Originals, please stop.

Not sure what your problem is or why you're following me around insulting me. I'm a Beach Boys fan enjoying being around other fans. Most of the posts I have made have gone two and three pages with fan discussion. If people want me to leave the board, I will. I'm not trying to make trouble. I'm surprised at your negative comments as most have been very friendly.

Please leave. There, I asked, now keep your side of the deal.

DONE.

Fair enough. If people want me gone, then I'll leave. Again, not trying to start any trouble - - I was just getting some conversations going. No one has to open any of my topics and read them.

I don't want you gone at all. But I will say this:

There's a kind of unspoken rule on message boards that you don't clog up the page with new entries. I understand, like you've said that you are "a Beach Boys fan enjoying being around other fans" but ultimately I've noticed that you almost never engage in threads that you yourself haven't started. It's kind of like going to a a town hall meeting and using all the time at the meeting to voice your personal concerns and issues. If you like being around Beach Boys fans, a good piece of advice is to engage with them on their issues too, not dominate the discussion with your topics. I think that's fair, don't you?

That's cool.

Fair enough. If people want me gone, then I'll leave. Again, not trying to start any trouble - - I was just getting some conversations going. No one has to open any of my topics and read them.

Originals, please stop.

Not sure what your problem is or why you're following me around insulting me. I'm a Beach Boys fan enjoying being around other fans. Most of the posts I have made have gone two and three pages with fan discussion. If people want me to leave the board, I will. I'm not trying to make trouble. I'm surprised at your negative comments as most have been very friendly.

Okay, bye.

Hope I didn't do anything wrong......
 

You did.  You spelt "a lot" incorrectly.  There's no such word as "alot."

There. Now you've just learned one more thing.

Thanks!

The many "random" threads started recently.. come on mods..

Hope I didn't do anything wrong......

 

Well, new compared to most of you. I'm learning alot! Thanks everyone......

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VEGETABLES



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I'm not Newguy....but I'm new, guy.

It's the most I think I've ever heard Mike 'sing'. It's a gorgeous song and production.

As far as I can tell - there has never been a Carl Wilson biography published and I am surprised and disappointed. His unique role in the band and within his family would make for a FASCINATING read. There are some great books about Brian and about Dennis. What about the great Carl Wilson?

"All I Wanna Do"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO_LX-m74uw

What a trippy song. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gek_4Pqce2Y

I always thought he just gave up and Smiley smile was a Passive agressive thing  by him,,

Interesting. I seem to remember Marilyn intimating something along those lines once.....

Many would disagree with me, and that's okay - - but I've never been a fan of 'Smiley Smile'. I can't understand why a great song like 'He Gives Speeches' could become the bizarre and silly throwaway 'She's Going Bald', for example. Or how the original 'Windchimes' could be transformed into the inferior version on 'Smiley Smile' and released instead. I don't mean to offend anyone who loves the album - - these are all just preferences. But I still think the music world would have taken alot more notice had the Beach Boys released what had been finished of 'SMiLE' at the time rather than put out 'Smiley Smile'.

The Don sees Smiley Smile as a unique artistic endeavour all on its own, just like Love You. Preferably not to be judged with other material in mind.

Maybe that's my problem - I've been tempted to compare the two.

IIRC Brian is credited as writing the words to He Gives Speeches.

I always imagine the song being about Murry.

I appreciate everyone's responses and see that my initial thesis was flawed; the album wasn't as complete as I thought it was at the time.
That's why I love this board!

Don't forget, Mark Linett had to do a LOT of work to the SMiLE tapes to get even the sparse versions featured on the 1993 GV box set done and out. And that was with the benefit of 90s tech. Doing the more advanced versions for the SMiLE box needed a lot MORE work, and that with 21st century tech.

Great points.

Many would disagree with me, and that's okay - - but I've never been a fan of 'Smiley Smile'. I can't understand why a great song like 'He Gives Speeches' could become the bizarre and silly throwaway 'She's Going Bald', for example. Or how the original 'Windchimes' could be transformed into the inferior version on 'Smiley Smile' and released instead. I don't mean to offend anyone who loves the album - - these are all just preferences. But I still think the music world would have taken alot more notice had the Beach Boys released what had been finished of 'SMiLE' at the time rather than put out 'Smiley Smile'.

Because he worked very hard on the smile recordings to be released a certain way. I think releasing those recording in an abbreviated and non-representative fashion was repugnant to him.

I understand. But to have a masterpiece like 'Surf's Up' completed and in the can and then just to leave it unreleased.....wow.

I prefer Smile, for its playfulness.

 

After Brian's original sprawling vision for 'SMiLE' collapsed, I've often wondered why he didn't simply pick out the best completed pieces and put that out as 'SMiLE'. In other words - why go and re-record a bunch of stripped down versions and make 'Smiley Smile'? We know he had 'Good Vibrations', 'Heroes & Villains', 'Wonderful', 'Wind Chimes', 'Surf's Up', 'Vegetables', 'My Prayer', 'Cabinessence', 'Roll Plymouth Rock', and 'You're Welcome' in the can. Why not just release those songs? Cue them up in any running order. And in time to compete with 'Sgt. Peppers'. They were done and they were brilliant! That's a far superior package to 'Smiley Smile' in my humble opinion.

Can't wait to buy this (and the first one!)