‘Til I Die – Beach Boys ::Jonathan Phillips

“Until I Die” begins like a particular kind of film. All the colours are drained and the actors dialogue doesn’t go anywhere; the camera just drifts through a series of lonely conversations with quiet people who want to be somewhere different. There is such a maudlin feeling it’s almost unbearable; it’s sunk in a mire of empty diners and restless nights on unfriendly beaches. There is no resolution in the song. The focus on loneliness and preoccupation with death marks a considerable shift for the Beach Boys, there is no innocence in this song or optimistic reflection on summer love. Brian Wilson wrote that “I wanted the music to reflect the loneliness of floating a raft in the middle of the Pacific. I wanted each note to sound as if it was disappearing into the hugeness of the universe.” After about one and half minutes of uneasy restlessness, a chorus emerges but, unlike the familiar melodies of the early Beach Boys it is entirely beguiling. Brian Wilson repeatedly sings the line “These Things I’ll be Until I Die”. It emerges amongst waves of unbearably beautiful vocal harmonies, moonlit waves that eventually fade away like you are driving away from the beach and can hear the distant reverberation of the sea. Everything is cradled in that sad melody and, for its duration, there is nothing else that matters in the world. Just don’t listen to it when drunk, you will probably kill yourself or something.

:: Jonathan hosts Throwing Shapes on RDU 98.5 FM and writes music as Mount Pleasant. He also enjoys romantic nights with wine and cheese, and controversy.

Friday Drive * RDU 98.5 FM * 22nd August 2008 [radio show]

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Hey ho! Thanks for listening to the show!!
Here’s what went downtown:

((( start )))

4pm
Poni Hoax- The Bird Is On Fire
Digitalism- Magnets (on off on remix)
Viva Voice- Faster Than a Dead Horse

The L.E.D’s (NZ)- Sound Surrounds

Hells Teeth- Long Range
The Tutts (NZ)- All Over Town

Bloc Party- Mercury

Jane’s Addiction- Been Caught Stealing(LP version)
Blur- Sing
The Flaming Lips- She Don’t Use Jelly

Asha Cosmo Flynn (NZ)-  You Never Know(feat. David Whitiker)

Crystal Stilts- Converging in the Quiet
The Vines- Orange Amber
The Eels- Novocaine for the Soul

5pm
The Pains of Being Pure A- This Love is Fucking Right

Paul Murphy- Soul Call

Concord Dawn- Take it as it Comes
One Day as A Lion- Wild International

Pacific Heights(NZ)- Dreaming (feat. J-Dubs, Aeries and Ladi 6)

* Nu Noyzzzze *
Doppler – Where You Going Tonight

The Pixies- Here Comes Your Man

The Kills- Getting Down
The Hungry Eyes(NZ)- My Scene
The Scientists of Modern- East
6pm
Coco Solid(NZ)- Electrik Love
Iggy Pop- Lust For Life

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Love Burns
Dandy Warhols- Boys Better
Brian Jonestown Massacre – golden frost
Brian Jonestown Massacre – vacuum boots
Dandy Warhols – welcome to the third world

The Draytones – turn it down
The Beatles – I’m happy just to dance with you
Dandy Warhols – the legend of the last outlaw truckers
Brian Jonestown Massacre – free and easy, take 2
The Upsidedown – light (Pete Intl Airport remix)

((( fin )))

Peace,
Dr H
xoxoxox

Friday Drive * RDU 98.5 FM * Friday 8th August 2008 [radio show]

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Hey ho! Thanks for listening to the show!!
Here’s what went down on the show:

((( start )))

4pm
Justice – stress (Auto remix)
The Vines – hey
Thought Creature – shake about

One Day As Lion – wild international

Liam Finn – second chance
The Actualities – fools run wild

* Earth to the Bloody Underground * Double *
The Dandy Warhols – mis amigos
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – free and easy, take 2

Yves Klein Blue – silence is distance
The Futureheads – the beginning of the twist
Dirty Pretty Things – tired of england
5pm

* Pump Up The Mixtape *
2 tracks from The Prodigy – B2B
One Love
Jericho

The L.E.D.s – super go
The Naked & Famous – kill the black dots

Joy Division – transmission
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – love burns
Beck – replica

* Nu Noyzzzze *
Fur Patrol – hidden agenda

Peaches – fuck the pain away (tits & clits remix)
The Presets – my people (D.I.M. remix)

Meterhead – get down
LetroN – don’t need no man
Snoop Dogg – drop it like it’s hot

6pm
Oblique Industries – the stand-off
James Holden – safari (James Holden remix)

Justice – the party
Datarock – fa-fa-fa
Bang! Bang! Eche! – as thick as thieves

((( fin )))

Peace,
Dr H
xoxoxox