George Figgs wrote:
I don't understand this almost predictable switch of formerly dubbed
alt-twang bands to this pet-sounds pop thing. we've seen it with joe h,
jayhwaks, wilco, golden smog, and the old 97's.
Slonedog responds:
While a handful (and it is just a handful folks) of the songs on
Slonedog:
While a handful (and it is just a handful folks) of the songs on
"Summerteeth" (which I think is brilliant) do owe a debt to "Pet Sounds", I
don't think either "Sound of Lies" or Joe Henry's new one have much to do
with Brian Wilson.
Right on. The Jayhawks' pop turn was pretty
Carl Wilson wrote:
Me, I think the pop turn is as much the result of a sudden but sincere,
methinks, rediscovery that shiny happy music is not inherently evil, and is
a way out of rock's dead ends in a similar way that the adoption of twang
influence had been.
Slonedog responds:
It may be a "way
