@frusciante319 i personally think this has soooo much more depth than barrett's over simplistic brit pop tunes. not to be your typical youtube argument starter...i just dont think that syd could write something this complex
@TheDanification im sure he could but he couldn't put his mind to do it. he was really creative and a great songwriter and then he had the mental breakdown and after that the songs were strange. a good meaningful syd barrett song is "jugband blues"
@BloodHassassin Yes is right up there with my fave rock groups...I was entranced and inspired by them in the 70's during college. But I just "discovered" the Beach Boys (late, I know) recently and can say that BW's (and Van Dyke's) creation is among the best I've ever heard in pop/rock music.
@BloodHassassin Yes, is completely and utterly crushed by King Crimson, and Zappa. The Moody Blues are quite good also. Many of these bands deserve for being experimental, and predating Yes. Had it not been for albums such as Freak Out, Pet Sounds, Sgt Peppers, Revolver, Days of Future Passed. There would be no Yes.
That intro and the "Easy my child..." section are the themes for everything perfect that has happened in my life. I always play this when something beautiful has happened for me.
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SMILE: A fairly mediocre unremarkable album freom wilson after his climactic Pet sounds. It was a good thing BW blew his mind after Pet Sounds in '66s, because that was his greatest work.
Anyone with a heart and has undergone enough sorrow and suffering in their own lives can't help but hear Brian's vulnerability, wounded soul, and beauty. The lyrics don't always matter (to me), the music and harmonies and unique expression does. I'm glad he had this outlet to keep him going, sad that he suffered so much, appreciate all his efforts, forever pleased to have found him back in my youth.
Was SMILE ever released on bootleg in its "completed" form from the sessions of 1966-67? Is this available anywhere on cd? Petsounds boot? Brian was a different ( better ) composer due to LSD, new-found courage, & self-enforced artistic freedom that apparently dissolved as he lost confidence during the 70s when everyone "had to sound like Led Zeppelin" (I love Zeppy but radio to record labels went crazy & as usual, saw only the "hit sound" & resorted to piggery, philstinery, money-chomping.
Jterrible, no, the smile sessions were never completed in 60s. Boots take the tapes as they were. Some songs were very close to completion, others were half finished.
@JTerrible63 Type Purple Chick Smile into google and you'll find a reconstruction that follows BW's 2004 track listing but uses all original SMiLE tapes (I think a couple of few-second instrumental fillers are taken from BWPS but that's it). It's incredible. To think that thing almost came out months before Sgt. Pepper...
At 1:40 has always just sent chills down my spine.. I love Brians work to no end. I remember them playing this particular part of this song when they were advertising The Showtime special when Smile came out. Thanks for posting.
I compose music myself for so many years but I will never understand how somebody is able to write such harmonious and lovely and musically that intelligent music which can touch millions of people in the same way. I'ver never felt so touched by a soul of somebody, expressed in music. I've never felt so much love and yearning, when listening a composer's music (voice). He's a very special genius -for me, the best Pop- and Jazzmusic composer in the whole world, ever. No doubt!
i cant name ANY american composer that touched as many lives and influenced culture as much... i think brian wilson is the greatest american composer EVER. who is better? did they sell as many albums? did they become household names? did their songs? are the others songs still getting as much airplay as BWs songs? did they write as many hits? are people still playing covers of their songs? im pretty sure brian wilson is the best american composer ever by these standards. correct me if im wrong
yes I am a HUGE Dylan fan as well but his potency isnt in "composition" per se, Dylan's contribution is his poetry.... but both artists influence reached way beyond most other recording artists before or after... and on the other side of that same coin, Brian Wilson will be the first to say that he isnt as good at lyrics as he is the music. I love Dylan, but his MUSIC stripped down w/no words doesnt even compare to Brian Wilson's amazing compositions. (Blood on the Tracks is my fave Dylan)
Dylan was a songwriter, like The Beatles. But Brian was a composer- he wrote the music, arranged all the parts and put the whole thing together all by himself. That's even more than Gershwin did. I owe Brian a High Five!
this really sucks in comparison to the original Smile version. maybe someone will put that version up here. the original bb's voices are so angelic compared to the people that sang on this.
