BB relationships from 80s til today

[Pretty Funky]

You want a reunion? Have a lock-in at Al's Big Sir studio with a camera crew for a warts-and-all no holds barred, clear the air show-down. In between plenty of memories of the good times and bad. Lots of instruments close at hand for whatever happens. At 5pm its down to the beach around the campfire with guitars, families, beer and hotdogs. Film it all.
July 4th concert at the Hollywood Bowl. One night only. Lots of hits with some Big Sir highlights/ lowlights on the big screen behind in between songs. A few guest singers to ease onstage tension.

All realeased as DVD for Christmas market. One disc of concert. The other Big Sir get-together.

That'd make a great documentary! Martin Scorsese, are you out there?

'The Last Waltz' meets 'Raging Bull' 

[Swamp Pirate]

Re Wipeout, btw, I honestly think it beats the hell out of anything else the BBs were doing at the time. Silly, sure, but fun. And not really bad, especially as a guest contribution to a (then relatively new to most of America) rap song.

Hey, it got them on the charts.  And watching Al Jardine as the DJ in the video was funny as hell.  I liked the song.

[razorboy]

Brian and Mike do have a relationship they should work on. But not necessarily music. Brian has always worked with multiple people. Mike has always needed Brian to do his best. Thus, Mike has always been jealous of others who want to work with him. But as cousins, and friends, and bandmates, I think BW and ML have a lot in common. The magic, the spark, is still there. But it's the magic and spark of family -- not top-10 recording artists. They should work on that and let the music take care of itself.

i agree... well said and shorter than my post...haha. a repaired relationship would mean more than what would almost surely be a struggle of a collaboration.

[shelter]

You want a reunion? Have a lock-in at Al's Big Sir studio with a camera crew for a warts-and-all no holds barred, clear the air show-down. In between plenty of memories of the good times and bad. Lots of instruments close at hand for whatever happens. At 5pm its down to the beach around the campfire with guitars, families, beer and hotdogs. Film it all.
July 4th concert at the Hollywood Bowl. One night only. Lots of hits with some Big Sir highlights/ lowlights on the big screen behind in between songs. A few guest singers to ease onstage tension.

All realeased as DVD for Christmas market. One disc of concert. The other Big Sir get-together. Profits to same charity as concert.

Sounds like an excellent plan to me.

[Sheriff John Stone]

I'm reading opinions that Mike and Brian could repair and heal their relationship without necessarily reuniting as The Beach Boys or in a musical sense. And I understand that. It's certainly possible. It might even be the most feasible way. But...Yes, there's always a but...

I don't mean this a slight to any of Mike or Brian's values - family, religion, charity, mental/physical health, career aspirations, whatever. But, let's be honest, for the most part, Brian's life has been his music, and Mike's life has been The Beach Boys. And, most of Mike and Brian's relationship has been based on their musical partnership if you will. I mean, they haven't really "hung out" together extensively for about 43 years. So....

Yes, I'm speaking as a fan of Mike and Brian, and The Beach Boys, but don't you think any meaningful healing or reconciliation would have to come through the musical end? That, before they go off to the great sandbox in the sky, they could find some "musical partnership" peace?

[Amy B.]

They could get together and sing a few Everly Brothers songs or whatever-- it doesn't mean they have to do a concert or make an album. It seems to me that once business and the pressure of creating something "commercial" gets into the equation, things get pretty dicey.