why does nobody want to say The Beach Boys these days

[Aegir]

I call them "Mike and Bruce" because people would get mad at me if I called them the Beach Boys. When I talk to anyone outside of the Beach Boys fan world, I call the current touring incarnation The Beach Boys.

[GLarson432]

A thought... 

From Heartical Don:

"...with enormous alimony obligations... ". 

I feel quite certain that HD said this in jest, based on his other observations of the band, although many others take this to heart.  Mike has, I think, been married six times and the last marriage was to Jacqui about 15 years ago.  I seriously doubt that Mike has ANY alimony obligations at this stage and situation in his life.

[John]

I think SJS was joking... (tough crowd)

Yeah, I was gonna put a  at the end but I gave the readers more credit. Silly me...

Eh, I've seen plenty of just as/if not more ridiculous defences of Mike AND Brian online before, and they were serious; it's hard to tell sometimes...

[Dancing Bear]

This topic sucks.

I'll add one more "No Mike Love, no Beach Boys" for good measure.

[The Heartical Don]

A thought... 

From Heartical Don:

"...with enormous alimony obligations... ". 

I feel quite certain that HD said this in jest, based on his other observations of the band, although many others take this to heart.  Mike has, I think, been married six times and the last marriage was to Jacqui about 15 years ago.  I seriously doubt that Mike has ANY alimony obligations at this stage and situation in his life.

I did. Tks for pointing it out.

[PongHit]

All the hits, huh?
Who sang lead on Help Me Rhonda?
Who sang lead on Don't Worry Baby?
Who sang lead on In My Room?
Who sang lead on Surfer Girl

Don't forget "Good Vibrations," "Sloop John B.," "Wouldn't It Be Nice?," "God Only Knows," & so on . . .

[Alex]

All the hits, huh?
Who sang lead on Help Me Rhonda?
Who sang lead on Don't Worry Baby?
Who sang lead on In My Room?
Who sang lead on Surfer Girl

Don't forget "Good Vibrations," "Sloop John B.," "Wouldn't It Be Nice?," "God Only Knows," & so on . . .

And "Sail on Sailor", "The Trader", "Looking at Tomorrow", "Feel Flows", "Long Promised Road", "A Day In The Life of a Tree", "Surf's Up"...

[the captain]

All the hits, huh?
Who sang lead on Help Me Rhonda?
Who sang lead on Don't Worry Baby?
Who sang lead on In My Room?
Who sang lead on Surfer Girl

Don't forget "Good Vibrations," "Sloop John B.," "Wouldn't It Be Nice?," "God Only Knows," & so on . . .

And "Sail on Sailor", "The Trader", "Looking at Tomorrow", "Feel Flows", "Long Promised Road", "A Day In The Life of a Tree", "Surf's Up"...

[John]

Well, "Sail On, Sailor" was a minor hit. "Cottonfields", "Friends", "Come Go With Me" and "Lady Lynda" were also hits over here in the UK, right? They could count more than Sloop, WIBN, and Good Vibes, since Mike DOES sing a portion of them.

[art rush]

mike sings lead (or a prominent part of the lead) on:

Surfin'
Surfin' Safari
Surfin' USA
409
Shut Down
Catch a Wave
Little Deuce Coupe
Hawaii
Fun, Fun, Fun
Be True to Your School
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Wendy
Little Saint Nick
When I Grow Up
California Girls

reads like a compilation, don't it?

[The Heartical Don]

mike sings lead (or a prominent part of the lead) on:

Surfin'
Surfin' Safari
Surfin' USA
409
Shut Down
Catch a Wave
Little Deuce Coupe
Hawaii
Fun, Fun, Fun
Be True to Your School
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Wendy
Little Saint Nick
When I Grow Up
California Girls

reads like a compilation, don't it?

  How odd. I have a double live set called SMiLE-Live 2004 (London Feb 24) and I could positively swear that it is Brian singing all of these in the first half of the evening... you mean to say that it was in reality Mike with a wig and a pillow under his sweater who was sitting there, around 60 ft in front of me? I am shocked! I will phone the RFH and try to get my money reimbursed!

*these 'rock' vagrants... my Dad used to warn me off from ever trusting these drug users and ne'er do wells...*

[art rush]

mike sings lead (or a prominent part of the lead) on:

Surfin'
Surfin' Safari
Surfin' USA
409
Shut Down
Catch a Wave
Little Deuce Coupe
Hawaii
Fun, Fun, Fun
Be True to Your School
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Wendy
Little Saint Nick
When I Grow Up
California Girls

reads like a compilation, don't it?

