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Bonus Video: Remembering Brian Wilson + Comparing the three versions of SMiLE
🕑 Added 2025-06-30 15:24:42 +0000 UTCHey everybody,
Tough month this June with the loss of Brian Wilson and so here I've done my best to sum up why he was so special and how dearly he'll be missed.
The main chunk of the video though is a comparison and analysis of the three key versions of the SMiLE project: Smiley Smile (1967), Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (2004), and The SMiLE Sessions (2011). Let me know which version is your favourite or any other fun tidbits I've left out.
Hope you enjoy the video.
Vale Brian Wilson ❤️
Comments
Tyler Piper
A lovely tribute to a lovely man who we all miss so dearly. I’m so thankful for the wonderful music and impact Brian gave us. He was unparalleled as a creative and just a gift to this world. I personally love the smile sessions beach boys set so much. I bought that on a trip to LA for my 18th birthday and drove around Southern California blasting the whole record with my parents. I marvel at its originality and creativity, and I’m thankful we now have a few different iterations of the music from it. Great video!
Luke Hall
Wonderful tribute, you summarised my feelings on Brian’s passing exactly, you have a real talent for putting our feelings about a topic (in this case Brian’s passing) into words. On an unrelated note, your beard and hair looks especially great in this video, like a mix of 1974/1976 George Harrison.
Sam
Forever a musical genius
Brendan J. Smith
To those of you who checked out tragiclifeform’s version of SMiLE after watching this video: You’re Welcome.
