Show 25: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA 6/3/12(SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS)

[Justin]

Show info




"California Saga" (closeup)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkSnpMcEQw&feature=youtu.be


"Heroes and Villians"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1gViacexS0&feature=youtu.be

[STE]

Are you going Justin?

[bgas]

hasn't he been at every show so far?

[DennyMac79]

Cal Saga soundcheck so far:

Till I Die (Several times)
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'
Little Bird
You Still Believe In Me

[Ziggy Stardust]

Show info

*Shows info*

heh, funny

Cal Saga soundcheck so far:

Till I Die (Several times)
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'
Little Bird
You Still Believe In Me

WAT? so wait, Cal Saga is the "childrens" band right? are they gonna sing again? that's so cool! that setlist looks amazing so far

[Zach95]

Cal Saga soundcheck so far:

Till I Die (Several times)
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'
Little Bird
You Still Believe In Me

This gets me excited.

[RubberSoul13]

Cal Saga soundcheck so far:

Till I Die (Several times)
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'
Little Bird
You Still Believe In Me

This just depresses me...because now I know I'm not going to ever hear The Beach Boys perform Darlin'.

[stack-o-tracks]

at teh venue. bruce side of the stage orchestra 1 row e seaslt 112. SKEET SKEET

[JohnMill]

Cal Saga soundcheck so far:

Till I Die (Several times)
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'
Little Bird
You Still Believe In Me

This just depresses me...because now I know I'm not going to ever hear The Beach Boys perform Darlin'.

None of them can perform it anymore.  Brian has been handing it off to Darian during his recent tours and I believe I've read the others have struggled to sing it as well.  They should really have Justyn come on and sing the song as a tribute to his dad one of these nights.

[stack-o-tracks]

damn that was amazing. i filmed most of it but the quality might be terrible. i know it lokks like ass but hopefully will sound okay.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Well then, what did that California Saga band played tonight?

[zep tepi]

My folks are lucky enough to be at this show, having flown from Kansas to California just for the show (after hearing my constant ravings of the NYC show I attended, they couldn't resist). My mom sent me a couple short clips of California Saga performing, so I thought I'd upload 'em and share them as they come. Quality is shoddy cell phone quality, so nothing to write home about, but whoever is singing lead on Little Bird (Carl B.?) is certainly doing a beautiful rendition.

Friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BcqH9WAFCY&feature=plcp

Little Bird:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdK8bas5-0&feature=plcp

[Shady]

My folks are lucky enough to be at this show, having flown from Kansas to California just for the show (after hearing my constant ravings of the NYC show I attended, they couldn't resist). My mom sent me a couple short clips of California Saga performing, so I thought I'd upload 'em and share them as they come. Quality is shoddy cell phone quality, so nothing to write home about, but whoever is singing lead on Little Bird (Carl B.?) is certainly doing a beautiful rendition.

Friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BcqH9WAFCY&feature=plcp

Little Bird:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdK8bas5-0&feature=plcp

wow, thanks for that..

They sound great, especially "Little Bird"

[DennyMac79]

Update from the parking lot waiting to leave.

Cal Saga Setlidt

Friends
Little Bird
Darlin'
You Still Believe in Me
Analee the Healer
Till I Die
I Can Hear Music

[Les Chan]

DennyMac,

Thanks a bunch.  We've been waiting.  Get home safe!!

[STE]

Anna Lee the Healer?!?!   ANNA LEE  THE HEALER?!?!?!?!

[anazgnos]

Cal Saga was good and it was awesome to hear those songs, but I liked the presentation last night better, where they were integrated into the show and had the full band behind them.  The, uh, novel ending they cooked up for "Til I Die"...no thanks.

Good show tonight, if not quite as hot as last night.  Might have been a better crowd, but Mike's jokes fell a little flatter and some people seemed to be getting really antsy and shouty during some of his song intros. "Marcella" & "This Whole World" were dropped for this show.  There seemed to be a few little hints of Al/Mike conflict, little verbal snipes at one another in the stage banter.

[Justin]

Are you going Justin?

Yes indeed I was there tonight.  My 7th and final show of this tour.  I'm gonna miss seeing these guys for sure!   

hasn't he been at every show so far?

HA! Oh how I wish!

A few videos to follow shortly...

[Cabinessenceking]

wish Cal Saga had done Wild Honey rather than Anna Lee (which is hardly an impressive song compared to the rest of Friends)

wish Brian did Til' I Die for same reasons that what would IJWMFTT be if Brian didn't sing it right? loses it's gravity when others sing it.

[ontor pertawst]

I had a lot of fun at this show, much better seats than the bowl!

1) Brian needs more leads in the first set. Drop Betsey, a fun rarity while it lasted, but give Brian more to do! The reason why reviews say Brian "comes alive" in the 2nd set is that he actually has something to do there.  I noticed where I was sitting that a few times he'd hit the synth in the pauses and no sound would come out. Maybe he was playing at other gigs, but I didn't hear anything even from the stage monitors during those moments. Well, what else is new?

2) Al Jardine needs to stick with white suits and give Tom Wolfe a run for his money.

3) OC housewives don't like "All This is That"

4) I was so looking forward to hearing California Saga do "'Till I Die" until they got to their fancy little ending. Yuck. Whoever came up with that needs to be given the silent treatment.

5) So many guitars, yet no Spectory wall of sound. You'd think with 6 or 7, you'd get a Glenn Branca mess. Are some of them not turned up?

6) David Marks' guitar sure can be heard. Bravo, Mr. Marks!

7) Whoever did the stock footage collage to "That's Why God Made The Radio" is a horrible, horrible editor and made something worse than the screensaver stuff they had before. Such a barrage of tacky stuff!

8 ) Back to back Dennis/Carl tributes might be a little too much.

9) Nelson Bragg. Wow, this guy is f*cking amazing. Like some kind of Fraggle foley artist running around!

[Justin]

Dean Torrence stopped by for "Barbara Ann"... it was a great moment to see everyone have fun with Dean on stage.  That's Bruce using Dean's camera to take a few shots.

Al was decked out in a spiffy white suit that reminded you of the old white suites they donned in the 60's.  He looked great.

[Justin]

"California Saga" (closeup)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkSnpMcEQw&feature=youtu.be


"Heroes and Villians"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1gViacexS0&feature=youtu.be

[Lowbacca]

Mike & Dean together again, what a reunion... but what is Brian Wilson doing there? 

[runnersdialzero]

"California Saga" (closeup)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkSnpMcEQw&feature=youtu.be

I hear someone doing the extra verse vocals that Brian did from the single version. Whoa.

[STE]

Mike & Dean together again, what a reunion... but what is Brian Wilson doing there? 

I'm so disappointed they didn't play Jingle Bell Rock...