100% Brian.

Mike understandably fails to mention that perhaps if he hadn't thwarted the Wilson brothers' more progressive musical direction after 1975, iconoclastic as it may have been, in favor of commerciality at all costs, they wouldn't have been so frustrated and felt a need to increasingly turn to hard drugs to escape such a creatively stifling professional situation.

Unfortunately, almost everything is at least somewhat toxic these days. I hope and pray it will all pass.

It's funny - "Holy Man" is nothing special yet beats many tracks in POB. Btw, could Kalinich be the least interesting BBs collaborator? I would say yes.

This post is bordering on trolldom.

As much as it pains me to say so, I mostly agree with RRA1 and disagree with you entirely. I agree that Holy Man is nothing special (though I'm not sure about the POB part), and consider Kalinich's lyrics pretty bad on the whole.

Holy Man may not be the most complex track in the world but its vibe is fantastic. Kalinich's lyrics were cliched but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when combined with Dennis's music (Little Bird, Be Still)  or Brian's (California Feeling).

It's funny - "Holy Man" is nothing special yet beats many tracks in POB. Btw, could Kalinich be the least interesting BBs collaborator? I would say yes.

This post is bordering on trolldom.

Only in your world, which seems to be dominated by a neverending stream of perceived Mike Love trigger moments

You'd be better off if you got used to it instead of getting your panties in a bunch because there's more coming your way, bub.
Question for you, who's putting the gun to your head making you read my posts? Huh?  

It's in the natural flow for people to read all posts in a thread, you're part of a community here and to expect your comments to just be skipped over by some is dichotomous to that. It is unrealistic to expect anyone with an opinion or reaction to sublimate it 100% of the time, and also defeats the whole idea of group conversation to ask that of anyone. Completely narcissistic and possibly sociopathic. Just sayin'....

"Sociopathic" is over the top.

Maybe, but I said "possibly."  And it's partially a cumulative reaction to many years of reading his posts. How long have you been reading them?

I have to agree with 3RangeRover. Not sure I like this kind of humour. Just my opinion.

Then why not just ignore the thread?  Just my opinion.

And why? RangeRover deserves to know that I agree with her on this.
Nothing personal, Hickory. I usually like your posts.

You could send him/her a private message.

Al Jardine was conceived around early September which is when the age count is started from in some cultures. This makes him a Sagittarius. Thus we should look for clues in the Sagittarius album, especially My World Fell Down.

Actually, Al's birthday of September 3, 1942 means that he was most likely conceived in the range of December 5 - December 9, 1941.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was December 7, 1941 which could have been Al's date of conception.

I would search for clues in Hawaii.

Maybe there are clues in the Do You Like Worms (ohualahula), Love to Say Dada, Little Pad, and Sumahama?

Or in the "In Blue Hawaii" reworking of Da Da on BWPS. The spoken word section contains a hidden reference to Pearl Harbor in that Hawaii was feeling very blue indeed that day. + it's a blue state, and Al is a staunch democrat. REALLY reaching now.

Al Jardine was conceived around early September which is when the age count is started from in some cultures. This makes him a Sagittarius. Thus we should look for clues in the Sagittarius album, especially My World Fell Down.

I like the way you think.

Only in your world, which seems to be dominated by a neverending stream of perceived Mike Love trigger moments

You'd be better off if you got used to it instead of getting your panties in a bunch because there's more coming your way, bub.
Question for you, who's putting the gun to your head making you read my posts? Huh? 

It's in the natural flow for people to read all posts in a thread, you're part of a community here and to expect your comments to just be skipped over by some is dichotomous to that. It is unrealistic to expect anyone with an opinion or reaction to sublimate it 100% of the time, and also defeats the whole idea of group conversation to ask that of anyone. Completely narcissistic and possibly sociopathic. Just sayin'....

Uncle Jesse sure has a creepy grin in that picture. Like the Uncle that we don't talk about, or even mention by name. 

And Sugar Ray has a fanatical Ray Liotta thing going on that is rather unsettling.

And it was at "Dead Man's Curve." 'Nuff said.

Yeah, I was gonna say, whatever you chimps are smoking, I'm waiting to inhale! 

But you guys are SO stoned that the collective munchies you must be experiencing would be enough to cause a full-fledged famine in Hawthorne...

...where Al's body has been carefully concealed in one of the 105 freeway's concrete pillars.

The chimps have taken control of the zoo!

Y'know, there are quite a few "Paul Is Dead" forums out there that would fall for every idea in this thread and run with it. 

Yeah, maybe we could license them like some have licensed other things and reap a small sum each time they are recycled or used foundationally, sort of like a patent...or something....

