Jack Reiley Appreciation Thread

[onkster]

I think his true love for the good things about the group made him an ideal guy to help them out. Despite whatever issues he had.

Go back and read his posts in this group, or the edited version of them I put together at one point. There's so much love there, and sadness that it couldn't continue.

The Rieley period is my favorite one, post-1967.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I hope Rieley reads this thread.

[onkster]

And better yet, writes us some more stuff.

[Puggal]

He was a con artist who wrote terrible lyrics and was the culprit behind the embarassing faux-political songs on Surf's Up. I don't see a whole lot to admire. I guess he made the band more "timely," but only at the expense of their credibility and originality.

[runnersdialzero]

He was a con artist who wrote terrible lyrics and was the culprit behind the embarassing faux-political songs on Surf's Up. I don't see a whole lot to admire.

Yeah, those songs blow. The guy didn't help bring out Carl's creative peak as a songwriter, nor did he see to it that "Surf's Up" (I didn't want Smile to be finished later on a as a result, anyway) or "'Til I Die" made a Beach Boys album instead of rotting in a closet somewhere. Mother f*cker robbed us of brilliant work like "Loop De Loop" and "Susie Cincinnati" appearing on a proper album. He should be shot, I'm afraid.