Brian talks Smile with the Wall Street Journal

[The Shift]

Wasn't Brian's house on the market a while ago? Maybe these pictures were taken then.

They do look like estate agent images.

Is that Anderle's painting of BW above one of the fireplaces?

[rab2591]

This

"If it had come out in '67, people would have called it a bunch of junk."

is absolute rot.

Yeah, but if you think about it, he has to believe this. The alternative is "Man, I really screwed up by not releasing this back in the day. My career might have turned out differently if I had." That's one of his demons right there.

That is 100% correct! The Beach Boys denied themselves the opportunity to grow with their established fanbase at the time as the Beatles did. The reality was that by 1969 no-one wanted to "Do It Again" like Mike believed.

So it was really Mike, not Brian, that was ahead of his time

[Andrew G. Doe]

Is that Anderle's painting of BW above one of the fireplaces?

Nope - wrong color, wrong shape and anyway, Anderle still has it. 

[The Shift]

Is that Anderle's painting of BW above one of the fireplaces?

Nope - wrong color, wrong shape and anyway, Anderle still has it. 

You've better eyesight than me!  I should stick to BBs sites!