From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article , Ross   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 03 Oct 2004 14:18:04 GMT, jyob@aol.comTOG (JYOB) wrote:   
   >   
   > >Been listening to it non-stop since I got it. It's GREAT, but maybe it would   
   > >be   
   > >different if I had never heard the Smile fragments before......because I   
   > >still   
   > >miss the BB vocals.....especially Mike's bass vocals....the new Smile coulda   
   > >really used them in a few places.  Too bad they couln't have mixed & matched   
   > >&   
   > >incoporated the old stuff with the new.  With today's technology I believe   
   it   
   > >coulda been done.  But then I guess Brian wanted to purge the past   
   > >altogether....why use Mike's parts if he wuz one of the contributing factors   
   > >of   
   > >the original Smile's demise in the first place.   
   > >   
   > >Guess I'm just spoiled!   
   > >   
   > >Got my spouse to listen to the whole thing on a car trip yesterday.  She   
   felt   
   > >that it sounded like one whole song thru the whole thing.  The only good   
   > >song,   
   > >she said, on it wuz GV...and she did not notice the new lyrics to that song.   
   > >She said no way it wuz better than SPLHCB by the Fab Four.   
   > >   
   > >But remember...if it had been released in '67 as intended it would have been   
   > >groundbreaking!!!  A PSYCHEDELIC masterpiece!!!   
   > >   
   > >But then Mike had a point too.  How were they suppossed to perform this   
   stuff   
   > >on stage??   
   > >   
   > >But the BBs coulda released another Lp of "hits" soon after (al la Magical   
   > >Mystery Tour") containing Smiley Smile/Wild Honey material to help the   
   > >touring   
   > >band out.  The Boys coulda always sung GV, H&V, Wonderful, Vegetables &   
   > >perhaps   
   > >Wind Chimes on stage.  Mrs. O'Leary's Cow would have been difficult.......   
   > >   
   > >the old geezer   
   >   
   > to Mike's point, I think they would have performed it at least as well   
   > as The Beatles performed SPLHCB!   
   >   
   > Ross   
      
   This point is not often made. The Beatles' singular success allowed   
   them to concentrate on wiring and recording. What a tremendous   
   advantage this gave them over everyone else.   
      
   Too bad Buddy Holly couldn't have stayed home.   
      
   Derek   
      
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