Last nights show now up on YouTube

[Andrew G. Doe]

Reagan Show

Part one.

[bgas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c[/color]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c

Not sure how that yellow coloring/highlighting stuff works, or doesn't, but I couldn't get the link to work by clicking on it.
it works by eliminating the yellow/color:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c

[Andrew G. Doe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c[/color]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c

Not sure how that yellow coloring/highlighting stuff works, or doesn't, but I couldn't get the link to work by clicking on it.
it works by eliminating the yellow/color:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c

I know... yet other times you can color it no sweat. Odd.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Part Two

[letsmakeit31]

This is amazing, I'm a big Brian fan but seeing almost all the guys living up there really touched my heart. It's the first time I've seen the "Beach Boys" live since Carl's death, And I for one I'm glad Al is on this one. Question who is singing the first verse of Good Vibs? Is it Matt??

[STE]

Great that it's up already!
Hopefully it will also show up in higher quality.

[filledeplage]

Reagan Show

Part one.

Thanks, Andrew for that...the quality is superior to the streaming from last night!

I cannot believe how many people stayed up from around the globe to watch this 20 or so minutes...

Great performance and tribute to the late President Ronald Reagan's 100th "anniversary of his birth."
 
You must be exhausted!

 

[The infamous Baldwin Organ]

This is amazing, I'm a big Brian fan but seeing almost all the guys living up there really touched my heart. It's the first time I've seen the "Beach Boys" live since Carl's death, And I for one I'm glad Al is on this one. Question who is singing the first verse of Good Vibs? Is it Matt??

That's Mike's son Christian. He's been singing most of Carl's parts in concert for a while.

I was also really glad to see Al up there, his voice is still really strong. I would've loved to see Carl and Dennis up there, but I do feel it's a little less weird to bring in family members. Matt Jardine is AWESOME; my favorite falsetto by far.

The mix wasn't studio quality, but it was cool to hear Mike do the bass vocals, and IMO Bruce sounded better here than on a lot of the recent videos I've seen. Hope they keep it up! 

[letsmakeit31]

This is amazing, I'm a big Brian fan but seeing almost all the guys living up there really touched my heart. It's the first time I've seen the "Beach Boys" live since Carl's death, And I for one I'm glad Al is on this one. Question who is singing the first verse of Good Vibs? Is it Matt??

That's Mike's son Christian. He's been singing most of Carl's parts in concert for a while.

I was also really glad to see Al up there, his voice is still really strong. I would've loved to see Carl and Dennis up there, but I do feel it's a little less weird to bring in family members. Matt Jardine is AWESOME; my favorite falsetto by far.

The mix wasn't studio quality, but it was cool to hear Mike do the bass vocals, and IMO Bruce sounded better here than on a lot of the recent videos I've seen. Hope they keep it up! 

Thanks for answering my question, Christian was really good, glad that Matt was there too. I for one really enjoyed it esp as the main players are nearing 70 years old. So the voices aren't as good as in the past!!, But so what we all should be thankful there all up there doing the best there can

[Emdeeh]

Yes, it's Christian Love.

I find it hard to put my feelings into words sometimes. I still miss Carl -- and I'm always going to miss his voice and presence onstage -- he's irreplaceable. But I'm just so happy to see Al onstage with Mike and Bruce again and to hear Al's and Matt's voices in the mix once more. Their addition/return is such a positive thing.

 

[Mark Dillon]

Reagan Show

Part one.

Thanks, Andrew for that...the quality is superior to the streaming from last night!

I cannot believe how many people stayed up from around the globe to watch this 20 or so minutes...

Great performance and tribute to the late President Ronald Reagan's 100th "anniversary of his birth."
 
You must be exhausted!

 

Really? According to the counter I saw, there were about 2,000 people watching, which I thought was on the low side. Of course, I don't know how many people knew about it. I wonder if The Reagan Foundation tried but failed to get a traditional broadcaster for this. Wonder what everyone out there thought about the performance...

