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| From | "Jake Beamer" <overlookedcreations1@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Brian Wilson Smiles on the Tonight show |
| Date | Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:55:08 -0400 |
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Heheheh. Is it really all that bad? I've only heard the clips from the
website.. I didn't notice, but we're talking through built-in laptop
speakers here. It may bug me as well when I hear the whole thing. Then
again, it may have weirded me out if I knew it was someone else singing lead
on it. WHY DIDN'T HE JUST FINISH IT IN 66 ARGH haha.
Jake
JakeBeamer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Brian Wilson Smiles on the Tonight show
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "bryan" <munki100@p...> wrote:
> > Brian Kassan reminded us that Brian Wilson is on the Tonight Show
> > Wednesday night and sez:
> > > I was lucky enough to attend a special taping of the Smile show last
> night
> > > in Burbank. Words can't express the feelings of hearing and watching
> this
> > > music performed with such depth and accuracy.
> >
> > I went to the show too, along with many other folks who are on this
> > list ("family and friends of Brian Wilson and the band" ...I feel so
> > lucky!), and it was jaw-droppingly awesome...
>
> > Bryan
>
> I too feel very fortunate to have been there, and like Brian and Bryan I
> thought the show was absolutely incredible. I had been listening to the
> album all weekend, and the extravaganza took the majesty of the music to a
> whole new level.
>
> Having said that, and I know I am going to be in a very small minority
here,
> no matter how many times I hear the album or think about the show, I keep
> coming back to the same thing: there is one huge blemish on everything
(and
> I hate myself for even suggesting it), and that is Brian's voice.
>
> Yes, of course I realize it's completely understandable that, after years
of
> drug and cigarette abuse, coupled with the fact that the man is 62 years
> old, his vocal prowess will have diminished. I realize that it's a
miracle
> that Brian has come as far as he has, and that he's out there touring, let
> alone having as much fun as he is. I am profoundly proud of Brian for the
> strides he has made, and that he was able to get it together to such a
> degree that he was able to finish Smile, an album that nobody thought
would
> ever see the light of day. None of this changes the fact that putting his
> lead vocals on top of that magnificent music is like painting a moustache
on
> the Mona Lisa.
>
> Yeah, I know he provided lead vocals on his previous three albums, and if
> anyone read my reviews of those albums they know that I didn't offer the
> same criticism. All I can say is that, somehow with Smile, it's
different.
> Maybe I can't help but think of what could have been, and with the actual
> vintage recordings around on several bootlegs to frame my perceptions, it
> just further brings home the point with me.
>
> I am not trying to suggest that Brian doesn't have the right to sing lead
on
> his creation; of course he does. However, I know how much better it would
> sound with someone like Jeffrey Foskett doing the leads, and I think
vocals
> of that caliber would have been much more appropriate.
>
> Ok, I feel dirty now. Go ahead, hang me in effigy.
>
> David
>
>
>
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