New Beach Boys album - That's Why God Made the Radio

― timellison, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

What a bad song/production/title.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

With Brian back in the band, this album will easily become their best album since "Beach Boys Love You" even if they are all totally uninspired.

Whether it will be better than Brian's solo albums.... we'll..... we'll get to know soon. Maybe, maybe not....

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

haven't listened yet, but i assume there's a verse dissing Marconi?

― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

what's a radio

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's paradise when I
lift up my antenna

is a prime Mike Love lyric, I gotta say

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

With Brian back in the band, this album will easily become their best album since "Beach Boys Love You" even if they are all totally uninspired.

Whether it will be better than Brian's solo albums.... we'll..... we'll get to know soon. Maybe, maybe not....

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, May 4, 2012 5:59 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

brilliant insights, geir.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well... The first line is obvious.... Beach with Brian cannot possibly be as bad as the crap they have made in the meantime, ever since the end of the 70s.

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Beach BOYS with Brian

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also, that said, "That's Why God Made The Radio" doesn't sound bad at all. Surely it is no "Good Vibrations" or "God Only Knows" or "'Til I Die", but it's a fairly nice piece of Beach Boys pop updated for.... well... maybe not for 2012, but at least for post 1980. :)

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is the worst song of all time

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

the hook is awful. production is definitely stuck in the early 80s... you can hear Brian's harmonic/melodic genius buried in there but it's a a lot to slog through. Oddly, cannot detect the audible presence of Mike Love at all, apart from the lyrics

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

james limborg stomps this:

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

no joke, if you like this song, you'll LOVE that song

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

if you like this new hot beach boys track, you'll love james limborg, i mean

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

i always had a soft spot for limborg's tennis song too:

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Hook" = the chorus? I suppose it's not very much of a "hook," but I don't think it needs one.

xps

― timellison, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

refrain, whatever. yeah it is not much of a hook

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

wish i had pete sampras' game with andre agassi's style and speed
t-e-n-n-i-s
john mcenroe and jimmy connor (don't feel bad)
you still mean a lot to the game

i see the united states red white and blue
but all i see now
is
red white and
green

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

geir shut the fuck up. your mind is too dreary of a place to share it with us

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

:: hugs ::

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

at least the video is awesome

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

almost as good as this video

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm sure "worst song ever" was leveled at The Beach Boys Love You also.

― timellison, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

The lyrics scan like they were written by someone, freshly out of a 30-year-coma, as part of the cognitive therapy routine they've undertaken to compensate for extensive brain damage.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

it is a close battle, admittedly

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

this song could be worse, honestly.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

The lyrics scan like they were written by someone, freshly out of a 30-year-coma, as part of the cognitive therapy routine they've undertaken to compensate for extensive brain damage.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, May 4, 2012 6:45 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so "beach boys love you" basically

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

Or someone's reactionary characterization of Beach Boys Love You, perhaps.

― timellison, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

This isn't that bad. I can see this song and video working well at Chuck E. Cheese and similar types of venues.

― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

The lyrics scan like they were written by someone, freshly out of a 30-year-coma, as part of the cognitive therapy routine they've undertaken to compensate for extensive brain damage.

Could there be some possibility this is actually the truth.... Hmmmmmm.... ;)

(Yeah, the lyrics are horrid, but musically, Brian Wilson is still head and shoulders above the rest of the Beach Boys)

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

God Radio is pretty bland but that Cavalier King Charles Spaniel song is seriously the #1 thing of youtube I will playing from now on. It is probably going to be as bad as my 2008 obsession with Ode to Massachusetts

FREEDOM
FREEDOM
FREEEDOM

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

But is there a need for this type of music anymore, Geir? Why wouldn't Brian Wilson want to use his new found lucidity to do something different, even if slightly different, rather than produce what sounds like lullabies for alzheimers patients? If people want to listen to comfort food vintage Beach Boys they could just put on Pet Sounds. Sometimes trying to play it safe is the most dangerous strategy of all. This song is not an advance on Problem Child.

I realize I'm not saying anything groundbreaking. I just want to know why it matters that the song is "musically" better than other recent Beach Boys stuff when it is equally irrelevant.

― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

Pat Finn

― buzza, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

hi, I've read these boards for a while and just created an account. I didn't know if I should introduce myself or just jump into the conversations.

― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

everybody otm. such a horrible, geriatric trudge. the first minute felt like five. the blood turned to butterscotch pudding my veins.

did kind of like that tennis song. "you still mean a lot to the game..."

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

everybody otm

Except for me. I think it's great. Sounds like a Sunflower-era big hit that never was.

