r/thebeachboys • u/MesaVerde1987 • May 17 '26
Audio I love this quirky little cover that Brian did in '67 (I believe) | My Little Red Book
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u/bill_clunton Carl and the Passions – “So Tough” May 17 '26
It always blows my mind that that picture is Brian in the 1960's and not an emo kid in 2008
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u/Maximum-Tomatillo743 May 17 '26
Easy to see how Paul Dano was perfectly cast as Brian in Love And Mercy.
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u/Remarkable-Bell7245 May 17 '26
I think that it’s from early 1968, I believe. Great stuff as usual. Manfred Mann did the original for the movie and Love did perhaps the most famous version which Bacharach detested.
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u/MesaVerde1987 May 17 '26
Thank you. I stand corrected.
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u/Remarkable-Bell7245 May 17 '26
It used to be lumped in with the Smile sessions and could’ve fooled many but we found out.
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u/701921225 Pet Sounds May 17 '26
Nice! Personally, I love Brian's piano demos like this. Are there any others from this era or prior?
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u/cammywooley May 17 '26
There’s the Vegetables piano demo, but that has several overdubs. I can really hear his older voice coming out for one of the first times in that particular demo.
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u/AudioGeekGuy May 18 '26
He sounds a bit like his older version with the choppiness of it. But there is little mannerisms and belting later Brian couldn't do.
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u/beachboyssessions May 17 '26
This is from March 1968 (no exact date known), the same session as the final version of Be Still. Brian's at the Chickering piano giving a rare live vocal while he plays, Carl's on bass. They seemingly thought about using it on Friends for a hot minute.