Does Brian ever visit this newsgroup? I only ask because I note that
on the Wikipedia page on God Only Knows there's a link to "Greg
Panfile's Musical Analysis". Whoever Mr Panfile is, his page is full
of errors.
He seems to have done quite a lot of research on the subject and
mentions that there are a number of different opinions regarding
exactly which key it's in. He offers the fact that Brian regards it as
being in E. I don't doubt this for a second - and I expect that's why
he instructed the French Horns to play D sharps in the intro, rather
than the D naturals which Mr Panfile indicates. I could go on but you
get the picture.
This is the weakness of Wikipedia. It's OK for technical matters like
Simple Harmonic Motion or the chemical formula for Aspirin, where
unqualified people would feel inhibited from posting innacurate facts
and figures. However, when it comes to Rock music it appears that
everyone is an expert and wildy innacurate comments pose as informed
critique.
If anyone here knows how to contact Brian perhaps they could draw this
to his attention.
