The Beach Boys - The Heroes & Villains (tragiclifeform Mix) - 2021

[@rjtv1765]

I like this cover image. Literally Mike Love is the only one with the hat on, showing that he was always capping

[@MrKenichi22]

that and he was hiding his young adult balding

[@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us]

Baldness is a handy Cap 🧢

[@karlneumann1140]

News flash. Baldness is not an issue in these times. Guys shave their heads all the time now

[@BrendanJSmith]

​@@MrKenichi22 He's Goin' Bald

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Timestamps: 0:00 - Our Prayer / piano interlude 1:20 - Gee 2:19 - Heroes And Villains part one 3:48 - I'm In Great Shape 4:20 - Barnyard 5:25 - Heroes And Villains part two 7:21 - He Gives Speeches 7:55 - The Old Master Painter / My Sunshine 9:01 - Heroes And Villains part three

[@AntonioProla]

makes a lot more sense like this, as a sort of condensed opera (similar to brown shoes dont make it) maybe people were pressuring him to get it all this down in to like a 4 minute song which doesnt really work. he was a masterful composer trapped in a rockin' surf band...

[@jamesblames]

The villains finally learned what they've done.

[@Dudewtf527]

AKA Mike Love.

[@johnnyringo3254]

That might be an unpopular opinion, but Heroes and Villains feels to me like Brian's opus magnum - a centerpiece of his most ambitious project (SMiLE album) when he was at peak of his creative abilities. I wish there was an official 7+ minutes version of H&V in BBs catalog, this song deserves it. Also releasing H&V part 1 (the version we know) and part 2 (more wacky) as A-side and B-side respectively would be a great idea for a single in 1967 IMO.

[@artemisvega8940]

This is great. Thanks. I"m not sure what the "definitive" version of Smile really is, but I love that it's such a modular "lego bricks" type of deal that you can put it together in all sorts of different ways. I've heard multiple versions of this album and yet to fully get my head around it. I used to write the Beach Boys off as "hippy shit" when younger, due to the crap mainstream radio playing a cut down version of good vibrations, badly, over and over. But this album changed me. Brian Wilson, is fucking nuts. What a work of genius.

[@reedwilliams1868]

finding a smile fan-mix on youtube one day sent me down a rabbit hole that i was not ready for. why does the beach boys have lore. and why is it so depressing. i thought they just made silly love songs.

[@BrendanJSmith]

No. You're thinking of Paul McCartney & Wings. THEY made Silly Love Songs.

[@cameronlee888]

this is the best "symphony-style" rendition i've heard of h&v yet--everything meshes together perfectly & there's no weird jarring stops like in other mixes where the random unrelated pieces begin & end. wonderful work

[@bgbstrm2352]

Besides all the beautiful ballads and softer songs, remember Brian was also a "beat guy", as we can hear on many tracks/pieces, like Look and He gives speeches (which unfortunately emerged into She's goin' bald) and H&V had a steady beat (which was enhanced in the live performances throughout the early 70's) and so on. Like the later Male ego.

[@DreamWolfPics]

This is by far the coolest, most interesting mix of "Heroes and Villains" I've heard. It's probably a bit long to be considered a "single," but, it's still amazing. I wonder what Brian Wilson would have thought.

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

It’d be an insane EP though

[@EG.Studios]

This mix sounds nearly close to what it was intended in 1967. From what I read Heroes and Villains was suppose to have like a "Barnyard Suite" with Barnyard, My Sunshine, & I'm in Great Shape. You really nailed it here if this was gonna be the opener to Smile if released in that year. We'll never know what the 67 version would have really sounded like but we have open interpretations thanks to the Smile Sessions Boxset. This is one of the best mixes I heard. Nice work. :)

[@dummyexploits8109]

there was no "Barnyard Suite" in 67, that was a BWPS. unlike so many people think, Brian DID finish Heroes and Villains in 67, you can find it as "Heroes and Villains Part 1" Part 1 is an actual Brian mix, also known as the Cantina version - Brian actually wanted to hand this in to Capitol as the finished single but chickened out last second. It includes Cantina sections, some other vocal excerpts, the Barnyard ending, (which would end up in My Sunshine in BWPS). The tragiclifeform version is basically just playing with the sections.

[@dummyexploits8109]

I like tragiclifeform's version because it showcases very well the complexity of it and uses quite a lot of the sections that were discarted for the track.

