Saturday, October 18, 2014

Surf's Up! Brian Wilson - SMiLE live



(For Dances)

Is this the legendary, lost "Smile" album?

Brian Wilson seems to think so.

In any case, it is fifty-two minutes of bliss, and the ultimate California Surf/Classical fusion album.

8 comments:

  1. What a find, lewy! I'll have to come back later when I will be on the computer for an hour and enjoy the whole thing...

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    1. Oh just to be clear: this was Dance's find; I was just posting in my capacity as IT support.

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  2. At the time, this nearly broke the Beach Boys, as the others, especially Mike Love, were horrified at Brian Wilson completely turning away from the hit "formula" that has made them all wealthy.

    It was too strange, too cerebral.

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    1. While I'm not fond of the Beachboys, I have to say this is kinda cool... is it maybe sort of like the Beach Boys' "Quadrophenia" or "The Wall"?

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  3. lewy - OT - what was the name of the blog that gives election statistic predictions that you posted about in 2012? It was 538 was it?

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    1. Yes - Nate Silver's blog - fivethirtyeight.com. He's giving the Rs about a 2/3 chance of taking the Senate right now.

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    2. OK, thanks. I have that one bookmarked but I just wanted to make sure it was the same one you posted about, thx.

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