From: peter.beeckman-van.uytfange@telenet.be   
      
   "Dauber"  schreef in bericht   
   news:3005.830T1410T13715176seancourtney@verizon.net...   
   > None None (uceftcgov@webtv.net) dixit:   
   > >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.   
   >   
   > 1) After seeing Brian at the Garden State Arts Center in 2000 looking   
   > extremely terrified during the first set, I can tell you that that's   
   > absolutely not true at all any more. I saw his Smile show in Chicago. My   
   > wife and I both walked into the lobby during intermission wondering 1) who   
   > that guy was on stage, and 2) where the REAL Brian Wilson was. (I figured   
   it   
   > was D'Amico in disguise.) He was smiling a lot. He'd be talking between   
   > songs and he'd frantically interrupt himself to run to the front of the   
   > stage and pose for pictures -- and this is after there was an announcement   
   > at the beginning of the show saying photography wasn't allowed! He was   
   > smiling like I'd never seen before.   
   >   
   > 2) Prompters -- guess what...EVERYBODY sings from teleprompters. The   
   artists   
   > who performed at the 2001 TNT Tribute at Radio City Music Hall were   
   singing   
   > from teleprompters. Paul McCartney sings from prompters -- and in fact, in   
   > the Back in the USA DVD, there's a scene when Paul is going over the   
   lyrics   
   > on the teleprompter and making corrections. When the Wondermints appeared   
   on   
   > the Late Late Show performing "Shine On Me," there CLEARLY were note cards   
   > with lyrics taped to Darian's keyboard. Aaaaaand...you know that 1987 TV   
   > special the Beach Boys filmed in Hawaii to celebrate their 25th   
   anniversary?   
   > EVERY SINGLE WORD -- spoken and sung -- was read off of a cue card! (My   
   > source: Lauri Klobas, former president of Brian's fan club, who worked   
   with   
   > the company that provided said cue cards.)   
   >   
   > >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.   
   >   
   > I hate to say it, especially as a guy whose favorite musical act by far is   
   > the Beatles, but Smile has surpassed Pet Sounds as my favorite album...but   
   I   
   > definitely can dig what you're saying on both parts. Smile isn't for   
   > everybody. And I'm sure Brian is capable of even better music...the thing   
   is   
   > I don't think he really cares to top it.   
   >   
   > --   
   > dauber (at) banana-and-louie (dot) org * www.banana-and-louie.org   
   >  "It's like he's bragging about how boring he is."   
   >          -- Rob Bates, on Bruce Johnston's "Rock and Roll Survivor"   
   > I saw Brian in concert twice in Belgium this year and I can tell you it   
   was outstanding, with the incredible help of the wondermits.   
      
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