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Oh, believe me, I probably could, knowing my gaucheness concerning the matter of pressing the wrong buttons.. Besides, I prefer the Super-Scrabble 25 x 25 boards when I play with 14 letters! They're filled with a super power beyond all recognition! That's getting a bit silly, though. I'm sure I'll make things explode on here in due course! Just be warned in case! Thanks for the recognition! (As a matter of interest, this is the first time I've had to edit a post of my own on this board. These cool thread management buttons at the bottom are the RoxXoR! Love and mercy

Thanks there Brian. I'm glad that I'm up at these heights, and I hope that they won't interrupt anything Scrabblewise..! It's great to be up here. But I'm ever awaiting the nudge back down, which I'm sure is soon to come..! Love and mercy

Some short tracks in my collection: The following radio promos are individual tracks on Beach Boys CDs: KOMA - 0:06 KDWB Radio Promo - 0:10 Radio Promo 2 - 0:15 (actually spoken) Radio Promo 3 - 0:07 (shortest track on which you can hear six people, also spoken) Radio Promo 4 - 0:12 "Meant For You" is billed by Andrew Gladwin as "the best damned 41 second song of all time." The shortest Beach Boys "album track which was also a single" that I have, is the 1:26 single "Ten Little Indians" b/w the 2:17 "County Fair", the latter having been written in ten minutes. And finally, and perhaps the most "worthy of note" of the bunch, is a 17 second track named "You Can Save Up To Fifty Per Cent But You're Still A Long Way From Home". Class. That's all for now. Love and mercy Matt

Hey there. (Me again! You can't get me away!) This looks like it could be a really cool forum for discussing the wider world of music. I'm really looking forward to some of the posts I'm going to be able to read on here. And, Sara, if my new job description is one upon which we both are agreed, can I at least get to wear a sash, Bart Simpson style, with my name on it and my job title? Aww, bummer. Love and mercy Matt

Found courtesy of the near-legend who is Jonathan Harel: Travis - Side Well I believe there's Someone watching over you They're watching Every single thing you say And when you die They'll set you down And take you through You'll realise one day That the grass is always Greener on the other side The neighbour's got a new car That you wanna drive And when time is running out You wanna stay alive We all live under the same sky We all will live, we all will die There is no wrong, There is no right The circle only has one side We all try hard to live Our lives in harmony For fear of falling swiftly overboard But life is both a major and minor key Just open up the chord But the grass is always Greener on the other side The neighbour's got a new car That you wanna drive And when time is running out You wanna stay alive We all live under the same sky We all will live, we all will die There is no wrong, There is no right The circle only has one side Hope this is of use. If not, I've got some more lined right up my sleeve. Love and mercy Matt

Okay. I tested this one out. Before my brother went out to go to work this afternoon, I found a 297-song CD which I had previously compiled. Amongst other things, it had on it about 162 of my 250 Everly Brothers tracks. A good favourite of mine, and one wouldn't be too careful in mentioning them as a guilty pleasure. The list goes through the favourites, every Everly Brothers fan's favourite two-take wonderpiece "All I Have To Do Is Dream", the a-capella opening of "Maybe Tomorrow", and the beautiful harpsichord of "It's All Over". "Down In The Willow Garden"'s unique opening Eb minor chord. Practically all of the songs in their catalogue I've learned to identify with just a half second listening time. I can also do the same with most Beach Boys tracks, but I've had more time to hone that skill..

