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Question: Which question would you most like to see answered about SMiLE?
What was the number one reason or event that caused Brian abandoned SMiLE? - 3 (11.1%)
What were the "Air" and "Earth" sections of "The Elements"? Did "Air" get turned into "Country Air" or some other song? - 9 (33.3%)
What work was done on SMiLE after the project was officially canned? Were "Can't Wait Too Long", "Diamond Head", or "Ol' Man River" intended for a revamped SMiLE? - 0 (0%)
What will bring you the most happiness from this release of the SMiLE sessions? - 0 (0%)
What were the original intentions of all the unused fragments from the "Heroes & Villains" tapes? Were "With Me Tonight" and the "Bells & Whistles Intro" intended to be a part of the song? - 2 (7.4%)
Were "You're Welcome" or "He Gives Speeches" ever intended for the SMiLE album? What were their stories? - 0 (0%)
Were "Look" and "Holidays" likely to end up on a '67 SMiLE or would they have ended up as outtakes? - 2 (7.4%)
Who wrote the Smile "song list" that was given to Capitol? - 1 (3.7%)
What was the origin of the working title "Dumb Angel"? Why was it abandoned? - 0 (0%)
What does "over and over the crow cries uncover the cornfield" mean? - 2 (7.4%)
Was a Heroes & Villains single consisting of part 1 (A side) and part 2 (B side) seriously considered, and would it have been the same thing intended for the album, or would it have been different? How long was the longest mix? - 4 (14.8%)
Did the Beach Boys actually get letters from fans about what their favorite vegetables were? And did anybody shake out the results? Where are those letters now? - 0 (0%)
"Wonderful" and "Look/Song for Children" fit together spectacularly well in the '04 version ... was this the original intent for these in '66 or would SMiLE have been individual tracks with fade outs? - 1 (3.7%)
Was the title "Love to Say Dada" intended to stand for LSD? Was "Vega-Tables" inspired by Murry Wilson's condemnation of drug users as "vegetables"? - 0 (0%)
Is there a recorded vocal for "Old Master Painter" or the unused "disconnected telephone" lyrics from "Cabinessence"? - 1 (3.7%)
Is there a mix that was put together of Worms for LA (Light Album)? - 1 (3.7%)
Why were Dennis's "Truck Drivin' Man" vocals on "Cabinessence" mixed so low? Were they ever supposed to be clearer in the mix? - 0 (0%)
Are there more parts to the "story" within the H&V song that weren't recorded but were written/considered? - 0 (0%)
Were the laughing horn experiments ("George") ever considered for SMiLE? How would they have fit in? - 0 (0%)
Why in hell weren't the 'Cantina' and 'Three Score and Five' sections used in the released version of 'Heroes & Villains'? - 0 (0%)
Were the extra lyrics in the Smiley Smile version of "Wind Chimes" ever intended for use in the SMiLE version? How about the "Cornucopia" lyrics from the "Vega-Tables" demo? - 0 (0%)
At a dinner party, Brian directed his guests in a spontaneous mini-symphony of silverware/glasses percussion. Did he ever take this any further? Was it incorporated into "Vegetables" or any other piece for the album? - 0 (0%)
What's the story on the  the "jazzy" version of "Child is Father of the Man" that only turned up in session form? - 0 (0%)
It doesn't sound like Brian was having a good time on the night of the SMiLE Party tape. What was wrong? - 1 (3.7%)
Was "Friday Night" the earth element and was it to immediately follow "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"?  And, if so, why was it moved on BWPS? - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 26

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« on: July 13, 2011, 02:22:24 AM »
I did my best to narrow down all the questions from this thread (http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10622.0.html) into something manageable. This involved editing similar questions together and omitting others. My apologies for any choices that offend.
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took me a while to understand what was going on in this thread. mainly because i thought that veggie was a bokchoy
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 02:39:53 AM »
… it only lets you vote for one choice… a fault with the system (unless we all get one vote and  it's the top ten which win via that style…)
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 04:26:38 AM »
If you want (or in this case: if John wants it), you can edit the poll and change the maximum number of votes. But I'll leave that up to John.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 04:39:26 AM »
32 questions (!) and no mention of 1966 CITFOTM lyrics or the fabled Surf's Up "second movement"? Some good questions for sure but IMO some of them seem fanciful. For example, why would anyone think "Old Man River" was intended for a revamped Smile?

