titled " Cease To Exist " , the main Family member wrote it after witnessing in-fighting and arguments between Dennis , Carl , and Brian ........ it was intended as a call for reconciliation and forgiveness between the three of them .......

............ what a kind , caring little chap he was ...........

Manson was present at the studio recording ........ he didn`t mind the musical arrangement being changed from it`s original acoustic form to the the more polished studio based version it is here ........ but he was a bit miffed at the slight , but deliberate , change to the lyrics ..........

....... ( " brother " becomes " lover " for example , and the songs meaning shifts to reflect the relationship between a guy and a girl , rather than the relationship between the Wilson brothers ) ......... and then there was change of song title ........

However Dennis placated him with a wad of cash , and the gift of a BSA motorcycle ....... so that was ok then ........

" Never Learn Not To Love " appears on the 20/20 album , composition credited to Dennis Wilson ............ :) ..................



More stuff you probably already know ........

When Brian bailed out of live performances and TV shows , he was replaced in the Beach Boys line up by Glen Campbell ........ until Glen decided to go off and perform solo ........

Glen Campbell was then replaced by Bruce Johnson ... ( real name Benjamin Baxter ) ........ Bruce Johnson had previously performed as part of the duo Terry and Bruce , Terry being Terry Melcher ........

BTW , Bruce Johnson was actually Bruce Forsyth`s real name ..........
..........in a parallel universe there`s probably a Beach Boys line up featuring .............. :unsure:...................... never mind ...........................

Terry Melcher was Doris Day`s kid , and started his singing career as Terry Day , before changing his surname to Melcher ....... Marty Melcher being his step dad ........ Marty was Day`s second husband ...... ( I think second , she was married about four or five times ) ........ and was a big name in TV / showbiz at that time , so Terry probably thought using the Melcher name might help him get a better start in the record industry ..........

Terry`s real name was actually Terry Jorden , his father being Day`s first husband .

Terry Melcher really got into his stride as a recording studio producer , working with top groups including Paul Revere and The Raiders , as well as the Beach Boys ........ so when Glen Campbell jumped ship , Terry`s mate Bruce Johnson was an obvious candidate as a replacement in the Beach Boys line up .

Doris Day didn`t seem to have much luck with her early marriages .......... Terry`s dad was a bit of a drunken idiot ,........ and second hubby Marty Melcher , although a big name in showbiz , wasn`t all that well thought of either ........ ( Dean Martin would refer to him as " Farty Belcher " ) .......

....... Marty also lost Day a lot of money through ill - considered investment choices , forcing her into films and TV shows she didn`t really want to do , in order to recoup some of that lost money , and pay off the tax man .........

In the meantime , Terry had become friendly with Dennis Wilson through working with the Beach Boys ...... and Dennis , plus another music industry guy called Greg Jacobson ... ( who`s father-in law was Lou Costello ) ........ introduced Terry to their mate Charles Manson .......

When Melcher , Wilson , and Jacobson eventually got wise to Manson`s character defects ..... ( chiefly when news of Manson`s altercation with drug dealer Bernard " Lotsapoppa " Crowe filtered through to them ) ........... they cooled their relationship with the little furry one ......... and then ............


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........ It`s just occurred to me than anyone outside the UK might not be sure who ... ( Beach Boy Bruce Johnson`s namesake ) ... Bruce Forsyth really is ........

In order to right that wrong , here`s Brucie ....... ( Forsyth or Johnson , take your pick ) ........ in his heyday ............

On reflection , he could well have brought something to the Beach Boys line up that Terry Melcher would never have imagined ..........
 
You guys want to know what shaped and deformed Brian Wilson....look into der Papa Murry Wilson.
Murry is the root cause of Brian being deaf on one side...and forcing him to take a crap standing on
the Wilson family's kitchen table. The apple fell from the tree in a different direction...
 
Much of Brian, melody was there no question, stage life and real life ( revelation.. they are not the same for the sane ) also part of the "melody of life" Intended or no...

Persona divergent, Grace Slick, USA has much in talent, Grace a reflecting and reflection of then era USA... Great Society original renditions, into Airplane and Starship, still play some of those songs to this day. Not so much a fan of Beach music these days. j. ** pity the footage is with the studio soundtrack, understand the rational.

 

Mention of " Working Class Hero " reminds me of Terry Stamp`s Third World War ........ " Working Class Man " was a B-side on their second single ........

Their first album came out in 1971 , originally on Fly Records ..........

They were formed in 1970 as a " No bullshit working class " .... ( their words ) ...... response to the hippy drippy peace and love mindset which had infected the music scene at that time ....... ( their sentiments ... ) ...........

Fly Records pulled the plug during the recording of their second album during 1972 , feeling it had no commercial merit ................. and the band disbanded ( sorry ) soon afterwards ....... although the album was eventually released on Kit Lambert and Chis Stamp`s ( no relation ) Track Record label , home to Lambert and Stamps The Who , as well as The Jimi Hendrix Experience , and Golden Earirng , amongst others .

Part two ... ( at around 5 : 40 ) ...... is where it starts to wake up .......

.......... and proceeds to kick most other so called rock n` roll efforts of the time into touch ..............
 
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Mmmm had imagined you looking more like a motocycle ( 1920's era before then called Motorcycle )... not that you look like a person born in 1920's... Quentin .... yes sound and vids, all welcome....

Been sorting two valve amps here, Boogie Mark IIC+ and a Fender Hotrod Deville 40yo the former 15yo the latter... glad to see them gone.... done working on amps etc.... never mind $45 for one axial electrolytic HV capacitor.... sorry for this bit... get the horrors repairing era amps.

Nice kit there Quentin, cosy corner and all, j
 

Meanwhile , here`s a pussy that always burns , care of Tav Falco .........

Alex Chilton ( ex Box Tops and Big Star ) put Panther Burns together with Tav ........


Here they appear on Marge Thrasher`s TV show back in 1979 ........

In her obituary , someone reckoned that ..... " she always knew how to put her guests at ease ..... "

....... Tell that to Tav ...........


Anyone brave enough to stroke Marge`s pussy ? ......... No , thought not .............
 
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