Smiley Smile

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

The unfinished SMiLE sessions, while fun to listen to, would definatly not have topped Smiley Smile.

For SMiLE to work it needs to be completed like a complex jigsaw puzzle. With just the parts, it's still nice, but it's not the full deal/story/picture by any means.

Smiley Smile is a unique album. It will stay that for a long time.

[I. Spaceman]

Absolutley terrible. How could they release this after pet sounds? Even if they just released the unfinished Smile sessions it would be light years beyond this crap.

Don't let the door hit your ass.

[Aegir]

Come on, look at his username, he's just trying to cause trouble. Don't fall for it.

[I. Spaceman]

AND it's the same guy who posted that fake history in BB Discussion and is NOW posing as Desper in the Desper thread.

[theCOD]

It's great to see that some people don't just think of Smiley as a SMiLE replacement.  It is my favorite album of all time.  I can listen to it over and over and never get tired of hearing it.  I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in.  If I'm happy, I love it.  Sad, love it.  Pissed off, love it.  I'd take Smiley over any version of SMiLE.

So, yea, I think it's good.  I give it a 5.

[Chris D.]

Welcome back!!!

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

I love Dennis' brief appearances throughout Smiley.

"Tinkliiiiiiing".

[Jason]

I like to puff the ganja while I listen to Smiley Smile, man.

[Chris D.]

I like to tinkle.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

I like to puff the ganja while I listen to Smiley Smile, man.

Does anyone know of a direct refernce to what Carl Wilson spoke of with Smiley and the drug-rehabilitation-places?

He said that people who were on bad trips had been issued Smiley Smile and calmed right down. I've always wondered where this came from exactly and if there is any evidence supporting it.

[Jason]

I like to tinkle.

You're just a regular old tinkler, aren't you?

[Jason]

Does anyone know of a direct refernce to what Carl Wilson spoke of with Smiley and the drug-rehabilitation-places?

He said that people who were on bad trips had been issued Smiley Smile and calmed right down. I've always wondered where this came from exactly and if there is any evidence supporting it.

I believe that was an 80s quote.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

I meant does anyone know where Carl got his info from about that stuff?

[mike8902]

The unfinished SMiLE sessions, while fun to listen to, would definatly not have topped Smiley Smile.

For SMiLE to work it needs to be completed like a complex jigsaw puzzle. With just the parts, it's still nice, but it's not the full deal/story/picture by any means

I totally disagree. The smile sessions alone are in my top 5 albums ever, even though it's not complete. All I'm saying is even if they released the unfinished smile sessions it would've done way better than smiley did. Wind chimes, Wonderful, and Vegetables just ruin smiley smile for me. It hurts me to think that the rest of the band listened to the beautiful smile versions of these songs and came to the conclusion that re-recording "frankenstein versions" of them would be better. The only reason I gave Smiley Smile a 2 is because of Little Pad and Gettin Hungry, but it hardly saves it from going under.

[I. Spaceman]

It's great to see that some people don't just think of Smiley as a SMiLE replacement.  It is my favorite album of all time.  I can listen to it over and over and never get tired of hearing it.  I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in.  If I'm happy, I love it.  Sad, love it.  Pissed off, love it.  I'd take Smiley over any version of SMiLE.

So, yea, I think it's good.  I give it a 5.

Me too.

[Aegir]

I think Heroes and Villains is by far the worst rerecording on Smiley Smile.. there was absolutely no reason not to include a better version.

Wouldn't it be something if they recorded a "Smiley Smile version" of Good Vibrations? I can just picture it now, just bass for nearly the whole song, Carl vocally screeching the theremin line, the original Tony Asher chorus but not as upbeat, and at the end of the song all the sudden someone shouts out "Aaah, earthquake!" and there's rumbly sound effects, everyone's screaming, then it all fades away and goes into a wonderful a capella fadeout of "I don't know where but she sends me there, my my my what an elation.."

[Evenreven]

That sounds rad. I've always been a sucker for bizarre low-key versions of Good Vibes.

[matt 1234]

man, this album was just the worst thing brian wilson di until his solo stuff.  how can anyone, i mean anyone say that this was good? smile, not the new one but the stuff that wasnt released, the session tapes are amazing. surfs up, wonderful, heroes and villians. those songs got butchered in smiley smile, that album got them kicked out of the counter culture scene, it was avant garde it was crap. and  believe me i love the beach boys and have to defend them all the time to people who wont even give em a chance, i think ive heard almost everything they have donw and smiley smile is by far at the bottom of that list of songs. 

if you like this, i think its not actually for liking it, its because you would like anything they did, its the same way when u see some pink rocker listening to some terrible band, he doesnt really like the new punk band but just goes with it because its punk.

 reading this almost made me flip out, i just dont see how anyone could say that perhaps the most amazing album of the last fifty years is not as good as this crap. this album  serves as a head stone on smiles grave , nothing more. anyone who enjoyed the original smile has to be offended by this.  hell, the people who made it said it sucked, brian wilson said it was a piece of sh*t. " a piece of sh*t, an absolute piece of sh*t." maybe that doesnt matter to you guys, i will just have to laugh if i hear anything about mike love being the real brains behind the beach boys or something like that.

[matt 1234]

hahaha, mike they think you are posing as desper haha. mike 8902, dude u  nerds are crazy, oh and u should listen to that bbs documentary. i have it on my computer and they trash smiley smile pretty badly.  anyone who isnt a die hard beach boys fan hates this album, its so bad.
mike8902 is his screen name because his actual name is mike, not in reference to mike love

[Evenreven]

Is that crack? Cool! can I have some?

[matt 1234]

ya re release it on smiley smile and the song becomes quite ironic
good vibrations = while the song would only give you bad vibrations

[Evenreven]

Hey, I asked you for some crack! It's not polite to not answer, man.

[I. Spaceman]

man, this album was just the worst thing brian wilson di until his solo stuff.  how can anyone, i mean anyone say that this was good? smile, not the new one but the stuff that wasnt released, the session tapes are amazing. surfs up, wonderful, heroes and villians. those songs got butchered in smiley smile, that album got them kicked out of the counter culture scene, it was avant garde it was crap. and  believe me i love the beach boys and have to defend them all the time to people who wont even give em a chance, i think ive heard almost everything they have donw and smiley smile is by far at the bottom of that list of songs. 

if you like this, i think its not actually for liking it, its because you would like anything they did, its the same way when u see some pink rocker listening to some terrible band, he doesnt really like the new punk band but just goes with it because its punk.

 reading this almost made me flip out, i just dont see how anyone could say that perhaps the most amazing album of the last fifty years is not as good as this crap. this album  serves as a head stone on smiles grave , nothing more. anyone who enjoyed the original smile has to be offended by this.  hell, the people who made it said it sucked, brian wilson said it was a piece of merda. " a piece of merda, an absolute piece of merda." maybe that doesnt matter to you guys, i will just have to laugh if i hear anything about mike love being the real brains behind the beach boys or something like that.

You really need to get the foda off this board. You're an idiot.
Thank you.

[Chris D.]

Hey, I asked you for some crack! It's not polite to not answer, man.

Haha, don't waste your time with this guy.  I should'nt even expend this energy, but 1) he thinks we should listen to Brian's opinion about Smiley Smile because he made it, but not think Brian was right to trash Smile?

Anyway -- I had a long post full of insults, but the troll is not worth the energy.  It's hard enough getting the real fans to appreciate Smiley.

[Evenreven]

My nice plan was to ask a question about crack for every post, but you and Ian destroyed it. Thank God.