It sounds to me as if a mentally ill man is being forced to do something against his will. 

I have not been deeply into the BBs until the last few years, so I don't know the complete backstory of events with Landy or the SI album.

If you are right about this, that's very unfortunate.

I know one thing: I saw the "Summer of Love" video for the first time tonight and Brian definitely looks unhappy to me in that one. It seems strange he would even be in that video since he apparently didn't have anything to do with the song.

I think I need to read more about Brian's history to really comment intelligently on this.

I just heard "Smart Girls" for the first time last night. I thought it was great. I`ve never heard so much energy in Brian`s voice, and it was fall down funny. Reminded me (as some others have said) of his humorous songs like "Vega-Tables" or "Johnny Carson".

I also heard "The Spirit of Rock 'n Roll", the duet version with Bob Dylan. I love Brian and Bob, but I didn`t really care much for this duet. They sounded pretty mismatched. (And this is not to knock Bob`s voice, which I love. I thought "Modern Times" was great.)

For SOR`nR, I much preferred the Beach Boys version that you can see a clip of on Youtube, the one where they are performing in Hawaii on some `80`s TV special.

If anyone can tell me where I can hear the rest of SI, please email me. The only other song I`ve heard from it was "Rainbow Eyes". The version I heard was labeled as Brian having recorded the song with Dennis (??) although I`m pretty sure that`s incorrect. (On the version I heard, he used the lyrics "sweet insanity" and a few others which were updated on "Gettin` In Over My Head".)

Basically, I think they should just release SI for collectors. There might be a few bad tracks on there. Who cares if they are interesting? I think Brian`s music can be both breathtakingly beautiful and also downright fun and funny. I like it ALL.

DoveNest, I take it you`re not a big Mike Love fan. 

Just curious if anyone can tell me where I could hear any of the Mike Love solo albums (First Love, Country Love, Make Love Not War).

Thanks.