What shall we expect from the GRAMMY performance?

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Side one of Country Luhv.

Everyone's In Love With You/Sumahama/Kokomo medley followed by a TM lecture with Donovan and David Lynch on guest backing vocals!

[Ron]

Kokomo with girls from the original video returning on stage in swimsuits. GILFs?

Nah, Mike doesn't allow any women over the age of 25 to come within a 20 yard radius of him.

That should be the law of the land

Yes.  Also spandex should not be made in any size over about 6. 

[Ron]

I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

Hmm.  Maybe next time you listen to those songs, you pay attention to what the words are about. 

[SMiLE Brian]

Side one of Country Luhv.

Everyone's In Love With You/Sumahama/Kokomo medley followed by a TM lecture with Donovan and David Lynch on guest backing vocals!

Then oldsurferdude tells Mike during the TM lecture that TM is scam made from a con-artist.

[Paulos]

I'm astonished at the certain board members showing hatred for the Boys a capella tracks, when the Boys sing a capella you get to hear their amazing blend and technique without any distractions. How anyone who claims to Beach Boys fans could dislike Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring/A Young Man Is Gone, Auld Lang Syne, And Your Dream Comes True and Our Prayer is beyond me. Also, Graduation Day isn't a capella, nor is the vast majority of We Three Kings.

[Myk Luhv]

I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

Hmm.  Maybe next time you listen to those songs, you pay attention to what the words are about. 

I don't think it's entirely because they're about God since "And Your Dream Comes True" does this too. (The paucity of a cappella stuff doesn't help maybe.) You can, of course, have religious (even reverently so) music without it also being as dull as Brian managed to make them.

[Paulos]

I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

Hmm.  Maybe next time you listen to those songs, you pay attention to what the words are about. 

I don't think it's entirely because they're about God since "And Your Dream Comes True" does this too. (The paucity of a cappella stuff doesn't help maybe.) You can, of course, have religious (even reverently so) music without it also being as dull as Brian managed to make them.

Dull in your opinion, breathtaking in mine. I think we need to agree to disagree.

[oldsurferdude]

Side one of Country Luhv.

Everyone's In Love With You/Sumahama/Kokomo medley followed by a TM lecture with Donovan and David Lynch on guest backing vocals!

Then Brian will come from behind the curtains and they'll do All Dressed Up For School.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Side one of Country Luhv.

Everyone's In Love With You/Sumahama/Kokomo medley followed by a TM lecture with Donovan and David Lynch on guest backing vocals!

Then oldsurferdude tells Mike during the TM lecture that TM is scam made from a con-artist.

And then they recreate the 1979 Universal Amphitheater blowup with OSD as Dennis!

[Rocky Raccoon]

Eddie Murphy in costume as Norbit will join Brian for a special medley of Party All the Time and Smart Girls, the latter which will be played live for the first time ever.

[hypehat]

I don't really dig the a cappella tracks the group has done either. I find them either corny or boring/grating to listen to, or both. I can't put my finger on why, but I think it's the way they're sung -- they always sort of do that thing where they sing in unison, each coming in after the other, and builds up and suddenly dissipates -- and even they kinda sound bored singing it too. It's cool for a portion of the song but for an entire two minutes? Be a little more inventive, please! Their other vocal arrangements don't suffer in the same way, seems to me. I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

You are so wrong. "Be a little more inventive"? Do you even have any idea of how advanced and incredible that kind of harmony is, both compositionally and in terms of performance? To me, The Beach Boys acapella sound completely distances them from any other harmony group besides the Freshmen. No other band with 'good harmonies' would even attempt to sing 'Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring'.

[Paulos]

I don't really dig the a cappella tracks the group has done either. I find them either corny or boring/grating to listen to, or both. I can't put my finger on why, but I think it's the way they're sung -- they always sort of do that thing where they sing in unison, each coming in after the other, and builds up and suddenly dissipates -- and even they kinda sound bored singing it too. It's cool for a portion of the song but for an entire two minutes? Be a little more inventive, please! Their other vocal arrangements don't suffer in the same way, seems to me. I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

You are so wrong. "Be a little more inventive"? Do you even have any idea of how advanced and incredible that kind of harmony is, both compositionally and in terms of performance? To me, The Beach Boys acapella sound completely distances them from any other harmony group besides the Freshmen. No other band with 'good harmonies' would even attempt to sing 'Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring'.

+1

[bossaroo]

for real. 'Their Hearts' is so sublime and so difficult to pull off. I'd like to hear someone try and top it or even come close.

some people just really dislike those moving a capella jazz harmonies. i don't f*cking get it.


does anyone hear actually find 'Our Prayer' boring? if so... you suck.

[Shady]

Eddie Murphy in costume as Norbit will join Brian for a special medley of Party All the Time and Smart Girls, the latter which will be played live for the first time ever.

The Norbit jokes will never get old 

[Ron]

I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

Hmm.  Maybe next time you listen to those songs, you pay attention to what the words are about.  

I don't think it's entirely because they're about God since "And Your Dream Comes True" does this too. (The paucity of a cappella stuff doesn't help maybe.) You can, of course, have religious (even reverently so) music without it also being as dull as Brian managed to make them.

True, but you can't sing "And Your Dreams Come True" with strings and it not be boring.  You can't sing "The Lords Prayer" with strings and have it not be boring.  They both sound much, much better acapella, and those two particular songs the Beach Boys sang better acapella than anybody's ever sang them otherwise.  

Bad examples.  

In the specific case of "The Lords Prayer", I've heard the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (considered one of the greatest in the world) sing it on television... and with 200 voices it didn't sound as good as the Beach Boys with 5.

[CarlTheVoice]

I'm sorry if it's been covered already but does anyone know if the whole show/highlights will be shown in the UK? I expect there will be videos on youtube but they can be quite poor quality sometimes.

[Shady]

I'm sorry if it's been covered already but does anyone know if the whole show/highlights will be shown in the UK? I expect there will be videos on youtube but they can be quite poor quality sometimes.

It's always shown a few days later in Ireland so I'm guessing it's similar in the UK

[Myk Luhv]

Yes, I'm sure those a cappella recordings are very complex and difficult to arrange, let alone pull off. Too bad I still find them boring! I would listen to vocals-only mixes of "Little Deuce Coup" or "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" before any of those a cappella tracks.

[over and over]

Brian and Mike together on stage. My dream came true.  

[hypehat]

Yes, I'm sure those a cappella recordings are very complex and difficult to arrange, let alone pull off. Too bad I still find them boring! I'm deaf and have no soul.

Fixed that for you.

[Lowbacca]

Yes, I'm sure those a cappella recordings are very complex and difficult to arrange, let alone pull off. Too bad I still find them boring! I'm deaf and have no soul.

Fixed that for you.

[SG7]

A reshowing of "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians."

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Yes, I'm sure those a cappella recordings are very complex and difficult to arrange, let alone pull off. Too bad I still find them boring! I would listen to vocals-only mixes of "Little Deuce Coup" or "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" before any of those a cappella tracks.

The close part harmony captures the soul of the group. Everything stemmed from there.

Lets respect this guys opinion though, however warped and insane it may be. I'm sure there are many Bob Dylan fans who hate the gravelly voiced tracks, and many Beastie Boys fans who abhor the rapping songs. So why not a few Beach Boys fans who find the very essence of their vocal sound boring?

[Ron]

Yeah, but those people are all crazy.  So they're alright to ridicule and point fingers at. 


YOU'RE CRAZY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL MAN

[SMiLE Brian]

Brian and Mike together on stage. My dream came true.  

We will see how long it lasts...