hey Mike Love can sell CARS, he can sell SURFING, he can sell GIRLS, dude can sell anything
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
I'd actually really like to see him become a pitchman in his golden years. "Hey, this is Mike Love. Look, just...buy a goddamn Keurig already, okay? Don't be an idiot. Namaste."
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
Mike Love's Don't Fuck With The Formula Infant Formula
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
Mike Love's Reverse Mortgages are Fun Fun Fun!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
Mike Love's Be True to Your School's Student Loan Refinancing Program
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
"As you get older, you realize that some of those vibrations aren't so good. Hello, I'm Mike Love from the Beach Boys, and on behalf of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation..."
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
HATS, fercryinoutloud! The man should be selling baseball hats.
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
Mike Love's Baseball Hat of The Month Club! The Best Hats With Logos You've Never Heard Of!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IxCfncT.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I'd actually really like to see him become a pitchman in his golden years. "Hey, this is Mike Love. Look, just...buy a goddamn Keurig already, okay? Don't be an idiot. Namaste."― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:33 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:33 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this made me spit out my drink b/c laughter
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
And here we go -- a huge new Rolling Stone article/interview
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-ballad-of-mike-love-20160217
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Pretty great piece, except for the writer's (or editor's) reflexive insistence that Brian Wilson has any talent left at all.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
there is something sad and grimly amusing about a guy who's devoted 40+ years to transcendental meditation and remains a crotchety, testy jerk.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
"if he were a fish, he'd be a plastic bag wrapped around the neck of a beautiful sea lion."
lol who said this
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
there is something sad and grimly amusing about a guy who's devoted 40+ years to transcendental meditation and remains a crotchety, testy jerk.― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:54 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:54 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Now imagine what he'd be like without the transcendental meditation!
Still, there are bigger jerks still walking the Earth from that period... Ginger Baker most notably!
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
And here we go -- a huge new Rolling Stone article/interviewhttp://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-ballad-of-mike-love-20160217🔗
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-ballad-of-mike-love-20160217🔗
This piece in a lot of ways is the definitive piece on Mike – something only Brian devotees probably care about but care about nonetheless. It pretty much covers every possible angle – the lawsuits, Brian's mental illness, his role in the songwriting, Smile, etc. And it includes every defense and retort—even ending with him tearing up—but you end up with the same guy we've disliked for years, more or less: a bitter jerk who remains deluded about the role he played in the Beach Boys' success.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
it's funny when ridiculously rich people are still unhappy because they don't have *enough*
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
it's not about the money, it's about the RESPECT
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
piles and piles of respect
also hats
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
Cue the weirdos, that's about all Mike's good for these days.
― Soon Kenny Loggins will look like this (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
"Why am I the villain?"
Because you are one of pop music's greatest jerkfaces.
LOLing at the TM comments. Seriously, imagine how horrible he'd be without it!
― skip, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
"a little wobbly in the mind since 1968"
No wonder Mike bristles at this. Brian Wilson is not "a little wobbly."
― skip, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link
he'd be ted nugent, probably.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link
this is so weird and awkward
Most of those bugs, of course, have Brian's name on them, leading one to wonder what he might say to Brian if Brian magically appeared here right now?How would you greet him?"Oh, OK, well ... "Jackie speaks up. "Let me be Brian," she says.Love looks alarmed. "No, no, no, no," he says.But it's too late. Jackie has hopped onto her chair and is towering over her husband, both magnifying the actual height difference of the two men by about three feet and reducing the actual distance between them by about 450 miles. She puts on a deep voice. She's Brian now."Mike, hey, Mike!" she says.Mike is held speechless. Finally, he says, "What?""That's what you would say?" Jackie asks.He laughs, awkwardly, and gives it his best shot. "Hi, Brian, what's happening?"Deep voice. "Hey, Mike. I found you. Ya know, dude, what are we gonna do? I miss you, Mike."Love drops out of the moment. "Brian probably would say that. If he had the ability." He giggles nervously.Jackie isn't satisfied. She gets serious with him. "I don't want to make you cry, but would you greet him as being your cousin and collaborator in music first, or just as a collaborator? OK, so I'm Brian. You're seeing me. Express the personal part of it. What would you say?"Many, many seconds go by."I'd probably say, 'I love you,'" he says, moisture gathering in the corners of his eyes. "'And I love what we did together. And let's do it again.'" But then he gives his head a shake, narrows his eyes, any wetness there drying up, frowns and once again gives voice to what no amount of meditation can ever smooth over. "I've been ostracized," he says quietly. "Vilified. In other words, fucked with." He looks around for agreement. When none is forthcoming, he says, "Pass me the water, please," and, in such a way, lets it be known that some things will never change.
