First review I've seen of BAD w/Beck and Chaplin Tour

[D409]

First review I've come across, sounds incredible :

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/brian-wilson-jeff-beck-david-marks-and-al-jardine-debut-tour-at-south-floridas-hard-rock-live-927/

[jimmy1949]

Wow what a great review!!

[The Heartical Don]

First review I've come across, sounds incredible :

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/brian-wilson-jeff-beck-david-marks-and-al-jardine-debut-tour-at-south-floridas-hard-rock-live-927/

Many thanks... oh how I wish this combination will tour Europe after the U.S......

[Jason]

"Mike Love’s well documented transgressions against human decency"

I stopped reading after that; this reviewer is bullshit.

[Gohi]

lol oh boy this is gonna be good

[Billf]

"Mike Love’s well documented transgressions against human decency"

I stopped reading after that; this reviewer is bullshit.

You might have learned something.
Great review. Thanks for posting!

[phirnis]

Nice review. I still don't get what's supposed to be appealing about the pairing of BW and Jeff Beck. Good to know they're doing fine, though. I'm not an electric-guitar guy but thought his playing on the Surf's Up rendition I saw was done in remarkably good taste.

[Malc]

Sounds great ... but is Blondie only evident for the ONE song (albeit SOS) ?? Does he stay on and contribute anything significant for the other songs in the set ?

[Jason]

"Mike Love’s well documented transgressions against human decency"

I stopped reading after that; this reviewer is bullshit.

You might have learned something.
Great review. Thanks for posting!

I did learn something; the reviewer is bullshit.

[ontor pertawst]

I only like reviews when they restate my own opinions, it's never interesting to hear other opinions. I don't see the need for other opinions, frankly.

[the professor]

Yes, brother Ontor, the Professor as well. . .

And any review that tropes on that old chestnut about Mike is dead in the water. Anything short of the 5 BB together is just a big nothing for me

I only like reviews when they restate my own opinions, it's never interesting to hear other opinions. I don't see the need for other opinions, frankly.

[KittyKat]

This guy says that Mike ending the reunion tour was a potential threat to Brian's sanity.  To me, that's a slight against Brian as much as it is to Mike. The guy also says Brian appears disinterested, and seems to have to look hard that Brian is not disinterested. I'm not sure Brian comes off that well in the review, either, other than the fact he wrote the songs.

[jamsvet]

I love other opinions. The only opinions I reject out of hand are those who have to bash other performers to elevate the status of their chosen god. I was in sales for many years and one of the first things I learned is do not bash the other product; tell why yours is better.

[Jason]

I love other opinions. The only opinions I reject out of hand are those who have to bash other performers to elevate the status of their chosen god. I was in sales for many years and one of the first things I learned is do not bash the other product; tell why yours is better.

+1

[ontor pertawst]

It's going to be a BIT of an uphill struggle to cleanse all writing about Brian Wilson of snippy comments about Mike Love. Especially post C50... imagine what they are going to be saying as the album, memoir, and movie come out! Whew. I imagine stock in Kokomo will dip a bit.

Gonna be lots of articles you guys will have to stop reading two sentences in, I guess.

I notice they tacked this up on BW's site.

[the professor]

Yes, and the reviewer's contention that Mike's shows are a mockery is patently false, as the set list and musicianship are heralded, as we all know. I hope B, A, and D (my favorite BB) are happy and feeling fulfilled, but I wont (neither will Dave as I read in his interviews) condemn Mike. Please get back together fellas.

[Mike's Beard]

I read the whole review but stopped taking the guy seriously after the second paragraph where he (a) claimed Mike 'fired' 3 of the Beach Boys and (b) implied that Mike ending the C50 Tour could have sent Brian back to the rubber room.

Also it seems as if Blondie is being underused.

[KittyKat]

Most of the anti-Mike stuff is coming from smaller websites and blogs. It's inside baseball type of opinions from unabashed fans of Brian. I don't think more legit journalists are going to go in that direction, or at least they will be more subtle about it if they do have biases. I don't think Brian's biopic or new attempt at an autobiography are going to affect people's opinions of Mike any further in a negative direction than they are already. There is already the Leaf book and Brian's previous autobiography that have done that. I just don't understand why people feel the need to "champion" Brian over and over. He's a big boy with lots of money and a full complement of lawyers, plus his life has been much happier for a long, long time.  People (or at least some people, such as this reviewer) seem to have the impression Brian is in the same condition he was in the '70s.

[Mike's Beard]

Most of the anti-Mike stuff is coming from smaller websites and blogs. It's inside baseball type of opinions from unabashed fans of Brian. I don't think more legit journalists are going to go in that direction, or at least they will be more subtle about it if they do have biases. I don't think Brian's biopic or new attempt at an autobiography are going to affect people's opinions of Mike any further in a negative direction than they are already. There is already the Leaf book and Brian's previous autobiography that have done that. I just don't understand why people feel the need to "champion" Brian over and over. He's a big boy with lots of money and a full complement of lawyers, plus his life has been much happier for a long, long time.  People (or at least some people, such as this reviewer) seem to have the impression Brian is in the same condition he was in the '70s.

In some respects he's much, much better and in other ways much, much worse. And either way, Mike is precisely 0% accountable for Brian's mental health problems.

[zachrwolfe]

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[Jason]

I was in sales for many years and one of the first things I learned is do not bash the other product; tell why yours is better.

Canadian politicians could learn a hell of a lot from that.

I thought all Canadians did nothing but say "I'm sorry". 

[Andrew G. Doe]

"Mike Love’s well documented transgressions against human decency"

I stopped reading after that; this reviewer is bullshit.

Indeed, and worse, it's very badly written bullshit.

[Jason]

Exactly. When I think of "well documented transgressions against human decency", Michael Love is among the last people to come to mind. But since Brianistas compare him to Hitler I think we can give this intellectual pygmy of a "journalist" the benefit of the doubt, idiotic as he may be.

[D409]

Ok, I agree the reviewer goes into unnecessary and much-debunked let's-bash-Mike-he-fired-everyone-except-Bruce territory, and that stuff is indeed bollocks, but what about the actual review of the gig itself ? How about the content of the show as described in the review ?

[ontor pertawst]

That's all invalid due to the You Must Be Fair To Mike Love Act of 2012, which barely squeaked through the Senate. I'm afraid that makes it impossible to be glad Brian and Co. got a rave review on their first night.