― timellison, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

wtf is this, boo

― sleepingbag, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

listening to this song is like finding some weird trinket ceramic cat with a fisherman's hat at yr grandma's house

― sleepingbag, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Geir, what do you think of Still Cruising?

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

More like Still Coasting.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

i have a question, which i hope isn't too intrusive or annoying. do you guys find that the beach boys' disappointing, later material affects your enjoyment of the earlier stuff? or to put it a different way, do you find the existence of this song unfortunate or merely uninteresting? personally, i tend to value artists with huge, spotty, but diverse catalogs over those who made maybe one or two masterpieces before fading away, but in the case of the beach boys, their reputation seems to have been severely damaged over the years, as the youthful earnestness of brian wilson's 60s songs is hard to disentangle from the syrupy commercial sweetness of the later, disneyfied stuff. i don't know. is "good vibrations" as enjoyable today as it would be in a world where "problem child" didn't exist?

― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Somewhere there's an ILX post where I bitch about "Kokomo" turning the liberating youthful freedom beach into a good deal on a time-share, but actually I really am able to completely separate those things. It might, however, help that A) I grew up on Still Cruising and Endless Summer at the very same time, and B) the Beach Boys have so many fairly dramatic excuses to have fallen off so hard that it sort of enhances the earlier stuff in this weird way - - - the tragic decline heightens the beauty of the age of innocence, so in a way the Beach Boys are uniquely suited to benefit from this since so much of their appeal was the innocence and sincerity.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

do you guys find that the beach boys' disappointing, later material affects your enjoyment of the earlier stuff?

Not at all. I still rep pretty heavily for the better half of their output even in spite of the existence of "Match Point Of Our Love".

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

production is definitely stuck in the early 80s

disagree, this is a digital recording. I know this battle's been over for years, but really folks, a lot of your favorite oldie artists would be making much, much better records if production styles hadn't shifted over to the digital domain imo - it changes the whole "culture"/atmosphere of the studio and you get lifeless, heavily comped performances. not that you don't do plenty of comping in analog but usually nothing like the "why does this sound like nobody cared" feel of so much we're-always-tracking-don't-sweat-it stuff now

― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

do you guys find that the beach boys' disappointing, later material affects your enjoyment of the earlier stuff?

not at all. the long decline doesn't tarnish what they accomplished early on. honestly, i think of the beach boys as a band that existed in the 60s, and the stuff that came after as something else.

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

That fact suggests to me that you really need to do yourself a favor and take a peek into their '70s catalog.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

i find it incredibly easy to not acknowledge near any long-time artist's shit years in remembrance of their great. this is pretty much the case w/ near anyone from 60/70s still doing their thing today. i think there's a term for this: you don't think of beach boys now and then as being the same continuation of the same people. b/c of being able to reference their younger selves in youtube, google images (etc etc) you sort of think of them as wholly separate, at least on some level of consciousness

like the fact that the frontman from happy monday's looks like fucking darth vader unmasked still doesn't prevent me from thinking the guy def had a cocky little swagger back in his heyday. and i can still enjoy their music, definitely.

― kelpolaris, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Oldie artists" make lifeless records now because there's more comping and they're always being tracked so they never sweat it?

― timellison, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

I mean, I know I'm just reiterating your argument, but I guess I'm skeptical.

― timellison, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Rolling Stone acting like there's a controversy when there isn't one? Was Brian upset about this? It doesn't say. Not sure why Love wouldn't do a tour with his band if he wants to and call it the Beach Boys as he is allowed to do and has been doing for fourteen years.

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:53 (10 months ago) Permalink

every move they made was shadowed by someone else, or several others.

"Shadowed" implies that the players behind them were playing their same parts. Were you really able to determine whether this was so?

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:58 (10 months ago) Permalink

ARE YOU REALLY CALLING BRIAN WILSON AND BRUCE JOHNSTON TALENTLESS

Never really knew about about Al's guitar skills. Marks seems like a good lead player!

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:04 (10 months ago) Permalink

Re: shadowing, for sure. Well, sure as I could be from the audience. They totally looked like they were playing the same parts, note for note, as far as I could tell and as far as it sounded. I mean, Al Jardine had a guitar in his hands almost the entire time, but damned if I ever really heard it. Likewise, if there's one keyboard part, yet four people are playing keyboards, and one is a nearly motionless Brian ...

Marks was perfectly proficient, but it's not like his chops were ever better than 15-year old garage band guy, and this is decades later. And by calling Brian Wilson and Johnston talentless, come on, that is nowhere near saying they never had any talent, or were never geniuses or whatever. I was just saying, in response to someone calling Love talentless, that none of the original guys on stage were offering much in the way of talent. If we're being honest here. Like, Jardine sang better than the other guys, but his voice wasn't some awesome instrument. Love and Wilson did fine, but they were a far cry from their prime. Etc.

