Music What are you listening to now?

[SBD Gonzalez]

Brian Wilson is up there with the greats song writing wise, and the rest of the band laid down some amazing vocals but the "band" did not play the instruments on the iconic Beach Boys albums like Pet Sounds. A bunch of session musos called the wrecking crew did which included a young Glenn Campbell on guitar. Very different to the Beatles, Stones, Kinks and the Who. There's heaps of great video on YouTube about the wrecking crew, a bunch of severely under paid legends.

And one of the few female session musos back then, the wonderful Carol Kaye on bass.

 

[Kapanis]

And one of the few female session musos back then, the wonderful Carol Kaye on bass.

Played a lot of guitar too. That bass line to good vibrations all her doing.

 

[Kapanis]

These guys are mates of mine and have just released an lp. The guys have got a lot of history going back more than 25 years playing in a of variety bands, some with more success than others. If you like hookie power pop riffs and harmonies give em a listen. The lps up on YouTube if you like what you hear.

 

[caesar88]

Countless uni assignments have been done to this take on a classic tune. Let's face it any version of Adagio For Strings is going to be amazing but William Orbit is a brilliant producer so of course his version would be faultless.

 

[RW]

The last song I expected to hear in an obscure Taiwanese drama... a beautiful cover of a classic.

 

[Ticky009]

Just can’t stop tapping the foot to this one

 

[Ticky009]

How happy was I when the Black Keys dropped this? ALOT!

 

[Number37]

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Had some pins and plates removed in a minor bit of surgery. As I wheeled in to surgery, they were playing Dolly Parton. Luckily the anaesthetists were quick before I could ask whether they took requests.

Now in recovery and in honour of the Velvets and the Ozy I'm having to take I just listened to White Heat and Waiting for my Man.

Terrific tunes and cautionary tales.

 

[Number37]

 

[scaryness]

Everything Anathema makes is quality. Shame they aren't a bigger name.

 

[McEvoy]

I'm sitting, watching my old mother immersing herself in this, and it's both heartbreaking and beautiful.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

I'm sitting, watching my old mother immersing herself in this, and it's both heartbreaking and beautiful.

Your mother obviously has good taste Maxi.

 

[scaryness]

 

[Ticky009]

Had some pins and plates removed in a minor bit of surgery. As I wheeled in to surgery, they were playing Dolly Parton. Luckily the anaesthetists were quick before I could ask whether they took requests.

Now in recovery and in honour of the Velvets and the Ozy I'm having to take I just listened to White Heat and Waiting for my Man.

Terrific tunes and cautionary tales.

Hope your recovery is going well B52.

 

[Ticky009]

Love this one, a capella done very well.

 

[sataris]

Sometimes, I feel this was written about me.

 

[Ticky009]

Sometimes, I feel this was written about me.

Dreams are free mate. You go with it you good thing!

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Brian Wilson and band singing Mumma's little baby loves shorten' bread"

Brian Wilson is up there with the greats song writing wise, and the rest of the band laid down some amazing vocals but the "band" did not play the instruments on the iconic Beach Boys albums like Pet Sounds. A bunch of session musos called the wrecking crew did which included a young Glenn Campbell on guitar. Very different to the Beatles, Stones, Kinks and the Who. There's heaps of great video on YouTube about the wrecking crew, a bunch of severely under paid legends.

Brian Wilson is a personal favourite. For over a week I have been singing (apologies to anyone within earshot) "Mumma's little baby loves shortenin' bread". No idea how it got stuck there but it did. Eventually I looked it up on Youtube and found this.

Mumma's Little Baby Loves Shortenin' Bread

Turns out Wilson was obsessed with the tune and song. According to Wiki
"During the 1970s, principal songwriter Brian Wilson was reportedly obsessed with the song, recording more than a dozen versions of the tune.[4] Alex Chilton recalled receiving middle-of-the-night phone calls from Wilson asking him to sing on a recording of "Shortenin' Bread"' ("He was telling me I have the perfect voice for it").[5] The Monkees' Micky Dolenz wrote in his autobiography that while tripping on LSD with Wilson, John Lennon, and Harry Nilsson, he remembers Wilson playing "Shortenin' Bread" on piano "over and over again".[4] Elton John and Iggy Pop were also mutually bemused by an extended, contumacious Wilson-led singalong of "Shortenin' Bread", leading Pop to flee the room proclaiming, "I gotta get out of here, man. This guy is nuts!".[6] Alice Cooper recalled that Wilson considered "Shortnin' Bread" to be the greatest song ever written, as he quotes Wilson for an explanation: "I don't know, it's just the best song ever written."[7]

 

[Mister B]

For any that listen to current Top 50 chart music. I think this cover might be better than the original.

 

[scaryness]

Change of pace

 

[barry fu]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...7C4EE10C15220E39FD047C4EE10C15220&FORM=VDRVRV

Drink that in you slobs.
Bobby Gentry - perfection.

 

[Kapanis]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...7C4EE10C15220E39FD047C4EE10C15220&FORM=VDRVRV

Drink that in you slobs.
Bobby Gentry - perfection.

Nice one Fu, seeing CW Stoneking at my local in two weeks, jungle blues baby.

 

[barry fu]

Captain Frodo!

I look forward to your report Kap.

 

[barry fu]

A little Link Wray love!