From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <9GTdi.2884$ZY1.1771@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,   
   DSF  wrote:   
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   >   
   >I've always enjoyed "Matchpoint Of Our Love." Brian's vocal is surprisingly   
   >smooth considering how ragged his voice had been on '15 Big Ones' and 'Love   
   >You.'  "Matchpoint.." gets little respect, though. Fans and critics usually   
   >completely dismiss it. I think the lyrics bug most listeners.   
      
   Put me in that class.  The extended metaphor just doesn't work for me,   
   and the music isn't great enough to overcome that.   
      
   >   
   >"I'll Bet He's Nice" is pretty wonderful, but unlikely to appear on a Beach   
   >Boys 'Best Of.' (but it's on the box set, isn't it?)  Then again, I wouldn't   
   >have thought "Don't Go Near The Water" would appear on a 'Best Of.'   
   >   
      
   IBHN is one of the two standout tracks on Love You, but in my mind is inferior   
   to "The Night Was So Young".  "Airplane" is a career low-point..   
      
      
   				Ted   
      
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