TLOS Question (for Mr Doe in particular)

[phirnis]

While it may quite obviously not be in the same leaugue as 60s Brian, to me it's actually not too far away from 70s Brian (think Surf's Up, Mt. Vernon, Love You, and the more enjoyable M.I.U. stuff).

[Swamp Pirate]

Do you think what we have heard of TLOS is in the same league as 60's Brian?

Midnight's Another Day- yes.  IMO, it's the best song he's written since Good Vibrations. 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Do you think what we have heard of TLOS is in the same league as 60's Brian?

Midnight's Another Day- yes.  IMO, it's the best song he's written since Good Vibrations. 

One of his most impressive performances since, oh, the sixties, no question. I'd like to know for sure how much of it he wrote before I'll say it's one of his best compositions.

[Bicyclerider]

Groundbreaking musical innovation like Smile and Revolver/Pepper is the province of youth - most artists, whether composers or painters, have their most revolutionary ideas take form early on in their career.  As they age their work usually is a refinement of what came before, rather than taking dramatic steps in an entirely different directions.  The few exceptions (Picasso comes to mind) prove the rule.

So no, TLOS is no Smile or Pet Sounds or even a Friends IMO.  It doesn't mean Brian can't write an exceptional song like Midnight's Another Day that could rank among his best, but the avant garde elements and need to do something that was going to "scare people" that so drove Brian in the 60's have definitely been left behind.