How would you greet him?
"Oh, OK, well ... "
Jackie speaks up. "Let me be Brian," she says.
Love looks alarmed. "No, no, no, no," he says.
But it's too late. Jackie has hopped onto her chair and is towering over her husband, both magnifying the actual height difference of the two men by about three feet and reducing the actual distance between them by about 450 miles. She puts on a deep voice. She's Brian now.
"Mike, hey, Mike!" she says.
Mike is held speechless. Finally, he says, "What?"
"That's what you would say?" Jackie asks.
He laughs, awkwardly, and gives it his best shot. "Hi, Brian, what's happening?"
Deep voice. "Hey, Mike. I found you. Ya know, dude, what are we gonna do? I miss you, Mike."
Love drops out of the moment. "Brian probably would say that. If he had the ability." He giggles nervously.
Jackie isn't satisfied. She gets serious with him. "I don't want to make you cry, but would you greet him as being your cousin and collaborator in music first, or just as a collaborator? OK, so I'm Brian. You're seeing me. Express the personal part of it. What would you say?"
Many, many seconds go by.
"I'd probably say, 'I love you,'" he says, moisture gathering in the corners of his eyes. "'And I love what we did together. And let's do it again.'" But then he gives his head a shake, narrows his eyes, any wetness there drying up, frowns and once again gives voice to what no amount of meditation can ever smooth over. "I've been ostracized," he says quietly. "Vilified. In other words, fucked with." He looks around for agreement. When none is forthcoming, he says, "Pass me the water, please," and, in such a way, lets it be known that some things will never change.
he's like the closest thing we have to gollum
― nomar, Monday, 22 February 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
he's like if gollum had smaug money
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 February 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
It's really funny that he tries to play up how much more seriously he took his experiences in India than those dumb Beatles, when according to others who were there, Love was the one bringing in boxes of batteries and other western goods to flog to the Maharishi's followers. Totally fucking spiritual.
― Pheeel, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
that's one of the more hilarious ironies about him - his big spiritual revelation was that he could cop some stress-relief techniques and still be a greedy womanizing asshole! it's win/win!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
The Smiths poll thread and all these Beach Boys threads have got me imagining what it would be like to have Mike Love and Morrissey in the same band.
"What are these? Lyrics? What a fucking bummer!"
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 22 February 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Trudging slowly over wet sand, tropical drink melting in your hand
― crüt, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
"How about instead of all this limey shit about a double-decker bus, let's make it a dune buggy?"
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
"What if we changed it from 'hang the DJ' to 'have a great day'?"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
"Girlfriend In A Coma"? Lame ... How about "Girlfriend At Point Loma"!
― tylerw, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
"Keep the part about the girl from Luxembourg--I like girls!"
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
'Last night I dreamed that even Mike Loved me.."
― Mark G, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
the flesh you so fancifully frysmells neat so give it a try
― karla jay vespers, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Mike is a vegetarian!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
so was hitler
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 February 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Mike Love, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys and the only original member that still tours under the band’s name, is getting “Good Vibrations” from a diet mostly without animal products.
Love has cut out all red meat and chicken from his plate.
“I’m 90 per cent vegetarian,” Love said. “I favor vegetables and stuff like that.”
― karla jay vespers, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
"...and human souls, of course!"
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
“I favor vegetables.......except when I sue them in court for songwriting credits and royalties."
― karla jay vespers, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
"There Is A Tide That Never Goes Out"
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:03 (eight years ago) link
"How about instead of 'Suffer Little Children', which is such a fuckin' downer, dude, we change it to "Surfin' Little Children" instead?"
"Okay, on four, and don't fuck with the formula!"
"Upon the beach, take me to the beach, dig me a sandpit and I'll lay me down... Ooh baba-lu-ba hmm papa mmm mow-m-mow awwwooooooohhh!"
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
if a ten foot wave crashes into us ...
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
"Rumour has it that Morrissey quit the Queen Is Dead project in disgust after Love demanded he explain the precise meaning of the lyric 'Ere long done do does did'."
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
"I Won't Share You?" Sounds kinda negative, Steven. How about we make it something FUN, like, say..."I Went Surfing"?
― Pheeel, Monday, 22 February 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Barbara-Annism Begins at Home
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 February 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
Let Him Run Wilde
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
"Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask, the girls in Spain are a gas"
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
Some Curls Are Bigger Than Others
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 22 February 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link