Re: [bomp] Brian's artistic progress (and submergence) over the years...

["johntrembly" <johntrembly@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What do you think of the new album  Domenic?


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Subject: [bomp] Brian's artistic progress (and submergence) over the
years...


>
> One question that sounds encouraging, though perhaps overly optimistic is:
> ST: I know it's an album from 1967 originally but do you foresee a natural
> follow-up to 'Smile'?
>
> BW: Yeah, if it's successful, boom (clicks fingers) yeah we'll make
another
> one
>
> If I may weigh in on this, you know, I always thought that FRIENDS was the
> natural artistic follow-up to SMILE.  Has the same kind of changes,
oddities and
> quality.  I've listened to FRIENDS, for example, more than PET SOUNDS.
>
> Then, in a logical progression, SUNFLOWER would be the next album after
> FRIENDS.  Then, no more Brian really until 1988.  SMILEY SMILE and WILD
HONEY were
> just kind of bash-outs, and 20/20 was leftovers the group gave to Capitol
> while the Beach Boys spent Capitol's bread on sessions that would become
> SUNFLOWER, LANDLOCKED etc.
>
> That said, maybe Brian will return with another more creative project
after
> this new SMILE thing comes out.  But I just wish Rick Rubin would oversee
the
> next Brian Wilson project, because Brian's whole staff and environment now
are
> these M.O.R. yuppie/boomer types, and that has been guiding Brian's recent
> "sound" (UGH).  "Sound" that no one under the age of 55 would bother with.
>
> Domenic Priore
>
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