What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

[soulpope]

[Dub Modal]

If music is dirt, Rub A Dub's like sand: 

Phenomenal album 

Then: 

Barrington's warbling over these heavy rhythms is hypnotic. There's nothing else quite like this. 

6 minutes ago, soulpope said:

 Love this record!

[soulpope]

6 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

 Love this record!

Obviously the Cover Art was (in different ways) a "hot topic" back then, but its great music also demonstrating the group`s capabilities on the ballad side ....

[Dub Modal]

8 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Obviously the Cover Art was (in different ways) a "hot topic" back then, but its great music also demonstrating the group`s capabilities on the ballad side ....

Not a bad song on the entire LP for me. Cover art - especially the gatefold jacket - is a bonus. 

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Not a bad song on the entire LP for me. Cover art - especially the gatefold jacket - is a bonus. 

I`m not complaining about the Cover Art either  ....

[soulpope]

Here comes the sun .... :

[Teasing the Korean]

The Beach Boys are one of the very few "rock" groups of today enjoyed by TTK.

I recently picked up the 5-CD Feel Flows box set of material from the Sunflower/Surf's Up period.

Content-wise, this is really good.  There are so many good tracks that remained in the can.  It will be easy and convenient to omit the dogs and assemble much stronger albums than those originally released.

The downside is the mastering.  It is very shrill; I had to turn the treble almost all the way down.  And it sounds as if the dynamic range has been reduced by abuse of compression/limiting.  I get ear fatigue halfway through a disc.

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

The Beach Boys are one of the very few "rock" groups of today enjoyed by TTK.

I recently picked up the 5-CD Feel Flows box set of material from the Sunflower/Surf's Up period.

Content-wise, this is really good.  There are so many good tracks that remained in the can.  It will be easy and convenient to omit the dogs and assemble much stronger albums than those originally released.

The downside is the mastering.  It is very shrill; I had to turn the treble almost all the way down.  And it sounds as if the dynamic range has been reduced by abuse of compression/limiting.  I get ear fatigue halfway through a disc.

"today"???

[EKE BBB]

[Teasing the Korean]

26 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

"today"???

Yes.  I think it is important for us as jazz fans to keep up with the "rock" music that today's youth are listening to.  We can't just keep listening to Stan Kenton forever.

And even though I don't spin much "rock" music, The Beach Boys are an example of a contemporary "rock" group doing some really creative things.  

Edited September 4, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

Yes, TODAY. It's a damn good record.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Yes, TODAY. It's a damn good record.

Especially after you replace "Bull Session" with "Guess I'm Dumb!" 

Glad to hear that you are gettin' hep to the moods and vibrations of today!  

Edited September 4, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Great Cover Art ....

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Yes.  I think it is important for us as jazz fans to keep up with the "rock" music that today's youth are listening to.  We can't just keep listening to Stan Kenton forever.

And even though I don't spin much "rock" music, The Beach Boys are an example of a contemporary "rock" group doing some really creative things.  

You're a funny guy. I recall you consider The Beatles "contemporary" too. Maybe even avant garde. 

Edited September 4, 2021 by jlhoots

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Great Cover Art ....

Great band

[Teasing the Korean]

11 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

You're a funny guy. I recall you consider The Beatles "contemporary" too. Maybe even avant garde. 

They are an example of a contemporary "rock" group that is doing really creative things.  So don't think that TTK has his head buried in the sand and is listening only to Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. I am turning on and tuning in to the sounds of today, and the Beatles are where it's at, baby!  

If you're not already doing so, I would implore you to get out of your comfort zone and check out what the kids of today are listening to!  Today's generation is saying some really beautiful things, and it's up to us as adults to listen.

Edited September 4, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Great band

Actually both ....

[BFrank]

[Teasing the Korean]

Some creative Beach Boys re-uses:

"Child is Father of the Man" shows up at the coda of "Little Bird."

The main riff in "Loop de Loop" first appeared at the end of "Amusement Parks USA."

[JSngry]

30 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Some creative Beach Boys re-uses:

"Child is Father of the Man" shows up at the coda of "Little Bird.

On Friends?

[Teasing the Korean]

Yes, the part at the end where they are singing "Little bird up in a tree" in harmony.  Take away the vocals, and it is "Child is Father."  I have listened to both tracks for decades, and only recently figured this out.

[jlhoots]

Olivia Rodrigo: Sour

Now that's what the "young" people like. I like it too. 

[JSngry]

4 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Yes, the part at the end where they are singing "Little bird up in a tree" in harmony.  Take away the vocals, and it is "Child is Father."  I have listened to both tracks for decades, and only recently figured this out.

Same drum "beat", ok. Not sure if it is the actual track or not...but it kind of blows my mind that they recreated themselves doing that for the coda on the album version of "Surf's Up"..seems like a lot of work....

[Teasing the Korean]

15 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Same drum "beat", ok. Not sure if it is the actual track or not...but it kind of blows my mind that they recreated themselves doing that for the coda on the album version of "Surf's Up"..seems like a lot of work....

And the same chord progression - I minor 7 to I sus. 7 add 9.  Not sure if the wah-wah muted horns are in the background or not.  I will have to listen to the isolated backing track.

EDIT:  I just listened to the isolated backing.  One wah-wah trumpet is in the background.  It sounds like they are deliberately recreating the Smile recording of "Child is Father of the Man," albeit with different production values and probably a smaller group.

Edited September 5, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

This recreating of different Smile pieces is something they would do for a few years.. "Cabinessence" was as close as they came to using anything exactly, and they even "tampered" with that some...