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Re: (TV) Smiling Pets
Brian,
just to keep the recent Australian flavour of the list DM3 (Caroline, No on
that tribute) is an Oz act led by Dom Mariani - famed for the Stems and
other great bands ... love the concept for this tribute and looking forward
to hearing it.
Also i'm one Australian that rates the Saints over Birdman but it's really
splitting hairs. Saw Birdman recently in Melbourne and they were
unbelievable.
cheers
chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Young <raggedglory57@hotmail.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:44 AM
Subject: (TV) Smiling Pets
| Ordinarily, I'm not much into tribute albums, but this one called Smiling
| Pets is way cool. Here's some info:
|
| SMILING PETS A Beach Boys Tribute Album from Sony Japan
|
| "Smiling Pets" is another Sony Japan compilation album featuring weird
| modern bands reworking the hits of better bands from a better period in
| musical history! The shocking thing about this CD (cover songs from the
| Beach Boys late period: "Pet Sounds" + "Smile" = "Smiling Pets") is that
it
| is DAMN GOOD.
|
| Often plaguing these kinds of releases is a habitual, cowardly tone of
| cynical "kitch" or "cheeseiness" that is refreshingly absent from this CD,
| leaving room for some sharp productions and genuinely inspiredrenditions
of
| these CLASSIC songs.
| Obviously we
| are biased because both the Secret Chiefs 3 (Good Vibrations) and FORMS
| (Heroes and Villians) appear on the CD, and turn in possiibly their best
| studio work to date. But wait until you hear
| Olivia Tremor Control's (USA) version of Do You Like Worms?, or Feelds'
| (JAPAN) incredibly well produced I Just Wasnt Made For These Times. Or
what
| about The Ships (who?) version of Little Pad, or
| DM3's (USA) simply beautiful and emotive "Caroline, No"? Who ARE these
| fucking bands?
|
| I really like the fact that the "unknowns" on this album outshine the
bigger
| names in most cases. Sure, there's a little schlock, but not that much.
And
| WAY LESS than you usually find on compilation albums! All told, you really
| get the feeling that everyone who contributed to this CD actually did
their
| best. It will truly shock you! Not just a "collector" item at all, this
| should be on every Beach Boys/Brian Wilson fans shelf. And Secret Chiefs 3
| fans would do well to take note as well!
|
| 1. Wonderful / Adventures in Stereo
| 2. Good Vibrations / Secret Chiefs 3 *
| 3. Surfin USA~You're Welcome / Melt-Banana
| 4. I'm Waiting For The Day / SHORT HAIR FRONT
| 5. 5. Do You Like Worms? (Do You Dig Worms?) / The Olivia Tremor Control
| 6. Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Spring Breaks and Back to Winter) / Jim
| O'Rourke
| 7. Wonderful / Sports Guitar
| 8. Here Today / Thurston Moore
| 9. Tones / OnoTetsu
| 10. ~teabreak~
| 11. Heroes and Villains / FORMS **
| 12. Cool Cool Water / Harpy
| 13. You Still Believe in Me / Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
| 14. Little Pad / The Ships
| 15. Wind Chimes (After Perpetuity's Noon) / David Grubbs
| 16. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times / Feelds
| 17. Let's Go Away for Awhile / John McEntire
| 18. Caroline, No / DM3
|
|
| Highly recommended.
|
| Cheers,
|
| Brian
|
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