Public/Fan's reaction to Our Prayer and Cabinessence on 20/20 not SMiLE.

[Don Malcolm]

That said, I delight in seeing young people at the shows.  Even if, was the oft-reviled Kokomo that opened the door, to this corpus.  However they get here, welcome aboard, and savor the voyage!  But, from time to time, kick down a door or two and look behind them to see the contemporaneous stuff.  I think it is what makes it all so great!  Their voyage is so interesting, with all the ups and downs, not unlike our own adventures.  The bottom line, is that all the nonsense was sent to the back burner and the unfakable and unshakable music, pulled them aboard for this reunion.  And wordlessly, that video wall at the reunion, tells their journey, better than any movie or interview.  And it tells ours, as well.   

They may have lost a few battles along the way, but they certainly won the war! 

Absolutely...no other band encompasses so much of that journey you reference. The fact that so much has managed to remain intact, even with warts for all to see, one part lunacy and two parts litigious overkill, is a testament to the healing power of that music, whether it be "Cabinessence" or "Barbara Ann," "Our Prayer" or "You Need A Mess of Help to Stand Alone." Thank goodness that there is still some traveling room left on that "Long Promised Road"--such an unexpected turn of events is nothing more or less than a miracle. Let's all "Celebrate the News"!!

  

[Melt Away]

Absolutely...no other band encompasses so much of that journey you reference. The fact that so much has managed to remain intact, even with warts for all to see, one part lunacy and two parts litigious overkill, is a testament to the healing power of that music, whether it be "Cabinessence" or "Barbara Ann," "Our Prayer" or "You Need A Mess of Help to Stand Alone." Thank goodness that there is still some traveling room left on that "Long Promised Road"--such an unexpected turn of events is nothing more or less than a miracle. Let's all "Celebrate the News"!!

   


Don, just...no.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Which war?

[filledeplage]

Which war?

Just a metaphor!  

The difference between a sprint (battle) and a marathon (war)  

The 50 year mark!

But, not the actual finish line.

They're still a work-in-progress!  

[Bicyclerider]

As someone who bought 20/20 the week it came out, I had no idea Prayer and Cabinessence were Smile relics, but they both blew my mind on first hearing them, and the Van credit on Cab clearly linked the song in my mind to Smiley and Heroes, Wonderful, Vegetables and She's Goin Bald.  I loved Smiley and assumed this was a new recording of either a new collaboration with Van or an older song that Brian left to record later.  It was a welcome return to the strangeness of Smiley after the normality of the more mainstream Wild Honey and Friends (although Diamond Head seemed to fit the Smiley model).

[Al Jardine: Pick Up Artist]

Speaking of 20/20, the hell is with that scream on Be With Me?

[runnersdialzero]

NUFFIN' I DINNINT POST NUFFIN' MOVE ALONG NOW

[Dave in KC]

Speaking of 20/20, the hell is with that scream on Be With Me?

To get your attention. There's something happenin' here.