The Smiley Smile Message Board

it occurs to me, amid all this excitement abouut the smile sessions, that we've forgotten to speculate about what other treats the 50th anniversary might have in store - the Carnegie Hall package, for example; and there's bound to be a compilation featuring Fun, Fun, Fun, Kokomo, GVs and Barbara Ann.

Anyone want to add to the list?

I hope for some good live stuff. Like for example the complete Chicago '65 concert maybe as a double CD with some material from the early 70s. Hell, there should definitely be some concerts from the Blondie/Ricky-era. If there's gonna be more archival releases I hope for "Wouldn't it be nice to live again" and the whole Surf's Up-Audio DVD.
As for other product, Stebbins has a book coming out, which should be a good thing. Brian has his Disneyalbum.




I kinda have the feeling that some kind of live event will happen. Maybe they'll do some shows and afterwards go back to ther respective careers. But if they are gonna play together, they should start rehearsing right now, so it will be as good as it can be considering the shapes their in.
Will there be a new album ? I don't know. Brian's new album won't feature any origial stuff so maybe he has saved some for the Beach Boys. But at this moment I really don't see it coming. But my opinion might change tomorrow.

Hey Wee Helper

I think a couple of things would be great-:

 - a Beatles Anthology type release, three lots of 2-3 disc sets spread over a year, say Anthology 1 would be early to mid 60's, Anthology 2 would be late 60's to mid 70's and then Anthology 3 would be late 70's to say '96 including demo's, home tapes, outtakes, vocal isolations and rehearsals, no live stuff and maybe a new song or two. Really to reclaim all those bootlegs out there as officials.

Then a live box set or separate releases with sets from all eras including '93 unplugged stuff.

I think a big tour would be to much, a couple of well rehearsed smaller shows or  a one off show for tv. No guests except family (sons and daughters), keep it simple and much less of the common hits and delve deeper for some surprise stuff  such as Still A Mystery to show off the great vocal performances.  As much differrent to the prior anniversaries as possible. Not being an expert does Carl's son have any vocal similarities to his dad?

Interesting to hear other opinions if this has not been done prior.

All the best

Scoop :

I don't know about Carl's sons, but Mike's son Christian sounds a whole lot like Carl

yes he does, but with limited range.  Randal and others pick up the higher parts that Carl did for himself.  But he does sing pretty nice.

Mike's daughter Hayleigh sounds a whole more like Carl than Christian does, imho -- albeit a distinctly female version. I hear some similarities in Christian's voice, but not that much.

Christian sounds much more like Carl in the studio than he does in concert. His voice is not nearly as strong as Carl's was, but he has a bit Carl's timbre.