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Nearly Unanimous 5 Star Reviews For Brian Wilson's "SMiLE" - Out Today!
white Boy:
on my first listen... very iffy... amazing music.. his voice sounds too "old" like an old granpa singin.. and some of the song are a lil silly.. ill give it a bunch more listens and see wat i think
Shallow:
--- Quote from: jeromechickenbone on September 28, 2004, 03:55:53 PM ---
Shallow - Do you realize that if this album featured Justin Timberlake, it would be highly regarded as one of the biggest desicrations in the history of mankind? I mean, sure, you could add timberlake, and it may get more exposure (again, mostly to the young). I have the sneaking suspicion that Brian isn't shooting for a hot album that TRL is going to eat up. He's setting out to complete something he couldn't quite get his head around. I mean shit, if your complaint is that this album should have featured SOMEONE ELSE TO PERFORM THE VOCALS, i'd have to say you're a RETARD. I try not to get personal with people, but damn that is easily one of the stupidest things i've ever read on this forum. and that says something.
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All I'm saying is Wilson's voice isn't what it used to be. I only said Timberlake for the exposure. I don't know if Wilson would want exposure or not, but neither do you. Timberlake came to mind because he's the only guy in the pop spotlight today that I think would have been doing the same kind of pop in the 60s as the Beach Boys. Let's face it, the Beach Boys before Pet Sounds were a huge pop boy band (I didn't mean that in a bad way), and Timberlake fit's the image. Do I think that Timberlake would sing it better than Wilson? No, but this is a "teen" album and a younger sounding voice would suit it better. Do I think there are better singers out there than Wilson? Of course there are. Timberlake may not be one of them, but they are out there. It would not be such a travesty for Wilson to let someone else do the vocals. Jim Steinman had Meatloaf do it for a great album. Can you imagine what "Bat Out Of Hell" would have been like if Steinman sang it himself? I feel if Wilson were to take that type of role in today's market he could last a long time, and help the state of the industry. Wilson in a mentor song writer role could be a great thing. He just doesn't have the voice he used too, or his Beach Boys anymore.
Trauma, I'd like to hear your view on this.
AlerG:
someone post the album to download in the downloadiing section, peace.
Don Jacob:
i just bought a double stack marshall amp today (1700 bucks) so i couldn't pick it up
but next pay check i got
in living color season 2 and this album to buy.
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: Shallow on September 28, 2004, 05:54:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: jeromechickenbone on September 28, 2004, 03:55:53 PM ---
Shallow - Do you realize that if this album featured Justin Timberlake, it would be highly regarded as one of the biggest desicrations in the history of mankind? I mean, sure, you could add timberlake, and it may get more exposure (again, mostly to the young). I have the sneaking suspicion that Brian isn't shooting for a hot album that TRL is going to eat up. He's setting out to complete something he couldn't quite get his head around. I mean shit, if your complaint is that this album should have featured SOMEONE ELSE TO PERFORM THE VOCALS, i'd have to say you're a RETARD. I try not to get personal with people, but damn that is easily one of the stupidest things i've ever read on this forum. and that says something.
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All I'm saying is Wilson's voice isn't what it used to be. I only said Timberlake for the exposure. I don't know if Wilson would want exposure or not, but neither do you. Timberlake came to mind because he's the only guy in the pop spotlight today that I think would have been doing the same kind of pop in the 60s as the Beach Boys. Let's face it, the Beach Boys before Pet Sounds were a huge pop boy band (I didn't mean that in a bad way), and Timberlake fit's the image. Do I think that Timberlake would sing it better than Wilson? No, but this is a "teen" album and a younger sounding voice would suit it better. Do I think there are better singers out there than Wilson? Of course there are. Timberlake may not be one of them, but they are out there. It would not be such a travesty for Wilson to let someone else do the vocals. Jim Steinman had Meatloaf do it for a great album. Can you imagine what "Bat Out Of Hell" would have been like if Steinman sang it himself? I feel if Wilson were to take that type of role in today's market he could last a long time, and help the state of the industry. Wilson in a mentor song writer role could be a great thing. He just doesn't have the voice he used too, or his Beach Boys anymore.
Trauma, I'd like to hear your view on this.
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Well, you're looking at it from a totally different perspective than Brian is. Brian is on the level of Paul McCartney, they've got immense fortunes (hundreds of millions of dollars in Brian's case, probably a billion dollars in Paul's case)... they don't make music for exposure, they make music for themselves. Sure, it's great if it sells well, but the only reason Brian Wilson is releasing music right now is because it's what he does. To be a productive member of society, to feel good about himself, to think he's worth something, to inflate his self esteem, he produces, writes, arranges, and sings beautiful music. He's 62, and a multi, multi, multi millionaire. He's won every award there is to win, he's pretty much universally considered one of the greatest composers of pop music ever, he's written some of the biggest hits of all time... so Justin Timberlake isn't even in the conversation when you're talking about Brian.
On top of that, this album represents an immensely troubled period in his life, which he never, ever recovered from. The events surrounding this album (or really, the events in Brian's life from around the time period he was working on this album) basically nearly killed him. He even said on his webpage recently, that he just felt so happy and relieved to finally complete the album and get it out. It's more about Brian than it is about sales or proving anything, he just wanted to finish the album for his own reasons.
Brian doesn't even listen to modern music. He wouldn't even know who Justin Timberlake is. His music sounds like it's straight out of the 60's, he never left there... so Justin Timberlake on the most famous unreleased album of all time, which has a myth and legend 37 years long? Never, he would be compromising everything that he stands for or represents if he did that.
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