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Ok but kids DO cry without "provocation". Let's just call a GIF a GIF and be on our way.

Not sure anythings wrong with the type... that's exactly how I read it.

First I've heard of her. Didn't take the time to click the link.

You really can. Some incredible songs on this twofer. There is a HUGE sweet spot beginning somewhere around side 2 of Sunflower. I really enjoy Pet Sounds. I'm never surprised by this bunch when it comes to negative criticism though. Nothing is sacred, and that's cool with me. I just seem to fall outside of secret society of The Ear Of The Behearer more often than not.

Great to see this thread pop up again. I have been playing and singing Barbara Ann with my daughter over the past few days. Around the time this thread originated, I was only beginning to check out much of this music. I am really taken by a lot of it. I listened to Sunflower/Surfs Up on Friday. Every time, I just wish I could take Student Demonstration Blues out of it.

What Rod said. Clearly!

That was the first thread here?

I guess I just assumed dat dere was a skill set associated with being a producer, and being a musician with social skills and corporate know how wouldn't necessarily put you on that many smash pop records. Maybe it was his density.

Because what kind of dream would that be? Darn THAT dream!

I want to clarify. I'm not asking because I don't think he deserves his lot. I'm asking because I don't know! Everything I read skips from Was Not Was to Bonnie Raitt to Hootie to Brian, Grammy, etc. I'm genuinely curious.

He produced and directed ' I Just Wasn't Made for These Times', a documentary that contributed a great deal to brian Wilson's re-entry into the public gaze after his 'difficult period'. The music accompanying the film is generally excellent. http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/B00000JLV7 I realize that! How did he get from humor music to that?

Oddly, it took a lot of back and forth befor I realized there was a difference between Tanorexic Tanoxeric Stacked, it is obvious. Great word, tanorexic. Perfectly describes this woman.

Ok, but how did he go from making humor with Mel Torme to hits with Hootie etc.? How did he become the guy that helped Brian re-enterthe modern world?

So what is Was' story? I am not familiar with Was (Not Was). May be that I was born in 77. Lots of things slip through the cracks. Then he suddenly began producing major records out of nowhere it seems! I know there have been previous threads about him becoming head of BN. Maybe there is more info there? Is he a Tchad Blake type character? Isn't he the guy in the Knicks jersey (not looking so hot tonight) in the Classic Albums The Band documentary? I mean shit. If he can rescue Brian Wilson (Not Brian Wilson), maybe he CAN rescue Blue Note (Not Blue Note)!

Perhaps. A friend of mine once wrote a tune called "You Can't Protools Your LIfe".

Wonderful obituary. Thanks for sharing.

Norah was photo-shopped in? It is weird. They actually both look photoshopped in. How hard could it have been to have gotten this shot though? I don't know... I'll defer to some of the photographers in the house, but it is a very distracting composition.

Nice! Thanks!

The film is definitely worth Netflix-ing, etc. Ringo's narration is (yes) charming. The (sometimes improvised?) script, from an animated feature point of view, also makes excellent use of interruption during dialogue — something you almost never hear in animated features. Characters commonly don't finish their sentences because others are persistently butting in. It's not an emphasis of the film, but it's there (and not in the soundtrack). Also, you get to quote The Count (a la Saturday Night Live quotes) over and over after you've watched it: The Count: "I groomed you. Oooh how I groomed you! I cultivated you like a rare flower!" Are you discussing the Nillson documentary or the animated film The Point? IIRC when The Point was first broadcast the narrator was Dustin Hoffman but they never contracted for a home video release with him so when it was released as such they replaced his voice with Ringo's. (I've never seen either version so I'm really talking through my hat here?) The animated film... There are snips across the Internet, as well as the BBC specials, but I'd love to own them on DVD, blu-ray, what have you.

It's not on Netflix though! I'd love to see the BBC specials too...

Something seems to be bothering them. Oddly, I get the impression that it isn't the same something.

I'm guessing you've heard Nilsson's "The Point"? If not, I think it's a great record. I grew up listening to the LP (along with Bill Cosby's "To Russell My Brother Whom I Slept With"). The animated film that accompanies it is also fine — narrated by Ringo Starr (after Dustin Hoffman recorded/narrated the whole thing, but whose contribution wasn't used). Some non-jazz artists I've been paying attention to, and really loving: • Patsy Cline • Ernest Tubb • Otto Klemperer (conducting Mahler; great new French EMI set available) • Water Gieseking (playing Mendelssohn and Grieg, but not the awful U.S. EMI References set) • Long John Hunter • Little Bob & The Lollipops • Markos Vamvakaris (the 1932-37 JSP set) Yes! I love The Point. "Me And My Arrow" especially. I love that you grew up with this! Harry narrates the record. I've only seem clips of the film.

Did he actually try this? That's funny.

Are you referring to The Solo Concert originally released by Sackville? Recently reissued by Chicago label Tizona. http://www.tizonarecords.com/166/

Troll! Run, don't walk to your local online retailer and order this DVD: I don't love his music, but have you seen the wonderful documentary about him? I was amazed to learn that his two biggest hits were not his own songs: Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil), Without You (Badfinger). Probably better than this guy's versions: Yes! Great documentary. We ought to start a series of musician trading cards. I just asked my daughter what sport she thought he played. She answered vibraphone. Musician trading cards it is.