I'm almost through the end - its a pretty trashy/breezy read but there's been some interesting stuff I didn't know about in it.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
The Love Remember Me Love Surrounds Me 1-2 punch on Bambu is so devastating. <3 christine mcvie's backing vocals on the latter.
i also love Time For Bed because it's drunken bleariness is the aural equivalent of how I imagine the last few years of his life played out
― velko, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
ouch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCe-K6NiTm8
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't open that YouTube, Shakey. The other Beach Boys said something bad/dismissive about Dennis Wilson?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
nah they're all there, but Dennis can't even keep his head up/sit up/sit still and is obviously blitzed out of his mind. kinda amazed this aired to be honest
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
What a talented guy, but what a sad story and life. It all feeds into my "rockist" tendencies, I think (Wilson is the tormented, confessional songwriter who never got his due).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I really can't stand this album.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, the guy's voice was blown.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
You mean Pacific Ocean Blue?!?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually see his strained voice as part of the appeal. I feel the same way about some late Billie Holiday (e.g., Lady in Satin).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Not in the least appealing. Listening to this last summer was a real shock; I thought it'd be at least okay. I mean, if you're going to play studio-rock, then please hire a real singer if you can't hit the notes.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
De gustibus non est disputandum. (And not meant in a snarky way).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
It's ok if you did!
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
lol. We're all jaded enough, already.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 28 August 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf there are plenty of people singing on this album who are not Dennis (Carl, the gospel choir on the first song, etc.), and I like his gruff voice for the most part
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 August 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I could never get into it either, but I don't mind the vocals.
My problem with this is that I got Wolfking of LA at the same time, and that just blew me away - and gave me the californian fuckup fading star fix I needed. They're totally different records, I know. Just unfairly connected in my mind.
I should give Dennis another shot maybe.
― Brio, Friday, 28 August 2009 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
it is possible to love both records
― velko, Friday, 28 August 2009 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
of course! just hasn't worked out for me that way yet.
― Brio, Friday, 28 August 2009 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
dennis wilson is sort of like judee sill in that every song seems weirdly the same, not in a repetitive way but just that the same obsessions are so upfront and overwhelming every time.
― velko, Friday, 28 August 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
holy crap! just found out that carl was in my dad's church and that he was really close with him. went to their shows, hung out at parties. my dad was even the lawyer on his divorce. carl asked my dad to represent the wife (who he was close with also) because carl wanted her to get everything she deserved. my mom went on a platonic dinner date w/him and she sat in on a recording session!! and they met brian and dennis, dennis came to the church once, but hid in corner, too many "secrets" to hide. dad says dennis was the most beautiful man he'd ever met. i yelled at them "why didn't you tell me this before?!"
― jaxon, Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, get more details and pass it on
― velko, Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
alfred u are NUTS
― butthurt (deej), Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:22 (fourteen years ago) link
his voice is 100% part of the appeal
― butthurt (deej), Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i love blasting this song while i'm driving around la
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMHiYrnYx64
― velko, Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:43 (fourteen years ago) link
got this today. is it bad if on first listen I like the Bambu sessions better than POB (though I do like that one too)?
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 17 April 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
my favorite song is on the bambu sessions (it's not too late) and i adore POB.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 April 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"It's Not Too Late" is gutting. the desperation just drips from his voice on that one.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 March 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Returning to this reissue this week as my car can only play CDs for the moment and I pulled this out.
There are really only a few songs in POB proper that sound purely 70s MOR – "What's Wrong," "You and I" and maybe one or two others. The rest tend toward really plodding, heavy orchestration, peculiar textural choices (such as the bass harmonicas and blaring brass on "Dreamer") and modal chord voicings that create something that is both bombastic and delicate – often at the same time. There is also an undeniable alcoholic sentimentality slathering almost everything here.
So I understand if this record isn't for everyone. Some may find it scattered or unremarkable. But for my part, I love its singularity and shamelessly big hearted and ramshackle nature – qualities I think aren't so much enhanced by the Bambu stuff as underscored.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link