It's May 07, 2024, 09:02:11 PM
Yes, Gettin' In Over My Head was an album of new material. "SMiLE" is an album of songs he was recording in 1967, at the peak of his creative output... and then he shelved it. Over the years, it's became the most famous album never released, people have waited 37 years to hear it, because it was supposed to be better than "Pet Sounds", which many consider the greatest album ever recorded;.... which Brian Wrote, Arranged, Produced, Perform, and Sang! So he's one hell of a heavyweight, @ one time, his songs were ABOVE the Beatles on the pop albums... and then he had a nervous breakdown from the pressure, and didn't do much @ all for the next 30 years. Now, finally, at age 62, he's coming out of his depression, and has actually managed to finish the album that drove him nuts, and was supposed to be the greatest album of all time. I'm not going to say it is, or it isn't, you'll have to listen and judge that, I just think it's an extremely intriguing story, we're witnessing history. He's STILL STUCK in the 60's, his music is untouched by time. For years he's been like a robot, everyone tells him what to do and when to do it, and he's now all the way back to arranging and producing music... and ultimately found the courage to revisit the music that drove him insane nearly 40 years ago, FINISH the album, and release the fucking thing. 40 years later. It's an incredible testament, in my opinion, to the power of the human mind, and it reminds all of us that we're never incabable of being all we can be, at any time in our lives. He's 62, and even though for 40 years he's had nothing but death, depression, and dark dark times in his life... ultimately... at this moment... he has overcame ALL of it, and is still everybit of everything great he once was. He went away for 40 fucking years... and struggled, and hung on... and fought, and tried, and failed... and had loved ones die... and fucked things up... and fucked his body up, fucked his mind up... and ultimately, even after ALL of that... came right back to where he was when he was great. There's more here than just the music he produces, there's a story, and a very, very remarkable man.