Did Al Jardine die in 1965 only to be replaced by a lookalike ?

[Wata]

Nothing really. It turns out Watamushi is the real Al Jardine. Proof was offered but Range Rover didn't believe it and this argument broke out. I bravely stepped between them and took some verbal damage, cos that's the kind of guy I am.

I'm OK though, don't worry.

Yep, I have shared some of my ideas that implied I was Al:
・I said that I didn't really like the first two albums of the BBs, which has little appearance of Al
・I once recommended Al's A Postcard from California along with Brian's solo albums.
・I'm definitely a big admirer for On Broadway, where Al sang lead.
・I seemingly love most of what Al has written:Susie Cincinnati, All This is That, Lookin' Down the Coast, Crack at Your Love, to name a few.
・Al once tried to control public opinions with his 'California Recall Blues', and I'm trying to control that in Pet Sounds Forum and Smiley Smile Forum with bunch of polls.
・Al likes Folk music. And I have some of my favorites among folk (or folk rock) musicians: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, etc. I undeniably love to sing 'The Time They Are A-Changin', which Al sang on Party! album.

For all of these reasons, I swear that Watamushi must be Al Jardine, or Sal, or 'Rhonda' Al. He must've came here and PSF to convert every Brianista into 'Al'ista.

But wait, then who am I that is about to post this post  

You have successfully fooled us all (until now), congratulations!

Tell it to the 'Al' in me

[KDS]

It's a little known fact that after the real Al passed in 1965, Paul Simon was approached about joining The Beach Boys, but he turned down the offer as he didn't want to be a mere Al Jardine replacement. 

Over two decades later, he used this an inspired when he was stuck on a title for a new song.  He settled on "You Can Call Me Al."

[MatchPoint]

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

[Magic Transistor Radio]

I just thought of one more. In Here Today when you hear background chatter, Brian says "put the top back on" Speaking of Al's coffin!

Good call, MTR, you have doggie ears and the mind of an addled amateur detective.

That's accurate! 

[Dove Nested Towers]

It's a little known fact that after the real Al passed in 1965, Paul Simon was approached about joining The Beach Boys, but he turned down the offer as he didn't want to be a mere Al Jardine replacement.  

Over two decades later, he used this an inspired when he was stuck on a title for a new song.  He settled on "You Can Call Me Al."

Simon clearly regretted his decision down the road, he could have been the Mike to Brian's Garfunkel.

[Dove Nested Towers]

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

Precisely, and Sal was also trying to tell us with the bells that the original Al was secretly buried behind Worthington Dodge on Bell-flower Blvd. in L.A. In its goofy commercials, Cal (!) Worthington always a wild animal by his side which he referred to as "my dog Spot", an obvious allusion to Pet Sounds.

[MatchPoint]

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

Precisely, and Sal was also trying to tell us with the bells that the original Al was secretly buried behind Worthington Dodge on Bell-flower Blvd. in L.A. In its goofy commercials, Cal (!) Worthington always a wild animal by his side which he referred to as "my dog Spot", an obvious allusion to Pet Sounds.

The bells were utilized the most in 1978... 78...

7... The number of letters in Jardine.

8... The number of letters in the word REPLACED!

Say it isn't so!

[Pretty Funky]

Confirmed today by Brian himself.

Alan Hard-on apparently. 

[JK]

Confirmed today by Brian himself.

Alan Hard-on apparently. 

[ericxplackis]

Confirmed today by Brian himself.

Alan Hard-on apparently. 

[Dove Nested Towers]

Not sure if this is pertinent to your weird investigation but I thought I'd share an observation.

Al Jardine went through a brief but intense obsession with bells as an instrument between 1978 and 1979. They're all over MIU (which he produced) and Lady Linda. Then all of a sudden BOOM, Santa Ana Winds, no bells...

What was he trying to tell us? Ask not for whom the bell tolls?