Gahah! Don't worry, most people can't hold it in any more, so don't worry! I think that more people need to come around this forum, that's for sure. I'll see if I can get more people around to have a glimpse at things. Thanks again! Love and mercy Matt

Maybe it's all that people are just so stunned or something.. stunned into silence as it were. That pays its own compliment. Nobody hates it yet! Love and mercy Matt

Yeah, I think that despite the inevitable fact that I cause aversive tendencies amongst many, that it has been scientifically proven by now.. Don't fret though, it doesn't matter that it's not being responded to. Love and mercy

I think there's a neighbours site somewhere: it may well be perfectblend.net, or something along those lines, it has an episode capsule for every single episode, with music and characters involved in the storyline. This is the best place I've found to go to if I'm stuck for finding out which song has been on Neighbours. (Normally it is in fact, "If I had you..") I hope this helps for the future. I may do some searching for that site myself. Love and mercy

It seems to be that the title is "Addicted". Whether the artist you are looking for is Eminem or The Simple Plan is more up for question. Hope this helps. Love and mercy Matt

Okay. I've been playing around with this one for about a month or two or so. I didn't like it as it was, and I'm still not happy about some of it. I'm rewriting the tune to be recorded sometime in September. It's a rather slow, almost spectrally haunting melody that goes along with it, most probably in 6/8 and F major. There's not much to say, except, it's about suicide. Again. I don't know how that works.. At the time, I dug the difference between the simple verses and the disturbingly bad chorus. If you're interested, this was the song I wrote, not directly before Charcoaling Ikebana, but the one before that. The one in the middle was quite filler. *breathes in* Here goes. He tells me you're in love with someone new Tell me it's not so, say it can't be true Until you do, you know from me That my life is good no more Is it suicide, washes over me, a death inside my soul Bathe my heart in you, cleanse and purify, and yet destroy it whole Age of innocence, let my heart be scorched by fire Let me quell its one desire Though my life's been thrown away, know I'm away Where my soul could never tire In a fantastic dream world where inside my head swirled With a love once wild for you An exsanguinous flame lets out my blood again Which was bled and once withdrew I can't express the pain you made me feel Maybe it's not fair and your love's so real Really for me, your love bursts through Though it's kicked back to the ground One day you will know you can't have me back through your silence unprofound Age of innocence... I don't know if my pain dwells deep inside Superficial hurt is your only pride I know tonight you will pretend You don't care what you've lost Only for my life which you threw away - can't get back at any cost Age of innocence... I don't know how this one will be received as it was written quite some time ago, but I hope that it's received well.. Thanks for listening guys. Love and mercy Matt

A-men. What's The Story, without doubt, CD of the decade. I've listened to it... hundreds, maybe thousands of times since it was released, and I still see it in a different light every single time. That's the mark of a good album. Believe me, if you like What's The Story after the first listen, after the 10th, after the 100th, after the 1000th, you'll love it even more for what it is. One of the best albums, ever. Love and mercy Matt

Surpassing all of the more recent and previous instrumental excavation, I must admit to have never found a greater introduction than that of "California Girls". Something about the fact that Brian agrees it's the "greatest piece of music he's ever written" would visibly appear to confirm it for me. Not that I necessarily eternally shift myself along with the train of the genius musician, but I must admit that he has a point in terms of leading a song, from beginning to end, with an inexplicably groovy shuffle rhythm, matching it at the same time with such a wonderful vocal performance. Vocal performances notwithstanding, a superb (but truly obscure and forever shifting) vocal introduction is that of Jan and Dean's "The Anaheim, Asuza, And Cocamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association". I just used to laugh at the title. In their traditional fashion, they just layer up the vocals at the important parts, choruses and hooks, and just let go of all the vocals and layer the instruments on at the verses. Great stuff!

There was so much REALLY COOL music released in 2003! Ahem, I think the sarcasm meter just malfunctioned! Or maybe that was just the falseness meter. I'd have to vote for 1966. Pet Sounds, Revolver, Aftermath, and, some other, really really cool stuff, most of which I don't care to mention at this point in time. I don't see many more "best years in music" being in the next few years. The next predictions to make are the death of acoustica and the 100% dominance of electronia (which I, unlike so many others, won't actually mind. I dig that sound when done properly, and when it actually sounds like a result which the artist was satisfactory with. But if vocals become dominated by strange vocal altering machines for too long, then that might have a severely life-depleting effect upon vocalist and listener. But it's not hurt me that way as yet. Thankfully! Love and mercy Matt

