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Jeff Lynne recommended Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys in Music (curated)

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

1966 | Psychedelic

8.8

(19 Ratings)

Album Favorite

"Is this the ultimate in production? It’s probably one of them. I think you’ll find The Beatles might say that! They were always in competition at that point. You know, I’ve obviously spoken to The Beatles a lot but I like every track on Pet Sounds; I think they’re all equally as good. I couldn’t even pick one out if it because the arrangements were so unusual at the time. I remember it was ’66 and in some parts it sounds like an old dance band. I’d think, ""wow""! That’s so old fashioned yet so brand new at the same time. The arrangements were weird with these big harmonicas and funny, deep saxophones and plain little paper cups and playing the drums on them. What the hell was that? Brilliant! Brian [Wilson] was absolutely marvellous. Luckily for me, I did get to work with him and we wrote a song together called ‘Let It Shine’ on his album, Brian Wilson, in about ’89 or something. I got to know him quite well and he was a lovely guy and we wrote this tune and it was very nice and I’m really glad that I did."

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Pottery Wheel

Entertainment

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App

Enjoy the stress-reducing creative pastime of using the Pottery Wheel to fashion eye-catching pots...

Bloom HD

Music and Entertainment

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App

Bloom, the acclaimed app by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer Peter...

China Beach - Season 3

9.2 (6 Ratings) Rate It

TV Show

Sand dunes and scalpels, surfboards and shrapnel, blue sea and red blood, R&R and CPR... Welcome to...

Vietnam war medical drama hospital nurse doctor history

The Man Of Steel

Brian Michael Bendis

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Book

Genre-defining author Brian Michael Bendis makes his triumphant debut at DC Comics, as an alien...

Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Flash Gordon (1980) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)

Flash Gordon (1980)

1980 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.1

(26 Ratings)

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Back in 1980 I sadly didn’t get the chance to see the adventures of Flash Gordon on the big screen, but over the years I watched it so many times in the various formats from VHS to DVD, so now that Cinemas are back open in Wales and it’s the 40th Anniversary of the movie I really didn’t want to miss the chance to see Sam Jones and Brian Blessed on the big screen in the cult 80s movie.

Directed by Mike Hodges and starring Sam J. Jones, Brian Blessed, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow and many more great names of the time, Flash Gordon went through some turbulent times in bringing the character to the big screen, but over the years the film has built a cult following and fans love the film.

Flash Gordon may have its flaws, such as some of the dodgy special effects such as seeing the background through semi-translucent characters but this all adds to the charm of the film, it does for me and although you can certainly see these issues much more on the big screen it doesn’t distract you from the fun and craziness of the film.