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Originally Posted by soniclovenoize
Brian, yes, undoubtedly unpretentious. He was trying to making cutting edge pop music but with a child-like innocence. Van Dyke Parks though wrote completely pretentious lyrics! But I think the juxtaposition of the innocence and pretension is what makes SMiLE magical.
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Lol that's definitely true. Lyrically there's some pretty out there stuff, but musically it wasn't trying to ride on the coattails of the British invasion or anything