From: Mike@Hotmail.com
"Earl Kliethermes" wrote in message
news:20041210181639.09660.00001317@mb-m20.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: Was the song Kokomo a Brian tune?
> >From: "Mike Tschel." Mike@Hotmail.com
> >Date: 12/9/2004 1:26 PM Central Standard Time
> >Message-id: <656dnTme_Jtn0iTcRVn-2A@look.ca>
> >
> >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
> >
> First of all, I want to mention that I don't have a gripe with your liking
> "Kokomo".
> I think a lot of this argument may have to do with how frequently per day
and
> for how many years a person heard this song somewhere. I was doing club DJ
work
> and grew to hate Kokomo as much as Shout, Old Time Rock & Roll, Sweet Home
> Alabama, etc etc
>
> In no particular order:
>
> Those damn steel drums and accordion.
> Wrong song for accordion, the steel drums say "we can be washed - up Jimmy
> Buffets too! It sounds like "hey old people, see, we really ARE ok".
>
> The intro sticks in your head worse than the chorus.
>
> No song should be published if it contains "pretty mama". (Think of "Black
> Water", by the Doobie Brothers". The first 2 minutes are not bad (except
the
> "oh myih syuh syip peeeeee" part)
> But then, the awful 3 minute "jam" that sounds like a repeated loop of
barnyard
> sounds. And who wouldn't like to kick the moron that keeps yelling "PRETTY
> MAMAWWWWWW" every few seconds.
>
> The rhymes are hokey as hell.
>
> In the video, they look like they were yanked out of the nursing home.
"See how
> old we are! And we're still cool!)
>
> The belched "Baw Haw Muh"
>
> If you read the ingredients, it contains high fructose corn syrup, instead
of
> real sugar.
>
> Anyway, that's my inflated two bits. :)
Derek's opinions are always pretty much 'on the mark' and Earl, you make
some decent points too. Both posts shed some light, but really don't answer
my question as well as I'd hoped.
I seldom regard lyrics as much more than a gateway for the general public to
make a song 'accessible'. That's just me, there are great lyrics / poetry in
Pop Music. The Beatles made me appreciate them more, but for me it's the
Melody / Harmony and Rythm that make or break a song. For example, the
insipid lyrics on Fun, Fun, Fun have no bearing on my enjoyment of that
exceptional piece. However, almost everything on Smile is very interesting
lyric-wise. Good music doesn't need lyrics - just my opinion.
I still welcome any more opinions on this topic. Like I said, even close,
musician friends of mine absolutely abhor this track and I'd really like to
get some other opinions...like Derek's and Earl's. I've never seen such
consistently hostile reactions, by fans and citizens, of this track and I'm
just curious why that is. Let's call it an 'Academic Study'.
I take no offense, and let's really be honest. We're not talking about God
Only Knows or GV....it's only Kokomo! Hell, I barely listen to it myself.
But, I like it.
Thanks guys,
Mike T. (The 'T' stands for TARDO I imagine?) LOL.
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