It seems to be by a Belgian rock star by the name of Plastique Bertrand. And, if memory serves, the title of that song is "Ça Plein Pour Moi" (Perhaps "Plane"). It was a smash hit in Europe, and Plastique Bertrand later went on to cover The Small Faces' "Sha La La La Le", which also appeared on Bertrand's second album, Ça Plein (Plane?) Pour Moi. Hope this information is useful. Love and mercy Matt

He always claimed that it was those chords backwards, the C# minor chords and C#( chords were the chords he used on Because, stuck backwards. That was the original inspiration for the song, but it sounds more like the chords themselves were used more as a direct lift than a back-to-front lifting of the chords. At the time, I believe it was Yoko's favourite classical piece. I can't remember off hand, though, but I know it's the transition between C#m, G#m7, and those other chords, very reminiscent to the feeling of both Because and Moonlight Sonata. I'll look for a copy of the latter myself at some point, I really do need one! Love and mercy Matt

A close acquaintance answered this very question by concluding his statement with the four words (of death knell quality) "and sales prove it". Though I don't disagree with him in terms of the fact that, if word never had gotten out about The Beatles, they would have never sold one billion songs in their recording career, or any of the singles more likely to alienate the audience of the group: for which I cite the only uncharted track on The Hollies' greatest hits, "The Woman I Love", which never made it into the top 40 singles charts. There's also the matter of those songs which alienated audiences. Many people I know never listened to The Beach Boys again after the disco version of "Here Comes The Night" was released. Listening to it 26 years later, I don't see their point, and it is a fact that, when released in the UK, it hit around the 30s in the charts in a reduced form. Many singles which don't sell are forgotten about. I could sing you the whole refrain to BreZe's "My Heart Goes Boom". They were a band who were marketed as being "between the ages of 9 and 11, and quite possibly, the next big thing". Did anyone buy the song? Nuppers. When released in 1999, it shifted about 100 copies, was featured on a single ailing chat show with a hostess whose name I can't even remember. And yet, back when I did CD single reviews for a school newspaper, I was one of only about 100 people who actually bought the track. I can't even recall what the flip side of the CD is, given that I disposed of the jewel case.. So what do we judge the best song in the world, ever, on? In my personal opinion, it is a very difficult equation based on an amalgam of personal memory, musical taste, and exposure to music, coupled with the lack of the opinion of bonehead kids who claim "How come you can tell me what the greatest song is? Have you heard all the songs in the world?" To some extent, I concede that they may be correct in their beliefs. But, on the other hand, they are fans of some of the worst scum I've ever heard. Enough already. Music may not be meritocratic, but that is a junction at which I, at times, disagree with myself. I have a good enough knowledge of my Steinway piano to play songs up to Grade 7 standard. Debussy's "La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin", "Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik", "Moonlight Sonata" (a cliche dressed in arpeggiated C# chords). More and more pieces are joining my repetoire. "La Danse De La Poupee". Almost percussive in its discordance. Adolph Jensen's "Widmung", at 48 BPM, is one of the slowest, most rich pieces ever. My reckoning is that it's a German funeral song, from information I have read about it. Some songs are borne out of love, joy, and craft. Some songs are come upon as moments of genius or the most divine of inspiration. A few months ago, I wrote a backward acrostic expressing months of regret to a former friend. I could recount some of the lyrics, but I would rather that I wasn't reminded of such past memories as these. As for myself, I can no longer count for those who haven't played Good Vibrations to death. My attention draws to those songs which are variable unknowns. If we must choose a Beach Boys track to draw excellence from, these are any of Surf's Up (gah, that's a whole essay in itself), Trader, I'll Bet He's Nice, most probably the longer versions of Little Surfer Girl, Goin' On, She Believes In Love Again. The joy of craft of which I speak doesn?t really happen in our hearts, as much as I have attempted to protest otherwise. Not until the moment we hear that song and believe in it. There are only a few such songs. Good Vibrations. One of the best songs ever, if not categorically THE. And, as Brian, Mike, Van Dyke Parks and Tony Asher sat down and assembled it, piece by piece, you can see the love that went into manipulating each word, each phrase, each falsetto E flat. Each bass F sharp. Each live performance. It would have been worth nothing if it never had have existed. The final question which has to be answered is, possibly, the most important question in terms of our favourite songs. Which songs is it we hear on the radio sometimes and think ?Man! My least favourite deejay is playing my favourite song!? For me, this is a regular occurrence, and not just with a single deejay. You know the ones. They?d put Blondie?s Denis on non-stop repeat; Patrick freaking Swayze. ?I look in the mirror and all I see Is a young old man with only a dream Am I just fooling myself That she'll stop the pain Living without her I'd go insane? Then, out of the blue, what comes on? ?I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day? I?ve been converted. I?ve been obsessed. But I?ve never been infatuated. The arrival starts here, and I?m welcoming it. But I still stand by Love/Wilson/Parks. For now. Love and mercy. Matt

