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Caroline Now!
''Caroline Now!: The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys'' is a 2000 tribute album devoted to songs by the Beach Boys, consisting of cover versions recorded by independent artists. The chosen material focuses on rarities by the group, some of them available only as bootleg recordings such as '' Adult/Child'' and '' Sweet Insanity''. The album took nearly three years to produce, with sunshine pop outfit the Free Design reuniting to contribute one track after a three-decade absence from recording. Reception Jason Ankeny of AllMusic wrote in a mostly positive review, "by and large, the disc boasts an artistry and consistency most tributes lack, thanks as much to the brilliance of its subject as to the torch-carrying affections of its contributors." ''Uncut'' magazine named it their album of the month, while ''NME'' named it their compilation of the month. Track listing # Eugene Kelly: "Lady" # Alex Chilton: " I Wanna Pick You Up" # June & The Exit Wounds: " All I Wanna Do" # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady (Dennis Wilson Song)
"Lady" is a song written by Dennis Wilson, recorded by him with Daryl Dragon and released under the name "Dennis Wilson & Rumbo" in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1970, on Stateside Records. The song served as the B-side of the " Sound of Free" single. The single was not issued in the United States. The single was Dennis Wilson's first solo release. On both songs, Wilson performed the lead vocals with Daryl Dragon playing instruments. Dragon and his wife, Toni Tennille, would later become famous as Captain & Tennille. Proposed releases Also known as "Fallin' In Love", the song was reportedly originally written for the unreleased Beach Boys album ''Add Some Music''. That album later evolved into the 1970 release '' Sunflower'', which did not include "Lady". The song has also been rumored to have been considered for the album that became '' Surf's Up'', but again passed over for the eventual release. Although a fairly obscure song, it was performed by the Beach Boys, as seen on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camping
Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home, either without shelter or using basic shelter such as a tent, or a recreational vehicle. Typically, participants leave developed areas to spend time outdoors in more natural ones in pursuit of activities providing them enjoyment or an educational experience. The night (or more) spent outdoors distinguishes camping from day-tripping, picnicking, and other similarly short-term recreational activities. Camping as a recreational activity became popular among elites in the early 20th century. With time, it grew in popularity among other socioeconomic classes. Modern campers frequent publicly owned natural resources such as national and state parks, wilderness areas, and commercial campgrounds. In a few countries, such as Sweden and Scotland, public camping is legal on privately held land as well. Camping is a key part of many youth organizations around the world, such as Scouting, which use it to teach bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Don't Tell Me
"Girl Don't Tell Me" is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on July 5, 1965, on the album ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''. It was later included as the B-side of the group's single "Barbara Ann", which was released on December 20, 1965. Origins Brian Wilson wrote the song in early 1965 while on honeymoon with Marilyn. He recalled that "a whole song came to me. It was 'Girl Don't Tell Me.' I didn't have any way to get it down. But I just heard the whole thing up there, from start to finish, and I remembered it well enough to go later and write down the lyrics on a piece of paper." Recording The Beach Boys recorded "Girl Don't Tell Me" on April 30, 1965, at United Western Recorders. Chuck Britz was the engineer. It was one of the first songs to feature Carl Wilson as lead vocalist and is one of the few Beach Boys tracks from the era to feature no backing vocals. Beach Boys biographer David Leaf has likened "Girl Don't Tell Me" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souvenir (Spanish Band)
Souvenir are an indie pop/electropop band formed in 1999 in Pamplona, Spain, who have released six studio albums. History Souvenir perform their songs in French, sung by Patricia de la Fuente, and mainly written by multi-instrumentalist J'aime Cristóbal.Cramer, Steven "'' Points de Suspension' Review", allmusic, Macrovision Corporation They debuted with a 6-track self-titled EP in 2000, which was reissued in America by Shelflife Records, displaying Europop and bossanova influences.Fink, Matt "''Souvenir'" (review), allmusic, Macrovision Corporation Their popularity spread to the Asian independent market, and in 2001, their first full-length album, ''Points de Suspension'' was released. Special editions of the record were released in Japan (on Tone Vendor records) and the United States (on Shelflife). Their second album, ''Recto/Verso'', was released in 2003, and the band were featured on several international compilations including a tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg. Crist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lee, The Healer
