Still one of the greatest performances of American pop music. Ranks right up there with anything George Gershwin created. One can’t help but wonder how pop music history would have been changed had SMiLE been released between The Beatles’ Revolver and Sgt. Pepper, as originally intended.

There’s little question SMiLE was ahead of its time, but sometimes that’s just the way things go. Unfortunately, Mike Love pushed back hard, and Brian wasn’t strong enough (and, truthfully, didn’t have his brothers’ support) to see SMiLE through.

Take 45 minutes of your time to hear an American original that will still be talked about hundreds of years from now.

Seriously.

Start at 12:45 and 37:00 and you’ll be amazed. It’s that good – and original. Brian called it “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow”. It’s exhilarating and frightening all at the same time. Of course he was on drugs at the time, but then who wasn’t? It still defies description.

But the truth always comes out, doesn’t it?