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   "Michael" wrote in message ...   
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   >Man, people demand this album for years, they finally get it and all of the   
   >sudden it's 'Not as good' or 'the original was better' crap-o-la.   
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   I know exactly what you mean. It happens everytime with hip insiders have   
   their own cool great little thing. Their own little cosa nostra. Like the   
   old SMiLE tapes were for us.   
      
   For instance, I also love asian action movies, ya know, Jackie Chan, Jet Li,   
   etc. For years the guys over in alt.asian-movies were belly aching how   
   Hollywood never gave these guys opportunities in the USA, etc, and keep   
   putting out the same crap all the time.   
      
   So after many years, Hollywood finally did come around and put these guys in   
   big budget flicks. And guess what? The belly aching ratcheted up a few   
   notches in alt.asian-movies. "Oh, it sucks." etc. I think its a universal   
   truism.   
      
   As for "SMiLE"... I really loved the old tapes. They had some kind of   
   eerieness to them, and listening to them was almost a voyeuresque experience   
   looking into someone's troubled mind. They were beautiful, but kind of   
   disturbing as well.   
      
   But after listening to the official release, I finally see where the SMILE   
   :) part was supposed to come in. I feel the joy that was supposed to be in   
   the music but isn't on those old tapes.   
      
   Its my humble Beach Boy fan opinion that Brian *couldn't* complete SMiLE in   
   1967, because it wasn't in him to bring the SMiLE :) part out of the music.   
   Now he can, and it is a masterpiece.   
      
   Now I see two completely different projects, both of which I love. BB King   
   and Jessica Simpson can both sing the same song, but its not gonna be the   
   same song. To me, the two SMiLEs have that disparity.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)