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Re: Mike Love was ultimately correct in his criticism of Pet Sounds and Smile
Posted by Billdude (@billdude) on July 5, 2025, 7:32 p.m.
Although I generally don’t care for Mike Love, his vocals did work on some songs, like “That’s Not Me.”
I don’t know that I would entirely fault him for ripping on Van Dyke Parks’ lyrics and thinking that Parks was a weirdo hipster. Even in 1967.
But fuck “Summer Of Love.”