« Big boss man, can you hear me when I call? | Main | Internet Zero » Smile Tuesday! Something like 37 years ago, I (and many others) were waiting for a record album that was sure to be a masterpiece, Brian Wilson's Smile, recorded by the Beach Boys and set to release on Capitol Records. Smile would follow Pet Sounds, a pop symphony that stretched my thinking about the aesthetic possibilities in Phil Spectorish "wall of sound" pop arrangement. Brian Wilson was a genius who could make music from anything, even the clanking of spoons at the dinner table. The short version of a very complex story is that Brian ditched the project, evidently after a fire in the next studio that happened to break out as he was recording part of "the elements," the part about fire. I have a hunch there was more to it, but that's great myth-building. So the album was never finished, never released; bits and pieces of it showed up in other albums, like Smiley Smile. Now Wilson, having reconstructed his head after so many years, has finished the work; Smile will be released this Tuesday! Perseverance furthers. [Link] jon posted this at 10:25 PM |
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