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   steve how to None None   
   Re: Smile Live - No Go   
   17 Oct 04 22:59:02   
   
   From: lmao@lol.net   
      
   "None None"  wrote in message   
   news:23074-41735595-126@storefull-3172.bay.webtv.net...   
   > After seeing PS Live 2 years ago and having the Smile CD, I won't be   
   > going to the Smile Live show locally.  It's almost as if the audience is   
   > intruding on Brian's time.  He still seems very uncomfortable on-stage   
   > in spite of what he says.  I know he's taking some heavy meds (Luvox and   
   > Klonipin) by his reports in interviews.  Singing from a teleprompter and   
   > not playing virtually any instrument while the whole Smile material is   
   > decidedly an acquired taste, it would be heartbreaking to sit through   
   > it. "You Were My Sunshine" is incredibly sad to listen to.   
   >   
   > Naturally the audience raves at the "oldies" and the encore.  I'm still   
   > listening to the Smile CD and still waiting for it to take catch on.   
   > Pet Sounds took once or twice through (back in '67) but Smile is taking   
   > a lot longer.  I'm a musician too, read music, and appreciate the hours   
   > of rehearsing songs. I still believe Brian is capable of much better   
   > music than Smile.   
   >   
   > jdp   
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