Precisely, and Sal was also trying to tell us with the bells that the original Al was secretly buried behind Worthington Dodge on Bell-flower Blvd. in L.A. In its goofy commercials, Cal (!) Worthington always a wild animal by his side which he referred to as "my dog Spot", an obvious allusion to Pet Sounds.

The bells were utilized the most in 1978... 78...

7... The number of letters in Jardine.

8... The number of letters in the word REPLACED!

Say it isn't so!

Amazing! And just realized that the run-on groove of "Whistle In" has a weird scratchy voice (Kalinich?) saying "I saw Al die" backwards, chanted over some random"In My Childhood" bicycle horn outtakes.

9 letters, next in the numerical progression!

[petsoundsnola]

The whole replacement conspiracy was covered up by another popular surfing group at the time.

ALAN JARDINE

is an anagram for

JAN DEAN LIAR


In fact, Dean Torrence designed the album cover art for 15 Big Ones, with "Al" looking away.  

[Dove Nested Towers]

It's all starting to make sense. The pieces of the puzzle are fitting together in a way that Smile never could, the magnitude of this colossal hoax is mind-boggling and its implications positively limitless.

[GhostyTMRS]

Y'know, there are quite a few "Paul Is Dead" forums out there that would fall for every idea in this thread and run with it. 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

The only thing different between this and Paul is Dead, is that not as many people are doing drugs.

[Dove Nested Towers]

The only thing different between this and Paul is Dead, is that not as many people are doing drugs.

Speak for yourself, MTR.

[Don Malcolm]

Yeah, I was gonna say, whatever you chimps are smoking, I'm waiting to inhale! 

But you guys are SO stoned that the collective munchies you must be experiencing would be enough to cause a full-fledged famine in Hawthorne...

...where Al's body has been carefully concealed in one of the 105 freeway's concrete pillars.

[Dove Nested Towers]

Y'know, there are quite a few "Paul Is Dead" forums out there that would fall for every idea in this thread and run with it. 

Yeah, maybe we could license them like some have licensed other things and reap a small sum each time they are recycled or used foundationally, sort of like a patent...or something....

[Dove Nested Towers]

Yeah, I was gonna say, whatever you chimps are smoking, I'm waiting to inhale! 

But you guys are SO stoned that the collective munchies you must be experiencing would be enough to cause a full-fledged famine in Hawthorne...

...where Al's body has been carefully concealed in one of the 105 freeway's concrete pillars.

The chimps have taken control of the zoo!

[Juice Brohnston]

The whole replacement conspiracy was covered up by another popular surfing group at the time.

ALAN JARDINE

is an anagram for

JAN DEAN LIAR


In fact, Dean Torrence designed the album cover art for 15 Big Ones, with "Al" looking away.  

Could Jan have been involved somehow? Maybe his car wreck was no accident...

[Joel Goldenberg]

The whole replacement conspiracy was covered up by another popular surfing group at the time.

ALAN JARDINE

is an anagram for

JAN DEAN LIAR


In fact, Dean Torrence designed the album cover art for 15 Big Ones, with "Al" looking away.  

Could Jan have been involved somehow? Maybe his car wreck was no accident...

Well, Jan had a problem with the wheel of his car a few days before the accident. Hmmmmm...

[Dove Nested Towers]

And it was at "Dead Man's Curve." 'Nuff said.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Al Jardine was conceived around early September which is when the age count is started from in some cultures. This makes him a Sagittarius. Thus we should look for clues in the Sagittarius album, especially My World Fell Down.

[Hickory Violet Part IV]

Al Jardine was conceived around early September which is when the age count is started from in some cultures. This makes him a Sagittarius. Thus we should look for clues in the Sagittarius album, especially My World Fell Down.

The bull fight part perhaps. Was Al a keen matador? He liked unusual hats. Maybe 'bull session with big daddy' is a clue. I'm sure Big Daddy was what they used to call Al. I'm sure of that.

[SMiLE Brian]

That session from PS where BW makes Al sing " I know there's an answer" over and over is the key. He was having fake Al rehearse being the real AL!