Stories of Smile obsession (and BBs Obsession in general), I want to hear them.

[letsmakeit31]

Knowing something that Andrew G Doe didn't know , Which was what was the sound source to a youtube video of "Long Promised Road which I knew the mix had to be from the 5.1. mix from the E.H. DVD, One of the few times my obsession had some use for others

[filledeplage]

I'm feeling a lot of love in this forum...like an AA meeting for Beach Boys fanatics.

Is it my own bias or is their music so much superior to others in so many ways? Be truthful to me...I know when they suck- they REALLY suck, but when they are on- they are the BEST. I just can't get enough of it.

P.S.... Love You rules.

Great analogy (AA)...sometimes it is better to keep it separate (the passion for the music from the co-workers who roll their eyes...) It is too bad that they don't "get it." You are not likely to convert them.

However, it is a relief for a forum to exist where there are like-minded people, even if one might not agree with one another from time to time.  It is no different from having a passion (rather than the pejorative term "obsession") with the music of Chopin or Mozart, just in a different time frame.  No one makes fun of a Beethoven scholar.  

It is an acquired skill to ignore what others think, and listen to your own drummer.  I have always preferred the company of people who have a "passion" for some interest;  the conversation is always lively, they are always in a learning and growth mode, and enjoy their lives, no matter what.

My favorite place to listen is while driving, and free from others' opinions, loud on the volume and heavy on the bass!

And, you arrive at your destination in a great frame of mind!    

 

[Don_Zabu]

Is it my own bias or is their music so much superior to others in so many ways? Be truthful to me...I know when they suck- they REALLY suck, but when they are on- they are the BEST. I just can't get enough of it.

P.S.... Love You rules.

Here's the thing, though: I'd rather listen to a bad Beach Boys song than a bad song by any other band.

[STE]

Here's the thing, though: I'd rather listen to a bad Beach Boys song than a bad song by any other band.

Unfortunately I'd rather listen to a bad Beach Boys song than a good song by any other band....

[bgas]

Here's the thing, though: I'd rather listen to a bad Beach Boys song than a bad song by any other band.

Unfortunately I'd rather listen to a bad Beach Boys song than a good song by any other band....

You sir, are a true fan!

[buddhahat]

Listened to every available [to me] SMiLE take a little section at a time, winding and rewinding, doing that deep listening where you put yourself into the "space" and listen around to every instrument, name, voice, comment just to have enough info to figure out what date belonged to what take.

Respect for spending the time to do that. I've considered it, but I'm just not down enough with session dates etc. as it is and would soon get tied in knots.

I avoided the burly record store owner's advances.  But I did stop for a moment and ask myself just how badly I wanted Smile.   

Whoah almost took smile fandom to a whole other level there. I suddenly have a dark vision of a young defenseless Beach Boys fan in a hideous Deliverance–style scene, Swedish Frog playing softly in the background ...

[rasmus skotte]

So how IS your SMiLE essay coming along, Grange?

[pancakerecords]

Like some of the previous posters, I spent hours listening to every available take of every track, taking notes on each one.  I scoured record shows and, later on, the internet for the best quality versions of everything out there.  Eventually I spent just over five years putting together an all-stereo SMiLE mix consisting of all of my favorite moments.  A few years into it, I found the PurpleChick mix, threw up my hands knowing I wouldn't be able to better it, and gave up for a few months.  Eventually I returned to the project as therapy during a divorce, and finished it.  It's still not as good as PurpleChick, but it's a different animal, and it still makes me laugh.

[ReggieDunbar]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

[bgas]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

Hi Brad

[Fall Breaks]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

But we did have a good time, didn't we?

[rab2591]

Like some of the previous posters, I spent hours listening to every available take of every track, taking notes on each one.  I scoured record shows and, later on, the internet for the best quality versions of everything out there.  Eventually I spent just over five years putting together an all-stereo SMiLE mix consisting of all of my favorite moments.  A few years into it, I found the PurpleChick mix, threw up my hands knowing I wouldn't be able to better it, and gave up for a few months.  Eventually I returned to the project as therapy during a divorce, and finished it.  It's still not as good as PurpleChick, but it's a different animal, and it still makes me laugh.

Don't sell yourself short. I have two main favorite mixes. And PC isn't one of them. Anytime a friend of mine takes interest in SMiLE the first think I do is burn them a copy of AlternateBrianWilsonPresents SMiLE....I don't even think about PC.

[ReggieDunbar]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

But we did have a good time, didn't we?

We had a great time!!
Didn't the guy sent to the airport hold a sign saying "THE NEAREST FARAWAY PLACE" when picking up a celebrity?

//RD

[lance]

Alternate Brian Wilson>Purple Chick.

[Mooger Fooger]

Compiled every bit of session info I could and ended up writing "The Smile File" which came out in 1993. Did numerous cross references and the like to get as comprehensive as a session timeline as was (then) possible. Visited the Bellagio home in 1989 while it was being renovated. Saw first hand the entire house included the remnants of the studio and went up the the section of the roof featured on the Sunflower gatefold. Did a walkthrough tour of Western studios with Andy Paley. Went to the fire station featured in the promo clip. And for the headline act, ran y-split cable from the tape deck machine playing stuff as supplied by hard core LA bootleg mafiosi. Was apparently on the hit list of those fine folk for stealing what they stole. Ah the good old days, or maybe I imagined all of it.

[Fall Breaks]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

But we did have a good time, didn't we?

We had a great time!!
Didn't the guy sent to the airport hold a sign saying "THE NEAREST FARAWAY PLACE" when picking up a celebrity?

//RD

He sure did. And weren't he and his Hells Angels-chased friend out clubbing with Mr. Love the very next night?

[pancakerecords]

Alternate Brian Wilson>Purple Chick.

Thanks.  It's nice to know other people enjoy it, even though I put it together just to have all of my favorite bits in one place.

[ReggieDunbar]

My BB obsession has gotten me:
1. Kidnapped and threatend to life
2. Sued for 600.000 USD
3. Tagged by Hells Angels.

Anyone who beats that I'll gladly buy a beer and share stories.

//RD

But we did have a good time, didn't we?

We had a great time!!
Didn't the guy sent to the airport hold a sign saying "THE NEAREST FARAWAY PLACE" when picking up a celebrity?

//RD

He sure did. And weren't he and his Hells Angels-chased friend out clubbing with Mr. Love the very next night?

Very true! Very fun night too! Odd. But fun. Fun but odd.
//RD