Defend the Indefensible: Mike Love

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True. When the first Pet Sounds box set used Brian's vocal for the stereo "Wouldn't It Be Nice" bridge (something Love put a stop to on all subsequent releases) I thought it was an improvement for similar reasons.

― birdistheword

i thought it was because they couldn't find the master tape for the love bridge when the first box came out, and then they found the tape. was that a cover story?

Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 3 October 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link

It's a bullshit story. Listen to the 2001 standalone release where they restored Love's vocal on the stereo mix. Love's vocal is flown in from the final mono mix, and the result clearly has phasing issues which was unavoidable at the time. They can probably do a better job of it with the same "demixing" tools Giles has been using.

birdistheword, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

Spotted in an FB group:

1979 BOMP! Magazine: Nick Lowe on Mike Love:

"Like what's that bloke's name… Mike Love? Is he the one that wears that hat all the time? What a wanker that bloke is! When he came over to England, I saw him on the television. He was being interviewed and he was like this crass American tourist and he all but said your policemen are wonderful and I just came over here for the girls, you got so many pretty girls here. I thought, for fuck’s sake, what is this wimp doing? He had on this sort of LA beige suit on and the beads around his neck. He just looked like the biggest wanker I'd ever seen. And his stupid little yachting cap!"

Cupid must be angry at Mike Love.

pplains, Saturday, 26 November 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

Those aren’t the Beachboys and I doubt they voted
Mike Love is ,in the opinion of almost every musician I know , a shithead , most assuredly has no talent at all , and , as you can probably tell ...I just don’t like him https://t.co/GLZwvSFN2h

— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) October 19, 2020

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 20 January 2023 07:09 (one year ago) link

:)

frogbs, Friday, 20 January 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link

The best thing about that tweet is how he says two terrible insults, seems to be stepping back to deliver a death blow...and ends on a mild opinion.

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 20 January 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link

one year passes...

https://i.imgur.com/G3G9INc.jpg

Mike still on the circuit

calstars, Saturday, 27 January 2024 18:19 (two months ago) link

Is he doing the Biggie tribute?

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 18:24 (two months ago) link

He’s a member of Beats Antique

calstars, Saturday, 27 January 2024 18:26 (two months ago) link


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