TRIBAL GATHERING

“I love the whole Pet Sounds record. I got a full vision out of it in the studio. After that, I said to myself that I had completed the greatest album I will ever produce. I knew it. It was a spiritual record. I wanted to grow musically, to expand our horizons and do something that people would love, and I did it.” - Brian Wilson

The Lemon Twigs - I Just Can't Get Over Losing You 

I just can't get over losing you It hurt so badly Everything I've done since we were two I'd give it up gladly

Today Today Today It feels so good to say That I just can't get over losing you

I just can't get over losing you But it's too late, sadly Time and time again I play the fool But I wish you still had me

Today Today Today It feels so good to say That I just can't get over losing you

You are the reason That I wake up in the morning You're all I need tonight You're all I need tonight And I just can't get over you

Today Today Today It feels so good to say That I just can't get over losing you

Today I wanna say Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah That I just can't get over That I just can't get over That I just can't get over you

In 1975, Keith Richards famously wore the “Who the F*ck is Mick Jagger?” t-shirt as a tongue-in-cheek joke during the Rolling Stones’ Tour of the Americas. The shirt was a playful jab at the intense media focus on Mick Jagger’s persona and ego at the time. Richards donned the shirt both backstage at Madison Square Garden and during various stops on the tour.

Despite popular belief, Richards didn’t make the shirt himself to take a jab at Jagger. The shirt was actually a gift from Atlantic Records (or specifically, a PR stunt/gift related to the label).

At the time, Mick Jagger was increasingly seen as the jet-setting, high-society “businessman” of the band, while Keith remained the gritty, quintessential rock rebel. Keith wore the shirt during rehearsals and backstage as a tongue-in-cheek comment on Jagger’s massive ego and his burgeoning status as a global celebrity.

4/3/26.

Bullseye's S/T debut LP on ever/never has been popping up on my follower's purchase feed a lot lately and for good reason. This is rock n' roll that asks us to, according to the Bandcamp notes, "imagine if Gene Clark never made it to L.A.  Instead, he held it together in the Midwest and made beer-sipping music for a bunch of ham-and-eggers who don’t know they’re about to hit the skids as the belt begins to rust. Bullseye conjures such a reality."

Bullseye is a New York band whose two prior Bandcamp offerings trend closer to Guided By Voices than Gene Clark/The Byrds. In fact, we get a clear idea of the band's evolution through listening to an early, under-a-minute version of "Dangers Of The Heart".

Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | 1972

Bridget St. John - Autumn Lullaby (1969)

On her first LP on John Peel's Dandelion label, Bridget St. John sounds a bit like a more in tune Nico. Quiet and reflective.