A review of the 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray that will surely make all of you angry.

[KittyKat]

I read that review, and it seems clear to me that the guy really didn't like the New Orleans performance. Which begs the question: whose fault was it that the Beach Boys gave a bad performance that day? He specifically cites the performance of "God Only Knows," which was sung by Brian in New Orleans, since the video screens weren't used as festival performances. The guy didn't like the Beach Boys' reunion for the reason of not liking Brian Wilson's performances as much as Mike Love's. The reviewer admires Brian's songwriting, but doesn't admire his performing skills. So, he shouldn't be unhappy that the Beach Boys reunion didn't continue. He doesn't like them either with or without Brian in the line-up.

[NHC]

His letter to the LA times in part....



....You decide, but to me he does not rule it out but everyone has to understand most of these guys are over 70 now. In the future, even if the mind is willing, bodies may be weak. Time will tell.

Forget this verdict guy.  He wouldn't know a Beach Boy from a beech nut. Some folks just think they have to show how smart they are by shooting their mouths off like this. They have nothing of  value to add, so this is all they can do.

So once I remove Mikes comments, what part of my post got your panties in a twist?

Huh?  I was talking about the guy who wrote the New Orleans review.

[Pretty Funky]

Noted by mrmoustachioto on page one.  My bad!

[SonoraDick]

I read that review, and it seems clear to me that the guy really didn't like the New Orleans performance.

The critic didn't even ATTEND the BB concert. He simply talked with one person who was negative.

Which begs the question: whose fault was it that the Beach Boys gave a bad performance that day? 

Comments here   http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,12818.0.html   indicate there was no soundcheck that day, so it apparently took some time to get the sound right. Other comments indicated that the crowd was enthusiastic.

Conveniently not mentioned by the "judge"... it was the third show of the tour. And an abbreviated one, at that. "Rough" spots (if any) were quickly smoothed over, although the critic claimed
 "the reviews were generally negative at every stop along the way", which we all know is completely bogus. This guy clearly just does not like The Beach Boys or, more specifically, Mike. Why else would he reference a concert  that took place more than two months earlier in what was supposed to be a review of the dvd? 

[NHC]

Noted by mrmoustachioto on page one.  My bad!

No worries, friend.

[Awesoman]

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/beachboys50bluray.php

This guy gives the disc a bad review but not for the same reason several of us have given it a bad review.  He goes out of his way to say how the tour's reviews were generally negative, how the tour was "cut short" because Mike Love fired three of the members, and that the performances were lackluster.  

And DVD Verdict is a site that I enjoy regularly usually full of great insight.  This guy obviously does not know his stuff.  

Wait...the reunion tour did suck?  Well why didn't anyone tell us?!