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With the couple of good recent interviews posted here recently, it got me thinking.  If you had the chance to ask Brian one question and one question only, what would it be?  I'll start:

"Brian, you have stated that when you write a song, you hear the different vocal parts in your mind.  When you write a song today, do you still hear the voices of  Mike, Carl, Al and Dennis in your mind, or do you just hear the various ranges?"

If you could do it all over again, would you?

'When Will You Finish SMiLE?'

"Who ran the Iron Horse ?"

"So ... Tandyn Almer, huh?"

As best as you can remember, what the closest final sequence for SMiLE in 1967 (i.e. What was the opener, closer, The Elements, etc.)?

"Where's the missing tape that was in the box labelled 'Dumb Angel'?"

"Hey, do you want to go get some cake at a nice bakery?"

Think!  Where are those missing GV vocals?

In 2004.

Are you feeling the acid yet?

Rare, medium, or well-done for your steak?

Better 'guardian'-Melinda or Landy?

Just kidding, Bri, I love ya!

"Was the going up worth the coming down?"

With regards to Mr Kristofferson....

First question that comes to mind:

Looking back, who would you rather have been in this life: Brian Wilson, or some average Joe who never acchieved anything noteworthy but has always been happy?

Can you get me all the Smile era acetates in your and Marilyn's possession and play them for me, and sing the vocals over  the top of the instrumental tracks?

gimme 5?

Got any of your old glasses from the Pet Sounds sessions around?  ;D

Damn, I'd ask that question too. Love the shades  :3d

As for my quesiton:
"Would you consider putting out the long awaited SMiLE box set if the proceeds went to charity?"

I think we've come up with a pretty good interview...

Following up on my question, I think it would be fun if somebody did a real in-depth interview on food with Brian. Next to music, food seems to be one of biggest loves. There's probably a lot of weird things you could learn indirectly through food-related anecdotes...

Hey, Bri - what do you think of Summer in Paradise?

Brian: Summer In Paradise is the worst album ever. Period. I've never listened to it.

Sheriff - here we go again...

 ;D

Why did you ever sell that incredible house on Bellagio Road? 

Why did you offer Carnie heroin? Are you retarded or something?

To be serious for a moment....did that really happen?

Gaines I believe mentioned it in his book, which was later capped by Gold for the psuedobiography. It was apparently what led Marilyn to leave. It's one thing to binge on coke, birthday cake, and T-bones, but quite another to offer eight year olds some smack.

That's precisely why I asked.

But, I thought Brian only experimented briefly with heroin in 1975; Marilyn & Brian divorced in 1978.

Well, if Gaines is to be believed, and I kind of do believe him, you gotta recall the Australia incident where Rocky and Stan caught Dennis with heroin that he was presumably sharing with Brian. That was early '78.

I believe that Marilyn confirmed this story in the A & E Bio, citing it as the "last straw" that prompted her to leave.  She said that no matter how much she loved Brian, she had to protect her children.

A part of me believes it; a part of me doesn't want to believe it. I remember the filmed interview with Marilyn, but to use that as the reason - or the final straw - for the divorce....There's something about the timeline that bothers me.

Update.....Checked the Gaines book out Stan claims that in there

Hello Brian. Good to see you, man. Whom does the song 'My Diane' refer to?

Do you really not know the answer to that?

 :lol haha, I know everything about the matter that was published... Brian had something going for ms. Rovell, allegedly.

Hello Brian, I have two questions actually. First: What's your favorite Beach Boys album? Second: What was your favorite Beach Boys album yesterday?  ;D

Hey, Brian.  You said Scott Bennett wasn't really talking about you with the "At 25 I turned out the light" lyric, because you were still in pretty good shape at 25.  So when do you think you started going downhill, and when did things really start getting good again?  How do you see it?

Brian's reply: 'It is rather idiosyncratic that you are putting a question before me that alludes to severe psychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's and to patients who underwent hippocampectomy to prevent epileptic seizures, so, sir, would you be so kind to illuminate your perspective on me a bit more in depth?'

Ah, good old H.M. I read that he died about a month ago. Sad. But that is WAY off topic!

I'd ask Brian, "in the late 60s and early 70s you wrote several songs with lyrics that seemed to somehow suggest that you looked upon your musical work as more of a 9 to 5 job than you might have done previously, as in 'I Just Got My Pay', 'Games Two Can Play' ('in the morning, I'm the mister businessman') and the early version of 'Add Some Music' ('on the way to work it's with you in your car'), not to mention the famous 'My friend Bob, he has a job' line that Bruce so unforgivenly turned down for 'Deirdre'. So am I right in assuming that you around 1970 began to look at your Beach Boys work as a job?"

Or maybe I'd ask something else.

My reply to that would be:

'I was merely saying that it is my impression that you seem to change you mind more often than the average human being. I do not wish to be held responsible for any further conclusions that you might draw from this assumption.'

Either that, or:

'Chill, dude.'

 :lol :lol I was fising for a good joke and I got it...

Ok that made me laugh out loud.

Just like that interview years ago...lots of BIG WORDS and we all know Brian never uses them. :)

If I coud ask him one question, I would say, "Brian, would you like to work on a drawing or painting with me?"

brian, what about that dildo incident jack used to talk about....  :lol

I can't decide between:

Do you wanna dance?

When did you first bump into a wonderful?

Is a Smile box set coming out in your lifetime?

Edit: I found the story

Alright, Now c'mon now.  Don't we ALL have a dildo story in our past somewhere?

What is a dildo?

I haven't... ???

Edit: yes I have. Boy, did it feel weird typing 'dildo' in the search field...  :-D

To Brian:  "Could you please officially release all your remaining unreleased songs from post-Smile to pre-15 Big Ones?"

Do you really think you're not a genius but just a hard working guy?   All the hype has you as a genius who hardly works.

Who did the front cover painting for Smiley Smile?

Good question...I've no idea whatsoever.

Prof. Hotdog, eh? :) Certainly original.

Last time I met Brian I tried to ask him about Little Girl I Once Knew (re: rumor that Brian was actually the catalyst to the too-soon release of Barbara Ann that shut down LGIOK's chart climb) and Break Away (did Murry really participate in the writing of that tune ) but he did not remember (or want to ) ... I'd also like to know what prompted him to write Walking Down The Path of Life (we could use that one in church!)

Sorry, that's three ...
Phil