Brians Last Good Beach Boys Concert?

[adamghost]

My understanding is the audience mix was WAY better than the mix that went out live, and to be fair to the band, the mix was atrocious.  Al Jardine's mic was up way louder than everybody else's the whole time, for example, and the DI on the bass was so bad that all you heard was a high frequency thwack.  Not saying the band did a great performance, but a competent mix would have gone a long way to mitigating the damage.  And to my mind, Brian's vocals were better than Adrian Baker's (whose mic was also cranked, btw).

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

To be honest, DWB aside, Brian's vocals weren't that bad. Hell, on GOK he sounded better than he does these days on it.

[Sheriff John Stone]

To be honest, DWB aside, Brian's vocals weren't that bad. Hell, on GOK he sounded better than he does these days on it.

I agree. Brian was probably on something, but, he actually appeared "normal". His facial expressions, his piano playing, his voice - it just sounded like he was THERE, as opposed to not all there. Brian seemed lucid for a lot of 1980 and 1981.

I also agree with Aegir that things sound better live, in person. I saw another Beach Boys' concert in 1981 and I thought Brian nailed "God Only Knows" and "Don't Worry, Baby". It almost brought me to tears. However, if I heard a recording of the show, it would probably sound not nearly as good.

[mikeyj]

And to my mind, Brian's vocals were better than Adrian Baker's (whose mic was also cranked, btw).

Yeah but that ain't surprising... I can't stand Adrian Baker, his voice just annoys me.