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New Brian Wilson: a Beach Boys stamp on George Gershwin
The Baltimore Sun ^ | 8/17/2010 | Tim Smith

Posted on 08/17/2010 11:07:04 AM PDT by JennysCool

It doesn't carry quite as much of a surprise factor as it might have some years back, before so many pop/rock stars felt the urge to sing standards from the great American Songbook, but the album by the near-legendary Brian Wilson due out on Tuesday certainly commands attention.

A Disney Pearl release, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin" -- it could have been called "Gershwin Goes Surfin' " -- puts the iconic leader of the Beach Boys and a great deal of that group's vintage sound into a blender with some of the 20th century's best loved songs. It's very much a time-travel kind of recording; it would have had no trouble soaring to the top of the charts in, say, 1966. "I Got Rhythm," for example, sounds so idiomatically and infectiously Beach Boys that it's hard to believe it's not some long-lost flip side of a single from the old days.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: beachboys; brianwilson; georgegershwin
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Looking forward to listening to it this evening!
1 posted on 08/17/2010 11:07:10 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: JennysCool

Let us know what you think a la “FReep Review”


2 posted on 08/17/2010 11:10:28 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (.Go troops! " Vote out RINOS. They screw you EVERY time" Jim Robinson)
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I love Brian. He’s a musical genius. I’m in.


3 posted on 08/17/2010 11:10:31 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Will do!


4 posted on 08/17/2010 11:11:53 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: onyx

Not only a genius, but I think one of the most inspiring stories in the history of pop music. Seldom has someone conquered his demons as much as Brian has over the past 25 years or so.


5 posted on 08/17/2010 11:14:05 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool

Absolutely.


6 posted on 08/17/2010 11:16:44 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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Reminds me of Linda Rondstadt doing Nelson Riddle.
7 posted on 08/17/2010 11:19:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.)
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To: JennysCool

Brian Wilson doing standards is cool.


8 posted on 08/17/2010 11:20:50 AM PDT by AU72
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He’s a musical genius. I’m in.

I heard him interviewed on Jim Bohanan's radio show last night. I won't judge his musical talent, but he came across to me in that interview as very inarticulate. I never heard him interviewed before and was a little surprised that a guy in his 60s still sounded like a dopey surfer dude. I'd also suspect that the Gershwin thing was contrived by a promoter and not something Wilson came up with on his own.

9 posted on 08/17/2010 11:21:28 AM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Time to Clean House.)
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To: JennysCool

Gotta get that one.


10 posted on 08/17/2010 11:22:33 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: JennysCool

Please post your review and ping me..thanks..


11 posted on 08/17/2010 11:26:45 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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To: JennysCool
I like his "Love Is Here to Stay." "Summertime" is pretty good. Don't care for the rest of the songs on the album. I prefer Sinatra.
12 posted on 08/17/2010 11:26:53 AM PDT by stripes1776
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To: JennysCool

Many years ago I photographed a gig with Brian and the Beach Boys; he wasn’t a pretty picture.

He did conquer his demons. I wish this man the best and look forward to this album.


13 posted on 08/17/2010 11:27:16 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Argue from the Constitution: Initialpoints.net1)
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To: Ditto

not to be unkind, but that’s brain damage.


14 posted on 08/17/2010 11:28:19 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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To: onyx

” Pet Sounds” knocked the Beatles out for awhile. Great album.


15 posted on 08/17/2010 11:30:14 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (.Go troops! " Vote out RINOS. They screw you EVERY time" Jim Robinson)
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“Smile” is superb, too. “That Lucky Old Sun” from a couple of years ago is less so, but has some great stuff on it.


16 posted on 08/17/2010 11:32:49 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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I agree.


17 posted on 08/17/2010 11:34:40 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (.Go troops! " Vote out RINOS. They screw you EVERY time" Jim Robinson)
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To: Ditto

Brain *is* inarticulate. Years of drug abuse took its toll. He’s very shy, and although he’s deaf in one ear, he hears music and sounds us mere mortals cannot. I’m certain the album is all his. I recall an interview a few years back from his home in Chicago when he was just starting to work on it.


18 posted on 08/17/2010 11:35:35 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: stripes1776

Agree that “Summertime” is the best track (a great song) but still pales to Linda Ronstadt’s trilogy with Nelson Riddle.

That said, Frank, Nat King Cole and Ella will never be matched. I have CDRs of those 3 burned direct from the master tapes and the sonics are simply spectacular using tubes in the recording chain back in the 50’s and early 60’s.


19 posted on 08/17/2010 11:35:56 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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Brian - not brain.


20 posted on 08/17/2010 11:36:27 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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