From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <20041004120623.29613.00000158@mb-m05.aol.com>, KIMBA65   
    wrote:   
      
   > I'm wondering whether it was really necessary or appropriate for BW to say,   
   as   
   > he has been recently quoted, that "the musicians that I have now are far   
   > superior to the musicians that I worked with in 1967."   
   >   
   > It may be true but what's the point of putting down the original musicians?    
   I   
   > suppose he didn't mean it harshly, but would it not have been classier simply   
   > to say that the musicians he worked with in the 60s were the cream of the   
   crop   
   > for that time, and that the ones he works with presently meet that same   
   > standard?   
   >   
   > I'm probably making more out of the quote than I should but something about   
   it   
   > bothers me.   
   >   
   > Ken   
      
   I interpreted his remark to be more a reference to The Beach Boys than   
   to the Wrecking Crew; a reference to the live band more than the studio   
   one.   
      
   Also, it seems to me that Brian is deeper into hype now than ever   
   before. Calling Pet Sounds a "7" and SmiLE a "10", for example. I   
   disagree with Brian at my own peril, but come on.....not to mention the   
   fact that, only a few years ago, he thought SmiLE was "junk".   
      
   If you or i worked on something for a half of a year and then showed it   
   to our family, and they said...."it's sorta cool and all, but I don't   
   think you ought to show it to anyone else", I think we'd be pretty   
   disappointed. Imagine what it did to a guy whose whole being was   
   wrapped up in his artistic output.   
      
   It seems almost too simple a solution, but it may be that getting this   
   album out, and finally letting go of his anger at Mike and perhaps   
   others, really seems to be doing Brian more good than all the   
   prescriptions and wives you could imagine.   
      
   I suspect that most who go through therapy over childhood issues begin   
   at some point to do a lot of blaming, a lot of confronting. It isn't   
   pretty, but it may be a necessary part of the process. Then at some   
   point if they're really lucky, they get apologies, and things get   
   better. Sometimes there's even a reconciliation or a return to relative   
   normalcy.   
      
   Other times they just get it out of their system, and go on by   
   themselves, happier than ever. Still sad that things had to go they way   
   they did, but thankful that they were able to come to terms with what   
   had happened to them when they couldn't defend themselves.   
      
   Derek   
      
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