I say this in comparison to their peer Paul McCartney, for example, who was just oozing talent when I saw him last summer. No need to shadow that dude.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:09 (10 months ago) Permalink

it's not like his chops were ever better than 15-year old garage band guy

Seems like he has good surf guitar chops to me.

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:13 (10 months ago) Permalink

Nah, he was really just OK. And I was watching him! Every once in a while they gave him a little Chuck Berry solo, but it was pretty rudimentary. He didn't fuck up, though.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:15 (10 months ago) Permalink

Recall, he's barely playing on the records he's on. That's all Glen Campbell and those dudes.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:17 (10 months ago) Permalink

On the records from '62 and '63?

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:19 (10 months ago) Permalink

I think so. Right? Actually, I have the Wrecking Crew book right here ... one sec.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:21 (10 months ago) Permalink

Certainly there was a Wrecking Crew presence on "Surfer Girl," "Surfin USA," "I Get Around," "Fun, Fun, Fun" ... so yeah, a bunch of that stuff. But maybe not the first couple of discs, though Wrecking Crew was playing all the Jan & Dean albums, too, plus various surf and hotrod comps. I think Campbell started working with them in '64. Before that the solos and stuff were mostly Carl, I believe, up to '63. Marks was just a kid!

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:25 (10 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, Campbell (among others, like Tedesco) from late '63 on.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:27 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah it's crazy, marks was 13 when he joined! he's probably on those first three or four records, but just playing rhythm i imagine.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:28 (10 months ago) Permalink

There's a David Marks and the Marksmen compilation on Spotify. Surf tunes and instrumentals from '63-'65.

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:29 (10 months ago) Permalink

ha no kidding? will have to check it out.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:30 (10 months ago) Permalink

First track "Sheriff of Noddingham" is very cool. Kind of Dick Dale-ish.

― timellison, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:36 (10 months ago) Permalink

There is so much tangential Beach Boys stuff. Like the Hondells (the first to record "Little Honda") and the Honeys (produced by Brian). Then there's Ed "Rat Fink" Roth, who did a bunch of hot rod albums with the Wrecking Crew.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:38 (10 months ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:39 (10 months ago) Permalink

This was written and produced by Brian as a birthday present!

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:41 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah this comp is highly recommended

― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:44 (10 months ago) Permalink

Speaking of talent, I picked up a vinyl copy of the astounding 12 string guitar of glen campbell, talk about a hot shit player, damn

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 03:13 (10 months ago) Permalink

thinking back to the show, "Don't Back Down" may have been the most memorable song. I wasn't expecting to hear it and they stomped through it like a garage rock track. Don't know why David Marks is getting shit here, his guitar playing sounded fine.

― skip, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:44 (10 months ago) Permalink

Bruce Johnston's first record, from 1963:

Mostly covers of then-current surf rock, but also includes a Johnston original "Quasimoto". Features Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, and Leon Russell. Terry Melcher produces.

― Lee626, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:06 (10 months ago) Permalink

xpost Campbell may be the most overlooked guitar virtuoso short of Vince Gill.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:12 (10 months ago) Permalink

Willie Nelson to thread.

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:38 (10 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, maybe. But he's no flashy technical master capable of guitar showdowns, is he? He has a very distinct, intuitive style.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:53 (10 months ago) Permalink

But Willie doesn't have session guy chops, does he?

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:53 (10 months ago) Permalink

beach boys concert or nursing home stand-up act

― am0n, Monday, 30 July 2012 17:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

― am0n, Monday, 30 July 2012 17:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

And that's it...

Beach Boys Reunion Tour Ending With Three Founding Members Sacked Via Public Statement

The Beach Boys might still be Keepin' the Summer Alive with their U.K. tour, but for three members it will be a cold harsh winter.

The band's frontman Mike Love announced that the group will split after this week in the U.K. and three members -- Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks -- have been dropped from the group. The three did not find out they had been dropped until Love and Bruce Johnston released a public statement.

The statement announcing the big shake up reads: "The post-50th anniversary configuration will not include Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks. The 50th Reunion Tour was designed to be a set tour with a beginning and an end to mark a special 50-year milestone for the band."

The exiting Beach Boys will be replaced by the group's long-time backing band, which includes Love's son Christian, according to the Telegraph. Love added that the decision to drop the three members was financially motivated. "You've got to be careful not to get overexposed. There are promoters who are interested [in more shows by the reunited line-up], but they've said, 'Give it a rest for a year'. The Eagles found out the hard way when they went out for a second year and wound up selling tickets for $5."

Wilson was blindsided.

