that was spurred by listening to a BB box set during a drive from Chicago to LA in a brand new Camaro w/my heterosexual boyfriend who's a quintessential California dude. he's basically Carl Wilson.

anyway, that trip and that dude had me all geeked about the Beach Boys for a few months. and back then Smile hadn't been released in any completed form - we were still cobbling it together w/bootlegs. Brian hadn't released his own finished version yet. the bits and pieces i heard were okay but overall i found them juvenile and weird. i was more into acid and shrooms back then but even w/my familiarity w/psychedelia i couldn't get all the way into what i was hearing b/c it just wasn't sophisticated or adult enough. of course, part of what Brian was going for was to tap into the child-like wonder w/in us all i think. i just...i dunno i just was resistant about going there.

anyway, years later i heard Brian's version of Smile. i own the CD and i may have listened to it once.

generally i think it's...i think his ambition is beyond his ability. maybe i think that b/c he's making such 'complicated' music and then singing simple words and animal noises on top of it w/silly sound effects. again - the kid in me just ain't w/it. or i'm not ready? which ever. i tried and wasn't into it.

fuck you.