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Ecco Group: Musicians Posts: 229 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Nov. 14 2004, 16:02 If you are a fan of "Amarok", then you will probably appreciate this other masterpiece. Written 37 years ago, it has finally been re-recorded and released in it's entirety. Though the album is vocal-intensive and has very little electric guitar, their are numerous analogies to MO's epic "Amarok" album: 1) Recurring themes,some very brief, strung seamlessly together 2) the use of household appliances 3) emotional range from sad to happy to child-like to frenzied etc... 4) the wide ranging musical genres 5) there us nothing like it in pop 6) it takes repeated listens to "get it" 7) it transcends "pop" music and is more akin to classical Highly recommend ! -------------- http://www.myspace.com/twilighttide Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 14 2004, 16:46 He did played in Brazil about 2 weeks ago,including some tunes of Smile.I'll watche the show on tv,it was too expansive to go there. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 14 2004, 17:44 Wasn't 'Smile' the lost Beach Boys album, the one which was never supposed to come out because Brian Wilson himself didn't want it to? Forgive my ignorance, but I've been listening to Brian Wilson's and the Beach Boys' music only since a very short time and there's still an awful lot for me to discover about him (and them) On a side note, I always appreciate re-recordings. If this one is really that good, it's surely worth checking out. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Ecco Group: Musicians Posts: 229 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Nov. 14 2004, 21:05 Here is one reviewers take on it:         Smile Review A google search will  give you 4 decades worth  of fact, fiction, lore, etc... -------------- http://www.myspace.com/twilighttide Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Nov. 15 2004, 05:00 Quote (Ugo @ Nov. 14 2004, 17:44) Wasn't 'Smile' the [i]lost[/b] Beach Boys album, the one which was never supposed to come out because Brian Wilson himself didn't want it to? Forgive my ignorance, but I've been listening to Brian Wilson's and the Beach Boys' music only since a very short time and there's still an awful lot for me to discover about him (and them) On a side note, I always appreciate re-recordings. If this one is really that good, it's surely worth checking out. The main reason it didn't come out was that Brian had a mental breakdown before he managed to finish it, and he never went back to finish it until now because of all the bad associations. But he must feel a tremendous sense of closure now that he's been persuaded to finally finish it (with a little help from his band and friends). I think it sounds great - and well worth the 37 year wait! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Nov. 16 2004, 05:43 I still haven't listened to it. I have heard a lot about it, though, and it seems to be great. I'm not familiar with the Beach Boys, but I'm still interested. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

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