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“Heroes and Villains”
“Heroes and Villains” cover
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Smiley Smile
Released July 24, 1967
Format Vinyl
Recorded October 1966 (backing track of first two verses) June 12-14,1967 (remainder)
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length 3:36
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
Producer The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Then I Kissed Her"
(1967)		 "Heroes and Villains"/"You’re Welcome"
(1967)		 "Gettin' Hungry"/"Devoted To You"
(1967)
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"Heroes and Villains" is the title of a song co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks. Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an American Musician best known as the lead The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture The combination of resistance from the group and their record company and Wilson's growing mental health problems and spiraling drug use led Parks to quit the project in early 1967 Originally intended as the centerpiece of the fabled but ill-fated SMiLE album (which was not completed until 2004 as SMiLE). Smile (sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE) is an unreleased album by the The Beach Boys, and perhaps the most Smile, sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE, is a solo album by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Van Dyke Parks A number of versions of the song were recorded by The Beach Boys between 1966-67.

Contents

Composition

Composed in early 1966, mostly in a large sandbox holding a piano built in Wilson's living room, "Heroes and Villains" was the first collaboration between Wilson and Parks. It is reported that when Wilson first played the melody to him, Parks devised the opening line on the spot. Various musical themes in the song recur in numerous other songs and musical fragments which Wilson recorded for SMiLE.

The lyrics for "Heroes and Villains" exemplify the allusive and playful nature of Parks writing for SMiLE, evidently combining the experiences, feelings and preoccupations of both Wilson and Parks. Along with "Surf's Up" and "Cabinessence" it is lyrically among the most complex and ambiguous of all The Beach Boys recordings. The "heroes and villains" concept has often been suggested as referring to the conflicts between Wilson and the other members of The Beach Boys, but there are clear references to Parks' experiences as well.

"Heroes and Villains" is generally thought to have been the first song written specifically for SMiLE, although "Barnyard" and "I'm in Great Shape" might have been written at about the same time. "Good Vibrations" had been written earlier and was originally intended for Pet Sounds; however, Brian held on to it, and continued to refine the song until its release as a single in late 1966. Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group The Beach Boys. Wilson may not have intended "Good Vibrations" to be included on SMiLE, but after it became a hit, Wilson wrote a provisional track listing of SMiLE that included the song.

Recording

Despite its early genesis, the recording of the song was a difficult and protracted process. Wilson halted work on the other SMiLE tracks at the end of 1966 and concentrated on producing a version of "Heroes and Villains" for single release, but despite holding at least twenty recording sessions for the song over a period of several months and assembling several different edits of the track, he was apparently unable to complete the work to his satisfaction until after the May 1967 announcement that SMiLE had been shelved.

The song went through a number of transformations and at least one segment, the so-called "Cantina scene" was removed from the released versions. Carl Wilson often sang during live shows, a variation of "Do You Like Worms?" featured in the song the lyrics, "Bicycle rider, see, see what you've done" to give homage to some of the unreleased songs off SMiLE. "Do You Like Worms?" (aka "Roll Plymouth Rock", "Bicycle Rider", "Do You Dig Worms?", or simply "Worms"

Releases

A number of different edits of the song exist; one was released as a single in July 1967 (Billboard peak #12, Cashbox Top Ten) and appeared on their September 1967 LP Smiley Smile. Smiley Smile is the tenth studio Album by The Beach Boys, issued in 1967 The original SMiLE version was eventually released as a bonus track on the Beach Boys Smiley Smile/Wild Honey two-fer in 1990 -- this included the Cantina Scene and some additional lines ("At threescore and five, I'm very much alive, I've still got the jive to survive with the heroes and villains"). Smile (sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE) is an unreleased album by the The Beach Boys, and perhaps the most Smiley Smile is the tenth studio Album by The Beach Boys, issued in 1967 Wild Honey is an album released by The Beach Boys in 1967 It was their eleventh studio Album and sixteenth overall and as a group production was A 2001 stereo mix appears on the Hawthorne, CA album. On the Endless Harmony Soundtrack, there is a demo version of the song, which also incorporates two other songs: I'm in Great Shape and Barnyard. Endless Harmony Soundtrack is an anthology album of previously unheard material by The Beach Boys, originally released by Capitol Records in 1998

There have been persistent rumors of a far longer two-part edit, reputedly running for six, seven or even ten minutes, and that this edit was intended for single release, split across the two sides of a single. However, it is possible that this rumoured long edit (if it exists) may in fact have been part of a trial assembly of the song and related fragments as part of the planned sequencing of the SMiLE tracks.

Al Jardine believes that Brian underproduced the song for the Smiley Smile album. Alan Charles "Al" Jardine (born September 3, 1942 in Lima Ohio) is a founding member of The Beach Boys, their occasional lead vocalist As he explains "We recorded a pale facsimile of 'Heroes And Villains', replete with discordant transitions. . . Brian re-invented the song for this record. . . He purposefully under-produced the song. "

The Beach Boys have released four different live versions of the song: on The Beach Boys in Concert; on Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980, as part of a medley with Cotton Fields; on the Endless Harmony Soundtrack, and also on the Beach Boys Concert/Live in London twofer, as a bonus track. The Beach Boys in Concert is the second official live album by The Beach Boys, nine years after Beach Boys Concert ( Live in London Good Timin' Live at Knebworth England 1980 is a CD release of a concert performance by The Beach Boys at the aforementioned venue in June 1980 " Cotton Fields " is a Song written by Blues musician Huddie Ledbetter AKA Lead Belly. Endless Harmony Soundtrack is an anthology album of previously unheard material by The Beach Boys, originally released by Capitol Records in 1998 It is also on Al Jardine's Live in Las Vegas album. While Brian was absent from the touring section of the group, Jardine sang lead on this song.

At his own tribute, Brian Wilson sang this after he was given a standing ovation, and how he spoke about the performers who sang that night. Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an American Musician best known as the lead

The song was re-recorded in 2004 as part of Brian Wilson's new version of SMiLE and included the cantina segment. Smile, sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE, is a solo album by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Van Dyke Parks

Musicians

Smiley Smile:

SMiLE Version:

Smiley Smile Track Listing
Heroes and Villains | Vegetables | Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony) | She's Goin' Bald | Little Pad
Good Vibrations | With Me Tonight | Wind Chimes | Gettin' Hungry | Wonderful | Whistle In
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