From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <20041004004539.21321.00001394@mb-m15.aol.com>, THE SON OF   
   TRUTH  wrote:   
      
   > >Subject: Re: The old Geezer comments on Smile....   
   > >From: "Derek A. Bill" derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
   > >Date: 10/3/2004 12:15 PM Central Standard Time   
   > >Message-id: <031020041115514744%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    
   ifficult.......   
   > >> >   
   > >> >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.   
   >   
   > Wasted time. It's my understanding that George Harrison never did get the   
   hang   
   > of wiring. And they already had their own engineers and roadies to handle all   
   > the amps and electrical stuff.   
   >   
   >   
      
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