How Smiley Smile got its title...

[Andrew G. Doe]

... according to the guy credited with same on the back cover thereof:

"My folks and I were at Brian's house. I was 12 and really didn't understand when he told us about his breakdown during Smile. So I just said to no one in particular... "Smile. Smiley Smile". And for a while I was a minor school celebrity !"

[Emily]

Well there you go.

[Lowbacca]

I always thought it was simply the most obvious stylistic diminutive. Thanks, AGD.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I always thought it was simply the most obvious stylistic diminutive. Thanks, AGD.

True... but it took a 12-year-old to see the obvious. 

[pmugghc]

... according to the guy credited with same on the back cover thereof:

"My folks and I were at Brian's house. I was 12 and really didn't understand when he told us about his breakdown during Smile. So I just said to no one in particular... "Smile. Smiley Smile". And for a while I was a minor school celebrity !"

So Brian told them about his breakdown, meaning he blamed himself? What else can this guy say about what Brian said?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Meaning he told them about his breakdown. Exactly how you can divine he blamed himself for it is something I really, really want to hear.

[joshferrell]

I always thought it was Ringo...

"Hey hey hey, that's okay Brian let's all have a Smiley Smile on this Hard Days Night, since you've been working eight days a week on the Smile album, hey Mike who is that Wild Honey you are hanging unto? is she visiting here? oh I see she's heading back to the USSR tomorrow. Well have fun with her but remember to send her my way after you're done and Don't pass me by, in fact I would love to see her Octopuses Garden, well Good night Brian just remember the smile that you send out will come back to you! or Something, like that, hey look it's Another day, Here comes the sun! I must split soon because I'm flying to Kansas city but I will get back to you soon, as far as the stress of recording remember just to let it be!"

and the rest is history..........

[Ron]

Amateurs, I was around, what happened was there was ANOTHER forum called The Smile Shop, but a bunch of people got their panties in a twist, the whole thing shut down, and then Smiley Smile rose out of the ashes.  Duh. 

[The Shift]

Amateurs, I was around, what happened was there was ANOTHER forum called The Smile Shop, but a bunch of people got their panties in a twist, the whole thing shut down, and then Smiley Smile rose out of the ashes.  Duh. 

Can't have happened that way… online BBs fans would never get their panties twisteroonied!

[Emily]

I always thought it was Ringo...

"Hey hey hey, that's okay Brian let's all have a Smiley Smile on this Hard Days Night, since you've been working eight days a week on the Smile album, hey Mike who is that Wild Honey you are hanging unto? is she visiting here? oh I see she's heading back to the USSR tomorrow. Well have fun with her but remember to send her my way after you're done and Don't pass me by, in fact I would love to see her Octopuses Garden, well Good night Brian just remember the smile that you send out will come back to you! or Something, like that, hey look it's Another day, Here comes the sun! I must split soon because I'm flying to Kansas city but I will get back to you soon, as far as the stress of recording remember just to let it be!"

and the rest is history..........

This is exactly how it went down. When Bruce was over there pressing the flesh for Pet Sounds, he turned and started working with the Beatles on Smile, but you know how karma is, he was in the accident with Paul. Ringo from then on had a dual role.