After almost 40 years, I'm still shaking my head at Brian's arrangements on Love You. Every time I listen to "I'll Bet He's Nice", I find myself thinking, "How did he come up with something like that?" It comes across as a simple song but there's soooooooo much going on in there.
Absolutely agree. The coda is particularly stunning, with that strange interplay between synth meldody and voices.
I know what you mean. For the longest time I never noticed Mike singing "you, my darlin'" to the bass synth line or whatever it is at the end. Then one day, I heard it and was knocked out. Often times there are moments in Brian's songs that I discover for the first time after hundreds of listens. Just how brilliant can one guy be?
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