Show 10: Beacon Theatre - New York, NY 5/9/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS)

[Wirestone]

Oh come on, the review isn't THAT bad.

It's a fabulous review, actually, quibbles aside. Like the voice, like the coming to terms with Mike's stage presence. Funny and not inaccurate.

[southbay]

I notice that "Dave replaced Al... BRIEFLY" meme popping up in more than a few of these reviews and the inaccuracy of it really bugs me. No BB's fan outside of Hawthorne ever heard the name Al Jardine until 1964 after the band had already sold millions of records. David was in the Beach Boys lineup that became FAMOUS and SUCCESSFUL. Yes Al was a founder and is on that first single, but no one knew that until after Murry did his history re-write and expunged Dave from the rise to fame story. Hard to believe so many in the media still cling to that myth and think of Al as one of the guys on those first hits.

WE know, Jon.  You're preaching to the choir here (but I understand your frustration and need to vent...)

[zep tepi]

Welcome and thank you for this very interesting review !!


Two questions:
Did Brian sing lead on "Marcella"?

Did the Forever-video work this time ?

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, Brian sang lead on Marcella. He was really groovin' with it, too. The Forever video worked perfectly, and was very touching. My eyes teared, and my mouth was agape, marveling at its beauty the entirety of the song. Brian sounded particularly good on the "DoDoDoDoDoDo's" during the God Only Knows bridge, and I noticed him open his mouth to start singing the next line, probably just out of habit at this point, before realizing he got to sit back and listen to his brother croon it.

[Rocker]

Kokomo & Good Vibrations & Fun Fun Fun (part):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6Q4r_6xKY


Be true to your school & Don't worry baby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh4w-Ttc-gU&feature=relmfu


Kokomo from another source:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwL4sUaa50&feature=related


God only knows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfvoVTiu9N0&feature=relmfu

[HeyJude]

I notice that "Dave replaced Al... BRIEFLY" meme popping up in more than a few of these reviews and the inaccuracy of it really bugs me. No BB's fan outside of Hawthorne ever heard the name Al Jardine until 1964 after the band had already sold millions of records. David was in the Beach Boys lineup that became FAMOUS and SUCCESSFUL. Yes Al was a founder and is on that first single, but no one knew that until after Murry did his history re-write and expunged Dave from the rise to fame story. Hard to believe so many in the media still cling to that myth and think of Al as one of the guys on those first hits.

I've read a few articles that seemed to diplomatically but correctly describe their roles in the band. How hard is it to say "David Marks, who played on the band's albums in their early years."

I dunno, I suppose a writer who doesn't take the time to learn that there are decades of dry spells creatively in the band might consider Dave's tenure of a few years brief in light of it being their "50th Anniversary."

[Mikie]

Rocker, where's Marcella, baby?  She can mess my mind with the stuff that she knows!

Seems like Mike shoulda sang that one..........but Brian took it, eh?  I know, the song was about Brian's masseuse. 

[Rocker]

Rocker, where's Marcella, baby? 

I hope we'll get to see/hear it soon !



Was this the best Beach Boys setlist ever ? I wonder what else they have to offer in the months ahead

[Pretty Funky]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

[Lowbacca]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPZhD4KctA

 

[drbeachboy]

This show was so swingin', rockin', beautiful, and heavy that I finally took the plunge and created an account after many a night spent lurking in the shadows of the board.

Being quite the youngster, with only a couple decades + 2 on my life experience belt, I've only seen Al's band with David and Mike & Bruce. Al & David's show was intimate and fun, and Mike and Bruce made sure their band took good care of these historical jewels we call Beach Boys songs. The thing about those shows was, they were fun and enjoyable. The songs sounded good, and everyone was in good spirits. But this show...seeing & hearing Brian, Mike, Al, David, Bruce, and the incredible backing band perform these songs...was a religious experience to say the least. These songs came alive in such an intense and special way. It literally felt like being inside the music, as if these songs were physical entities you could step into. It was like tumbling into the world inside my headphones.

David's guitar shrieked and swarmed over the audience as he tore out his heart, took a bite, and threw it on the audience during his solo's. This tour would not have been complete without David Lee Marks. The way the guys constantly praised Brian, give him little looks, nods, and smiles throughout the show, was beautiful. I couldn't help but harken back to this video as I watched David, Mike, and Brian during Surfin' Safari: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74rreG0k5lA and think about time traveling to pull one of those Hawthorne kids into the future, probably David, and bring them to this show 50 years later. Now, to the songs!

Marcella! What a wonderful surprise! It sounded so fantastic and full. Before the song, as mentioned previously, Brian was playing the keyboard and doing some ooohohhhohh's, which was, for all intents and purposes, watching Brian Wilson jam for a few seconds. I thought that little preparation he was doing sounded like I Feel So Fine, and I couldn't help but wonder who slipped him some white stuff. I had to promptly explain to my girlfriend what "The Cocaine Sessions" were. At the end of Brian's noodling, Al got to the mic and sang "I have a girlfriend..." then said, "is that what you're playing?" I thought to myself, "wow! snippets of I Feel So Fine AND I'm So Young!" But then Marcella came out of the instruments and vocal chords, and pulled me by my ears back into the music. Stamos sort of took me out of the music for a moment with his drum solo before BTTYS, but that's what you get with Stamos, and if I had a chance to do a drum solo at a sold out Beach Boys show, I'd be wailin' before Mike even had a chance to go "wheeeeeeen" (which was extremely shortened tonight, and he didn't do his usual "old guy needs help getting up" routine with it). We're spoiled because John Cowsill's drumming is so tastefully perfect and hard hitting at the same time.

