SMiLE is so good, it makes Pet Sounds stink!

That was an emotional statement once made by Dennis Wilson.
Now, let's try a rational scientific calculation, based upon my own preferences (which of course are very subjective).
The question is, which album is better?

I made a TOP 30 of SMiLE and Pet Sounds songs all together:

TOP 30 by Aumbop

Famous keyboard/piano player Larry Knechtel about Pet Sounds

-> larryknechtel.com

This conversation, with David Leaf, originally appeared in "The Making of Pet Sounds" book, part of Capitol's Grammy-nominated 4-CD The Pet Sounds Sessions box set, which was released in 1997.

LARRY KNECHTEL: "I started working with Brian because I had been working with Spector...



+ live version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, sung beautifully by James Griffin with Larry Knechtel on piano, from the Bread reunion tour in 1997.

Behind The Sounds update!

It's been awhile since I've listened to the amazingly great BehindTheSounds channel. Now I see (the long awaited) part 2 of God Only Knows is out (since July), and the newest is I Know There's An Answer! (since August)

Maybe with all 13 tracks done, it would be a nice document on a dvd?

Behind The Sounds: I Know There's An Answer






Behind The Sounds: God Only Knows Part 2






Behind The Sounds: God Only Knows Part 1 (most viewed, over 133,333 views!)

THE BEACH BOYS: EEN SCHOPJE

About Pet Sounds, in Dutch

Afgelopen weekend kreeg ik van mijn goede vriend een schitterende vinyluitgave van een van de beste albums uit de geschiedenis: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

2010-08-16

frontpage.fok.nl/column/400568/1/1/100/
the-beach-boys-een-schopje.html

DUELING CRITICS: TEENAGE FANCLUB, SHADOWS

Jocelyn Hoppa and Denise Sullivan debate the merits of Shadows, the new release by Teenage Fanclub.



June 10, 2010
Denise Sullivan, Jocelyn Hoppa


crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/06/10/
dueling-critics-teenage-fanclub-shadows/

The Making Of Pet Sounds

http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=677897&q=beach+boys&CatID=&zoek=Zoek&familyFilter=ON

BBC4 TO AIR BEACH BOYS NIGHT / LIME MOVES INTO DOCS WITH BEACH BOY CO-PRO FILM

Repost with update!

Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
Dennis Wilson - the Real Beach Boy will be part of the channel’s Legends series and will uncover the early life of Wilson, the only actual surfer in the California band. DJ Mark Radcliffe narrates the film, which features new interviews with Wilson’s brother and bandmate Brian, sons and friends.

Matt O’Casey, who made BBC doc Blondie - One Way or Another, will produce and direct, and his indie Dusty Slider will co-produce the 60-minute doc. Executive producers are Tony Wood for Lime and Paul Bullock for the BBC.

2009 june 11http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/lime-moves-into-docs-with-beach-boy-co-pro-film/5002359.article
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update (from dutchbeachboys.blogspot.com)
New Dennis Wilson documentary !!
A new 60 minute documentary film on the life of Dennis Wilson has been created for the BBC4 Legends series.
The film titled Dennis Wilson – The Real Beach Boy will premiere in the UK on Friday, February 26th at 9 p.m..The documentary features previously unseen footage and rare archival materials.
New interview segments with David Marks, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Michael Wilson, Carl B. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson, Ed Roach, John Hanlon, Jeffrey Foskett, Tom Murphy, Ron Swallow, Jo Ann Marks, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Kowalski, Jon Stebbins and others give the film a fresh perspective on Dennis’ life and legacy.

The documentary is produced by Lime Pictures of Liverpool in association with Dusty Slider films and BBC Wales. Matt O’Casey is credited as director and co-producer, executive producers are Tony Wood and Paul Bullock, Jon Stebbins is the film’s U.S. producer, and Howie Edelson is program consultant. The documentary is narrated by noted British DJ Mark Radcliffe who is also a drummer and a longtime fan of Dennis Wilson.
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UPDATE 2
BBC Four to air Beach Boys night

BBC Four is to devote a night’s programming to the Beach Boys later this month. Friday February 26 will see the channel air
a documentary on the life of Dennis Wilson, entitled Legends: Dennis Wilson, followed by
Pet Sounds: Brian Wilson Live In London, a concert film in which the former Beach Boy plays the band’s classic 1966 Pet Sounds album from start to finish.
The night finishes with Imagine – Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s Smile, in which Alan Yentob examines the band’s legendary lost album, Smile.
+ http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1040101&c=1

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