I'll take a look at that allmusic link, see what they believe concerning the matter. Thanks for the link. Love and mercy

The music teacher at my college warns against us using the term "R and B" when referring to Rhythm And Blues, as this is a different style to the modern type of "R and B", styled "Rhythm and Bass". Personally, I don't see why the two can't be utilized for both terms - though sometimes, I hear an R and B track on the radio and think "Where's the blues in that." It would make more sense to me personally if Rhythm and BASS was designated for R and B, permanently, and Rhythm and Blues, was... maybe given a different name. Rhythm and purples? Rhythm and yellows? Time to change my Songfacts background, methinks! Love and mercy Matt

Hey there At the bottom of the page, you can see a graphic which says Extra Information. There's a pull-down box there which says "Rate this thread" and you can choose a number of stars (between one and five) which you can rate with. It's not a precise scale and is all relative, but it works quite nicely in terms of grading opinion. I don't know what the title of the song is that you're looking for, though, sorry.. I'll keep on the lookout. Love and mercy

There are so many instances of wonderful Frank Zappa quotes to be gleaned from a dedicated site which I frequently visit. Interviewer: "So, Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?" Frank Zappa: "You have a wooden leg, Sir. Does that make you a table?" When asked why he gave his children names like Moon Unit, Dweezle and Diva, he responded to a reporter who asked of him the reasoning behind his children's names: "Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph." Judgement shall not be passed! Love and mercy Matt

That was part of a song I wrote, which I could give to you in a couple minutes sometime.. obviously I couldn't bundle in the whole song, as it was too many characters.. But as a quote, I feel it does my life justice. In its way. Love and mercy.

The few legal Beach Boys' related live albums I've listened to are very good. There's one from California, one from London and one from Knebworth beach (which was recorded in 1980). But another great one of that kind was the Brian Wilson Roxy Theatre dates. The backing band are called The Wondermints, and are certainly worth checking out.. There are some great conversatory moments in the live set, too.. "Okay, what's your favourite song in the whole whole world?" [numerous shouts of "Good Vibrations", amongst other tracks] "Brown Eyed Girl you like? Really? Really?!?!?! Well, I'll be goddamned!" Of course, Mike led the onstage presence when Brian was with The Beach Boys. "..We're actually quite nervous about this one. This is the only song we do in our live sets which is recorded a capella, which means, nude." (Numerous whoops from audience) "How the hell do I play this woo-woo machine?! [to audience] They want me to play this woo-woo machine!" Then there's also the live version of Graduation Day.. "This one's dedicated to everyone in the audience who's just graduated from grade school. And all you who have just graduated from junior high or high, or high school. That is if you happen to make it out of high school, yeah. If you haven't there's always hair school, I mean night school" Great stuff. But then, I would always say that... Love and mercy Matt

There is the aspect of having to wait for reply if you know that the person you're conversing with is still online, and you know that you're heading toward ISP timeout. I don't mind it so much as I used to not understand why I was always alone online! But since most of my evenings are spent awake, most of the time I can manipulate my online time to suit when I know I should reply (one of the main reasons for my lack of sleep!)