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Lost Gem: "Funky Pretty" - Beach Boys (1973)

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" if you're cosmic'ly conscious... you'll see." ~ Beach Boys ~ The Beach Boys were kinda funny, weren't they?  Not funny ha-ha...but "shake-your-head" funny. They created some of the most exhilarating music of the '60s...and then "Sgt. Pepper" comes along and before you could say "Mr. Kite" ...the Beach Boys were an oldies act. I exaggerate, but not much.  My point is they were still making really good music ...just nobody was hearing it.   Go back and listen.  They never were the Beach Boys ...really.  They were simply boys the world wouldn't let grow up. Lost Gem:-->   "Funky Pretty" ...the final track on "Holland" (1973) ...is filled with unusual lead vocal changes all over the place and has a groove that is simultaneously infectious and gritty . It takes a hard-left from their familiar sound but with a road-map arrangement that is still trademark Brian . Brian would sadly le

Pandora The Explora

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Doing the Pandora shuffle. Check 5...and see what the fates allow. "Nelly the Elephant" - Nektar Down To Earth (1974) Entertaining instrumental with a krautrock circus ringmaster pronouncement is far more interesting than one might expect.   Tasty brass leaps in and out with ear candy. "Hands of Doom" Black Sabbath Past Lives (2002) Not one of my favorites...but it's early Sabbath.  Rarely heard and live at that!  It's wonderfully somber with trademark tempo changes. "We're Turning Again" Frank Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 6 (1992)  Kind of a funky thing. Great line:  "...they were mellow; they were yellow. They were wearing smelly blankets. They were Donovan fans."  Good stuff...so wtf? "Sailing" Sutherland Brothers & Quiver Lifeboat (1972) Pleasant enough, but quickly brings to mind Rod the Mod's version.  Sutherland's version wins by a n