From: fredj@labyrinth.NOnet.SPAMau   
      
   "gng"  wrote in message   
   news:EoidnYthzPubY_rcRVn-sw@adelphia.com...   
   > SMiLE is so perfect, so beautifully performed and recorded, so clean, so   
   > crisp, so precise, so perfectly executed.  GIOMH sounds dull and flat,   
   like   
   > a bunch of demos pulled from the 80's ;-)   
   >   
   > Does it boggle the mind to think that the same guy did both these projects   
   > in the same timeframe?  SMiLE has convinced me that Brian would do better   
   in   
   > the future not messing with the new formula - let the band sing with him!   
   > Let Jeff take the high notes.  Let the Wondermints sing the harmonies.   
   And   
   > keep Taylor around, too.   
   >   
   > Do you wonder if GIOMH is more indicative of Brian today, and SMiLE is   
   more   
   > of a Wondermints project?   
   >   
   > Nonetheless, what a great year for BW fans!   
      
   I recently bought GIOMH.  I listened to it and something wasn't quite right.   
   It eventually dawned on me.  The percussion is too loud.  It is masking the   
   other   
   instruments, which can be quite sublime with Brian Wilson.  I would have   
   expected   
   better of him.  You listen to the sixties type production and then the   
   percussion comes   
   in and blocks it out, specifically the drums.  This happens on parts of the   
   album, as yet not confirmed for the entire thing.   
   I can just imagine some audio engineer telling him it sounds dull, bring the   
   drums louder.   
   I hope at least it was Brian's decision, then I can live with it.   
      
   wj   
      
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