Brian Wilson Performs Smile!!!!

[AverageJoe]

No joke.

Brian is performing his legendary, unreleased album in Europe. The reviews are, of course, stellar.

Here's a taste of the CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/wilson.smile/index.html

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Former Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has received glowing reviews after performing his lost masterpiece "Smile" for the first time in public.

The 61-year-old American, who worked for months on the album in the late 1960s but never released it, brought the house down at London's Royal Festival Hall Friday as the forgotten work received its world premiere.

On Saturday fans of the troubled musician were unrestrained in their praise of the sell-out concert, the first of a series around Britain. "I am completely overwhelmed by what I saw and heard last night," said one typical message posted by Sue on Wilson's official Website.

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For more info, check out www.brianwilson.com.

Rock on, Brian!!!

[tigerbeat]

1. all i gotta say is he better tour the US.....

....or i is gonna be one unhappy geek-boy.

[AverageJoe]

2. Amen!

n/t

[OneBlueSky]

3. he'll be bringing the tour home this fall to support . . .

the release of the album . . . 37 years after its creation . . . can't wait! . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=801520

[elperromagico]

4. The Smile recordings are some of the most fascinating I've ever heard.

Brian was in a weird place when he made that music. One wonders what public reception would have been to it had he finished it at the time.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Yeah they combined some of SMILE with HOLLAND on a release

a couple years back but I am looking forward to seeing what he has done with it since then.

I adore Brian Wilson...just had LOVE AND MERCT blasting on the plyer tonight.