Darian and SMiLE

[ghost]

Anyone think Cabinessence would've gone into "I Ran"? Who ran the "I RAN" horse?

[Jon Stebbins]

Here's a little curve ball for the argument:  has everyone forgotten that much of the SMiLE sessions were never meant to be heard by all of us?  That it took some sneaky, illegal, and perhaps unethical (to the artists) acts to make it possible for us to hear them?

20/20 LP = Illegal
Surf's Up LP = Unethical
GV CD Box = Sneaky

P.S. - I realize you said MUCH of them, but I guess an argument could be made that Brian didn't want any of it heard other than what was on Smiley Smile, but he was overruled, cajoled etc... But if you are referring to bootleggers being the culprit of unleashing the Smile music against everyone's wishes...i think there is solid evidence that Dennis Wilson was the orig. Smile bootlegger, and his transfer is what made up the first Smile bootlegs, which leaked to friends and then in multi generation loss form to the public on cassette circa 1978/1979 or so.

[juggler]

Anyone think Cabinessence would've gone into "I Ran"? Who ran the "I RAN" horse?

Yes, I've often wondered about that, too.   "Who ran the 'I RAN' horse" is pure VDP punnery, and I'm pretty sure that's how the BBs sing it on the '60s version.  On BWPS, though, the line sounds a bit inconsistent with it occasionally sounding like "I RUN horse." 

[ghost]

Anyone think Cabinessence would've gone into "I Ran"? Who ran the "I RAN" horse?

Yes, I've often wondered about that, too.   "Who ran the 'I RAN' horse" is pure VDP punnery, and I'm pretty sure that's how the BBs sing it on the '60s version.  On BWPS, though, the line sounds a bit inconsistent with it occasionally sounding like "I RUN horse." 

Details Brian or Van Dyke apparently forgot to clue them into...

That part of Cabinessence reminds me of the beginning of Richard Wagner's Die Walkure. The cellos, the moving rushing pace.