Regarding the original BB's sound angelic...That's not what I heard Brian say, at a screening of the making of this new Smile album, and I have to agree. The original BB's sounded kind of dopey imo. However, overall, I also prefer the original.
The "Easy my child..." section is the most glorious and inspirational piece of music I have ever heard. Reminds me of some VERY special times in my life that happened after times I really thought I was lost :-)
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I am so glad that eyeearbrain.webs.com sent me here. Best tune ever!
henceseventytwo 2 months ago in playlist brian wilson
As usual, a lot of hype about nothing
Khel28Daisuke 4 months ago
so beautiful it makes ya melt. :]
NEWGUY562 5 months ago
paul mcarteny went to see this release...well,i bet he though "oh my,this back in 67,wow,poor peppers"
GabrielDhalaman 6 months ago 5
Une grande chanson
MegaAndreNo 7 months ago
I bought the album last summer. Since then I don´t wanna hear some other music...
Eyyoh77 10 months ago 6
This and "Song for the Children" are my two favorites on this album.
taiyo888 1 year ago
Mr. Wilson's Opus.
YouMuseMe 1 year ago
sounds alot like an early barrett pink floyd song
frusciante319 1 year ago
@frusciante319 i personally think this has soooo much more depth than barrett's over simplistic brit pop tunes. not to be your typical youtube argument starter...i just dont think that syd could write something this complex
TheDanification 1 year ago
@TheDanification im sure he could but he couldn't put his mind to do it. he was really creative and a great songwriter and then he had the mental breakdown and after that the songs were strange. a good meaningful syd barrett song is "jugband blues"
frusciante319 1 year ago
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francoboy100 1 year ago
bulshit!!!! Just listen to Yes , now THAT will blow your minds ( I recomend the full "close to the edge" album)
BloodHassassin 1 year ago
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francoboy100 1 year ago
@BloodHassassin Yes is right up there with my fave rock groups...I was entranced and inspired by them in the 70's during college. But I just "discovered" the Beach Boys (late, I know) recently and can say that BW's (and Van Dyke's) creation is among the best I've ever heard in pop/rock music.
YouMuseMe 1 year ago
@BloodHassassin Yes, is completely and utterly crushed by King Crimson, and Zappa. The Moody Blues are quite good also. Many of these bands deserve for being experimental, and predating Yes. Had it not been for albums such as Freak Out, Pet Sounds, Sgt Peppers, Revolver, Days of Future Passed. There would be no Yes.
DavidKinner 10 months ago
@DavidKinner true that... I really like King Crimson, but its more of another style.
BloodHassassin 10 months ago
@BloodHassassin King Crimson has so many styles it is insane.
DavidKinner 10 months ago
simply amazing...
grua77 1 year ago
That intro and the "Easy my child..." section are the themes for everything perfect that has happened in my life. I always play this when something beautiful has happened for me.
jexplink 1 year ago 3
If this man doesn't send you somewhere when you listen to his music then you're just not getting it.
lakefloor 1 year ago 4
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SMILE: A fairly mediocre unremarkable album freom wilson after his climactic Pet sounds. It was a good thing BW blew his mind after Pet Sounds in '66s, because that was his greatest work.
VerbalBlitzkrieg 1 year ago
This song is hauntingly beautiful and one of the best on SMiLE.
SilenceBroken23 1 year ago
can this song be put in any genre? its completely origoinal
0ct0parr0t 2 years ago
Anyone with a heart and has undergone enough sorrow and suffering in their own lives can't help but hear Brian's vulnerability, wounded soul, and beauty. The lyrics don't always matter (to me), the music and harmonies and unique expression does. I'm glad he had this outlet to keep him going, sad that he suffered so much, appreciate all his efforts, forever pleased to have found him back in my youth.
wistaria2010 2 years ago 2
a modern symphonic composer ...
fullbanana 2 years ago
He has the unique gift of making very complex music sound simple and pure. Thanks Brian.
lacerda70 2 years ago 2
Was SMILE ever released on bootleg in its "completed" form from the sessions of 1966-67? Is this available anywhere on cd? Petsounds boot? Brian was a different ( better ) composer due to LSD, new-found courage, & self-enforced artistic freedom that apparently dissolved as he lost confidence during the 70s when everyone "had to sound like Led Zeppelin" (I love Zeppy but radio to record labels went crazy & as usual, saw only the "hit sound" & resorted to piggery, philstinery, money-chomping.
