From: Michael@Hotmail.com   
      
   "Ed Pierce"  wrote in message   
   news:20041012153414.16808.00001726@mb-m11.aol.com...   
   > >I hate to rain on Brian's parade; I LOVE "Smile"; I'm among its   
   > >biggest fans!   
   > >   
   > >But I just downloaded this unreleased album called "Adult Child" from   
   > >1976, and man! is it horrible! I guess this must have been when he was   
   > >really effed up!   
   > >Thank god they didn't release it! I mean, it has NO redeeming value!   
   > >Pure crap!   
   > >   
   > >I mean, it's SO bad, that after dl'ing it for free and burning it to   
   > >disc for 5 cents, it's not even worth putting in a jewel case and   
   > >storing on my shelf. It's going straight into the trash can!   
   > >   
   > >Anyone else feel that way?   
   > >   
   >   
   > I've heard several songs off of this album.  It was the album Brian was   
   working   
   > on between 15 Big Ones and Love You.  Brian's voice was about at it's   
   worst at   
   > this point, and I think the album mainly served to help get Brian   
   acquainted   
   > with the studio again.  That said, I think some of the tunes that Brian   
   wrote   
   > for this were pretty good, like "Still I Dream of It" and "It's Over Now."   
   >   
   > Ed Pierce<   
      
   Agreed. I love "Still I Dream of It". This brings up something else I've   
   wondered about - "It's Over Now" is almost a copy of SIDOI. (Not literally   
   of course.)   
      
   Mike T   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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