Defend the Indefensible: Mike Love

"a little wobbly in the mind since 1968"

No wonder Mike bristles at this. Brian Wilson is not "a little wobbly."

LOLing at the TM comments. Seriously, imagine how horrible he'd be without it!

he'd be ted nugent, probably.

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.

he's like the closest thing we have to gollum

he's like if gollum had smaug money

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.

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!

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!"

Trudging slowly over wet sand, tropical drink melting in your hand

"How about instead of all this limey shit about a double-decker bus, let's make it a dune buggy?"

"What if we changed it from 'hang the DJ' to 'have a great day'?"

"Girlfriend In A Coma"? Lame ... How about "Girlfriend At Point Loma"!

"Keep the part about the girl from Luxembourg--I like girls!"

'Last night I dreamed that even Mike Loved me.."

the flesh you so fancifully fry
smells neat so give it a try

Mike is a vegetarian!

so was hitler

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.”

"...and human souls, of course!"

“I favor vegetables.......except when I sue them in court for songwriting credits and royalties."

"There Is A Tide That Never Goes Out"

"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!"

if a ten foot wave crashes into us ...

"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'."

"I Won't Share You?" Sounds kinda negative, Steven. How about we make it something FUN, like, say..."I Went Surfing"?

Barbara-Annism Begins at Home

Let Him Run Wilde

"Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask, the girls in Spain are a gas"

Some Curls Are Bigger Than Others

End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say: "I'm a leaf on a windy day
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
How long will the wind blow?"

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Mike.

"....to the place where Mike's clothes were stolen"

very depressing that the piece mentions his "meditation" so often, this guy who's main takeaway from his time with the maharishi was that he didn't have to give up his rolls royce...

also, is al jardine really the ringo of the beach boys? and then who is mike meant to be? john?

a very bitter Mal Evans

lol

"What if we changed it from 'hang the DJ' to 'have a great day'?"

― Οὖτις, Monday, February 22, 2016 8:31 PM (Yesterday)

someone needs to actually record this

Am I the only one who thinks it was a beautiful coincidence that Mike name-checked "Do It Again" in his imaginary tearful reunion with Brian?

That whole bit was omg jaw-dropping.

(xp) Maybe he gets a royalties every time he quotes it.

(xp) Well Mike has been involved in some weird scenes before...

"Mike was carrying a two-gallon glass jug of apple juice everywhere he went," said Vail, "kind of like a security blanket. Apparently the doctor realized Mike was right on the edge, and he was about to give him a sedative when Mike saw what was coming and became very neurotic. He jumped up and fled the room." When he came out into the reception room, where Vail was waiting, he threw the jug of apple juice at him, and it smashed against the wall. A second later Mike was gone. He leaped into his car and took off with Fred Vail following him. "He was flipping out, and we went everywhere; it was like the Steve McQueen chase in Bullitt..."

Am I the only one who thinks it was a beautiful coincidence that Mike name-checked "Do It Again" in his imaginary tearful reunion with Brian?

I don't think this was a coincidence at all!

the apple juice story never gets old, although I think I like the "let's build a floating new age hospital in the shape of a pyramid off the coast of california" scheme to be slightly more entertaining

http://media2.fdncms.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/2392358/71nfznxn5ml._sl1300_.jpg

just noticed that he is the only one in the photo not feeding goats

mike love hates goats

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12651211_10153946983453928_4897791446880449359_n.jpg?oh=c201890244249ee0d51d9b630ee3bdfa&oe=5769AC7C

he fed goats he even put one on the cover instead of bruce

i'm not convinced

pic was taken just before he snapped that poor lil goat's neck. drank its blood.

listen, buddy, I don't care if you believe me: I wrote every single fucking one of those 'ba-ba-bas'

"Those goats were always too chicken shit to get onstage with The Beach Boys"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxD7hAybLk

Woah