If someone has the ear of Brian or VDP I hope they don't ask questions like "what does 'over and over the crow cries uncover the cornfield' mean" or "who wrote the handwritten track list" that was given to Capitol"..
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 05:33:31 AM »
I need to know who ran the Iron Horse.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 05:48:56 AM »
I want to know who held his Zippo at the rear end of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 08:19:20 AM »
Quote from: The Heartical Don on July 13, 2011, 05:48:56 AM
I want to know who held his Zippo at the rear end of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

Brian had a Zippo?
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 10:22:50 AM »
Quote from: SMiLE-Holland on July 13, 2011, 04:26:38 AM
If you want (or in this case: if John wants it), you can edit the poll and change the maximum number of votes. But I'll leave that up to John.

You actually can't, as I was sad to see last night. That's only an option for adding a new poll , which is broken on the board. When you add a poll to topic, which is the way you have to do it, there's no multiple voting option.

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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 10:37:51 AM »
I see a couple of my questions are getting votes already.

But..........why wasn't my question "Why weren't the 'Cantina' and 'Three Score and Five' sections used in the released version of 'Heroes & Villains'?" included in the poll? Geeeez! That's a good question!
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 11:56:10 AM »
Quote from: Mikie on July 13, 2011, 10:37:51 AM
I see a couple of my questions are getting votes already.

But..........why wasn't my question "Why weren't the 'Cantina' and 'Three Score and Five' sections used in the released version of 'Heroes & Villains'?" included in the poll? Geeeez! That's a good question!

Jeez Mikie, It's hard enough to decide now, which of your questions to vote for. How many choices can we really handle?
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 12:02:41 PM »
Quote from: Mikie on July 13, 2011, 10:37:51 AM
I see a couple of my questions are getting votes already.

But..........why wasn't my question "Why weren't the 'Cantina' and 'Three Score and Five' sections used in the released version of 'Heroes & Villains'?" included in the poll? Geeeez! That's a good question!

It is in the poll, you just glanced over it I guess.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2011, 12:08:22 PM »
Quote from: Mikie on July 13, 2011, 10:37:51 AM
I see a couple of my questions are getting votes already.

But..........why wasn't my question "Why weren't the 'Cantina' and 'Three Score and Five' sections used in the released version of 'Heroes & Villains'?" included in the poll? Geeeez! That's a good question!

I would bet money that the "three score and five" lyrics weren't used because they became superfluous once the "Sunny down snuff" lyrics replaced them and the "Cantina" bridge pushed the length to longer than three-and-a-half minutes (once the "Bicycle Rider" choruses were integrated) and Brian did not want the single running any longer.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2011, 12:09:21 PM »
Just a heads up, before anyone calls foul. I altered a couple of the questions in the poll because they were too long to be displayed.
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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2011, 12:22:48 PM »
Quote from: Roger Ryan on July 13, 2011, 12:08:22 PM
I would bet money that the "three score and five" lyrics weren't used because they became superfluous once the "Sunny down snuff" lyrics replaced them and the "Cantina" bridge pushed the length to longer than three-and-a-half minutes (once the "Bicycle Rider" choruses were integrated) and Brian did not want the single running any longer.

I think you'd win that bet, Roger.

Yeah, the length of the song would obviously be affected (unless 'Cantina' completely replaced 'Bicycle Rider') and it's a matter of taste concerning which lyrics to use (three score and five vs. sunny down snuff).

Maybe I should start a poll about fan's preferences on these alternate lyrics issues.....  Smiley
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