Let's Make a Complete List of Brian's Favorite Beach Boys Albums!

[Fall Breaks]

I can think of four off the top of my head:

Pet Sounds
Friends
15 Big Ones
Love You

More?

[variable2]

Carl and the Passions: So Tough
Holland

if you want to count that one interview with the 2 fans (forget their names)

[Fall Breaks]

Definitely. I want to count every statement said to whomever in whatever state. 

[lance]

He said Summer Days and Summer Nights last year.

[DAMAGED]

I thought Brian says Pet Sounds was his best, not his favorite.

[TdHabib]

He said Summer Days and Summer Nights last year.

In January of 2009 he said both that and Love You, although the question was phrased "aside from Pet Sounds."

[petsite]

And David Leaf HATES Love You. Literally. Proves he really doesn't get Brian.

[The Heartical Don]

Since Brian most probably named every then-most-recent-album his all time BBs favourite, I don't see much of a point in this question, sorry for that.
It's the nature of the man, you see.

(Brian, which movie did you see most recently? 'Um, Norbit'. Brian, what is your all time favourite movie? 'Norbit.'
In psychology, this is called the 'My Friend Bob'-complex)

[Fall Breaks]

Since Brian most probably named every then-most-recent-album his all time BBs favourite, I don't see much of a point in this question, sorry for that.
It's the nature of the man, you see.

(Brian, which movie did you see most recently? 'Um, Norbit'. Brian, what is your all time favourite movie? 'Norbit.'
In psychology, this is called the 'My Friend Bob'-complex)

Oh, I'm very aware of that. But I wanted to make a list of albums that he actually have said are his favorite(s), not the ones that he probably have said. Btw, Don, I'm a psychology student, but so far I haven't come across the "My Friend Bob"-complex! (Looking forward to it, though!  )

[The Heartical Don]

Since Brian most probably named every then-most-recent-album his all time BBs favourite, I don't see much of a point in this question, sorry for that.
It's the nature of the man, you see.

(Brian, which movie did you see most recently? 'Um, Norbit'. Brian, what is your all time favourite movie? 'Norbit.'
In psychology, this is called the 'My Friend Bob'-complex)

Oh, I'm very aware of that. But I wanted to make a list of albums that he actually have said are his favorite(s), not the ones that he probably have said. Btw, Don, I'm a psychology student, but so far I haven't come across the "My Friend Bob"-complex! (Looking forward to it, though!  )

 

[punkinhead]

When has brian said that 15 Big  Ones is his fav?

[mtaber]

Man, I change my answer to this question ALL THE TIME... sometimes Sunflower, sometimes Friends (if only the darned thing was 15 minutes longer), sometimes Surf's Up, or Pet Sounds, or... I guess Brian can change his mind also...

I think he has said Friends is his favorite the most often...

Has he ever said Summer in Paradise?

[the captain]

Has he ever said Summer in Paradise?

Has he ever heard of it?

[SmileySam]

Man, I change my answer to this question ALL THE TIME... sometimes Sunflower, sometimes Friends (if only the darned thing was 15 minutes longer), sometimes Surf's Up, or Pet Sounds, or... I guess Brian can change his mind also...

I think he has said Friends is his favorite the most often...

Has he ever said Summer in Paradise?

Oh yes!! That completely Mike-driven LP. I can see that....NOT!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

When has brian said that 15 Big  Ones is his fav?

In the book written by Peter Carlin, he named 15 BO and Love You both, can't remember the year in which he was interviewed but it was within the past few years.

[TdHabib]

P.290 of Catch a Wave; "That's when it all happened for me. That's where my heart lies. Love You. Jesus, that's the best album we ever made." 1998 interview.

[Chris Brown]

P.290 of Catch a Wave; "That's when it all happened for me. That's where my heart lies. Love You. Jesus, that's the best album we ever made." 1998 interview.

Not very surprising, although it's interesting that both David Leaf and Jeff Foskett hate Love You...shows that Brian does still have a sense that his work is great even if some don't like it.

[phirnis]

P.290 of Catch a Wave; "That's when it all happened for me. That's where my heart lies. Love You. Jesus, that's the best album we ever made." 1998 interview.

Not very surprising, although it's interesting that both David Leaf and Jeff Foskett hate Love You...

Jeff Foskett? So that's why they won't play any of these songs in concert...

[Chris Brown]

P.290 of Catch a Wave; "That's when it all happened for me. That's where my heart lies. Love You. Jesus, that's the best album we ever made." 1998 interview.

Not very surprising, although it's interesting that both David Leaf and Jeff Foskett hate Love You...

Jeff Foskett? So that's why they won't play any of these songs in concert...

Yep, according to AGD.  So much for that "Brian Wilson Loves You" tour.

[phirnis]

So now they're adding songs like "Desert Drive" and "Your Imagination" to the setlist only to have Brian announce that they're going to get to the good stuff later or that he's not particularly fond of "Sail On Sailor". I say the time is ripe for "Johnny Carson" and "Solar System".

[The Heartical Don]

I wonder: would 'Let Us Go On This Way', or 'Roller Skating Child', or 'Love Is A Woman' really elicit an audience response? I'd think not. Although Love You is a wonderful album to this person.

[carl r]

You'd have to insert a "Love You" DJ-set into the middle of the show. Foskett, Bennett, all go off and have a cup of tea.

Only the drummer and the DJ on stage with Brian, together with some cheerleaders robo-dancing.

Video backdrop of 1970s rollerdiscos and California Divisional Congressmen. Fragrant scent to be sprayed on the audience during "Love Is A Woman"

VDP could write some Brian-centric verse about the standard of colonics to be found on health farms during the era.

Love You as Eraserhead - an image I've never really been able to shift.

[phirnis]

I wonder: would 'Let Us Go On This Way', or 'Roller Skating Child', or 'Love Is A Woman' really elicit an audience response? I'd think not. Although Love You is a wonderful album to this person.

"Mona" would be short enough to be lots of fun for everyone involved and it sure wouldn't irritate anyone in the audience; "The Night Was So Young" would provoke numerous cheers from those familiar with BB records as obscure as The Beach Boys Love You; come to think of it, "Let's Put Our Hearts Together" could work pretty well as a duet between BW and Taylor Mills...

[PongHit]

I've seen BW do "The Night Was So Young" a couple times.

[TdHabib]

The crowd would go wild if Brian did "Roller Skating Child," especially if Brian was enthusiastic...I can just see him getting into it.

"Night Was So Young" was done in 2002 and 2003...on the audience recordings I have the crowd audibly cheers.