From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article , Steven Acevedo   
    wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Mike wanted to sell records and Brian wanted to make musical history.   
   Maybe Mike thought Brian could do a whole album of "Good Vibrations"   
   and accomplish both results.   
      
   Theory: Mike exerted his will and when Van left the fate of the album   
   was sealed. In one sense Brian didn't even make a decision. Love 1,   
   Parks 0, Brian sidelined. We all lost.   
      
   Maybe Brian should have released it as a solo album (hey, don't forget   
   Caroline, No) but after Van left he couldn't even do that.   
      
   These debates about which version, the new or the old, is better,   
   remind me of debates about audio equipment.  Some people think certain   
   speakers and amps sound like God speaking directly to them, and others   
   hear the same system and think it sounds like shit. Even when they're   
   playing the very same program material.   
      
   It isn't that there isn't a difference....that's clear. But why one   
   sounds better to one or another of us is never going to be explained by   
   logic. It's like trying to explain why tube equipment, though noisier   
   and less pure, still sounds best to many serious audiophiles. But my   
   main point is, neither is so dramatically better than the other. Or is   
   it?   
      
   I think we're blessed to have both. It's not like we had to CHOOSE   
   between one and the other, once and forever. In the grand scheme of   
   things, you can buy two stereos, and you can listen to both versions of   
   Smile. Unless your wife says you only have room for one.   
      
   Dere   
      
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