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Awesoman
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Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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I've never really payed much attention before until recently, but it sure does seem that Mike Love likes using Facebook a lot. Not sure if it's really a publicist or someone else running the show, but it sure does seem like Mike Love himself is writing those posts. During the Super Bowl he was practically giving the play-by-play of the game. He seems a lot more Facebook-savvy than his fellow Beach Boys. Anyone else notice this?
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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Oh yes...
OF COURSE
that's Mike doing all the posting. Oh yes indeed.
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All I'm suggesting is that it really does seem like most of those posts are by Mike. At the very least, he must be dictating for someone what to post.
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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Why wouldn't Mike post at least some of the posts on Facebook? It's not rocket science, the posts aren't that complex, and Mike is a bright man. It's also a good opportunity to improve his image with Beach Boys' fans. I can easily see Mike writing those Superbowl posts and they fit his personality. How hard is it to type from his iPhone or iPad or MacBook while he's sitting on the sofa of his house watching the game? It can also be true that his promoters post things like upcoming dates. That seems to be true of other celeb Facebook pages, they're a combination of publicity blurbs posted by staffers and the "star" sometimes drops in. It's good PR.
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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OK, but who thinks it was really Brian on the bloo all those years ago? Surely a few of those posts were him and not "Melinda"
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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February 19, 2013, 01:10:24 AM »
The superbowl ones threw me off. Maybe he does do it sometimes, but of course a lot of it is just promotion.
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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February 19, 2013, 01:19:44 AM »
Some of it definitely reads to me like it's really him. Either that or he has a PR person who's either totally incompetent (because some of the stuff is badly-spelled or ungrammatical) or *extremely* good (because they can convincingly fake being the real Mike Love).
Most of it is, of course, done by someone else, though.
If any of it *is* him, I'm amazed he posts with such good humour, given the amount of ignorant abuse he gets on there.
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Any PR worth their salt can write/'talk' in the manner of their client. Basic Brianspeak is a doddle for anyone here.
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February 19, 2013, 01:59:20 AM »
After all these years he must have the hide of a rhino... still some of the comments on his FB page are really awful. I would delete some of them if it were me.
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on February 19, 2013, 01:42:47 AM
Any PR worth their salt can write/'talk' in the manner of their client. Basic Brianspeak is a doddle for anyone here.
True. Mike would be harder though. I'll take your word for it that it's all (rather than just mostly) Mike's PR, in which case I'm *very* impressed at how well they're doing it.
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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I dunno... put me in the group that thinks at least *some* of the posts are really Mike. Some are obviously PR, but a few recent entries lead me to think maybe Mike posts occasionally.
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I don't know if Mike is thumbing them himself on on his own phone, but I can believe some are his words and some are staff fluff.
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It wouldn't surprise me. Facebook is fool of teenage girls.
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Mike used to comment how he had never used a computer and implied he didn't really want to. Has that changed?
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Quote from: NHC on February 19, 2013, 07:56:30 AM
Mike used to comment how he had never used a computer and implied he didn't really want to. Has that changed?
He certainly didn't sound too clued-up on technology in the shows last year where he told the audience to "call Amazon" to order the album...
That said, pretty much everyone in the world except me has some kind of smartphone or whatever, now, don't they? I'd be amazed if he didn't own some sort of net-connected device, given how much he travels, even if he doesn't know how to use it properly.
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Definitely saw Mike typing what could've been a text and/or social media post on a smart phone last summer at the Central Park GMA taping.
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Well it's settled then. Mike is a closeted Facebook fan. And secretly a technophile.
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Why would you pay your publicist to liveblog the superbowl? Doesn't make much sense to me.
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Quote from: Aegir on February 19, 2013, 09:38:22 AM
Why would you pay your publicist to liveblog the superbowl? Doesn't make much sense to me.
To make you look like a 'regular guy' who's close to his fans and enjoys a game like everyone else. Either that, or it is Mike himself doing those posts. Either sounds fairly reasonable to me, given how bizarre everything about the Beach Boys seems.
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on February 19, 2013, 01:42:47 AM
Any PR worth their salt can write/'talk' in the manner of their client. Basic Brianspeak is a doddle for anyone here.
Eh? I'll never work with them again. It's gonna be a rock and roll album.
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You'd think their publicist would tell them to post themselves: I'd 'like' a lot more of their status' if Brian or Mike were posting about touring/recording themselves - and thus more of my friends would see who I was liking. It would only make them more money and get them closer to their fanbase.
If I thought Mike was posting on facebook I'd actually like his page.
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Re: Mike Love sure does love the Facebook
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Here's what Brian would post on Facebook if he actually used it:
Listening to "Be My Baby". What a big drum sound!
I would really like my next album to be a Phil Spector rock & roll record.
Lunch at the deli was great. I love corned beef!
Melinda won't let me have a milkshake.
Just heard "Along Comes Mary" on my TV. Still sounds great.
I wish they had more melodies and they would try singing softer on the radio.
Going for a drive, maybe a walk in the park.
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Johnny Carson is a real live wire!
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That would be awesome if Brian did post stuff like that.
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Or how about this one:
Guys, don't tell anyone, but I'm recording a new song for The Beach Boys. It's called "I"m Begging You Please". Remember, this is top secret!
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