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

Jeeeeeeeeesus fuck:

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh my god, wow, i had never seen that! Frightening on a lot of levels. Everything I've ever sort of disliked about Mike Love kind of crystallized right there.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Hah. Mike Love is the mack daddy.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

You got the "daddy" part right, at least. He's like your friend's dad who, like, wore jokey mesh caps and stuff but never made any attempt to be at all friendly when you were at his house.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is kind of a charming interview on fallon
http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/beach-boys-took-over-fallon-last-night.html

― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

i don't watch or listen to modern day beach boys unless uncle jesse and the rest of the full house cast is involved

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

the harmonies and melody lines in the chorus are really beautiful

but yeah sounds cheaply recorded and the lyrics are terrible

― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

the bridge is horrible

― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

Kinda cool album cover.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha yeah, not the direction i would've expected, but cool!

― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

I can't hear "I Get Around" anymore without thinking of HoverRound, how depressing is that

― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

whoah that sleeve is great!

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

well except for the logo

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

such a cynical ploy to get people to think of their fave beach boys album

― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

More like four big ones and whatever Mike Love's got packing down there.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love that 'Summer of Love' is on this thread twice now. Can I see you and raise with an ill-advised rap adventure?

Carl sounds amazing on that "Goin' Out' video above, I'd never heard that track before.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

smart girls! love that one.
this is great too -- dylan's cameo is for the ages

― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

whoever played guitar on that song should've been spin's #1 guitarist of all time.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

More like four big ones and whatever Mike Love's got packing down there.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 1:39 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol XD

― flopson, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

The new album cover is kinda AnCo, the band the BBs merely warmed up music for

― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

More like four big ones and whatever Mike Love's got packing down there.

Yeah, but Mike Love is a big dick.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^^

beat me to the joke i was thinking up while scrolling down

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

Not that I have been expecting otherwise, but all of the reviews of the current tour have basically been reviews of "The Beach Boys," rather than this Beach Boys. Surely no one has ever doubted the merits of the group's catalog, but it is weird to read these pieces that neither compare the current tour to the band's umpteenth past tours sans Brian, or note how the return of Brian does or does not change a thing about the group as its been for years. I mean, the current Beach Boys uses Brian's band - does that make a difference? I'm sure they sang Brian songs without him - does it matter that he's there? It's all sort of a disingenuous approach to a group that's been ignored, critically, on the nostalgia circuit for decades.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

The new album cover is kinda AnCo, the band the BBs merely warmed up music for

Why don't AnCo and BB do a collab album? It will break the indiesphere.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

Brian couldn't even handle the High Llamas, you think he could handle a bunch of weirdos in animal masks?

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just tell him he's reshooting the cover of Pet Sounds.

― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Switch animal masks for fire helmets.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol Phil

― NO TBEAUTIFUL : - (unregistered), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, I could get with a Beach Boys Party...Again!

can you imagine how fucking boring a party with these guys would be now?

― akm, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm sure they have very interesting stories to tell about their various grandchildren.

― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Brian couldn't even handle the High Llamas, you think he could handle a bunch of weirdos in animal masks?

Brian remains the most vocally gifted out of all of these by a country mile, so maybe it just ain't meant to be

― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

goddamn if this hasn't been stuck in my head for practically a week now

― the minister of RAILWAYS (reddening), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

honestly what it reminds me of the most is "Good Timin'"

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

goddamn if this hasn't been stuck in my head for practically a week now

it's memorable (singing it to myself atm), but not catchy enough to stick in my head. not yet anyway...

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

i kinda can't bring myself to listen to this. the beach boys were never meant to exist in 2012.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

They just weren't made for these times.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, I could get with a Beach Boys Party...Again!

can you imagine how fucking boring a party with these guys would be now?

― akm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kind of imagine mike love was always a bummer when he got stoned

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

Like Love ever got legit stoned. He'd fake inhale and then sit there glaring and judging the rest of the crew.

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mike's drug of choice was apple juice iirc

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

In the semi-controversial "Mike Love isn't so bad" piece that ran in Mojo sometime back, Mike admitted he "smoked his share of marijuana" in the 60s, but quit once he discovered meditation.

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 May 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

I thought I remembered Mike bragging about having better acid trips than Brian ever did during his famous RnRHoF induction-rant

― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 10 May 2012 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

I just came from the Beach Boys concert at the Beacon theater. I can't speak for Mike Love's drug intake, but as of 2012, the man certainly has his share of psychedelic hand motions.

― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 10 May 2012 04:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

This could very well turn out to be the best Beach Boys album in 35 years

― Lee626, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Best since "Blood on the Tracks!"

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Summer in Paradise 4ever

― skip, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

best since Love You. Faint praise i know.

― Lee626, Thursday, 10 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

How about That Lucky Old Sun? which I actually liked a lot...

― skip, Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

I just came from the Beach Boys concert at the Beacon theater.

so was it any good? I can't bring myself to go really, after seeing the setlist which was 50% uninvolving for me....and the feeling that going would be like going to see wax figures. but i'm kind of curious.

― akm, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

They're playing here the night of the NATO protests/meeting. It's also across the street from one of the "look at me, I'm behind the anchors on the sidewalk!" news stations. Should be a mess.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

Seriously? This is 50% uninvolving?

Set 1

Do It Again
Catch a Wave
Don't Back Down
Surfin' Safari
Surfer Girl
The Little Girl I Once Knew
Wendy
Then I Kissed Her
This Whole World
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
You're So Good For Me
Cottenfields
Be True to Your School
Disney Girls
Please Let Me Wonder
Don't Worry Baby
Little Honda
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I Get Around

Set 2

Sloop John B
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Forever
Sail On, Sailor
Heroes and Villains
In My Room
All This is That
God Only Knows
That's Why God Made the Radio
California Dreamin'
California Girls
Dance Dance Dance
All Summer Long
Help Me Rhonda
Do You Wanna Dance?
Barbara Ann
Surfin' U.S.A.

Encore

Kokomo
Good Vibrations
Fun Fun Fun

― timellison, Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink