Capriccio Italien is a good piece by one of my fav composers, but imho the masterpiece in the "homage to another country" genre is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nP0gqKmWuY

The finale is majestic, and you can easily imagine it played by a big bagpipe band.

Though hailing from the backwoods of Europe, I guess the US president is important enough for everyone to give me a right to chime in.
To wit: if I could, I'd give Hillary my vote, though I like her as little as I like the World Anti-Doping Agency (and trust me, that's VERY little).
All the same, I'd support her against any republican candidate, not just Trump. Republicans mantain that global warming is a hoax, though they perfectly know the truth themselves. That's more than enough for me.
Who can vote, please don't waste it on hopeless candidates!
 

Agree with OSD too, but I'll add "Rio Grande".

->BRIANISMS in air, B.!!<-

This is my favourite palindrome ever!

I have heard a rumour that the young lady with Scott & Guitar is Barbara Ann herself. More probably a descendant.

Sadly, the lady who gave her name to the song "Barbara Ann" died six years ago.  

Thanks, I didn't know the song was inspired by a real lady with the same name. I'm sorry she died, of course.
By the way, I don't understand all the flack the song gets from BB fans. It was Barbara Ann, more than fifty years ago, that introduced me to the wonderful world of BB vocal harmony. Not the best song in their canon, but far from the worst imho.

Love You, rather than Holland, was the end of an era. The last artistic statement by Brian released under the group name (it would have been Adult Child, if released*). In TWGMTR, only the ending "suite" is an artistic statement, though ranking among Brian's greatest, imho.

* Or maybe not? Would a released Adult Child have been further followed up? Would we have more orchestral gems such as "It's Over Now" and "Still I Dream of It"?

Worked for me, Billy! Thanks a lot, my screen looks so much cleaner now!

Aside from "Good Timin'" and the three Dennis songs, there's not much great about it.

I wish Dennis didn't write these songs. That would be jolly good. Emotional or not - who cares? "Good Timin'" doesn't sound like good timin'. It should be "good borin'", ha!

It's sad what living in Chernobyl does to ones brain cells.

Ringo, your post is generally xenophobic against Russians and Ukrainians, and personally insulting to RangeRoverA1. It's also insulting to all the victims of the giant tragedy that Chernobyl was and is. FYI, Chernobyl killed, and is still killing, people right where I live, at thousands of kilometers of distance from Russia and Ukraine.

Take this as my unpopular BB opinion.

In all fairness, she had thrown some barbs at him before and there is history there.

Doesn't make the post right, but knowing Jay the way I do, I know he didn't mean it in a xenophobic way at all.

Yeah, I made a mistake with that post. It was really in poor judgment and taste. I'm sorry guys. I'm especially sorry to thorgil, who was probably affected most by my comment. I didn't intend to be xenophobic or racist in any way. It was just a dumb "joke". Again. I'm sorry.

No biggie. Sorry but maybe I am over-sensitive on that kind of subject. I usually like your posts so was also a bit surprised. Your sincere apology is unsurprising instead, and thanks a lot for it.    

The Stamos thing doesn't bother me so much because, for better or for worse, he helped introduce a lot of younger folks (like me) to TBB. 

The thing with Scott Totten, well, I don't know.  I think it depends.  If it's one of the female fans up there for Barbara Ann, and she's actually having fun with it, it's not too bad. 

I suppose we all already know how we all respectively feel about the Stamos factor.

As for Totten, from everything I've seen, it's just a schtick he does sometimes for a song at the end of the show. I would imagine it's plenty of fun for him and whomever wants to go up on stage and do that. I'm also sure plenty of folks watching think it's fine and fun.

I just think that sort of stuff is a little skeevy conceptually.

Here's a combo of the cheerleader thing and the guitar thing!

I have heard a rumour that the young lady with Scott & Guitar is Barbara Ann herself. More probably a descendant.

FdP, thanks for further clarifying your ideas. I'm referring to the post ending with the reference to Emily's grandma.

