Photo of Brian holding record in pool

[Wilsonista]

Perhaps money (or the lack of) had nothing to do with it. I don;t think he wanted anythng to do with the BB at that time. Destroying a gold record is the same as destroying his voice - it's meant to demolish something from your past that you have grown to despise. 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Exactly. The music brought him nothing but pain, anguish,disappointment , and bad memories.

[XY]

I don;t think he wanted anythng to do with the BB at that time

Yes, probably the only time in the 60's & 70's when he talked about the BB as 'they' and not 'we' in interviews. If he had known at that point what he would be doing one year later...

Simple - you just ask Capitol to make a new one. I hate to shatter people's perceptions about gold discs, but the BB ones I saw at the Tower years ago weren't actually BB LPs: the number of bands was wrong.

Ok. To imagine Brian smashing his Endless Summer Gold disc is just too funny!

I guess the famous pic of Brian sitting on the diving board (with clothes, sorry girls) is from the same photo shoot?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

No, 'course not - he only wrote them, arranged them, produced them, played and sang on them. Why should he get royalties ?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

[mikeyj]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

No, 'course not - he only wrote them, arranged them, produced them, played and sang on them. Why should he get royalties ?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

Hey AGD, your posts makes out that B. Diddy (aka: Billy C) posted that comment, when it wasn't him

[mikeyj]

I guess the famous pic of Brian sitting on the diving board (with clothes, sorry girls) is from the same photo shoot?

Why the comment "with clothes".. did anyone expect him to be without clothes?

[XY]

I guess the famous pic of Brian sitting on the diving board (with clothes, sorry girls) is from the same photo shoot?

Why the comment "with clothes".. did anyone expect him to be without clothes?

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I read somewhere (Gold book, Gaines book, or some other book) that Brian posed submerged in the pool because he didn't want people to see how fat he'd gotten.

     


and this kind of comment is what some people call a joke. Haha. Perhaps you noted that Brian didn't wear clothes in the pool, so this comment actually even makes sense in its stupidness. But yes, probably not intelligent enough for this board.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

No, 'course not - he only wrote them, arranged them, produced them, played and sang on them. Why should he get royalties ?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

Hey AGD, your posts makes out that B. Diddy (aka: Billy C) posted that comment, when it wasn't him

Dammit, took the wrong quotes out. Apologies to all concerned. Except the good Sheriff, of course.

[mikeyj]

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I read somewhere (Gold book, Gaines book, or some other book) that Brian posed submerged in the pool because he didn't want people to see how fat he'd gotten.

     


and this kind of comment is what some people call a joke. Haha. Perhaps you noted that Brian didn't wear clothes in the pool, so this comment actually even makes sense in its stupidness. But yes, probably not intelligent enough for this board.

Ah, sorry Jasper, didn't see that earlier post. I mean I did see it but it was a few days ago and I forgot about it.

[MBE]

He sounded cool with Endless Summer in the September 1974  Jim Pewer interview. Of course after the Caribou sessions he took an even sharper downturn destroying his voice gaining another 50 pounds etc. THere is another picutre of Brian with the disc in the pool, he looks happier. It's in the 1975 tour book.

[XY]

Ah, sorry Jasper, didn't see that earlier post. I mean I did see it but it was a few days ago and I forgot about it.

No problem. I have to say sorry for my overreaction, I think all this negativity lately makes me a bit nervous.

[mikeyj]

Ah, sorry Jasper, didn't see that earlier post. I mean I did see it but it was a few days ago and I forgot about it.

No problem. I have to say sorry for my overreaction, I think all this negativity lately makes me a bit nervous.

Ha, no problem here either. Just a complete misunderstanding on my part

[Sheriff John Stone]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

No, 'course not - he only wrote them, arranged them, produced them, played and sang on them. Why should he get royalties ?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

Obviously, you didn't get MY sarcasm. I'm surprised YOU didn't get, being the master of.....Anyway, I originally typed, "After smashing the gold record against the wall, did Brian then go to the bank and cash his royalties check from the album?" Guess I shoulda left that in....

[She Dont Know A Thing]

I guess the famous pic of Brian sitting on the diving board (with clothes, sorry girls) is from the same photo shoot?

You mean this one?



I think this ones from later though.