"I'm disappointed and can't understand why he (Love) doesn't want to tour with Al, David and me," he told CNN. "We are out here having so much fun. After all, we are the real Beach Boys."

If the five members of the Beach Boys do not rekindle their bond, the September 28 concert at Wembley Stadium may be the last show they play together, CNN noted.

There is already a petition on iPetition.com asking for Love, who owns the rights to the band's name, to rethink the decision to break up the original Beach Boys.

The petition, addressed to Love, reads: "In order to preserve the validity of 'The Beach Boys' as a whole, and not as a 'money saving, stripped down version' that only contains 1 original member, and 1 member that joined in 1965, we ask you to re-instate the 3 other members to the touring group for your final years performing."

"It's the right thing to do, and it's what the fans want," the message concludes.

Jardine linked to the petition in a tweet. As of Wednesday morning, it had over 2,000 signatures.

In December 2011, the Beach Boys confirmed 50 shows to celebrate their 50th anniversary, Rolling Stone previously reported. The band formed in California in 1961. The reunion tour marks the first time the Boys have toured together in more than two decades.

Although the group had problems in the past, like nasty comments in the press and numerous lawsuits, Love swore that all the negativity was behind them. "All that stuff is long forgotten," he told Rolling Stone.

Back in June, Rolling Stone had reported that Love booked shows for his version of the Beach Boys without consulting the other members.

On Sept. 19, the group played at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to celebrate the opening of the new Beach Boys exhibit.

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

how could this possibly come as a surprise to anybody

― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:33 (7 months ago) Permalink

― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:33 (7 months ago) Permalink

.. including brian ..

xpost

― mark e, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:34 (7 months ago) Permalink

If the five members of the Beach Boys do not rekindle their bond, the September 28 concert at Wembley Stadium may be the last show they play together, CNN noted.

serious lol at this -- only mike love would fire a bunch of his bandmates and still expect them to show up for one more concert.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:35 (7 months ago) Permalink

Two more, Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night.

― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:38 (7 months ago) Permalink

the most dysfunctional family in pop ever ?

― mark e, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:40 (7 months ago) Permalink

of course, the use of the word 'family' is being stretched .. but hey ..

― mark e, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:42 (7 months ago) Permalink

I would really enjoy watching Brian Wilson beat the tar out of Mike Love.

― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:44 (7 months ago) Permalink

The Beach Boys might still be Keepin' the Summer Alive with their U.K. tour, but for three members it will be a cold harsh winter.

The infinite number of lead sentences they could do in this vein . . .

"Beach Boys audiences might be pickin' up Good Vibrations, but behind the scenes things are anything but groovy . . .

"This summer's reunited Beach Boys tour has been a success by any measure, but God Only Knows if there will be another . . ."

― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:46 (7 months ago) Permalink

I would really enjoy watching Brian Wilson beat the tar out of Mike Love.

pretty much anyone would like to watch anyone beating the tar out of Mike Love.

― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:07 (7 months ago) Permalink

has anyone ever publicly assaulted Mike Love? besides probably Dennis?

― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:08 (7 months ago) Permalink

you almost wonder if mike was running a long con and just did the whole album and tour so he could have the satisfaction of firing the guys at the end

― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

i feel like mike might get beat up at some point in 'heroes and villains' but tbh that book is basically one nonstop horrorshow so it doesn't stand out much

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:11 (7 months ago) Permalink

Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks were informed of the news via a statement issued by Mike Love - the band's frontman and Wilson's cousin - that the tour would be continuing without them.

― Brakhage, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 22:27 (7 months ago) Permalink

there's definitely fistfights in heroes and villains. dunno if any of them could be described as Mike receiving a beatdown though.

― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 22:32 (7 months ago) Permalink

why does Mike Love care about any of this. i will never understand.

― hail dayton (brownie), Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:37 (7 months ago) Permalink

Brian responds to Mike:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-brian-wilson-al-jardine-respond-to-mike-love-on-beach-boys-flap-20121008,0,6270223.story

― fistula-la-la (sic), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 02:15 (7 months ago) Permalink

As far as I know I can't be fired--that wouldn't be cool.

I don't know why, but it's funny to think of Brian Wilson saying lines like this like Brad Pitt in "True Romance."

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:46 (7 months ago) Permalink

Brian responds to Mike:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-brian-wilson-al-jardine-respond-to-mike-love-on-beach-boys-flap-20121008,0,6270223.story

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:55 (7 months ago) Permalink

Sounds like both of them need to get in a room together and talk it out, rather than hearing shit second-handed through PR guys.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:59 (7 months ago) Permalink

What they need is another centralized PR guy to handle the PR.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:00 (7 months ago) Permalink