When the light went on over Brian's piano and all the guys were standing there, I thought they would all go back to their respective spots, but I noticed Al holding a mic between him and Bruce, and all of a sudden Add Some Music begins, and Mike tells me exactly what the Sunday morning gospel goes good with. It seemed like they were all still getting a grip on the song, reading the lyrics on top of the piano (Mike from Brian's teleprompter), and David seemed like he didn't exactly know what he was doing, but, Lord, those vocals. After the song, Bruce said something that sounded like, "first time in 41 years", but I may stand to be corrected on the accuracy of that. Heroes and Villains got a HUGE standing ovation that lasted, what seemed like, a good couple minutes. The guys seemed very appreciative of that. It made me wish even more than I normally do everyday that I had seen a live Brian Wilson Smile show after watching Nelson Bragg on the percussion of H&V. In fact, Nelson and Cowsill are a hell of a team. I went in expecting to watch Mike, Brian, David, Bruce, and Al the most, but the backing band is hard to take your eyes off of. That energy! Having a night sky filled with stars on the projector screen during parts of God Only Knows was a beautiful backdrop to Carl singing. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times was Brian in top form, singing his heart out. He really reached for some of those notes, grabbing 'em from above his head, and gracefully guiding them back into his larynx.

Again, as somewhat of a youngster, I'm not used to sit down concerts. I went with the ebbs and flows of the audience to be respectful, but I would have much rather been standing & grooving for songs like H&V and This Whole World, especially as I was completely within the music. What a special night. Go see this show!

Thank you for that heartfelt review. It is the (religious) experience, isn't it? I have been to a few of those types of Beach Boys shows. It also helps when the audience is appreciative and into it. The band knows it and feels it, and affects the performance. You will remember it the rest of your life. I know that I do.

[Chris Brown]

Damn, these threads are just killing me - my show at the end of June can't come soon enough.  The set list, the camaraderie of the band, just the whole thing - mind blowing. 

Still hard to believe it's all actually happening, ya know?

[drbeachboy]

Damn, these threads are just killing me - my show at the end of June can't come soon enough.  The set list, the camaraderie of the band, just the whole thing - mind blowing. 

Still hard to believe it's all actually happening, ya know?

I'm chomping. I have 9 more days to go until my show. Just hoping Autotune & Stamos doesn't kill the buzz.

[Lowbacca]

Damn, these threads are just killing me - my show at the end of June can't come soon enough.  The set list, the camaraderie of the band, just the whole thing - mind blowing.  

Still hard to believe it's all actually happening, ya know?

I know what you mean. And I still have to wait 'til August.  

Just hoping Autotune & Stamos doesn't kill the buzz.

Only if you let them. 

[drbeachboy]

Damn, these threads are just killing me - my show at the end of June can't come soon enough.  The set list, the camaraderie of the band, just the whole thing - mind blowing. 

Still hard to believe it's all actually happening, ya know?

I know what you mean. And I still have to wait 'til August. 

Just hoping Autotune & Stamos doesn't kill the buzz.

Only if you let them. 

Actually, I meant reading so much about the two here.

[Rocker]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPZhD4KctA

 

 Yes !


Interesting to compare TWGMTR with the first performances. They're getting better at it

[Shady]

I love how when Brian comes in on "Surfer Girl" everyone goes crazy. It reminds of of Seinfeld When Kramer would enter the apartment.

Check out Disney Girls, Brian is really felling the harmonies at the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCjptpwIn5s

[pixletwin]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPZhD4KctA

 

 Yes !


Interesting to compare TWGMTR with the first performances. They're getting better at it

I'll be damned if Brian isn't sounding better on that song now than he did 10 years ago on the Pet Sounds Live album. 

[EgoHanger1966]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPZhD4KctA

 

HOLY Sh*t does Brian sound fantastic on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Autotune or not, don't care, I'm in love with that video.
Can't wait for next week.

[Lowbacca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGxavQWGtuI&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-MRKO-vVY&feature=relmfu

Isn't Dave Marks the greatest?

[Melt Away]

I pray they play ASM tomorrow night!! But some long waited LY tracks would bring me to tears.

[Wrightfan]

Is it me or does a lot of stress from Brian's face seem to be going away? He seems more comfortable then I've seen him in recent years in that IJWMFTT clip.

[Lowbacca]

Is it me or does a lot of stress from Brian's face seem to be going away? He seems more comfortable then I've seen him in recent years in that IJWMFTT clip.

Seems that way, especially compared to the first few reunion gigs. This might turn out to be a magical summer. 

[Micha]

As much as I love it, I think that dropping The Little Girl I Once Knew in favor of Marcella was a great move...it's much easier for people who are unfamiliar with Marcella to get into that than into TLGIOK.

Terrible move for my taste...

If you won't attend the Berlin show 3 months from now, please allow me to wish for Marcella being dropped for The Little Girl I Once Knew then.

[SamMcK]

That video of IJWMFTT is glorious, you know sometimes I find it hard to fathom the fact that not only are the Beach Boys together again as a viable entity but THE Brian Wilson who created Pet Sounds, SMiLE, Good Vibrations and a million other great songs and albums is actually alive and touring with them. Am I alone?  

[filledeplage]

Still waiting for IJWMFTT's and Dave doing Hawaii at either of the NY shows.

Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPZhD4KctA

 

 Yes !

Interesting to compare TWGMTR with the first performances. They're getting better at it

Double YES!  Keep that in!  Brian is great! 

Pet Sounds Live was the last time I've heard that one. 

Not ever with the Beach Boys. 

You can't ever go wrong with "old Pet Sounds."