Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again

[leggo of my ego]

If I was in France I wouldnt be too worried about sharing a file like this.

what? will BRI email him a C&D order??

[pixletwin]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

It's a microcosm of Smile, if you think about it.

[SMiLE Brian]

I have no problem with people wanting to hear it like you do, its just the obsessed posting by some people here saying its "better than surf's up" or the "duty of the owner" to share that is putting me off.

[pixletwin]

I have no problem with people wanting to hear it like you do, its just the obsessed posting by some people here saying its "better than surf's up" or the "duty of the owner" to share that is putting me off.

Totally agree. The sun won't rise and fall depending on whether he shares or not. If he does, I'll be grateful. If he doesn't, I'll wait for MiC. Simples.

[AndrewHickey]

S/he might just have not come back to the board yet -- not everyone spends their lives on Beach Boys boards.

I posted several times within the past 6 hours...

Weirdly, those posts aren't showing up in the thread, at least for me -- but they are showing up if I click on your username. How odd...

[leggo of my ego]

I have no problem with people wanting to hear it like you do, its just the obsessed posting by some people here saying its "better than surf's up" or the "duty of the owner" to share that is putting me off.

Ive tried to post some level headed  suggestions in the midst of the confusion and paranoia

he was here this morning so maybe something good will come about.

[beachboys_fr]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

[The Shift]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song. 

What is "Smile"?

 










 

[EgoHanger1966]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

 

You have to admit, how cool is this guy? Drops $400 on a promo cd, comes to the forums and enlightens us with a review of an elusive, infamous unreleased track, answers everyone's PMs, and pretty much ignores the petty arguments and debates. Cheers!

[leggo of my ego]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

Lots more than one song I can help you get it

[guitarfool2002]

I was just thinking how the various reactions on this thread would appear miniscule in comparison to someone going on a Beatles forum announcing they had just bought an EMI reference CD on Ebay that had something called "Carnival Of Light" on the tracklisting.  

[SMiLE Brian]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

Good question....

[rab2591]

I was just thinking how the various reactions on this thread would appear miniscule in comparison to someone going on a Beatles forum announcing they had just bought an EMI reference CD on Ebay that had something called "Carnival Of Light" on the tracklisting.  

I agree, but I think we're assuming that we're going to hear this track on an official boxset in a few months...so there's no reason to go crazy over it.

[Ang Jones]

In reply to Lost Art - there is an obvious difference between giving away something that leaves you with less or nothing or sharing something that leaves you with the item you originally had.

[Jason]

All I hear in this thread is a whole lot of "wine whine wine whine wine whine I'm a little bitch".

For those of you who doubt the ability of BRI to make themselves known in cases like this, the folks who compiled Get the Boot and Secret Smile were sent cease and desist letters. They do have ways of finding the source of a leak because they read these forums. Mr. beachboys_fr seems like a pretty decent guy. It's a wonder he hasn't laid waste to you idiots who are whining like a bunch falsely entitled, petulant children over this. He purchased the CD with his own money. It's his prerogative to do with it as he wishes. If that means he doesn't want to share what's on it, guess what? HIS DECISION. Deal with it. It's not his "moral duty/obligation", whatever the f*** that is. Seriously?

Seriously. Cool down and stop pestering the guy.

[Theydon Bois]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

I think that this might be my favourite post of all time.

[Mike's Beard]

The guy paid $400 for it, it's his, he has no obligation to share it with anyone if he doesn't wish to. The sense of entitlement of some people on here is shocking.

[Daniel]

This obsession with the song is getting weird. Its not like beachboys fr. has the completed 1967 Smile album, its ONE song.  

What is "Smile"?

I think that this might be my favourite post of all time.

Yes, its the best post ive ever read!

beachboys_fr - you are the man!!! 

[Shady]

It's easy to defend his decision to hoard the song with the possibility we will get it on the MIC box, if we don't..well what do we do then 

[Aegir]

It'd be really funny if he didn't have it, 19 pages of people getting upset over nothing.

[Nicko1234]

It's easy to defend his decision to hoard the song with the possibility we will get it on the MIC box, if we don't..well what do we do then 

Blame Dennis for choosing not to release it between 1971 and 1983 and the rest of the group for not releasing it since?

[Matt Bielewicz]

Plus, everyone whining that BBFR stands to lose nothing by sharing the track overlooked something in AGD's post way, way earlier in this thread - the CD in question that contains the track is allegedly watermarked. Which means BRI/Capitol/whoever CAN trace the file back in this case. Watermarking is pretty sophisticated digital stuff these days: you can't hear it on the track with the naked ear, but those who know how to analyse and process the track in the right way can instantly identify where it came from and through whose hands it passed on the way (well... the originator of the leak, at least).

Not that they need to do that in this case, of course, because if WIBNTLA gets out there now, there really is only one place it could come from, in all probability. If I had something like WIBNTLA on a watermarked CD, you wouldn't catch me putting it out for love nor money. BBFR is supposed to put her/his livelihood, financial security and the possible security of her/his family (if s/he has one) on the line for a coupla zweebs on a message board, who won't think twice to help her/him when the shi-ite hits the fan? I don't think so... and I wouldn't expect anyone else to do that either. Oh, and someone typing on the same board 'Oh, if you're in France, you don't need to worry about that. They can't get you there' wouldn't exactly reassure me to the point where I would do it, either...!

Nobody's is obliged to do anything of this sort, morally or otherwise. Lose the sense of entitlement, guys, and chill. It'll be out soon enough anyways, I reckon...

[Mike's Beard]

If it's as good as it rumored to be it makes me wonder why Dennis didn't put it on CATP instead of that clunker "Make it Good"?

[Yorick]

They wouldn't watermark an inhouse cd, they only do that for promos intended to be send out to the media. This is a work in progress cd-r!

[hypehat]

Yeah, but what if the unthinkable happened and some dastardly villain leaked an inhouse promo?! Why, it doesn't even bear thinking about. Besides, no one working at a label ever leaked an album.