***** Great track... the infamous "Fire Song"... It was thought for many years that Brian Wilson burnt all the "SMiLE" tapes after recording this track after a fit of paranoia, several fires broke out around the L.A. area the day of this songs recording...Brian thought somehow he was responsible on a deep spiritual level... well has history has shown that none of this too be true as the tapes still exist...<br><br>The track itself (recorded with everyone in the studio wearing fireman helmets...hahaha...) is quite menacing and intense... driven by a thudding bass line, fuzz guitar and a strained string section that creates an eerie atmosphere...and on top of that there are fire sirens and the actual sounds of fire (Brian had a bucket filled with paper and wood set alight with a microphone put too it in the studio)... The groups haunting vocals sweep over the top of all this...amazing stuff...<br><br>The songs title comes from the cow that knocked over an oil lamp that begun the great Chicago fire of 1871... |