JTerrible63 2 years ago
Google: "Purple Chick Smile" :)
It's as close as it gets to a finished version of the original recordings
BotswanaBabyBullet 2 years ago 3
Jterrible, no, the smile sessions were never completed in 60s. Boots take the tapes as they were. Some songs were very close to completion, others were half finished.
icebox766 2 years ago
@JTerrible63 Type Purple Chick Smile into google and you'll find a reconstruction that follows BW's 2004 track listing but uses all original SMiLE tapes (I think a couple of few-second instrumental fillers are taken from BWPS but that's it). It's incredible. To think that thing almost came out months before Sgt. Pepper...
THEwilliamcheek 11 months ago 2
one of my fav albums
birdekid 2 years ago 2
At 1:40 has always just sent chills down my spine.. I love Brians work to no end. I remember them playing this particular part of this song when they were advertising The Showtime special when Smile came out. Thanks for posting.
gaatooor 2 years ago
I compose music myself for so many years but I will never understand how somebody is able to write such harmonious and lovely and musically that intelligent music which can touch millions of people in the same way. I'ver never felt so touched by a soul of somebody, expressed in music. I've never felt so much love and yearning, when listening a composer's music (voice). He's a very special genius -for me, the best Pop- and Jazzmusic composer in the whole world, ever. No doubt!
BjornDienstbier 2 years ago 3
i cant name ANY american composer that touched as many lives and influenced culture as much... i think brian wilson is the greatest american composer EVER. who is better? did they sell as many albums? did they become household names? did their songs? are the others songs still getting as much airplay as BWs songs? did they write as many hits? are people still playing covers of their songs? im pretty sure brian wilson is the best american composer ever by these standards. correct me if im wrong
stumptacular 3 years ago 5
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Ever heard of Bob Dylan?
Bakunin937 3 years ago
yes I am a HUGE Dylan fan as well but his potency isnt in "composition" per se, Dylan's contribution is his poetry.... but both artists influence reached way beyond most other recording artists before or after... and on the other side of that same coin, Brian Wilson will be the first to say that he isnt as good at lyrics as he is the music. I love Dylan, but his MUSIC stripped down w/no words doesnt even compare to Brian Wilson's amazing compositions. (Blood on the Tracks is my fave Dylan)
stumptacular 3 years ago 4
Dylan was a songwriter, like The Beatles. But Brian was a composer- he wrote the music, arranged all the parts and put the whole thing together all by himself. That's even more than Gershwin did. I owe Brian a High Five!
narrowarrows 2 years ago 5
George Gershwin did.
spencelocmcgee 3 years ago 2
Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber
musharrafdog 3 years ago 3
How about Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, et. al.? Or does American music history begin in 1961?
7beers 3 years ago 3
i think only ones who come close the beatles but brian wilson is the genius among geniuses..
darkmaides 2 years ago 2
this really sucks in comparison to the original Smile version. maybe someone will put that version up here. the original bb's voices are so angelic compared to the people that sang on this.
narrowarrows 3 years ago 2
like the original version of surf's up is so much more touching.
sydyg95 2 years ago
Regarding the original BB's sound angelic...That's not what I heard Brian say, at a screening of the making of this new Smile album, and I have to agree. The original BB's sounded kind of dopey imo. However, overall, I also prefer the original.
Lengsel7 2 years ago
my favorite on this album
kyuii 3 years ago 2
exxcellent just fantastic
NoahFlieger 3 years ago
The "Easy my child..." section is the most glorious and inspirational piece of music I have ever heard. Reminds me of some VERY special times in my life that happened after times I really thought I was lost :-)
jexplink 3 years ago
Genius
lacerda70 3 years ago 24
I agree. In my opinion the best American musican/composer of the past 40 years
musicistheproblem 3 years ago 33
@musicistheproblem not just in your opinion, he is the best composer.....
dave from switzerland
Clevelandbrowns58 3 months ago