Cranezilla --Mark Crane's collection of rarely annotated links

Plastic: Dark Side Of The Beach — The Smile That Ate Brian Wilson's Brain: "'The sad truth about the demise of Smile as an album proper, was mirrored by the simultaneous demise of Wilson's confidence as a songwriter and producer. Under pressure from the record company to have a hit single and under pressure from the rest of the Beach Boys to shy away from the experimental direction the album was taking, Wilson began to crack - and cracking along with him, were the last vestiges of a great musical vision. "

I can relate Brian, believe me.