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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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 Posted - 02/06/2004 : 10:38:41
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2004 : 10:51:53
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Originally posted by GoddessTheory
It is unfinished isn't it? Is someone, brian wilson, trying to finish it. He is the only one who could.
Yes, unfinished. Here's an excerpt:
".... Those in attendance at the Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 20—the opening night of Wilson's sold-out six-night event—will get to hear all the songs that were to have appeared on the legendary Beach Boys album Smile, performed for the first time by Wilson and his touring band. .... given next month's concerts, it is highly likely that a complete, Wilson-sanctioned recording of Smile is finally going to see the light of day—either as a live recording or as a follow-up studio project, or possibly both. This is too bad. Though I'm a Smile cultist of medium intensity (yes to bootlegs and histories; no to message boards and Smile-inspired science fiction), I'm not especially looking forward to any new release that comes in the wake of the shows, for several reasons.
Chief among them is the suspicion that some of Smile's majesty is its mystery—that any attempt, even one by Wilson, to provide a final, authoritative version of the album will destroy the mutability that makes listening to it such a pleasure. Smile, as it exists now in a half-realized state, is really the first interactive rock 'n' roll artwork, graciously allowing the listener to finish the songs, to order them according to personal taste, and to invent an overarching concept that might have unified and made sense of Parks' cavalcade of trippy images. Maybe we can't bask in the album's holistic brilliance the way we can with Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper, but what we have now is fantastically protean and fluid, and we can use our imaginations to perfect it ourselves, which may actually be more fun.
A second reason to hope that Smile isn't resuscitated is that—as much as it pains me to say it—Brian Wilson isn't exactly at the peak of his creative powers. ...."
There's more. Whole article well worth reading.
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2004 : 16:50:33
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I'd be amazed to hear what these songs sound like live...I mean, his voice isn't the same anymore, and it just wouldn't be the same without the original Beach Boys. The music is undeniabley genius; one could only wonder how it could have changed the music world had it been released. Part of its allure is the fact that it is incomplete; part of the mystique is coming up with your own SMiLE theory and track list. It'll be amazing to see what comes of this tour...
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 02/06/2004 : 16:57:35
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Brian Wilson performed at the Queen's Jubilee Party in 2002, and boy did he look shakey. It genuinely came as a shock to most people. His voice wasn't tip-top but he still reached the notes, and the theremin was spot on.
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 05:41:57
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I've got my tickets to see Brian Wilson in Paris, performing Smile (and other BW & Bboys songs). I truly can't wait anymore. I've got the double-cd he recorded live at the Roxy and it's wonderful.
He's with Frank, my favorite artist (then the Beatles!).
Everything I heard about the shows he did in London was excellent.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 06:24:52
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the real beach boys had nothing to do with smile
like they had almost nothing to do with pet sounds either
it was just brian wilson with session musicians
like the concerts now
so I guess this could work
I´m going anyway
brian wilson and pixies this year
yummie
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 07:00:09
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I agree with that!
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