Listened to LOVE, Forever Changes 100 times, now I love it.

I did get and and yes, as soon as I heard the drumming on track one (August) it just floored me! What an album; I'm so pleased I got this at long last. I did already know Always See Your Face as it's one of the bonus tracks on the 2003 Forever Changes Concert DVD. Amazing to hear the 60s studio version, finally - a very haunting song yes and that's what touches me about FC in a big way.

 

My favorite track is Andmoreagain. Great stuff!

 

Re FC: I know I have mentioned before, but while many single out You Set The Scene (and rightly so), the centerpiece of the album to me is The Red Telephone.

 

I think it's a highly overrated album, but still a very good one. Got most of it on the iPod.

 

Life it too short and I'm too old to try again, especially that many times. But I'm glad the OP gets enjoyment from this. Any music that makes you happy is good music.

 

Very interesting (from Wikipedia on FC album)................ "The album was the first to be produced by Arthur Lee, with assistance from Bruce Botnick. Originally, the album was to be produced by Botnick and Neil Young, but Young bowed out due to his commitments to Buffalo Springfield. According to the liner notes of the 1995 compilation Love Story, Young stuck with the album project long enough to arrange the track "The Daily Planet." Young, however, has denied such involvement."

 

This deserves Likes from everyone!

 

Speaking of the band Love I first heard them when I was a 6 year old kid and their radical reworking of a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song was my favorite in 1966.
As a sort of tribute to that memory I learned the song and recorded it as a stripped down solo acoustic number:

 

“If it sounds good, it IS good.” - Duke Ellington.

 

I need to try that.

If you are going to do Smile, make yourself a playlist of the first 20 tracks on disc 1 of The Smile Sessions. If you slog through all the extras, the magic may not happen. You can listen to them later.

 

Well, he specifically mentioned Brian Wilson's Smile. Which is absolutely the way I would go with introducing the material to someone. Sure, there's magic in those 60's tapes, and he can immerse himself in those later.

BWPS has a magic of it's own: it's the most complete version we'll ever get and, more importantly, it provides a happy ending to what was in many ways a very tragic rock tale.

 

Hearing the Beach Boys vocals trumps anything else for me.

 

Definitely. Brian's obviously still present, but he's nowhere near as vocally good as he used to be.

 

I never didn't like it. The Alone Again Orr intro sucked me in.

 

Thanks guys. You made me stick my vinyl copy of Love Revisited on. Like I'm complaining.

 

Only 100 times? You've just begun to scratch the surface. Please listen 100 more times.

 

Last year at FYF, Ty Segall ended his set with a cover of Live and Let Live. I was already leaving my spot for the next set when "oh the snot has caked against my pants" rang across the park. It was nice to hear some of this music come to life, especially out in LA where it came from.

I don't remember if I loved this album at first listen, but I sure liked it a lot. I consider it the bible for effective pauses or start/stops in music (the four Alone Again Or verses, The Good Humor Man and it's chopped ending, the section conjoining the two parts of You Set The Scene).

 

How do you guys like Calexico's cover?

 

Wow. Just think of all the other things you could have listened to...

 

But not side 2?

 

I have been trying to like the other LOVE albums with limited success. Not as polished, especially the first one.

Pet Sounds is in my Top Five but Smile has always been a failed project, even bought the recent Cd release.

Good Vibrations is maybe the greatest song ever but he just couldn't get it together after that. If he had had some people with him that were brilliant too, he would have made it over a long period of time but his brothers could sing and nothing more, just baggage really. Too much pressure on any one man.

He was the whole package, in fact, I think Brian Wilson is one of the 3 greatest American singer/songwriters of all time along with Dylan and Springsteen. From 63 to 66, his output was just staggering.

 

Giving Forever Changes another try. I've had the CD for a long time, but seldom listen to it. Just one of those discs that I don't ever think about playing. Maybe I'll change my mind. I have always like Alone Again Or and AndMoreAgain.

 

"Forever Changes" is in a class by itself and it seems it was just of it's moment. And when you listen carefully you realize how accoustic the whole album really is. It nearly all rides on Arthur's accoustic guitar. Johnny Echols just steps up for his leads. (And the orchestration is simply gorgeous and just perfect. Listen to 'Andmoreagain.') The 'Your Mind and We Belong Together' single doesn't touch that pinnacle and neither does 'Da Capo.' The first album is cool in a 'Byrds-wanna-be' sort of way, but for that one, am I the only one who thinks the guitars sound out of tune?

 

I listened to it once and loved it, reckon its pretty straight forward album that is not as dense or complex a listen as say Bitches Brew etc. Reckon you either like it or not and its pretty easy to come to that consensus quickly with this one. On the other hand im glad you like it (finally) ahah as it is a great album.

 

Okay, I have been ignoring Forever Changes for 46 years, give or take a few months.
I found a used 2001 Rhino reissue CD today and picked it up.
Just listened to it for the first time.
What a unique, interesting album.
I was truly mesmerized by all the interesting layers.
The acoustic guitar, the orchestration, the horns and the electric guitar bits thrown in with awesome contrast.
It grabbed my complete attention.
Can hardly wait to find time for a second listen.
Glen