[Shady]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

I'm a bit lost with all the sarcasm here 

But if you are trying to say Bran doesn't make a pretty penny from His tours, The merchandising, and the sales of his last few albums (well SMiLE really).... then that's a bit crazy

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

Hey AGD, your posts makes out that B. Diddy (aka: Billy C) posted that comment, when it wasn't him

Dammit, took the wrong quotes out. Apologies to all concerned. Except the good Sheriff, of course.

Ah, quite alright  buddy. I will say though that  I can understand the question, due to Murry fucking over Brian by selling Sea of Tunes. I think that's where he was coming from with that.

[XY]

You mean this one?



I think this ones from later though.

Yes! Thank you, Don't Know A Thing.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

I'm a bit lost with all the sarcasm here 

But if you are trying to say Bran doesn't make a pretty penny from His tours, The merchandising, and the sales of his last few albums (well SMiLE really).... then that's a bit crazy

Not crazy at all. The first tour just about broke even due to the merchandising. The Pet Sounds tour of 2000 lost something in the region of $500,000 and all subsequent US tours (one excepted - guess*) have lost money. Granted Brian hasn't lost money on the foreign tours, but the promoters have. As for records, BWPS has yet to sell half a million in the US... GIOMH charted for one week in the US at #100 and the Xmas album lasted one week at #200. Did Pet Sounds Live chart in the US ? Nope. If Brian had to rely exclusively on his post 1995 releases and his touring for income, he'd be about as well off as me. The gold is in the catalog.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

Hey AGD, your posts makes out that B. Diddy (aka: Billy C) posted that comment, when it wasn't him

Dammit, took the wrong quotes out. Apologies to all concerned. Except the good Sheriff, of course.

Ah, quite alright  buddy. I will say though that  I can understand the question, due to Murry fodaing over Brian by selling Sea of Tunes. I think that's where he was coming from with that.

Murry sold the publishing rights to Brian's catalog 1962-69, not the mechanical royalty rights. Big difference.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Was the Pet Sounds tour the big loser money wise, or has a subsequent tour lost more? Brian really needs to get a new financialpantherplanner.

I'm actually surprised GIOMH even charted that high.

Murry sold the publishing rights to Brian's catalog 1962-69, not the mechanical royalty rights. Big difference.

True, but a lot of people don't understand the distinction between the two. Hell, *I* didn't for a long time, and  I really should know

[Shady]

Did Brian get royalties for Endless Summer?

I'm sorry if this makes me look my usual sarcastic self, but that is the single most inane question I've ever seen on any BB/BW MB in my ten years online. Just where do you think Brian's money comes from these days ?  His tours ? The merchandising ? The sales of his last few albums ?

I'm a bit lost with all the sarcasm here 

But if you are trying to say Bran doesn't make a pretty penny from His tours, The merchandising, and the sales of his last few albums (well SMiLE really).... then that's a bit crazy

Not crazy at all. The first tour just about broke even due to the merchandising. The Pet Sounds tour of 2000 lost something in the region of $500,000 and all subsequent US tours (one excepted - guess*) have lost money. Granted Brian hasn't lost money on the foreign tours, but the promoters have. As for records, BWPS has yet to sell half a million in the US... GIOMH charted for one week in the US at #100 and the Xmas album lasted one week at #200. Did Pet Sounds Live chart in the US ? Nope. If Brian had to rely exclusively on his post 1995 releases and his touring for income, he'd be about as well off as me. The gold is in the catalog.

Well I was thinking worldwide not just the US.

Maybe that's why Brian spends so much time in the UK and other places 

[TdHabib]

I know this isn't exactly possible, but if Brian wanted a jolt to his solo career he should do another tour as support, as he did with Paul Simon. I'm pretty sure that tour made good money, can someone confirm that?

[Andrew G. Doe]

I know this isn't exactly possible, but if Brian wanted a jolt to his solo career he should do another tour as support, as he did with Paul Simon. I'm pretty sure that tour made good money, can someone confirm that?

That was the exception. 

Anyone remember back when, when that tour was announced, that Brian's people took a very dim view of anyone who said Brian was opening for, or supporting, Paul ?

[endofposts]

I've suspected that at least part of the reason Brian tours every year is to compete with Mike's Beach Boys.  Just for the bragging rights.   He's actually had some pretty high ticket prices and has played some larger venues at times (Hollywood Bowl, Berkeley's Greek Theater).  It hasn't been entirely successful, but they keep trying. 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Anyone remember back when, when that tour was announced, that Brian's people took a very dim view of anyone who said Brian was opening for, or supporting, Paul ?

Yes, I remember that well.