Brian Wilson's SMILE.

[graywarrior]

Damn!

Just got it. Makes me....smile.

[MN ChimpH8R]

1. I saw it performed live

in Sept 2004 when Brian kicked off his tour here in Minneapolis. That was the most mind-boggling show I have seen in thirty years of going to concerts. Brian is a god.

[no name no slogan]

2. I was at that show in Mpls, too

The Wondermints were incredible. The entire album was amazing.

I also caught him in March 2000 on the "Imagination" tour. It's really great to see him performing in front of appreciative audiences after all he's lived through.

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Hearing those six- and seven-part harmonies

performed perfectly in a concert setting was breathtaking. Brian seemed a little uptight at the beginning of the show, but by the end of the first set he was bouncing back and forth behind his keyboard like a little boy.

The encore was flabbergasting - hit after hit after hit, with the entire audience singing along. I get chills just remembering it. I have been in the presence of genius twice - the first was the great McCoy Tyner at the old Dakota and the second was Brian Wilson. :loveya:

[Taverner]

3. I liked it

Very close to the bootleg smile sessions - so I guess all the bootleggers were on to the right idea...

[Ivan Sputnik]

5. Great album

It's interesting to speculate on how it would have been received in 1967. Probably would have sold more then, but I don't think it would have been another "Sgt. Pepper."

[graywarrior]

6. I can only imagine how the harmonies sounded at a live concert

The CD is astounding.