G Roy

5y

gotcha

ithaka

5y

just so that my efforts aren’t in vain

@MacFoley @LUNAR @Notmyfirst @spongebob @arrrg @demo

ithaka

5y

Try taking the album track by track and commenting on each song.
Paul McCartney: Wouldn't It Be Nice' hums the first verse up to 'know it's gonna make it that much better. That's the bit of melody I love. sings 'When we can say goodnight and stay together, wouldn't it be nice. I’ll tell you what I was telling my kids, is that on most of the tracks on Pet Sounds, and it applies on this one, is that the orchestration, the instrumentation that's used on it, I was very fascinated by. Yeah, I love that one.

You Still Believe In Me
Paul McCartney: I love that melody. That kills me, that melody. hums the first verse, bursts into song at 'I wanna cry.' That's my favorite, I think. The way that's arranged, where it goes away very quietly. I was in the car the other night, and I was telling the kids, saying, 'wait, wait, here it comes.' And then it comes back, and it's so beautiful right at the end, comes surging back in these multi-colored harmonies. Sends shivers up my spine. That's one of my favorite tracks.

That's Not Me
Paul McCartney: hums a verse, then sings "just one girl Lovely melody. I took my kids through the album. We were playing it in the car coming back from the airport, and I was just picking out 'Ooh, ooh. This bit. Listen to this bit. Ooh, listen to this.' I must say, they were impressed. They've been in love with the album ever since.

What about the lyrics?
Paul McCartney: Lyrics to me are kind of secondary, but some of them are really spot on. 'God Only Knows' lyrics are great. Those do it to me every time. And sings 'just one girl' from 'That's Not Me. There's something very touching about that little bit of lyric there."

You were once quoted as saying something like "God Only Knows" is the greatest song ever written.
Paul McCartney: It's a really, really great song---it's a big favorite of mine. I was asked recently to give my top ten favorite songs for a Japanese radio station...I didn't think long and hard on it, but I popped that "God Only Knows" on the top of my list. Thinks for a moment It's very deep. Quotes the lyrics to "God Only Knows" Very emotional, always a bit of a choker for me, that one. There are certain songs that just hit home with me, and they're the strangest collection of songs...

How about the instrumentals?
Paul McCartney: Say, I love the orchestra, the arrangements. I love the instrumentation. I mean, I love the way he uses harmonicas, the way he uses harpsichords. I love the way he uses timps and snare drums, and they're often on odd little patterns. And I mentioned the bass. The writing for the harmonies is brilliant. I love the melodies.

Now, having mentioned that, I don't think there's an awful lot left in music, is there?
Paul McCartney: If you can pop all of those together in one album, I figure you've got it. It really is...I don't know, it may be going overboard to say it's the classic of this century, but to me, it certainly is a total, classic record that is unbeatable in many ways.

So it'll held up over the years?
Paul McCartney: It more than holds up. It's better than ever. When Sgt Pepper came out on CD, it awakened interest in that album for me. I have a two-hour drive normally to London; I played Sgt. Pepper on the way in, and then Pet Sounds on the way out, and both of them have more than held up. To me it’s like, ‘What have people been doing in meantime? Where's the progress?’ I can't see anything as modern as that around at the moment. Obviously, one of them, I'm being slightly immodest on, but I think they’re very exciting, even though they’re really recorded quite primitively compared to now.

From that same period, how about "Good Vibrations"?
Paul McCartney: I thought it was a great record. It didn't quite have the emotional thing that Pet Sounds had for me. I’ve often played Pet Sounds and cried. It's that kind of an album for me.

Any last thoughts?
Paul McCartney: I'm still a big fan. I figure with what you're gonna write here, he'll know that. Just let Brian know that I love him, and that I still think he's gonna do great things.

arrrg

5y

Lovely words, appreciate you transcribing this. I love the thought of Paul driving with his kids in the car and pointing out all the little details to them. I can't imagine something like that, it'd be like having Picasso walk you through all of the Rembrandts at the Met

Paul drawing the heart over Brian's heart when he signed that picture is

DonutHole

5y

Take your time
And thank you very much 💙

arrrg

5y

my personal favorite by them!

arrrg

5y

my personal favorite by them!

Elric

5y

they pretty much ran the 2nd wave of rock and roll after Buddy Holly departed bigger influence on the Beatles but the Beach Boys as well

rvi

5y

those play counts going crazy

G Roy

5y

this will always be top beach boys for me, top 10 at the very least. Just the purest thing ever but the piano is so deep and heavy to me that it makes it stand out so much.

ithaka

5y

this should’ve made sunflower imo

G Roy

5y

definitely

ithaka

5y

they gave the love back

rvi

5y

those play counts going crazy

ithaka

5y

@DonutHole

ithaka

5y

steve levine who produced the album talks about the stevie collab

includes a demo snippet of the song and backing track mix

ithaka

5y

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not sure how i feel about this ...

it’s nice to see the family faces, usually i don’t like that because it’s some kind of “kiss” marketing when they try throw their own legacy down their kids and use them, but heh it’s for a good cause

do i need to point out at carls son? he should be easily recognizable, he has the same face and mimicks (he’s the guy with the beard) it’s crazy

we see brians daughters and his grand daughter too it’s cute, also ofc matt jardine

of course mikelove of all people had to go all out and do a ridiculous shot over the mountains while everyone else just chilling in their homes lowkey or yards, the big pimp act never stops

🤡

but it’s pretty sad brian isn’t included

i wonder why

usually they’re always down to get together for that

is it that bad blood with mike that he won’t even record from his home for this?

i pray that’s all there is and that they’re aren’t hiding brian away due to concerns over his health, we don’t hear much from him i hope it’s for the better and that he’s doing well and fine and healthy, put some weight back on bribri enjoy your food, stay away from these bad autotunes

rvi

5y

mike the goat flexing on everyone as usual

rvi

5y

mike the goat flexing on everyone as usual