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Heroes And Villains by The Beach Boys

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The Beach Boys Are An Iconic American Rock Band Frequently Cited As One Of The Most Influential And Commercially Successful Groups In The History Of Popular Music Due To Their Intricate Vocal Harmonies Studio Experiments And Novel Approaches To Pop Songwriting. Rooted In Doo-Wop And Rock And Roll Their Early String Of Vocal Surf Hits Defined The '60s California Sound. For A Period Afterward They Notably Delved Into Progressive Pop Styles. Often Combining Elements From Classical And Jazz In Innovative Ways. Formed In Hawthorne California In 1961 The Original Group Comprised Singer-Musician-Composer And Bandleader Brian Wilson His Brothers Carl Wilson And Dennis Wilson Their Cousin Mike Love And Friend Al Jardine. Wilson Neighbor David Marks Appeared On Their First Four Albums And Was A Member From 1962 To 1963 As A Temporary Replacement For Jardine Who Had Left The Group To Pursue A Career In Dentistry. On Their First Few Studio Albums The Group Primarily Played Surf Music But This Changed After 1964 As Their Songs Became More Sophisticated And Autobiographical. The 1965 Album Today! Particularly Represented This Shift In Sound. Bruce Johnston Joined The Group That Same Year. Session Drummer Hal Blaine Is Quoted "We All Studied In Conservatories We Were Trained Musicians. We Thought It Was A Fluke At First But Then We Realized Brian Was Writing These Incredible Songs. This Was Not Just A Young Kid Writing About High School And Surfing." Following Their Most Esteemed Work Pet Sounds 1966 The Band Became Symbols Of Psychedelic Counterculture. The Highly Anticipated Follow-Up Smile Was Left Unfinished And Brian Soon Relinquished His Creative Hold On The Group. A Trilogy Of Lo-Fi Releases Followed Smiley Smile 1967 Wild Honey 1967 And Friends 1968 . Brian Would Not Be Credited As A Primary Composer For Any Beach Boys Album Until 1977's Love You An Album On The Fringe Of Synth-Pop New Wave And Punk. In Brian's Absence The Beach Boys Still Managed To Release Music That Was Regarded Favorably By Fans And Critics Despite Poor Sales Sunflower 1970 And Surf's Up 1971 . South African Musicians Blondie Chaplin And Ricky Fataar Played And Sang With The Band On The Next Two Albums Carl & The Passions - So Tough 1972 And Holland 1973 . Many Changes In Both Musical Style And Personnel Have Occurred In Their Sometimes-Stormy Career Brian Wilson's Mental Illness And Drug Addiction The Deaths Of Dennis Wilson In 1983 And Carl Wilson In 1998 And Continuing Legal Battles Among Surviving Members Of The Group. With The Release Of 1974's Endless Summer They Became A More Popular Touring Act Playing Their Greatest Hits. They Have Recorded 36 Billboard Top 40 Hits including Four Number-One Singles Have Had Over 100 Million Sales And Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1988. Official Site Http //

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Heroes and Villains

To Some An Unfinished Masterpiece To Others Just Unfinished The Beach Boys' “Heroes And Villains” Was To Be The Centerpiece Of The Abandoned Smile Album. Consumed By The Prospect Of Overtopping The Success Of “Good Vibrations” And Besting The Beatles Brian Wilson Dragged The Band Through A Grueling 20 Session Recording Process. Wilson’s Chosen Lyricist The Famed Van Dyke Parks Was Not Popular With The Other Members Of The Band. During One Studio Session Mike Love Reportedly Berated Parks For His Cryptic Lyrics While Brian Wilson Cowered In The Booth. Written By Wilson And Parks They Envisioned The Song As An Old West-Themed Musical Comedy That Would Surpass The Recording And Artistic Achievements Of "Good Vibrations". The Version That Was Released As A Single And On The Down Scaled Album "Smiley Smile" Sounds Extremely Rough And Incomplete But It Still Managed To Peak At #12 On The Billboard Hot 100 A Testament To The Strength Of The Beach Boys Brand At The Time. But The Relatively Poor Showing Compared To Their #1 Smash “Good Vibrations” Put The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Smile Wilson Wouldn’t Release A Completed Arrangement Of The Album Until 2004. Parks Characterized The Song As "historically Reflective" And A "visual Effort" That Was Meant To Match The Ballads Of Marty Robbins. He Said The Lyrics Were Based On The Early History Of California Including References To The Involvement Of The Spanish And American Indians. Some Accounts Suggest That The Song Developed Partly From A Wilson Reworking Of The Standard "You Are My Sunshine". Early Versions Included Sections With Lyrics About Farm Animals "Barnyard" And Physical Health "I'm In Great Shape" . "Heroes And Villains" Had The Most Complex Making Of Any Song In The Band's History. Recording Spanned Virtually The Entire Smile Sessions As Wilson Experimented With At Least A Dozen Versions Of The Track Some Of Which Ranged In Length From Six To Eight Minutes. Wilson Discarded Almost Everything That Was Recorded With Expenses Totaling Around $40 000 Equivalent To $330 000 In 2021 . Most Of The Final Composite Was Produced In Three Days At His Makeshift Home Studio. The Chorus Featured A Theme That Was Cannibalized From Another Smile Track "Do You Like Worms?". Wilson's Bandmates And Associates Later Voiced Dissatisfaction With The Released Version Believing That The Mix Was Vastly Inferior To His Earlier Lengthier Edits. Commentators Blame The Record's Failure On The Esoteric Lyrics The "muddy" Sound Quality And The Late Timing Of The Release. It Remains One Of The Lesser-Known Songs In The Beach Boys' Catalog. For Wilson The Single's Failure Came To Serve As A Pivotal Point In His Psychological Decline And He Adopted The Song Title As A Term For His Auditory Hallucinations. In 2004 Wilson Remade The Song And Its Related Pieces For Brian Wilson Presents Smile. In 2011 The Smile Sessions Was Released With An Entire Disc Devoted To The Song's Original Recording Sessions.

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