The only thing different between this and Paul is Dead, is that not as many people are doing drugs.

Speak for yourself, MTR.

It's all starting to make sense. The pieces of the puzzle are fitting together in a way that Smile never could, the magnitude of this colossal hoax is mind-boggling and its implications positively limitless.

I guess I may be being overly judgmental about that vocal part, it just struck the wrong nerve one evening.

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

Precisely, and Sal was also trying to tell us with the bells that the original Al was secretly buried behind Worthington Dodge on Bell-flower Blvd. in L.A. In its goofy commercials, Cal (!) Worthington always a wild animal by his side which he referred to as "my dog Spot", an obvious allusion to Pet Sounds.

The bells were utilized the most in 1978... 78...

7... The number of letters in Jardine.

8... The number of letters in the word REPLACED!

Say it isn't so!

Amazing! And just realized that the run-on groove of "Whistle In" has a weird scratchy voice (Kalinich?) saying "I saw Al die" backwards, chanted over some random"In My Childhood" bicycle horn outtakes.

9 letters, next in the numerical progression!

One opinion that I've heard several times from people who were there at the time (I think Vosse and Anderele said it, I know Carol Kaye said it) was that Smile was going to blow Pet Sounds away. 

I do agree that parts of Smile are superior (ie  Surf's Up, Wonderful, Cabinessence, Our Prayer), but as a full piece, I'm sorry, but I don't think there's any contest. 

IMO you can't really compare a body of work that was aborted and never reached mature fruition for various reasons to one that was nurtured in a much more stable, supportive environment. Also, fantastic as Pet Sounds is, the Smile material is even more avant-garde and experimental, and even though it's more fragmentary in nature and not as linear, it's spurious to compare the two.

Seems to me that Brian's recent autobiography would have been a much more interesting read if the writer of this article, Jason Fine, had been the cowriter of I Am Brian Wilson, as originally planned.

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I think Carl's live reinterpetation of Heroes is brilliant - it becomes a great rock and roll song but with the doo wop "barbershop" harmonies still in there and he even sticks "Bicycle rider" back into the chorus.  Yeah Mike oversings his part it sh9ould be more in the background but imagine if the Beach Boys had played it this way at Monterey - the crowd would have been on their feet!

I agree it's excellent, never said it wasn't. All except Mike's addition. Was just trying to get the backstory on that.

Totally minor but seems as valid as some: was just listening to H&V in Central Park '70 or so and was freshly struck by the insipid "da heroes, da heroes, da heroes and villains" vocal that Mike in his infinite wisdom seems to have taken it upon himself to add to live performances around that time. Is there another story behind that brilliant lyrical addition that I'm unaware of?

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

Precisely, and Sal was also trying to tell us with the bells that the original Al was secretly buried behind Worthington Dodge on Bell-flower Blvd. in L.A. In its goofy commercials, Cal (!) Worthington always a wild animal by his side which he referred to as "my dog Spot", an obvious allusion to Pet Sounds.

It's a little known fact that after the real Al passed in 1965, Paul Simon was approached about joining The Beach Boys, but he turned down the offer as he didn't want to be a mere Al Jardine replacement.  

Over two decades later, he used this an inspired when he was stuck on a title for a new song.  He settled on "You Can Call Me Al."

Simon clearly regretted his decision down the road, he could have been the Mike to Brian's Garfunkel.

['Al']

Nothing really. It turns out Watamushi is the real Al Jardine. Proof was offered but Range Rover didn't believe it and this argument broke out. I bravely stepped between them and took some verbal damage, cos that's the kind of guy I am.

I'm OK though, don't worry.

Yep, I have shared some of my ideas that implied I was Al:
・I said that I didn't really like the first two albums of the BBs, which has little appearance of Al
・I once recommended Al's A Postcard from California along with Brian's solo albums.
・I'm definitely a big admirer for On Broadway, where Al sang lead.
・I seemingly love most of what Al has written:Susie Cincinnati, All This is That, Lookin' Down the Coast, Crack at Your Love, to name a few.
・Al once tried to control public opinions with his 'California Recall Blues', and I'm trying to control that in Pet Sounds Forum and Smiley Smile Forum with bunch of polls.
・Al likes Folk music. And I have some of my favorites among folk (or folk rock) musicians: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, etc. I undeniably love to sing 'The Time They Are A-Changin', which Al sang on Party! album.

For all of these reasons, I swear that Watamushi must be Al Jardine, or Sal, or 'Rhonda' Al. He must've came here and PSF to convert every Brianista into 'Al'ista.

But wait, then who am I that is about to post this post  

You have successfully fooled us all (until now), congratulations!