Talking of Swedish, old Shere Khan's "coda" to thiis Disney song has always cracked me up, even more so here, where his (Shere's a he, right?) bass voice is even deeper than in the original version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjfV4K1vgk

Yes, Shere Khan's a he----and never more so than here, hahaha.

I guess so, though I'd bet that she-tigers can hit some pretty deep notes, too.

Nice oriiginal thread. My fav, of course, is this one:     I like the    too, though I consider it OSD's personal propriety.
Among the "normal" ones:    
And "normallest" of all, the good old smiley itself:  

Always Landy for me.

I like Mike's goatee, imho it gives him a more "distinguished" look, very appropriate for his age.

Wow, Billy, that's genius... er, "hard working girl"... stuff. Thans so much for sharing!

Talking of Swedish, old Shere Khan's "coda" to thiis Disney song has always cracked me up, even more so here, where his (Shere's a he, right?) bass voice is even deeper than in the original version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjfV4K1vgk

The work Scott is doing is really super. My humblest thanks to him for taking the time and the effort, and sharing the results.

I like the quirkiness of Love You.

Yes that's exactly what I love in it. It's as quirky as "Smiley Smile", but in a wholly different way, as it's shown by the fact that some people love SS but hate LY, and vice versa. One of the most interesting qualities of Brian's music is that it can range from totally "square" to totally quirky - and what's more, quirky in several different ways.
If "Adult Child" had ever been released, it would have been quirky in yet another way. There is nothing in LY resembling "It's Over Now" and "Still I Dream of It".

I love Smiley Smile. Only issue I have with it: too short.

Ditto. Every track should be mini-rock opera length.

Would be fantastic.

John: I had Smiley Smile as a gift in 1967. It caught me at first listen, so delightfully strange.

I love Love You - all of it.

I love Smiley Smile. Only issue I have with it: too short.

1) Brian IS a genius.
2) Mike is not.
3) "Brianistas" are right, and always will be.

kds, nobody is "trashing" Mike's book. I even said that the article's author obviously didn't learn from Mike's writing style.
But what do I know? I am only a "Brianista", good only to be "stirred up".

Gohi, but that way you missed Tom Wolfe's tangerine-flaked streamlined era...

Right, "it's time to destroy the legend of Brian Wilson". It's not like we owe anything to him, after all.

Reposting my notes from the Blueboard:

"... Dennis (the surfer stud and future co-star of the existential driving experience Two-Lane Blacktop), and Carl Wilson (the most soulful crooner) ..."
(And so, the "lesser" Beach Boys are taken care of. Bravo!)

"... the slangy vernacular and catchy concision of “Little Deuce Coupe” and “I Get Around” conjure the energy burst of the Tom Wolfe tangerine-flaked streamlined era, while the self-conscious quest of Surf’s Up for prophecy and profundity seems more like recording-studio heroics."
(TOM WOLFE'S TANGERINE-FLAKED STREAMLINED ERA??? IN THE SAME SENTENCE WHERE HE'S PANNING SURF'S UP?)

"He was a genius, but genius isn’t everything, and sometimes it isn’t even enough."
(I guess he is not speaking from personal experience here...)

Though obviously a big fan of Mike's, he seems to have learned remarkably little from his hero's writing style... he reads much more like a bad would-be VDP imitator.

As Smiley Smile exclusive content, I'll add that I'd be seriously worried about Brian's book if this guy had preferred it.

Wow Hey Jude, what an analysis! Thanks!

I tried to follow the lore about H & V, but had to throw the sponge. Too complex, too many variables. I think H & V is a fractal enigma, like Smile itself. The complexity of any part equals the complexity of the whole.
For me, the "definitive" H & V was the one-two punch in tracks 19 and 20 of Disc 2 in the 1993 GV boxset. Before, I had never known that such a thing as Smile might have existed, let alone a thousand alternate versions of H & V.
Tracks 19 and 20, a new musical world opened to me. I wasn't simply believing what was pouring out of the headphones, and it's still my most exhilarating experience as a music listener. And, of course, H & V has two parts: track 19 and track 20. Not only for me, as that structure was reproduced in the H & V "single" vinyl in 2011.

According to David himself, he doesn't sing anywhere on the album.

Bruce sings one of the high parts on Isn't It Time and is actually quite audible.

And quite good, autotoons or not.

I love "Bambu", as released in 2008, even more than "Pacific Ocean Blue".

I think the circumstances project a tragic, but defiant aura on the album, and the songs are strong enough to support that without collapsing under the weight. That's why I consider it a masterpiece.

Ah well... Tristan & Isolde... that's sublime. It's Wagner's Pet Sounds, much like the "Ring" is his Smile.

Everybody who, like me, has watched a lot of classic Hollywood movies has listened, usually without knowing it, to countless uncredited variations on Tristan & Isolde's music...

When all is said and done, I get only a two-word message from all this: "Poor Brian."

Or they could have released this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N65BLLg3tY

No love for their last masterpiece, Innuendo?