Episode 153: “Heroes and Villains” by the Beach Boys
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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'Smile' by Vandyke Parks
For vandyke parks, it was an attempt to make music about america and american mythology. It would be a generally positive version of the country's myth though it would, of course, also acknowledge the bloodshed on which the country had been built. The whole record seemed like a real effort toward figuring out what manifest destiny was all about. We'd come as far as we could, as far as horace greeley told us to go, so we looked back and tried to make sense of that great odyssey.
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