Go Full Circle!
* Go Full Circle.
Must be pretty demoralizing to start with nothing, make it big and then have to close out your career sailing on a cruise ship being forced to eat breakfast and talk music with fat guys in red shirts!
Just an observation!
I recently did a cruise with The Beach Boys and over coffee I explained to Mike Love how the group could have done a better job on God Only Knows.
Tony Asher (or whoever),
And I’ll bet he actually listened.
Thanks for reading…
Jeff Eats
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from Wikipedia.org
Tony Asher
Born May 2, 1939 (age 77)
London, England
Occupation Lyricist, jingle writer, copywriter
Notable work Pet Sounds
Years active 1960s–present
Tony Asher (born May 2, 1939) is a British-American lyricist who co-wrote eight songs on the Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with Brian Wilson, including “God Only Knows” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. Asher, who formally helped translate Wilson’s ideas into words, had a significant influence on the album. In Asher’s own words, “The general tenor of the lyrics was often [Brian’s], however the actual choice of words was usually mine. I was really just his interpreter.”[1]
Last month I was on a cruise and one of the groups onboard was The Zombies. One morning I spent 1/2 hour explaining to their original lead singer Colin Blunstone how he should have sang lead on She’s Not There and he was very appreciative of my ideas😎🤡😎🤡😔😞
If I was a famous singer Money or no money, seeing that red shirt picture would make me think twice about cruising.
Jeff,
It’s for the money, nothing else.
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won’t pay my bills
I want money
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
“Money don’t get everything it’s true
What it don’t get, I can’t use
I want…
Jeff,
You really do have interesting perspectives on certain things.
I can’t even imagine what it must be like for a Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame member like Dion to sit on a cruise ship for 5-7 days being pestered by every Boca Raton yenta for a picture and hearing about her 14 year old guitar playing grandson who plays better than Paul McCartney.
The Dions of the world are either desperate for money or just sick in the head to take gigs like these cruises. In Dion’s case I’m positive that he’s just sick in the head, but for the majority of the artists I’m sure money is the issue.
This themed cruising is big business. It’s just a way for the singers to make some extra money. I’ll bet some actually enjoy being around fans. Then again I’ll bet some just tolerate the fans. As I said, money and that’s the name of that tune.
Better on a beautiful ship than on the stage like Kings Point in Delray. That’s the way I see it.
The Fat guy in the red shirt sums up the whole themed cruising business.
Jeff,
As usual right on the money.
Jeff,
Never quite thought of it the way you see it, but you make a valid point.
Hey, these guys got to make a living, but I think that you are right they would rather not do this confined to a ship cruise thing.
The Fat Guy in the red shirt would scare the shit out of me.