From: BOBHUGHES@TTLC.NET
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 07:16:15 GMT, DanKaye
wrote:
>On 09 Nov 2004 03:35:51 GMT, renaldo308@aol.com (Renaldo308) wrote:
>
>>I disagree with people bashing Mrs. O'Leary's Cow and say that it does not
fit
>>into the beauty of SMiLE.
>>
>>Look, any masterpiece like this must have another side, a dark, evil side to
>>it, to round it out. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, leading right into the water chant,
>>sounds like the listener is going through Hell. He HAS to go through hell to
>>get to the beautiful tropical paradise of Blue Hawaii. It just makes sense.
>>
>>I think O'Leary's Cow is a perfect compliment to the beauty of the rest of
the
>>album. It wouldn't be SMiLE without the evil side to it. If those sounds
came
>>from Brian's head, which they did, then the Fire element had to be put on the
>>finished version of SMiLE.
>>
>>Just my two cents, another 73 cents and I'll be able to buy a cup of coffee.
>>
>>Trevor
>Let me clarify my viewpoint: I think it fits in the sense of "Smile"
>as an artistic statement. Obvious Brian had something in mind and he
>felt it belonged there. Who am I to argue?
>
>But all I'm saying, is that when I put "Smile" on, I inevitably feel
>"jarred" even annoyed by MOC when it comes on, and it doesn't fit, as
>a listening experience - the rest of the album is so beautiful, and
>then comes this avante-gard piece to kind of upset the apple cart...
>IT's a great piece of music, in and of itself, and does "belong" ; but
>I just find it hard to listen to most of the time.
Practice. You'll get used to it.
Bob Hughes
Who's Whose at DC Comics? Creator Credits and art samples from DC's Golden
and Silver Age Comics, especially Superman and Batman profiled at:
http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/superart.htm
"Information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth;
truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music. Music is best."
Frank Zappa
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