Glen Campbell's diet

If you look closely at the movements of Glen Campbell 's jaws, you will probably find the reasons of his need for a diet. No more meat, no more ingredients that you need to chew too hard. The man seems definitly to have lost the ability to control his jaws.

But the Brian Wilson's tune he is singing is still fantastic.

Surfs Up

'Surfs Up' is the emotional centerpiece of SMiLE. A song written with 3 movements, Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks wrote this on the night of November 4th, 1966. They were both sure that this song was a masterpiece, and in my own view they were right. The song was about "a child's freedom", as Van Dyke Parks said years later in an interview. But the song is seen by many as something a lot different than a happy child anthem: Brian's Swansong. When the Brian scrapped SMiLE in 1967, he was scrapping his last real musical project for the next 20 years. And, perhaps, 'Surfs Up' was his last real masterpiece.

Brilliant Minds

Sometimes two brilliant minds work in the same direction at the same moment. This time I'm talking of my own, of course, and the stylish Mr Will Kane's. Both decided, unconscious of the other, to do a post on the great singer/guitarist Glen Campbell.

At Martin Klasch you'll find a jukebox (Dailymotion) with 13 videos and songs and at The World Of Kane you will find the story around the making of the classic and breathtakingly beautiful song Witchita Lineman. Also, not to be missed, there's the genius song I Guess I'm Dumb, by Brian Wilson and Russ Titleman, to be listened to.