From: lmao@lol.net   
      
   "slaphappy"  wrote in message   
   news:fc13bbdd.0410101547.243c94c7@posting.google.com...   
   > couldn't agree w/the original poster more   
   >   
   > when people used to ask me what i liked about the smile tunes, i would   
   > frequently use the word "magic" to describe them.  that music was   
   > magic   
   >   
   > the new smile struck me as "lighter;" just something missing.  the   
   > notes are all there but it was not as dense as the original   
   > recordings.  also, as good as BW's voice is, relatively speaking, he   
   > can't compete w/his own '66 singing, not to mention carl's on a few of   
   > the tracks.  also, while his band now has good singers, they just   
   > can't compare w/the original beach boys voices   
   >   
   > i really can't explain exactly what's different, when theoretically   
   > it's the same, but something is different!  the tunes no longer strike   
   > me as magic; some type of mystique is gone, and it's not just the   
   > inherent history of the project; it has to do w/the playing & singing   
   >   
   > sorry...   
      
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