JSngry Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 "It's all good" is an idiomatic expression that does not mean that it's "all" going to automatically be "good", much less excellent. Most shit ends up being excitingly mediocre to varying degrees. So no, it's not all literally good. And neither am I so hungry that I could eat a horse. Nor are my eyes bigger than my stomach. Nor have I ever had a day where everything goes wrong. And not having a valid baseline from which to measure, I am skeptical that I've ever felt like I've been hit by a truck or knocked down with a feather. It does, however, imply that good is anywhere you find it, which is not necessarily where you would think to reflexively look for it, especially not necessarily where one is externally steered to spend disposable income in search of it. So, if anything, consider it a corrective admonition to the sectarian fabulist orthodoxy. And don't ask me what "good" is, because all I'll tell you is what I think. You can have that for what it's worth, and here's change back from your penny! Quote
rostasi Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 When I was a manager of a record store in Chicago, a musician friend I worked with would grab a random record out of the bins and wave it in the air and say that somebody, somewhere would think that it was one of the best damn albums ever made. I laughed. After the blossoming of the Internet, I'm more inclined to believe him. Quote
l p Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 4:07 PM, JSngry said: "It's all good" is an idiomatic expression that does not mean that it's "all" going to automatically be "good", much less excellent. Most shit ends up being excitingly mediocre to varying degrees. So no, it's not all literally good. Expand ok. but if you're not sure, i can send you this beach boys hits compilation that i had when i was a kid... it made me hate them forever. Quote
JSngry Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 Hate all you want, but remember... Quote
l p Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 what they love, like almost all other successful rock, pop, and country acts, is that they make a good living because the unsuspecting public is too lazy to search for real music, and instead have to be satisfied with whatever is thrown at them through the radio, mtv, and movie soundtracks. and all the money probably makes them think that they do have talent. Quote
JSngry Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 Well, ok. Brian Wilson loves you. But that's enough afaic. Quote
rostasi Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 Is there a "real music" playlist on Spotify that someone can point me to? Quote
David Ayers Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Posted February 9, 2017 You can keep the reward I'd just as soon stay... (ok you heard that before) I once owned this: Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 Beach Boys Love You is a good record. Pet Sounds, Smile, All Summer Long -- wonderful music. Quote
rostasi Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) On 2/9/2017 at 10:10 PM, David Ayers said: I once owned this: Expand I still do! - and I have the t-shirt as well! Seriously. I do. ...as for Endless Summer - probably, next to Marvin Gaye's Anthology, one of the best compilations 1974 had to offer. Great pre-Pet Sounds work. Edited February 9, 2017 by rostasi Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 9, 2017 Report Posted February 9, 2017 yeah, it's pretty hard to deny the quality of that work (and I do prefer the more arch sonic explorations of P.S.). It's not teenybopper pap... or at least not all of it. Quote
David Ayers Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Posted February 9, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 11:01 PM, rostasi said: I still do! - and I have the t-shirt as well! Seriously. I do. Expand I'm liking what I'm hearing... Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 I have the poster, also designed by Dean Torrance. it was a hundred dollars. Quote
corto maltese Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 8:19 PM, l p said: what they love, like almost all other successful rock, pop, and country acts, is that they make a good living because the unsuspecting public is too lazy to search for real music, and instead have to be satisfied with whatever is thrown at them through the radio, mtv, and movie soundtracks. and all the money probably makes them think that they do have talent. Expand OK, so Mats will plead guilty for possession of that "Smile Sessions" box set (although the defence will emphasise that a certain Dutch dealer has been offering copies everywhere for ridiculous prices). But he's not too lazy to search for real music, on the contrary, he's playing real music himself. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) On 2/9/2017 at 7:29 PM, l p said: ok. but if you're not sure, i can send you this beach boys hits compilation that i had when i was a kid... it made me hate them forever. Expand I admit I had understood you exactly the other way round. Bashing Little Richard and going all excited over the Beach Boys - another one of those who can't praise "Pet Sounds" enough. (iIt CAN happen .... ) Anyway, greatness is in the ear of the behearer - always, and "tin ears" are not always where those who use that term to bash others' tastes think they are. Edited February 10, 2017 by Big Beat Steve Quote
David Ayers Posted February 10, 2017 Author Report Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/10/2017 at 1:10 AM, rostasi said: One of our cats is named Lux. Expand it's all coming out now... Quote
Royal Oak Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 There was a racing greyhound at our local track many moons ago, named "Lux Interior", owner was a Cramps fan, unsurprisingly. Quote
OliverM Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 Every now and then I need to watch those Little Richard live sessions, they are so incredible! I wish some of the rarer records of Mats' collection were more widely available. On a saturday I will track some in the vinyl archives of the Musical Mediatheque of Paris (public library), I've been meaning to do this for a while. One can listen to them on location. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 Interesting. I'm with lp on this one; you couldn't pay me enough to listen to the Beach Boys. And if I'd heard Dickie Dale or the Surfaris in the past month, I'd probably kick you in the nuts for suggesting such a thing. On the other hand, the Cramps are fine... Quote
rostasi Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 The last owner of a local restaurant that I used to make CDs for requested that I don't include Beach Boys stuff. Her only connection with them was on a rather superficial level tho, so it could be understandable. I've no problem with surf music - especially the grittier forms of both early and ultra-modern styles (volumes of really fine compilations exist!). Also, we've been taking care of a "porch kitty" and when our "Lux" gets all worked up about his presence outdoors, we just explain to him that it's his friend "Lux Exterior." Mats has that wonderful FMP box set. Good to see that beautiful thing! Quote
JSngry Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 I had a person I regularly played EAI-ish type music with tell me one day that they hated the Beach Boys because they used major 7th chords, and this person hated major 7th chords period. Keeping in mind that this was a very skilled, trained, experience, and usually astute player, I allowed him that as an earned quirk, but...really? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/10/2017 at 8:15 AM, rdavenport said: There was a racing greyhound at our local track many moons ago, named "Lux Interior", owner was a Cramps fan, unsurprisingly. Expand that is AWESOME. Quote
Dmitry Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/10/2017 at 1:46 PM, rostasi said: Also, we've been taking care of a "porch kitty" and when our "Lux" gets all worked up about his presence outdoors, we just explain to him that it's his friend "Lux Exterior." Expand Yeah, but can your pussy do the dog? Quote
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