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“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys. Twofer here with “Hang On To Your Ego”, the alter ego of “I Know There’s An Answer”, as well.

As always, make sure your pet sounds receive proper care and grooming then click pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube.

Wiki says…

“Hang On to Your Ego” is a song written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher for the American pop band The Beach Boys. The song was originally going to be released on their classic 1966 album Pet Sounds. Mike Love however objected to the title of the song and some of the lyrics and insisted that it be changed. “I was aware that Brian was beginning to experiment with LSD and other psychedelics,” explained Love. “The prevailing drug jargon at the time had it that doses of LSD would shatter your ego, as if that were a positive thing… I wasn’t interested in taking acid or getting rid of my ego.” Jardine recalled that the decision to change the lyrics was ultimately Wilson’s. “Brian was very concerned. He wanted to know what we thought about it. To be honest, I don’t think we even knew what an ego was… Finally Brian decided, ‘Forget it. I’m changing the lyrics. There’s too much controversy.’” Terry Sachen, who co-wrote the revised lyrics to this song, was the Beach Boys’ road manager in 1966.

The song was then renamed to “I Know There’s an Answer” and it was released on Pet Sounds as the ninth track on the album.

No doubt, you have seen or, at least seen pictures of the unique and historic Capitol Recrods Tower in Los Angeles.

It’s not just the building that is unique, it’s what is underneath. There is a series of eight, different shaped echo chambers built 30 feet underground that were designed by our hero, Les Paul. Les used them, Buck Owens, Frank Sinatra, Brian Wilson, they have played a part in many, many great records. There are no others like them. Now, according to the L.A. Times, the echo chambers may be in danger.

A Marina del Rey developer hopes to construct 93 condominiums, 13,442 square feet of commercial and office space and a 242-space underground parking lot next to the landmark, 13-floor, record-shaped building.

But Capitol executives are trying to stop the multimillion-dollar project because of fears that pile-driving and excavation for the three-level underground garage will damage one-of-a-kind, below-ground echo chambers that are used for high-end recordings.

The developer has denied that the project would harm the reverberation equipment and has pledged to try to limit noise and vibration during construction.

The chambers are 18 feet from the proposed garage.

Dale Goldsmith, representing the construction company says…

“We’re confident there won’t be any long-term damage,” he said. “We’re prepared to indemnify them. They have a right to be concerned, but their concerns are exaggerated.”

Steps will be taken to limit vibration and noise, he said. “There are a series of mitigation measures to be taken during construction. Muffling devices, dewatering techniques, taking noise-generating equipment as far away as possible from Capitol,” Goldsmith said.

That sounds a little weak to me; no “long term damage”. I don’t know how you could do short term damage to these great echo chambers.

The developer, David Jordan has had a study done.

An acoustical study done for Jordan by an Oakland firm acknowledged that “without the mitigation . . . ground-borne noise from construction activities may temporarily impact operation of the echo chambers.”

But it suggested that “digital signal processing and other digital audio recording techniques can simulate almost every echo chamber effect.”

Screw the 50+ year old work of acoustic art, you can get a ProTools plug-in.

Morons.

Mindless yobs.

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