American Northwest Summer (on Mountainside)
Seasons of the Rose
Rain pounds roses from
the earth; wind-swept flames wear them
as a scorched perfume.
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T.R. Tadhg
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan8 days ago in Beat
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Stunning! I love this.
Beautifully done! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your achievement! I'm so proud of you for all the hard work and dedication that led you to this moment.
Congratulations! Evocative.
Love the juxtaposition of the forceful downward movement "rain pounds" with "roses." For a moment, my mind reads "roses" as the verb--don't think I've ever consciously made the connection between those two forms of the word. Cool, lush image. Hope you keep puzzling with this one, there's more for you to un-earth:) Congrats.
Lovely! Congratulations! xx
The imagery and the creativity, and the way I can now smell and experience this language, is so special. What a wonderful haiku. Congratulations!
Elegantly done. The fact that you kept all four elements within one haiku is masterful! I applaud you 👏
Such a vivid image. Really well done!
Nicely done.
Congratulations! Lovely and Beautiful! This was vivid sensory experience to read!
this is quite solid though for sure. still I went to hell to obtain parts of mine. fought black eyed empty soul demons and am back to tell about it. blows my mind.
Oh, wow! 😮 This truly is a stunning creation! A story so wonderfully told, and all of the elements brilliantly placed. Well deserved. You have my attention. Congrats on your win!
people cant visualize mine because they've never walked it
Wonderful poem!
Visceral. Beautiful--congrats!
Brava! This is soo good, I can literally feel and visualize this soo easily.
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this is quite lovely- rich imagery!
Nicely done. Congrats!
Congratulations on your win! Well done.