[@dummyexploits8109]

the Barnyard section that was used for YAMS was never intended for it to be in that track it actually fits very well in Barnyard

[@dummyexploits8109]

you can hear it at 11:49

[@richardosullivan8102]

Must say this makes complete sense for the progression that Brian seemed to be heading towards with the layering and complexities of The Beach Boys harmonies and orchestrated music, like we have seen in the recent box sets, take for example Steamboat off Holland the backing track hundred percentage a steam engine add the vocals, Dennis, Carl, Brian wonderful production or the whole band working as one. This mix over blown prog rock/pop yes but isn't it magnificent. May not be 3 minute gems of the early sixties exploring the Californian life style but was this the type of Smile mix Brian was so masterly trying to deliver to us. So much in so many Beach Boys individual songs to listen to.

[@deku416_7]

One of the greatest, most insane, most incoherent mixes of my favourite song. This perfectly communicates Brian Wilson’s state during ‘66/‘67, and I fucking love it. Great work man!

[@Anonymuse_]

Wow, you really showed the chaos and complexity of that track and that time. It really draws you in at one point, it reminds me of the pool sequence in the Love And Mercy movie with the SMiLE sessions tracks cobbled together to show the mental crisis Brian was going through. Even though its not entirely cohesive, I must say you made a great mix. I love your work especially what you've done with the Beatles albums, can't wait to hear more in the future.

[@pepper5686]

Can’t wait to hear the Musician’s Cut of Heroes and Villains!!!

[@anthursan]

Beautiful vocal harmony...... Smile is the most psychedelic album by The Beach Boys, the mix is very good with isolated parts that I had never heard before, the cover of this album is excellent......

[@musclebro144]

This is a wonderfully inventive mix! You did a great job, layering our prayer over the bicycle rider portion of heroes and villains was the first I have ever heard someone did it and it was transcendent! Great work!

[@scottsnow6965]

What was that? A masterpiece is what it was. That was awesome!

[@derianimp]

Absolutely stunning! It sounds perfect! With some extended versions it feels like the song drags but here it feels perfectly natural!

[@markanthony1843]

This is really nice, just goes to show this big Ole puzzle could've been rearranged many, many ways.

[@moricwilson]

Awesome mix! This makes it feel less like a song from an album and more like a standalone song/EP release or even like an orchestral piece. The quiet piano before the real intro at 2:20 is so cool, really Rhapsody in Blue-ish. And the scary descending piano blending with Barnyard at 5:00, I could never figure out where to put that weird section, lol. I also like the barely audible banter in the background throughout the song, makes it more surreal and manic. Also removing the harpsichord from Children Were Raised was an interesting touch. 7:13 There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this THIEVERY! Lol fr I think you incorporated this pretty well, most mixes have snippets from others as well so it's all good. Overall, cool stuff, and I'm honored to have 'contributed'!

[@pedrobeatlecreator]

just imagine if this was released back in 1967 good job!!!

[@charlestonson2200]

This is god tier, the definitive version of this song. Have this followed by Cabinessence and the rest of the tracks on the album. Although I like to put Cool, Cool Water from Sunflower on there for the water portion of The Elements.

[@christiandigennaro9436]

Smile project was in the head of Brian like a great mosaic..today is a Masterwork..

[@twigthecheese6462]

The Tragiclifeform smile mix is gonna blow people’s heads off

[@raydarable]

6:51 Favourite part.

[@doobiewonkanooby]

This is awesome! I’m not trying to take away from it at all by saying it reminds me a little of a Pink Floyd type sound at times… 🤘😎 It sounds super cool! The whole song is awesome! Well done! Please mix more Beach Boys songs! 🤟🙂

[@Chadturner21]

Definitely some dark side of the moon background chatter vibes at some points

[@manuelthecolombianvyonder2544]

This and the one made by The Reconstructor are the best mixes of Heroes and Villains I have ever listened in my entire life!

[@robotbobby7354]

best mix ive ever heard, try listening to it in 1.75x speed for a fascinating listening experience

[@birdman9594]

Unbelievable! I get so immersed into the world that Brian put together on this album! Great mix!

[@MrKenichi22]

I am not gonna lie… This is beautiful, Chaotic but beautiful, I feel the story it’s telling. We were robbed in the 60’s of this masterpiece!