  How odd. I have a double live set called SMiLE-Live 2004 (London Feb 24) and I could positively swear that it is Brian singing all of these in the first half of the evening... you mean to say that it was in reality Mike with a wig and a pillow under his sweater who was sitting there, around 60 ft in front of me? I am shocked! I will phone the RFH and try to get my money reimbursed!

*these 'rock' vagrants... my Dad used to warn me off from ever trusting these drug users and ne'er do wells...*

and doesn't he have a nerve, touring around with all those songs as if he was the original singer. how disrespectful to the legacy yada yada...

[PongHit]

reads like a compilation, don't it?

Here's another compilation for ya:

Good Vibrations
Help Me Rhonda
God Only Knows
In My Room
Barbara Ann
Surfer Girl
Don't Worry Baby
Warmth Of The Sun
Do You Wanna Dance?
You're So Good To Me
And Then I Kissed Her
Let Him Run Wild
Girl Don't Tell Me
Sloop John B
Girls On The Beach
Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Please Let Me Wonder
Heroes And Villains
Vegetables
Wouldn't It Be Nice?
Disney Girls
Surfs Up
Cabinessence
Til I Die
Darlin'
This Whole World
The Trader
Long Promised Road
Feel Flows
Friends
Wild Honey
Sail On Sailor
Forever
Caroline No
Good Timin'
Come Go With Me
Breakaway
Cotton Fields
I Can Hear Music

[SG7]

Why does no one say the beach boys? Because The Beach Boys as we know them are gone 

[John]

mike sings lead (or a prominent part of the lead) on:

Surfin'
Surfin' Safari
Surfin' USA
409
Shut Down
Catch a Wave
Little Deuce Coupe
Hawaii
Fun, Fun, Fun
Be True to Your School
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Wendy
Little Saint Nick
When I Grow Up
California Girls

Yeah, we know. This is the board that spent months and months doing the Definitive Vocal Credits thread. Also you forgot Dance, Dance, Dance from the same era.

Mind you, in the same period:

Surfer Girl, In My Room, Hawaii, Little Saint Nick, Don't Worry Baby, Warmth Of The Sun, I Get Around, Wendy, Dance Dance Dance, When I Grow Up, Please Let Me Wonder, California Girls, Let Him Run Wild, You're So Good To Me, California Girls, Little Girl I Once Knew, Barbara Ann - Brian sings lead or a prominent lead part on all of these.
And, unlike Mike, has a writing credit on all of them except Barbara-Ann, the cover, AND all the ones you mentioned. 

[donald]

Only those of us who are serious hard core fans are concerned about these distinctions.  I wouldn't refer to the band to casual listeners as The Mike/ Bruce Beachboys....they wouldn't know (or care) what I was talking about.

A few years ago the band played at a summer festival near here.  My co-worker, knowing I had ben a rabid fan asked if I would be going.  I informed her that the band performing was not the BeachBoys, and why it wasn't the BeachBoys.  Her reply;  "Who would know the difference?"... 

So...I plan to go see the Mike/Bruce Orchestra next week in Kentucky and to go see the Brian Wilson Band next month in Nashville.

I wonder if AL is  touring the mid atlantic area this year.


The real problem?    None of us will ever again hear the voice of Carl Wilson or hear those original otherworldly harmonies of the Wilson Brothers and Mike Love.

Lets all go out and see these guys, as they are,  while we can.

[art rush]

Only those of us who are serious hard core fans are concerned about these distinctions.  I wouldn't refer to the band to casual listeners as The Mike/ Bruce Beachboys....they wouldn't know (or care) what I was talking about.

A few years ago the band played at a summer festival near here.  My co-worker, knowing I had ben a rabid fan asked if I would be going.  I informed her that the band performing was not the BeachBoys, and why it wasn't the BeachBoys.  Her reply;  "Who would know the difference?"... 

So...I plan to go see the Mike/Bruce Orchestra next week in Kentucky and to go see the Brian Wilson Band next month in Nashville.

I wonder if AL is  touring the mid atlantic area this year.


The real problem?    None of us will ever again hear the voice of Carl Wilson or hear those original otherworldly harmonies of the Wilson Brothers and Mike Love.

Lets all go out and see these guys, as they are,  while we can.

very well said! i was fortunate enough to catch the beach boys and brian wilson within 3 months of each other here in australia. i think the odds of al jardine ever coming down here are VERY slim, but we can dream