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Post by dillwyn on May 30, 2021 15:58:49 GMT
not sure ive ever heard this before... Brian Wilson featuring Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne (who doesn't produce)
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Post by soonerorlater on Jun 11, 2021 9:18:12 GMT
Taken from the aborted (and much bootlegged) Sweet Insanity album, the intended 1990 follow up to his wonderful debut solo album. If you ever hear it, you'll understand why the record company rejected it!
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wilburysteve64
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Surviving 2022 qaqw best as I can.
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Post by wilburysteve64 on Jun 12, 2021 14:04:07 GMT
This album was a curious thing to hear when I got the bootleg from "sources". I don't know how anyone could have thought Jeff had anything to do with this tune.
It was a very strange time in Brian's life as he was starting to sober up.
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Post by lawrev on Jun 12, 2021 14:43:20 GMT
Not impressed. Can hear Jeff, or an imitation of Jeff, or whatever....
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Post by ShardEnder on Jun 12, 2021 15:59:05 GMT
Jeff is the one you hear uncharacteristically screaming from around 2:23 to the end, but all circulating sources are several generations removed from the original promo cassette, so he sounds even worse. I've heard a much better copy, and I can assure you it also doesn't have the dropouts at 0:59 and 1:30. Also, for what it's worth, I absolutely love the second mix of Sweet Insanity. The lyrics may reek of the "good" Dr. Eugene E. Landy and the production is a bad hangover from the worst of the '80s, but it would take Brian years to sound as good again vocally. Of course, we'll likely never hear this one officially beyond that very limited promo version because his therapist made off with the master tapes, not to mention Brian's new team would have to negotiate with Landy's estate, and I doubt they'd want to acknowledge him at this point. Besides, what they consider the best material from that project was remade for the Gettin' In Over My Head album in 2004.
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Post by StrangeMagic on Jun 14, 2021 2:43:56 GMT
I found the record of the psychologist license of Eugene Landy, Brian Wilson's therapist. Pretty shocking stuff. Don't read this if you're sensitive. I'm not kidding. Brian Wilson is referred to as B.W. Another person mentioned, G.U., is one of Brian's songwriting partners, Gary Usher. Dr. Landy also abused other clients. The other client he lost his license over is referred to in these documents as R.G. He formed a sexual relationship with this client, which is strictly forbidden in the psychologist code of ethics.
Both the Board Decision and Order and the Accusation contain relevant information.
Jeff had a few things to say about Dr. Landy:
Let It Shine (1988): "I had just finished George Harrison's album when Warner Bros. asked me to produce Brian Wilson. I was like, 'You can't produce Brian Wilson. He's the best producer in the world.' But I said yes and I co-wrote a song with him. We wrote 'Let It Shine' at his house in Malibu. He was really struggling in his life. It was horrible and he was being treated badly. But you could see what a nice guy he was despite everything happening in the background. It was all very distressing. I only saw Dr. Landy a couple of times, walking around with his cape and walking stick. I don't really want to talk about that, though. Brian's doing great now and has a lovely wife." Jeff Lynne (January 21, 2016 - Rolling Stone article entitled: 'ELO's Jeff Lynne: My Life in 15 Songs')
"I hadn't known [Brian Wilson] at all, but Brian asked me if I wanted to write a song and produce it with him. 'Yes, please-- I'd love to.' I went to his house in Malibu and wrote it with him right by the seashore; his place was only a couple of steps from the sea. Him playing piano and me strumming guitar and we came up with the song, 'Let It Shine.' Yeah, [Eugene Landy in Brian's life] was pretty grim, actually. [Landy] got struck off didn't he? There was all the minders around and stuff. But Brian's great now and he's got that lovely wife. Anyway, we got to the session and I played lots of the instruments: bass and rhythm guitar and keyboard, and he did some keyboard, and we co-produced. Despite our production backgrounds, there wasn't a lot on it actually. It's a nice tight-sounding record."
Jeff Lynne (December, 2015 - MOJO magazine) "Lynne's production skills were called in to service ailing pop genius Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys - he co-write and produced Let It Shine on Wilson's 1988 solo album. Surely that was a difficult gig? 'It was a tiny bit difficult, yeah,' [Jeff Lynne] frowns, and shoots a meaningful glance out the side of his shades, 'but only because of the way it was structured, with all the doctors and that stuff, and you have to go through this chain of events before you do anything. Like you'd lay down a tape, a little rough thing of a song that I wrote with him, and suddenly someone's got a copy of it and they're playing it to the record company saying, Look at this! What's he trying to do! No foresight whatsoever. I knew what I was going to do with it, but it's like giving somebody an unfinished thing that only you know what it is. It's a cryptic sort of thing. They tried to cut it off at the pass but I finally got it finished and it was really good. I was proud of that piece of work; his singing is good and everything. They're all nice guys. Brian's lovely. It's a shame he's got so many problems with all these people messing him up.'" Author Unknown (June 1990 - from a transcribed interview of unknown origin)
Jeff Lynne quotes from Robert Porter's jefflynnesongs .com
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Post by Chippa on Jun 19, 2021 21:24:21 GMT
Eugene Landy was a fucking sociopath.
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Post by helpless on Jun 19, 2021 22:02:42 GMT
Eugene Landy was a fucking sociopath. Did you know him?
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Post by Chippa on Jun 21, 2021 21:51:57 GMT
Eugene Landy was a fucking sociopath. Did you know him? Nah, but by all accounts he was trash. Just read some of the accusations leveled against him. But yea, I've known plenty of people like him. Most of whom I distanced myself from immediately.
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