From: swarlock@earthlink.net   
      
   On 05 Oct 2004 06:54:16 GMT, hellenason7@aol.com (Hellenason7) wrote:   
      
   >         First off, I think it's a miracle that Smile has finally been   
   >released.  I never thought it would ever happen.   
   >         Secondly, Brian (and his collaborators) did one hell of a job on this   
   >and can only be commended highly for the final product.   
      
   To each their own. Whatever that version of SMILE was suppose to be   
   didn't happen for a reason. I heard just the reconstructed version   
   last night and while charming and amusing still would and wouldn't   
   have soldl on the basis that only Brian and The Beach Boys being their   
   younger selves. Mike Love was right to some degree but at the same   
   time he was most definitely wrong to belittle/ridicule his cousin's   
   efforts.   
      
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