New Mike interview in HuffPost

[jamsvet]

Maybe not 'puppets' per se, but it's hard to deny that for some of the group's best work, Brian essentially used the Beach Boys' voices as instruments (and in some cases, only his own), just as he did with the musicians he worked with.

That said, whoever said there were 5 geniuses in the Beach Boys, I think I agree with them. I mean, in their own way. Carl and Al were legit vocalists, and later, great & unique producers. I think Mike has proven he's an excellent songwriter and frontman. Dennis was a straight-up musical genius.

But only Brian was able to bring it together for the real magic. Let's not forget that.







Exactly right. On all points.

Well said Donny.... You give all the Boys proper props while putting Brian up at the front where he belongs.

Gotta get that Brian is God dig in there huh?

[guitarfool2002]

Just a tip, jamsvet, your reply somehow got cited in my earlier one, if you could modify the post and correct it to separate them it would be cool. Thanks!

All I said was: Exactly right. On all points. 

[jamsvet]

thanks guitarfool....sorry

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Maybe not 'puppets' per se, but it's hard to deny that for some of the group's best work, Brian essentially used the Beach Boys' voices as instruments (and in some cases, only his own), just as he did with the musicians he worked with.

That said, whoever said there were 5 geniuses in the Beach Boys, I think I agree with them. I mean, in their own way. Carl and Al were legit vocalists, and later, great & unique producers. I think Mike has proven he's an excellent songwriter and frontman. Dennis was a straight-up musical genius.

But only Brian was able to bring it together for the real magic. Let's not forget that.







Exactly right. On all points.

Well said Donny.... You give all the Boys proper props while putting Brian up at the front where he belongs.

Gotta get that Brian is God dig in there huh?

Wasn't a dig at all. Brian belongs there at the top of the heap. I've always felt that way. But I also just think the other Boys were integral too.

[G.C]

Maybe not 'puppets' per se, but it's hard to deny that for some of the group's best work, Brian essentially used the Beach Boys' voices as instruments (and in some cases, only his own), just as he did with the musicians he worked with.

That said, whoever said there were 5 geniuses in the Beach Boys, I think I agree with them. I mean, in their own way. Carl and Al were legit vocalists, and later, great & unique producers. I think Mike has proven he's an excellent songwriter and frontman. Dennis was a straight-up musical genius.

Wasn't a dig at all. Brian belongs there at the top of the heap. I've always felt that way. But I also just think the other Boys were integral too.


But only Brian was able to bring it together for the real magic. Let's not forget that.







Exactly right. On all points.

Well said Donny.... You give all the Boys proper props while putting Brian up at the front where he belongs.

Gotta get that Brian is God dig in there huh?

[Cam Mott]

Maybe not 'puppets' per se, but it's hard to deny that for some of the group's best work, Brian essentially used the Beach Boys' voices as instruments (and in some cases, only his own), just as he did with the musicians he worked with.

That said, whoever said there were 5 geniuses in the Beach Boys, I think I agree with them. I mean, in their own way. Carl and Al were legit vocalists, and later, great & unique producers. I think Mike has proven he's an excellent songwriter and frontman. Dennis was a straight-up musical genius.

But only Brian was able to bring it together for the real magic. Let's not forget that.

Agreed, Brian deserves the most credit and Brian sometimes get over credited and often the Boys get under credited.

[DonnyL]

Maybe not 'puppets' per se, but it's hard to deny that for some of the group's best work, Brian essentially used the Beach Boys' voices as instruments (and in some cases, only his own), just as he did with the musicians he worked with.

That said, whoever said there were 5 geniuses in the Beach Boys, I think I agree with them. I mean, in their own way. Carl and Al were legit vocalists, and later, great & unique producers. I think Mike has proven he's an excellent songwriter and frontman. Dennis was a straight-up musical genius.

But only Brian was able to bring it together for the real magic. Let's not forget that.

Agreed, Brian deserves the most credit and Brian sometimes get over credited and often the Boys get under credited.

Well that's what sells records. The Beach Boys have been inflating Brian's contributions since 1969 ... culminating with the Joe Thomas-produced 'Produced by Brian Wilson' 2012 LP. 'Produced by Brian Wilson' is a singularly powerful credit on a Beach Boys record. It practically guarantees an album to chart about 10 million times higher than one that doesn't say it (look at the history).