From: lenny507@lunchboxpad.com   
      
   On 30 Dec 2004 20:42:00 GMT, jyob@aol.comTOG (JYOB) wrote:   
      
   >>From: LawnMower   
   >   
   >>Iv never heard Smiley Smile, is it really that good?   
   >   
   >It's a bunt instead of a Grand Slam!   
   >   
   >The old geezer   
      
   So said Carl Wilson, but at least   
   it was a group effort, you can   
   sense the fun that they had while   
   making this lp.   
      
   Instead of Brian's constant   
   pursuit of perfection, the atmosphere   
   on this lp is what you'd expect from   
   a bunch of pot smokers at the bottom   
   of a swimming pool.   
      
   Take away "Good Vibrations" &   
   "Heroes & Villains" which are here   
   supposedly to salvage the "Smile"   
   debacle, and you still have a very   
   strong lp.   
      
   I always prefered the versions   
   of "Wind Chimes", "Wonderful",   
   and "Vegetables" on this lp.   
   and "Fall Breaks And Back To Winter"   
   is closer to what Brian really intended   
   for that "Fire Suite".   
      
    And "Gettin' Hungry"   
   is probably one of their best recordings,   
   I could never figure out why the Boys released   
   this as a single under Brian & Mike.   
      
   The reason for the failure of this lp   
   lies in the bloated expectations of   
   "Smile" which was the "Bunt"   
      
   "Smiley Smile " should at least   
   be a Home Run maybe an inside the   
   pool one.   
      
   L.L.   
      
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