''Friends'' is the 14th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1968, through Capitol Records. The album is characterized by its calm and peaceful atmosphere, which contrasted the prevailing music trends of the time, and for its brevity, with five of its 12 tracks running less than two minutes long. It sold poorly, peaking at number 126 on the ''Billboard'' charts, the group's lowest U.S. chart performance to date, although it reached number 13 in the UK. Fans generally came to regard the album as one of the band's finest. As with their two previous albums, ''Friends'' was recorded primarily at Brian Wilson's home with a lo-fi production style. The album's sessions lasted from February to April 1968 at a time when the band's finances were rapidly diminishing. Despite crediting production to "the Beach Boys", Wilson actively led the entire project, later referring to it as his second unofficial solo album (the first being 1966's ''Pet Sounds''). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The High Llamas
The High Llamas are an Anglo-Irish avant-pop band formed in London circa 1991. They were founded by singer-songwriter Sean O'Hagan, formerly of Microdisney, with drummer Rob Allum and ex-Microdisney bassist Jon Fell. O'Hagan has led the group since its formation. Their music is often compared to the Beach Boys, a band he acknowledges as an influence, although more prominent influences were drawn from bossa nova and European film soundtracks. O'Hagan formed the High Llamas after the breakup of his group Microdisney. The band initially played in a more conventional acoustic pop style, but after he joined Stereolab as a keyboardist, he was inspired to revamp the group's music closer to the electronic and orchestral sound he preferred. Their second album, ''Gideon Gaye'' (1994), anticipated the mid 1990s easy-listening revivalist movement, and its follow-up ''Hawaii'' (1996) nearly led to a collaboration with the Beach Boys. Since then, the High Llamas' albums have been more electro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wind Chimes (The Beach Boys Song)
"Wind Chimes" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album ''Smiley Smile'' and their unfinished ''Smile'' project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, it was inspired by wind chimes hanging outside Wilson's home and was one of the first pieces tracked for the ''Smile'' sessions. The original version of "Wind Chimes" was recorded from August to October 1966 and featured a coda that consisted of multiple overdubbed pianos played in counterpoint from each other. In July 1967, the band rerecorded the song with a significantly different arrangement for inclusion on ''Smiley Smile''. The original ''Smile'' recordings were later released on the compilations '' Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys'' (1993) and ''The Smile Sessions'' (2011). Background "Wind Chimes" was written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, although Parks was not officially credited as a co-writer when the song was first published. Brian's wife Marilyn said: "We wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wells
Bill Wells (born c. 1963)Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Bill Wells", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer. Biography Wells is completely self-taught, and began performing in clubs in Scotland in the late 1980s. He began arranging his own work and initially offered these to Bobby Wishart, but when Wishart declined the offer, Wells formed his own Bill Wells Octet, which has included Lindsay Cooper, Alastair Morrow, Robert Henderson, John Longbotham, Phil and Tom Bancroft. Wells' style of experimental jazz takes influences from Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Gil Evans, and Charles Mingus. Wells has collaborated with several prominent Scottish independent rock and pop musicians, including with David Keenan of Telstar Ponies and John Hogarty of BMX Bandits in the group Phantom Engineer, and with Stevie Jackson and Isobel Campbell of Belle & Sebastian in live performances and also in the studio; Wells recorded the ''Ghost o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Mitchell (musician)
The Pastels are an indie rock group from Glasgow formed in 1981. They were a key act of the Scottish and British independent music scenes of the 1980s, and are specifically credited for the development of an independent and confident music scene in Glasgow. The group has had a number of members, but currently consists of Stephen McRobbie, Katrina Mitchell, Tom Crossley, John Hogarty, Alison Mitchell and Suse Bear. History Formation The group formed in 1981 amid the peak of the Postcard Records era of independent music in Glasgow. Brian Taylor, a friend at the time of Postcard's Alan Horne, recruited McRobbie, Hayward, and Simpson for his new band. The band first performed at Bearsden Burgh Hall, booked by McRobbie after he attended a Crass gig at the same venue. The band released their first single, "Songs for Children," on Whaam! Records in 1982, followed by their tape "Entertaining Edward" that same year on Action Tapes. The band released a series of singles from 1982– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All I Wanna Do (The Beach Boys Song)
"All I Wanna Do" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album ''Sunflower''. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the recording's use of layering, reverb and delay effects led it to be retrospectively cited as the earliest example of dream pop and chillwave, as well as a precursor to shoegaze. It was also influential for many lo-fi acts. The song was initially attempted for the albums ''Friends'' (1968) and ''20/20'' (1969). Carl Wilson produced the version that appeared on ''Sunflower'', likely with assistance from Brian, and with lead vocals by Love. The arrangement features multiple vocal parts sung in counterpoint, 12-string guitar, Rocksichord, electric sitar, and a Moog synthesizer played by engineer Stephen Desper. Brian later said that he felt it was "a boring song" that "wasn't done right". The band never performed it in concert, although Love's touring edition of the group did, in 2015. In 2018, an earlier version of the track was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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