It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

Nothing but love here for the 2004 Smile. The show I saw in SF on that tour was one of the best I've ever seen - brought me to tears.

guess mike love was following this thread!!

from today's fb feed
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didn't want to tell you guys this ... but: Hi, I'm Mike Love. Do you have any questions for me.
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How many hats do you own?

can you show me some weirdos

who makes the best apple juice

I own more hats than you can possibly imagine.
Weirdos follow me everywhere.
Best apple juice is Musselmans
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mike, i am sorry for the delay in sending you dominic p's book. will get it off in the mail within the next couple of days. got caught up in beach boys fever and decided to re-read that jawnt! ps as a personal favor to me, pass it on to shakey when you're done

will get it off in the mail within the next couple of days.

that sounds weird, bt you know what i mean

It's OK. I am just going to destroy the book anyway, just as I have burned all the Smile mastertapes.
Best,
Mike Love
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all of the seersucker, but w/o the crucial sucker, or seer

Mike, do you think your vocal on "Surfin' USA" is better than Chuck Berry's on "Sweet Little Sixteen"?

of course the first non-beach boys baseball cap i've seen him sporting is "usa".

Mike, does it make you feel better that after all the hatorade, Belle & Sebastian--in their classic "I Love My Car"--declared that they "...even love Mike Love..."?

Euler,
Chuck Berry can blow me.

C. Grisso,
Who the fuck is Belle & Sebastian.

Best,
Mike Love
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Do you ever think you will tour with Brian again?

mike if you had to choose your car, school, girl, or surfing, what would you be true to

skip,
I look forward to "keeping the summer alive" with Brian on tour, celebrating the Beach Boys' 75th anniversary in the year 2036.

iatee,
Cars, girls and surfing have all let me down over the years. But I remain true to my school.

Love,
Mike Love
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omg that picture covers bases i didn't even fully realize existed

Hey Mike, what's the hold up w/"Stars & Stripes Vol.II"? America needs you dueting w/Kenny Chesney on "Sail On, Sailor" now more than ever!

C. Grisso,
I would love to duet with Kenny Chesney. However, I'm not familiar with a song called "Sail On, Sailor." We could do "Kokomo," though, which is the Beach Boys' all time greatest song.
Kisses,
Mike Love
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I assume that "Kokomo" did not take the first place spot in this poll because it was "too obvious."
Thanks,
Mike Love
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Mike, I wanted to let you know that my car broke down in Kokomo, Indiana once, & the line "we'll get there fast & then we'll take it slow" was infused with new ~meaning~...& now I think the song is an Alice In Wonderland-like multisemantic masterpiece.

Thanks, Euler, that's what John Phillips and I were going for when we wrote "Kokomo." Even though we single out specific places in the song, I never wanted it to be limited to those locales. Kokomo is a place, yes, but it's also a *state of mind*. In other words, Kokomo is inside of all of us -- we just have to be able to find it.
Hope that helps,
Mike Love
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Mike,
Get back in the kitchen and make me some music
Thanks,
Lorax

why did you fuck with the formula on Stars and Stripes vol 1?

Skip,
I'm not going to lie about that. I was banging Toby Keith's sister at the time, and the sessions were an excuse to spend some time in Nashville.
Sincerely,
Mike Love
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And CaptainLorax, "America's Band" is looking forward to gettin' back into the studio to "cook up" some new songs for you and your family to enjoy.
Keep up the good work,
Mike Love
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really needs it's own thread imho

Mike, in this uncertain age I feel it's time for students to demonstrate. You might say it's "Student Demonstration Time". Thoughts?

B.

brownie,
Indeed, I believe it is time for all of us to stand up and strike down our capitalist oppressors. The hour is now, comrades! But perhaps I've said too much.
Your friend,
Mike Love
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wait I thought you were a republican

dear Mike,
who's more fun to recite your mantra with, David Lynch or Donovan

Mike, one more and then I'll let you go write a hit. When Brian sang out the side of his mouth, did it remind you of Popeye just a little?

http://www.hellokids.com/_uploads/_tiny_galerie/200901/popeye-the-sailor-coloring-page13-source_3xm.jpg

always wondered why Popeye had knee-nipples

guys, I've had "Kokomo" in my head for 3 days straight now. i'm starting to crack.

my honest advice is just to kill yourself

it's never, ever, ever going away

time for some TM, Gukbe

lie back and think of England

it's no use. every time i think of getting away from it all i remember that Kokomo is where you go to get away from it all.

lol

hahaha

gave me a tropical contact high

Cosmic retribution for not voting for Kokomo in the tracks poll

Mike Love, can you shed a little light on the making of the intro to "TM Song" off your best album, 15 Big Ones? Were you and the rest of the Beach Boys given scripts or was it all ad-libbed? And what were you arguing about?

always wondered why Popeye had knee-nipples

Works in a Geordie accent

dog latin,
"TM Song" is a fun example of the guys horsing around in the studio. We all loved each other so much and had lots of laughs as "America's Band." Interestingly, you may note that the lyrics of "TM Song" foreshadow the lyrics of "Kokomo":
Maharishi gave it to me
And I wonder if it set me free
And it did
And he'll tell you "sometimes it goes real fast and other times it goes
Real slow
Any way you do it it's bound to work I know"
So you see the path to inner consciousness -- your own private Kokomo, if you will -- can be instantaneous, or it can take years.
Keep the Summer Alive,
Mike Love
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Mike, you truly are a genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFsJk6PWu0