[@omne1008]

tragic i have a question in this heroes and villains mix at the beginning after it transitions from the piano theme to part 2 revised it ends on a resounding note on track on tss but in your version the guitar plays another chord which cleanly transitions into gee harmonically so i ask where does that guitar sound come from

[@mega5030]

i've only just discovered this, woahhhhhhh

[@DreamWolfPics]

Has 'tragiclifeform' ever thought about doing an alternate universe for The Beach Boys? Especially from 1967 onward? What if Brian Wilson persevered, and stayed as the band's leader throughout the 60s, 70s, & 80s?

[@tragiclifeform347]

I have, actually, and very well may at some point.

[@collision1447]

​@@tragiclifeform347 that would be a personal National Treasure for you to do, do it if you want, not forcing you to, but you'll do gods work if you do

[@davidrobinson5180]

@@tragiclifeform347 That would be really fun to hear/imagine.

[@4dultw1thj0b]

@@tragiclifeform347 I've been pondering it myself, and even though it's impossible to know I really like imagining what a more confident young Brian might've come up with. I do think he'd still likely take a backseat for a little bit after Smile, just out of fatigue and not wanting to push his bandmates away, probably releasing a more loose relaxed album later in the year that's like a Smiley/Wild Honey mashup. But then after that? One idea I have that I think would be kinda funny is if in this universe he splits from the Beach Boys in 1970 while the Beatles stay together and their cultural legacies end up almost sort of flipped, though I don't think the Beatles would ever go full Kokomo lol. Also I imagine some librettist writing to Brian and Van Dyke about adapting Smile into a stage musical, which of course would start the stress cycle all over again.

[@lowenbad]

I recently discovered your work thanks to the algorithm gods. I’m really enjoying it. Great stuff. 🤙

[@iAmNovaFilms]

I absolutely love this

[@hakubinn]

This is incredible! Masterworking of a master work!

[@evanorsomething909]

Eyyy You’re Back!

[@pauldiffin4726]

My upmost respect 🙏 Wonderful mix of my favorite Brian Wilson/Beach boys masterpieces. Thank you.

[@mikeytrains1]

I think the lack of cohesion in this really encapsulates the unfortunate situation Brian was in mentally during the recording of SMiLE, and its eventual cancellation. even if it's a chaotic garble here and there, it's music. and it's good music. well done

[@thewkovacs316]

this was how he worked created bits and pieces of music, then put them together but he needed to step away and allow someone like van dyke parks to complete it

[@lamestudiosinc418]

@@thewkovacs316 Well considering Brian made Pet Sounds by his own rules, I think that if he was in a more stable state he could have cohesively put the project together.

[@jamsistired]

This is very interesting, I think I still like the 2011 version better, but this is very fun. You did a wonderful job mixing this! The quality is amazing

[@Alex_Rmx222]

Epic.

[@emilystar0]

Muchas gracias por hacer estas versiones ❤

[@keeperokewl9569]

One of my favorite Beach Boys songs. Cool version.....well done!

[@williamruiz5965]

Thanks, such a great mix!

[@songsmih3576]

Wow just wow

[@jothaman3555]

You did a great job at this. What a joy it is to listen to

[@emanuelefancello2140]

I love your mixes!

[@recalcitrantimbroglio]

Wonderful!!!!

[@SuperFlyinmysoup]

I listen. I don't make many comments. But, this is really really good. Bravo. And, thank you.

[@Christymichele]

Who was the guy on the left channel getting all mad and saying "don't get smart with me and laugh you smart alec punk." 😅 That was amusing. At around the 1;03 section.

[@AdanAscencio9]

Thanks a lot for this!! Awesome

[@Rivmic]

Someone please tell me where to find that vocal track from the very beginning

[@Hahaa99]

♥️

[@gernst5345]

This is staggeringly good. You absolutely nailed it.

[@bigboiproductions51]

spectrum origins brought me here

[@u.salomao9658]

better than peppers in ANY edition/remix/remake

[@noahlangworthy1902]

You should make movement 2,3 and 4

[@noahlangworthy1902]

I mean movement 2 and 3

[@noahlangworthy1902]

Aka circle of life and the elements

[@noahlangworthy1902]

You should make another Smile video but it’s sections Track list idea SMiLE promo Americana Cycle of life The Elements Your welcome

[@nsoul11]

Interesting...

[@GraceHill27]

What song/extract from Smile Sessions is 06:39?

[@skyghostly7182]

High art

[@dummyexploits8109]

Love it but its nothing like Brian intended it to be

[@trialanderror9004]

Please keep the excellent work coming! It would be wonderful to see a video were you explain how you did your mix of "SMiLE." I've listened to it an insane amount of times.