From: dankaye@nowhere.info   
      
   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.   
      
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