From: dankaye@nowhere.info   
      
   On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:04:32 -0800, Kenn  wrote:   
      
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   >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!)   
   >   
   I agree that it is "valid" as a representation of avante-gard music,   
   and I might even be able to appreciate it if I were in the mood for   
   that type of music and sat down with the intention of listening to   
   that type of music.   
      
   But I just think it doesn't "fit" with the rest of the album, and when   
   I put in "Smile" I'm in more of a pop/classical mood, and "MOC" just   
   doesn't fit. I know this is "sacreligious", but I am thinking of   
   burning a copy of the album without "MOC" on it.   
      
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