Re: The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:34 pm

Ludicrous tempo change.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:35 pm

"Tell her she smells good tonight."

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:35 pm

This last track is genuinely like a wino at a bus stop singing with a chorus of cats on a fence as backing vocals.

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:36 pm

1-2-3 she's fallen with me
4-5-6 she fell for all my tricks

doh

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:37 pm

How any of them ever had a relationship with any actual, human, adult women is anyone's guess. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:39 pm

It is over.

That was genuinely one of the most cretinous albums I could imagine a group of adults making. It was also a seriously retrograde step for them. However, it didn't bore me like most of the albums we do do, therefore, I approve of it.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:39 pm

I shall give it 3 stars.

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:45 pm

Well.

It's hard to comment objectively.

In fact, it's a bad idea.

Only staunch subjectivity can be applied here.

My only appeal to Wendi is that when you've caught the bug of a particular artist (a pernicious, insidious virus even) then you'll always see something fascinating and good and redemptive and downright wonderful in even their most abject offerings.

Also, having a strong knowledge of the band members and their history helps massively.

The back story to this album is - as with most things Beach Boys - bizarre and fascinating.

I would really recommend reading the Wiki entry to the album.

Anyway, what can I do?

I'm enslaved.

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:48 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:That was genuinely one of the most cretinous albums I could imagine a group of adults making.

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