From: Mike@Hotmail.com   
      
   Yikes! I think I'm one of the only (hard core) Beach Boy fan that likes this   
   tune! Interesting replies as it seems like it's univerally despised by   
   pretty much everyone. BTW, just for the record, I wouldn't compare it to PS   
   / Smile or anything else one would call "Classic Beach Boys". Kokomo is   
   hardly in that league. But, I'm not backpedaling, I've always liked Kokomo   
   and stand by that opinion.   
      
   Guess I'll walk alone on this one.   
      
   I like Kokomo because it sounds like the Beach Boys. It's very melodic, has   
   nice harmony and, it's a clean and clearly produced record. Plus, and I hate   
   this part, it's very infectious. (That might be good or bad depending on the   
   band) I ALWAYS give a higher than average 'benefit of the doubt' to any BB   
   recording as I like them so much. Maybe my bias got the better of me, but I   
   don't think so.   
      
   Okay, tell me. What is *so* wrong with Kokomo? No politics, no Landy, no   
   "Cocktail" crap.   
      
   Why do you people, the BB fans themselves, dislike this record so much?   
   Mike T   
      
      
      
      
      
   "Fast Eddie SAYS"  wrote in message   
   news:0001HW.BDDDED9A00069BC2F04075B0@news.wanadoo.nl...   
   > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:06:37 +0100, Mike Tschel. wrote   
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   > >>> The song Kokomo was written by John   
   > >> Philips , Brian was invited to jon in , But   
   > >> Dr.Eugene Landy said that he wants to be   
   > >> the executive producer ,And the Beach Boys   
   > >> told him to go and F himself . So that's why   
   > >> Brian was not involved with Kokomo .. It was   
   > >> released a few months after his first solo LP ,   
   > >> But we all know which of the two records is   
   > >> better , Don't we ?   
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   > >> Bob <   
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   > > Any way ya' slice it, to Beach Boy fans, this is one great swansong.   
   I've   
   > > been called names - literally been YELLED AT - for liking this track,   
   but   
   > > who cares? It's a cool song, sounds exactly like the BB in their prime   
   > > (That's my main reason for defending it!) and, sadly it's the last   
   'real,   
   > > honest-to-goodness' Beach Boys recording. Yes, that 'slurpy-sax'   
   interlude   
   > > could have been a little less cloying, but I still like the tune after   
   all   
   > > these years. And to me, that's what makes good music great.   
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   > > I've been made sport of my my 'hip music friends' for liking this song,   
   but   
   > > I can take it. Brian is soooo all over this track 'in spirit', it   
   doesn't   
   > > matter if he didn't play the session. Hell, I've had people laugh at me   
   for   
   > > simply liking the BB too! Ah, ignorance is truly bliss.   
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   > No, Brian's spirit is nowhere on this, nor is Carl's or Dennis' or The   
   > Younger Bruce's. It's a bad imitation of the real thing, that's what it   
   is.   
   > But as most people are yearning for the nostalgic thing, they don't care   
   for   
   > music anyway, that's why it went number one.   
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   > It has NOTHING to do with the teen brilliance that was prime BB's circa   
   > 63-65, let alone the timeless pop genius of Pet Sounds and assorted songs   
   of   
   > the years to follow up till something like 74.   
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