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"Ted Nolan " wrote in message
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> In article <5fhtfgF3aq97bU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Brian Watson wrote:
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>>"The old geezer" wrote in message
>>news:1184012038.439081.290430@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jul 9, 3:03 pm, fadeToblack wrote:
>>>> I read in a review about Pet Sounds that Sloop John B wasn't
>>>> originally intended to go on the album.
>>>> Was it not originally part of the PS sessions? To me it always sounded
>>>> out of place and did not fit the mood of the rest of the album.
>>>
>>> Capitol Record execs "persuaded" the BBs to include SJB on the PS
>>> Album so that there would be a "Hit" song on it to help sales.
>>
>>That sounds likely, plus the Beach Boys had established a pattern of
>>including an American standard on each album.
>>
> Could you enumerate these "American standard" tracks from the albums
> preceding
> "Pet Sounds"? I can't think of any except that "South Bay Surfers" was
> based
> on "Old Folks at Home" (Swanee River).
Not necessarily in chronological order; Summertime Blues on Surfin' Safari,
In My Room on Surfer Girl, Why Do Fools Fall In Love on Shut Down Vol 2, A
Young Man Is Gone (reworked Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring) from Little
Deuce Coupe, Do Ya Wanna Dance from Today!, Then I Kissed Her from Summer
Days. And the less than wonderful (in my opinion) Beach Boys Party has a
couple too.
I guess one person's (ie, mine) American Standard is another person's Cover
Version, but when each of these albums came out I found a song that I
already knew well from my vantage point in the UK.
--
Brian
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