Has anyone heard some of this fricken (damn you todd hoffman) stuff ? Wow.


idc how its done, the vibe is kickass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OB3FmZcG7w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzHkhZsM3Rg&feature=related

theres others too.

It's a blue world!

Brians voice is so great on "wontcha come out tonight", it has so much feeling.

I'm a sucker for this album, I like maybe 70%

I would never play it around another human though

rofl

For what it is, it's well done.  The songs are decent, and so is the production.  Someone once remarked that it's the first Beach Boys album to come out in quite a few years that actually sounds like the Beach Boys.

Agreed

I think a third of the album is excellent, including My Diane, She's Got Rhythm, Sweet Sunday Kinda Love and Wontcha Come Out Tonight.

Ya totally agree, also Pitter patter was kinda cool, and of course Matchpoint of our Love

Ive never really listened to it straight through, its really good! Its obvious brians voice sounds Great for the period.  Like!

I think brian should do Id love just once to see you 

Every time i put on my Wild Honey LP I always admire the cover haha, I wonder what happened to the stained glass window, i wonder if its still at bellagio rd? i think thats where it was

Leaving this town is one for me

Have any of these ever appeared ?

Let it be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0Bt2yFFsg

Dont talk (piano demo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCDONGlQoV4

Can someone tell me where to find the session where brian and murry freak out on each other, think it mighta been a help me rhonda session?  thanks!

Very good, sounds real close to me 

Lets go away for a while is pretty complex, and of course Surf's up   And also IJWMFTT! c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI26YQSB-Xg

just got a baldwin upright, gonna try at some songs.

its tempting

Ya i didnt notice that till i got back home lol, if anyone has an iphone turn it on its side for videos lol.
I uploaded a second part for the people who have never seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbtDGRJNcYk

Hey all i finally got a video that i took at Laurel Way in July.  I was a lil hungover so dont mind me lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms8R9t16bnI

Hey all,

I was just curious if anyone knows where the places they are for the promo films? Is the house/pool laurel way?

Mmk , idk if this floored anyone like me, but as i hear , and learn more abouy SMiLE, i wish there was more live footage of Brian and the boys from the period.  Really bugs me 'inside pop' didnt have an interview with Brian.. idk.. But i would love to see more, especially possibly the Jules siegel reels. Anything.  Fucking love the pic of brian at laurel way from inside of the garage facing out in the booklet too (since i know i was standing 10 feet from there!)  Really, love the part on the live footage where brian sings his part of good vibes chorus. its great.

Loving these stories!

For me, it was the American Band on VHS in the late 80s so I would have been about 10 and only knew 'The Hits'. When I heard Surf's Up over the opening titles, I thought it was called Chug A Lug so imagine my face when I bought Surfin Safari on cassette not too long after and heard a song about root beer!
Anyways, the thing that stuck with me was Fire and Bicycle Rider Theme and the video of Carl and Dennis changing.
Roll on a few years and I hear the songs on the boxset and then the twofers but the biggest eyeopener was a poster off the Bloo did me a massive favour a couple of years back and posted me 'a few' CDs which included the Smile Project-I'm not sure my ears have recovered.

It doesn't matter whether you've waited 44 or 4 years for this to happen-it is and next Monday/Tuesday is going to be a pretty special day. And, even though I've never even met most of you, I'm looking forward to spending next Tuesday morning with boxset in hand, CD1 starting up and logging on here.

Oh, I also think Phil should be unbanned-give the guy a chance to apologise. Just my 0.0125480p (current exchange rate!)

You are correct... My first actual SMiLE experience was Surf's Up during the american band vhs credits... I always remembered the song i was only about 7 years old... lol... But I always wondered about it, cause it was never on any of the cassettes my parents got me (all capitol bad comps)... Then when i was like 12 , a neighbor was throwing out a bunch of lp's, and me and my friends went through them.  I got a BB album called like "20 Good Vibrations" on Reprise, i recognized a few of the songs.. and i noticed a song called Surf's Up, put it on and im like damn this wasnt the song from the opening title :\.  Then it got to the second section and i rejoiced, and its been my favorite song of All Time.  Also, in the 80s.. most of the american band vhs' that were out, didnt include the inside pop performance, they were all about 70 minutes i think.. took a while to find the full length one.  Was happy to find out the American Band/IJWMFTT Dvd, had the full version!

Im not sure if i got the boxset before it, (it was all in the same time period), but my first SMiLE cd was the 2 disc "bits and pieces" with the "dont talk" instrumental as the last track of one of the discs. It was 1998, I was 15... found it at a independant record shop.. $50 bucks it cost me, traded Alot of the cds and begged my dad for the money.. i jsut had to have it... and it went with me everywhere in my discman, for a long time.

That little snippet of "Surf's Up '67" - I'm speechless.  So beautiful I can't even believe it.

It certainly is, and it's certainly not Brian who sings it.

It is DEFINETLEY Brian.  That is a silly thing to say.  No one would sit and play Surf's Up at a piano besides Brian at the time.  The quality is so good 

surfsup 1967!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So clear!!!!! on that piano...is it a baldwin? from the smiley smile/wild honey sessions?