Aside from "Good Timin'" and the three Dennis songs, there's not much great about it.

I wish Dennis didn't write these songs. That would be jolly good. Emotional or not - who cares? "Good Timin'" doesn't sound like good timin'. It should be "good borin'", ha!

It's sad what living in Chernobyl does to ones brain cells.

Ringo, your post is generally xenophobic against Russians and Ukrainians, and personally insulting to RangeRoverA1. It's also insulting to all the victims of the giant tragedy that Chernobyl was and is. FYI, Chernobyl killed, and is still killing, people right where I live, at thousands of kilometers of distance from Russia and Ukraine.

Take this as my unpopular BB opinion.

I have an American friend who was born in Colorado and has still her family living there. According to what she says, it seems a really fine place. I hope you fulfill that wish, Billy.

Yes, the live version in Made in California is excellent*. I like it even more than Kokomo! **

* But what is NOT excellent in that box?
** Please don't hate on me, OSD and SMiLE Brian. I am still a "Brianista"...

Not really a "Life Suite", but this is the "Beach Boys album" I assembled from TWGMTR and NPP and posted on the Blueboard some time ago. Anyway, I think it works as a Life Suite, too.
Some  notes:
Only Beach Boys voices on lead, and Al's one is pleasantly all over Side One.
"This Beautiful Day" and "Half Moon Bay" make for a great dreamlike opening to Side Two, which is all dreamlike however.
"One Kind of Love" is the perfect album closer for me.

THE BEACH BOYS:   "FROM THERE TO BACK AGAIN"

Side One

01. Think About the Days
02. Isn't It Time
03. Whatever Happened
04. The Right Time
05. I'm Feeling Sad
06. Tell Me Why
07. Sail Away

Side Two

08. This Beautiful Day
09. Half Moon Bay
10. Strange World
11. From There to Back Again
12. Pacific Coast Highway
13. Summer's Gone
14. One Kind of Love

Great site! Congrats and thanks for your work and for linking it here.
I'd have just one suggestion: imo "Pacific Ocean Blue & Bambu - 2 CD Deluxe Legacy Edition" is so important a release that it should have its own independent place. By the way, "Bambu" could have its gems highlighted too.
Speaking of gems, I agree with almost all of them.

I imagined a little exchange between fans, respectively, of Beatles/BBs and of Rhythm & Blues:

"Revol., Brian?"
"Na, I RB lover."

Going on a tangent here, but it's a pity that Jeff Beck never made an album with Eno. Imho he's the only guitarist who can out-Fripp Fripp if he decides to play that style. He showed that especially when he played for Roger Waters. And he'd never consented to "An Index of Metals", but I can hear him on "Evensong"...

Do you know this extremely brilliant musical palindrome by Haydn (Symphony No. 47, third movement) ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516FvPFu7ag

"Evening Star", by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. Heavenly music on Side 1, unlistenable garbage on Side 2.

And...
How much of the 60's is Lovey?
How much of Pet Sounds is Asherey?
How much of Smile is Smiley... oops, Parksey?
How much of the 70's is Rieley?
How much of the 80's is Landey?
How much of the 90's/early 2000's is Paley?
How much of Christmas is Christmasey?
How much of Imagination, TWGMTR and NPP is Thomasey?

Ah, these collaborators. It's like you need a mess of help to stand alone.

Exactly opposite for me. I wanted so much to like the whole album that at first I gave a... break to "Daybreak".

I don't know if this can be considered an unpopular opinion here, but it's a direct answer to an observation I just read on the PS forum: no, I don't consider Brian's solo output "lackluster" at all, even compared to his creative peak. Different? Yes. Lackluster? No way.
Between PS/Smile and "lackluster" there's lots of space, and Brian' solo work can be easily accomodated there.

"Daybreak"... the horrors. Mandatory skip.

I can get sick of much music. Never of the Boys.

I guess this is the most unpopular of my opinions: I hate "I Get Around". Listened to it many times and tried to like it. Hated it more at each listen. It's my least favourite among all the BB songs, including their post-1980 output.