My God Shady, you are right. I have just listened to Love You for the very first time. What a brilliant album. "Airplane" is quite possibly my new favorite song. It is a shame I bought the CD with "15 Big Ones", an album that I find to be terrible. Yet Love You is a godsend, not unlike Mozart's Magic Flute. Pure brilliance. Unlike 15, it doesn't sound dated at all. I don't yet have the capacity to fully comprehend the brilliance of the album quite yet, but I will definitely listen to this album time and time again.

On a side note, does anybody like "The Monkey's Uncle".......  Anybody?

Alright, I just listened to several days worth of The Beach Boys, from Sunflower to Holland. Holland is my new favorite album. This album is frigging amazing. Sail on Sailor is a great and amazing way to start the album, and I absolutely love the AL and Mike tracks of the California Saga. It not only has gorgeous melody through out, but it also references one of my favorite authors, John Steinbeck. Great frigging lyrics. Carl and the Passions is pretty good, and I love what Blondie and Stig O'Hara bring to the band. I am still trying to enjoy Sunflower and Surf's Up, yet I feel that Carl and Holland both surpass them.

By the way, how does everyone feel about the Disney film, The Monkey's Uncle? The Beach Boys sing a Sherman Brother's penned tune, yet I love it because of the kitsch value it holds today.  I remember watching this movie, along with The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, during a double feature at my local theater in  the early 1980's. I love the Beach Boys opening of The Monkey's Uncle. "Uh, huh, she love the monkey's uncle, yeah yeah, she loves the monkey's uncle, whoa whoa, she love's the monkey's uncle....". I know that it is pure cheese, but I think It is great. I'm probably the only one. Annette Funicello is truly gorgeous in the movie.

Anyway, I will try to post some well thought out reviews in the album section of the boards, when I find the time. I will re-listen to Sunflower multiple times, and see if the album grows on me. Currently, Friends, Smiley Smile, and Holland are on my replay list. They are my new favorite albums, though that can always change.

I have always thought of the title as a double entendre. I believe, IMOHO, that the title is a pun on the concept of the album, as well as the whole Child is the Father of the Man lyrics of the album.

Dadaism played a major influence in Pop Art, and I believe that this is what Smile was intended to be; baroque Pop Art with a commercial slant. I don't believe that Smile was trying to evoke the spirit of

true Dadaism, a rejection of all art as a concept created by the bourgeois capitalist society, but rather a pure expression of Pop Art. So I guess I believe that the title of the song is pronounced in the

traditional art sense. I have no facts to back up my opinion, but I like the way the title sounds when pronounced this way.

Thank you for the replies everyone. Like you, MrRobinson, I too found myself engrossed in all the information available on this board.

Shady, I had never even heard of Love You until I started to read the posted reviews on this site. I listened to several tracks that are on youtube, and it sounded like it might be right up my alley. It is incredible that there is such great music that is unknown to the general public. Discovering these albums  is exciting  for me, do to my lack of interest in the current music scene. I get to listen to "new" music.
 
I'll definitely will check out "Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!" rab2591. Is it about only the Smile sessions, or does it go into depth about the later period of the band?

         Hello. I guess I will introduce myself before I bother with any posts. I am in my mid 30s, and have been a huge Beatles fanatic for years.
With my obvious devotion to that band, I have always heard of the influence Pet Sounds had on Paul McCartney when he spearheaded
Sgt. Pepper, but never bothered to listen to Pet Sounds myself. I knew of The Beach Boys, but only from their early 60’s fun in the sun prime.
I considered them a corny, pre-British invasion Rock n’ Roll act. Except for I Get Around, Good Vibrations, and Catch A Wave,
I never thought that they were so experimental. My memories of them from the early 1980’s was as a lounge-act like band that pumped out
disco based reconfigured versions of their earlier 60’s prime. A band that was merely living off of it’s glory days.
   
         However, during the early years of the 21st century, I decided to buy Pet Sounds on a whim. It had received great reviews over the years,
and was considered one of the greatest pop albums of all time. I was genuinely curious. I bought the album, and was blown away. I had
already heard the first track, Wouldn’t It Be Nice, on the radio. Then  the second track played. You Still Believe In Me sent shivers down my spine.
It was the most gorgeous song that I had ever heard. It still is.
   
         After my first session with Pet Sounds, I was hooked. I read as much as I could on Brian, and bought the earlier albums, from Surfer Girl up until
Summer Days, and marveled at the brilliance of the productions. I realized that the early Beach Boys were not corny at all, but an important component
of American music history. I also believed that Brian was a genius producer, and the music was that he created was beyond his contemporaries.  
   
         I read about the lore of the Smile sessions, and wished that it had been completed. I tended to write off everything that followed Pet Sounds,
wishing that Brain had fulfilled his love affair with his muse. In 2004, with the release of BWPS, I was blown away. This was a genius album, worthy,
if not better than, the music that came out of 1967. I just wished that I could hear the lush production of the of the originals, as well as the heavenly
Beach Boys vocals. Sure, I heard the officially released 1960’s tracks, and downloaded the Beach Boys versions off of iTunes, yet I longed for an
official release. Then several weeks ago, I heard that Smile would be officially released. The news of this had me searching the internet, which eventually
led me to this site.
   
         After reading reviews of post Pet Sounds albums, I decided to buy the Smiley Smile up until 20/20. My God, this is brilliant firkin music.
My favorite album is Friends. I love Little Bird, Be Here In The Morning; Hell, the whole album. It is now my second favorite album after Pet Sounds.  
   
         So as of today, I decided to buy Sunflower up until Holland. I should receive them next week, and will give my thoughts on them.
I have listened to as many tracks as I could on youtube, but I need to experience the entire album to really evaluate it.
I love to feel the flow of albums; how songs lead into the next. I already know of the Smile tracks off of the albums, and I am looking forward to the other songs.
   
         I’m sorry if this introduction is overly long, but I feel a need to express how excited I am to listen to this music. Thank you for reading.