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Title: BWPS - bad title? Post by: harrisonjon on December 20, 2012, 07:19:25 AM "Brian Wilson presents Smile" just doesn't feel right. Brian reimagines Smile, Brian gives his 2004 take on Smile, Brian updates his unfinished Smile....
Maybe there's no title that can accurately capture what this project does, but it definitely does not "present Smile". Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: 37!ws on December 20, 2012, 07:27:59 AM It was probably just lifted from how the 2004 tour was billed. In 2000, his tour was also called Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds.
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on December 20, 2012, 07:43:31 AM Quote it definitely does not "present Smile". It does as much as Pet Sounds Live presents Pet Sounds. Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: guitarfool2002 on December 20, 2012, 07:51:24 AM Since Smile was never, in any shape or form, "presented" as a completed work prior to Brian doing just that, the title is perfectly fine.
We're getting very picky here. 8 years after the fact, this topic seems redundant. :) Or to get even less specific, are there similar issues whenever a stage production, television show, film, etc. is prefaced by the credit "Presented by General Motors!" or "Producer X proudly presents..."? In those cases the credit was bought and paid for and had less to do with the person actually creating it as it did with a corporate sponsor or financial backer ponying up the funding for the show. At least Brian did, in fact, *create* the work he's presenting. Is there an avatar where the cartoon yellow face is scratching his head in disbelief? :) Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Rocky Raccoon on December 20, 2012, 08:14:48 AM Well, the actual title of the album is Smile.
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Cabinessenceking on December 20, 2012, 09:08:16 AM the title is just Smile. we call it BWPS simply to distinguish it.
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Mike's Beard on December 20, 2012, 09:47:29 AM You've gotta admit it's more catchy a title than "Darian Sahanaja and Jeff Foskett Present Smile".
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: guitarfool2002 on December 20, 2012, 10:02:23 AM Since Jeff Foskett didn't write a single note of Smile while Brian wrote the overwhelming majority in 1966-67 and VDP/Darian filled in the gaps, I fail to see the comparison.
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on December 20, 2012, 10:55:10 AM What about "Brian Wilson Presents Smile as seen through the eyes of Darian Sahanaja"
? :afro Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: guitarfool2002 on December 20, 2012, 11:16:56 AM No mention of Van Dyke Parks?
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Peter Reum on December 20, 2012, 12:29:12 PM Smile
Title: Re: BWPS - bad title? Post by: Alan Smith on December 20, 2012, 01:02:58 PM Brian Wilson reboots Smile
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