From: kenn@sti.net   
      
   DanKaye wrote:   
      
   > I love "Smile", and have played it dozens of times at this point.   
   >   
   > But I'm wondering if anyone besides me finds "Mrs. OLeary's Cow" an   
   > annoying disruption in the middle of a lot of beautiful music.   
   >   
   > I mean, I know this is a "concept piece" and the composer probably had   
   > his reasons for putting this in there.   
   >   
   > But for me, I find it irritating and noisy and prefer to hit "Skip"   
   > when it comes on.   
      
   I love "Mrs. OLeary's Cow"!!!   
      
   It's been said (by Van Dyke Parks) that "Smile" has a representation of   
   every style of American music that Brian could think of up to and   
   including 1966. I believe that "Mrs. OLeary's Cow" represents the   
   experimental / avantgarde music of the mid 1960's (Such as the music of   
   Frank Zappa).  I don't think "Mrs. OLeary's Cow" could be considered as   
   much of a sonic brick wall as "Revolution 9" was on side 4 of The Beatles   
   1968 self titled double album.   
      
   If you want to talk about "an   
   annoying disruption in the middle of a lot of beautiful music", lets talk   
   about "Cassius" Love Vs. "Sonny" Wilson"!   
      
   The original version of "Mrs. OLeary's Cow" with the crackling fire sound   
   effects (herd on some "Smile" bootlegs, and in the film "An American   
   Band") has always annoyed me (I much prefer the original mix without   
   them), and I for one am glad that Brian dropped them for this new version.   
      
   Kenn   
   (By the way, I love "Revolution 9" too!)   
      
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