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a limerick
Finally, the day had come due
when Jennifer's dream would come true:
her very first pup,
(you could just eat him up!)
but oh no - who'd have known - she's - atchoo!
About the Creator
Dane BH
By day, I'm a cog in the nonprofit machine, and poet. By night, I'm a creature of the internet. My soul is a grumpy cat who'd rather be sleeping.
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'20/20'
"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 Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (2)
Dear Dane ~ As a Crafty-Creative 'Artist' it's very notable in your pieces that what you've left out may be as important as what you may have left in. As mentioned I don't enter contests; but I so respect your achievements. Although in response to your 'Grumpy Cat' I've written a piece on behalf of - Pet Haven Minnesota - "Rescue" and it does my heart good that they've adopted out so many 'Re-Homes' from a silly little (3) minute story. The power of the pen, as you so know, Dane Sorry to take your time with all of this: As mentioned in my comment on the Leaderboard: If we're to comment, then as writers, comment ~ these atta-boys seem almost obligatory to me. Sorry to take your ear off ~ IOU-1 Jay Kantor, Chatsworth, California 'Senior' Vocal Author - Vocal Author Community -
Oh no, me too! The worst of allergies as almost everyone has pets! Dogs and cats for me!🥹Nicely put together poem!