The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsArchae
(46,318 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)A good band that was pretty much a one note sound.
Another one who was suppose to be the next Beatles...
Beach Boys were probably the closest band to the Beatles.
rug
(82,333 posts)I can't believe the same argument nearly 50 years later.
musette_sf
(10,200 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Saw them back in 1975 at a two day festival two weeks after we graduated from High School...
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Iggo
(47,549 posts)I was a heartbroken teenage boy when that came out, and it really hit me where it hurt.
Ah, Monica...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,587 posts)I loved the song, and the visuals were so striking.
It was deceptive; it looked simple, but there was really a lot of stuff going on...
Thanks.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)I always thought this song had a late-period Beatles - a la 'Abbey Road' - sort of vibe to it...
ok_cpu
(2,050 posts)There are a few songs on that album that show heavy influences.
I always liked that record, though.
harmonicon
(12,008 posts)I haven't listened to that since it was on the radio... 20 years ago or so, I think?
Some of the production values are super-90's (incredibly "sloshy" hi-hats, for starters), but what really strikes me is that it's at least a minute too long for a 60's pop song. There was something that happened I don't know when, where all pop songs became these behemoth things of 4 to 6 minutes, for almost no reason. This is a good song, but the last minute - at least - is pointless and makes it really quite boring to me. There are some great long songs, but so many great pop songs are in the 1:30 - 3:00 mark.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Of course the White Album was all over the place, stylistically and song-length-wise, but 'Abbey Road' and 'Let It Be' had several songs in the 4-minute range.
harmonicon
(12,008 posts)When The Beatles, or Bob Dylan, etc. had these long songs, it was because it was somehow demanded by the song structure. So many of these 90's songs just have guitar solos and/or way too many iterations of a chorus just tacked onto to them. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" isn't long because it's a 3 minute song, then a guitar solo, and then the chorus a bunch more times.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)And yes, in Dylan's case, most of his 6-7-minute-plus songs do something to justify their length, whether it's great lyrics or great atmosphere or both.
For an extreme example of "repeating the chorus a bunch of times" see:
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)and the Dakotas...
orleans
(34,049 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)The Beatles pre-Love Me Do and before they found their voice, trying to sound like Elvis.
Boomerproud
(7,951 posts)It sounds like him anyway.
olddots
(10,237 posts)a tragic demise
Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)ArnoldLayne
(2,067 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)shawmut
(1,525 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)The thing about the Beatles is they were influenced by so many different styles of music.
Most kids now think listening to punk and rock is getting a great variety.
But the Beatles grew up with big band music, country music, folk music, Classical, show tunes. All the stuff that you hear pulsing through and through the Beatles song catalogue
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)...by my band called Green Sparkle Frog.
There is no YouTube Video, but you can stream the song on our web site, just click on the AUDIO link, or, search Spotify.com for "Artists - Green Sparkle Frog."
The whole CD is available/streamable at both places, it's called Die Happy & Other Songs About Life.
"She's That Kind of Girl" is track #3.
Thanks for listening!