Van Dyke Parks "Heroes and Villains" on WNYC's Spinning On Air
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Simply AMAZING!!!
I LOVE Van Dyke Parks...
I can't believe I never heard anything of his before...this is one of the best String and Piano arrangements I have EVER HEARD>>>
KUDOS VDP Anoter Great ARTIST with PITTSBURGH INFLUENCES..MARVELOUS!!!
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just got an idea, when smile was not released, VDP should have done his own version in 1968-70 after completing his Song Cycle album. Imagine an entire Smile album recorded in the same vein as Song Cycle, that would be something.
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Spectacular. Goes beyond the Beach Boys. Shows that not only a lyric writer, a true artist in every way and everyone in that room as well right in tune and time with one of the creators of this timeless classic. Bravo, Van Dyke Parks!
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beautiful......
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This is so cool!
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Goosebomps! What a great string arranger he is.
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wow! what a cool arrangement of this timeless classic! what daring! what panache!
wordofgord
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if you just listen to the music, Sufjan Stevens suddenly appears into the room...
what a genious, still sounds so fresh and unique.
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He grew his brand of antebellum post-pop in the wake of the dust bowl created by the drug revolution. We let this sharecropper blow away in the wind.
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For those out there that don't believe in God....hey..,,,
, I think she was kind enough to give us VDP!!!
What a wonderful man of Music and Lyric.
Time to giddyup, dowahdiddyup!!
@PetSounds3608 what the heck. I'm with you on them being together. But apart brian and van dyke are most definitely NOT "bland".
mangoshakess 1 year ago 13
Brian Wilson should have left the Beach Boys in 1967 and struck up a long lasting partnership with Van Dyke. I swear they could have outdone John and Paul. Brian's musicality and Van Dyke's artistry. I think by themselves, they both tend to be bland.
PetSounds3608 1 year ago 3