#California Sound

[retropopcult]

The Beach Boys, 1962

From left to right: Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and early member David Marks. Marks was a neighbor of the Wilsons who sang and played guitar with the group from 1962-63. He appeared on the early releases, after the departure of Al Jardine. But Marks left after conflicts with Murry Wilson, the band’s first manager and Brian, Carl, and Dennis' father; the group ended up dismissing Murry as their manager in early 1964 due to his overbearing and disruptive presence at the group's recording sessions.

[pcificoceanblue]

paul revere & the raiders in the studio with terry melcher

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Surfin' Safari • Surfer Girl • Catch A Wave • The Warmth Of The Sun • Surfin' U.S.A. • Be True To Your School • Little Deuce Coupe • In My Room • Shut Down • Fun, Fun, Fun • I Get Around • The Girls On The Beach • Wendy • Let Him Run Wild • Don't Worry Baby • California Girls • Girl Don't Tell Me • Help Me, Rhonda • You're So Good To Me • All Summer Long

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[rafikny]

Chet Baker

Alone Together (not the one you are thinking of).

[eat-my-cake-records]

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[chaospel]

jesus was a crossmaker : judee sill : judee sill (1971) asylum

also, all hail st. judee

also, yt link:

Song of the Day

6 Jan., ‘24

[hyypervvieww]

Basement*, hollywood palladium, CA 10.18.24

[elevenenthusiast]

If those leaks about stranger things 5 on twitter are true then i have nothing else to say other than that it sounds ass.

[tj-crochets]

So I have a bit of a cold* and other than being a bit tired and run down feeling, the main symptom is my voice is very hoarse. My throat isn't even that sore, but compared to my usual customer service voice at work every single time I answer the phone today the person is like "TJ??? Is that you???? I thought it was an imposter!" On the plus side I can now sing Bonnie Tyler songs - wait interrupting myself because I just tried to sing and I think I can sing lower than normal??? Will test this and update the post *for realsies just a cold, my dad had it last week

[retropopcult]

"Take It to the Limit" is a song by the Eagles from their fourth album One of These Nights (1975). The single climbed to #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was sung by bassist Randy Meisner, which was notable because it was the first A-side single released by the group on which neither Don Henley and Glenn Frey sang lead. 

The song was written mostly by Meisner.  He said he wrote the first few lines one night while playing an acoustic guitar after returning from the Troubadour; however he was not able to finish the song by the time they were close to recording it, and Frey and Henley then helped him with the lyrics. On the meaning of the song, Meisner said in the documentary History of the Eagles: "The line 'take it to the limit' was to keep trying before you reach a point in your life where you feel you've done everything and seen everything, sort of feeling, you know, part of getting old."

Meisner's performance of the song was very popular with the audience in Eagles concerts, particularly when he would hit the high notes; but performing it on tour night after night (and sometimes being sick, or not taking good care of his voice) made it difficult to perform. Some nights he would refuse and his reluctance became a big issue between he and Glenn Frey. Eventually it was one of the reasons he would quit the band, in 1977. He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit (coincidentally, the same bassist who had replaced him in Poco years earlier). Schmit's vocal range was similar to Meisner's and he was able to take over singing "Take it to the Limit" in concert.

[pcificoceanblue]

dean torrence with the malibooz

[walking-existential-crisis]

Might listen to the voices and write a Top Gun selkie AU because it's been plaguing my brain for several months

[eat-my-cake-records]

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[doueverwonder]

idk wttt california x illinois x new york ramble under cut ig

OK so fact dump; NYC has been the biggest city in the US since 1790, and from 1890 to 1984 Chicago was number 2. I can't stop thinking about the idea of IlliYork having been together forever (literally the power couple of the century) and they both develop crushes on California sometime in the late-ish seventies but very conveniently ignore it because 'no, no that's not right I have a boyfriend and I love my boyfriend so clearly I can't have feelings for someone else'.

In 1984 LA and Chicago switch places, LA is number two and for the first time in a century Chicago is number three. California quite literally comes between them and their mutual crush reaches a boiling point. Now, I have a couple options;

Between IlliYork one of them isn't able to ignore the crush anymore and riddled with guilt over it confesses to the other in a rambly "I have a crush on California, I have for awhile but I still love you and I'm just confused" kinda thing and the other just is,,, awkwardly laughing bc uh, yeah, ditto. me too.

Cali (bless his heart) makes a 'what you guys don't like like me do you?' joke and they both go beet red bc they've been caught and California just ":O you BOTH do :O???"

either way, California is fresh off his flower child phase and is ready to educate some dumbasses on polyamory. He had a crush on them too but wasn't about to say anything bc the last thing u want is to make shit awkward with your coworkers who are each others long term partners by confessing your love for them.

It was probably real casual for a few years before California 'officially' became their boyfriend (partially bc Cali wasn't ready to be in a closed relationship, and NY and Illinois needed more time to get used to the idea of letting someone else in after it just being the two of them for so long); they probably became official with each other in the late 90s, but didn't really tell anyone because they didn't know how other states would react. with Oakland and Berkeley CA creating official anti-discrimination laws for "diverse family structures" back in May of this year I can see them using that as their excuse/motivation to say "fuck it" and start unashamedly talking about the three of them being together.

anyway

them your honor.