[ReggieDunbar]

The show also aired on Fox entertainment in some states... according to what I've read!

[ReggieDunbar]

Great that it's up already!
Hopefully it will also show up in higher quality.

Shutdownvol3 uploaded Rhonda exerpt in higher quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmTsWL0J90

[Roger Ryan]

A very respectable set. I was pleased Al got two leads. "Kokomo" was inevitable, but I was pleased they avoided the early surf hits and Mike refrained from indulging in any corny jokes.

[filledeplage]

Reagan Show

Part one.

Thanks, Andrew for that...the quality is superior to the streaming from last night!

I cannot believe how many people stayed up from around the globe to watch this 20 or so minutes...

Great performance and tribute to the late President Ronald Reagan's 100th "anniversary of his birth."
 
You must be exhausted!

 

Really? According to the counter I saw, there were about 2,000 people watching, which I thought was on the low side. Of course, I don't know how many people knew about it. I wonder if The Reagan Foundation tried but failed to get a traditional broadcaster for this. Wonder what everyone out there thought about the performance...

Mark - First, it was strange and unfortunate, that is was not televised on one of the major networks, and I did not know about Fox...

Second, it is a more or less "elite"group of people,  and I don't mean that in terms of social status, or any caste...but in terms of having an interest in this music to the extent that you discuss it on a forum such as this one...there are other multilingual boards (and this is what I was referring to) in my post.  It was about 4am, in some Western European countries, when the live performance t took place.  

If they had 2,000 of these "elite" fans, that is a pretty respectable number.  These fans "make it their business" via their own networking resources, such as this board, BBB, Shut Down, and others which are in a language other than English.  I learned of it on BBB and when I clicked into the site last week, leaned that there had been a contest, for two airline tickets, hotel, and tickets to the performance which the host committee raffled off, but the contest window had closed in early December.  There are limited numbers of people who are readers of these "dedicated" sites, and as you say, the word did not "get out" as it might have.  

And, considering the time lapse, as between Great Britain and the USA at least, I would venture that there are some tired folk out there...There are plenty who waited for the Youtube link post, but someone had to do the work, to make it available and in a better quality video.  Thanks again to those who did this work.

     

[Rocker]

I only saw "California girls" and part of "Sloop John B" yet and it's great to see the guys together again. Al looks older than I remembered it from his Rhonda-video, but what's with Mike? His face looks bloated. Is he sick? I hope not. Anyway, now I'm going right back to watching.

BTW I love their clothings. I hope they will wear this kind of outfit for the big 50th anniversary reunion-show with Brian and no hawaiian-shirts, etc

[rab2591]

Reagan Show

Part one.

Thanks, Andrew for that...the quality is superior to the streaming from last night!

I cannot believe how many people stayed up from around the globe to watch this 20 or so minutes...

Great performance and tribute to the late President Ronald Reagan's 100th "anniversary of his birth."
 
You must be exhausted!

 

Really? According to the counter I saw, there were about 2,000 people watching, which I thought was on the low side. Of course, I don't know how many people knew about it. I wonder if The Reagan Foundation tried but failed to get a traditional broadcaster for this. Wonder what everyone out there thought about the performance...

Mark - First, it was strange and unfortunate, that is was not televised on one of the major networks, and I did not know about Fox...

Second, it is a more or less "elite"group of people,  and I don't mean that in terms of social status, or any caste...but in terms of having an interest in this music to the extent that you discuss it on a forum such as this one...there are other multilingual boards (and this is what I was referring to) in my post.  It was about 4am, in some Western European countries, when the live performance t took place.  

If they had 2,000 of these "elite" fans, that is a pretty respectable number.  These fans "make it their business" via their own networking resources, such as this board, BBB, Shut Down, and others which are in a language other than English.  I learned of it on BBB and when I clicked into the site last week, leaned that there had been a contest, for two airline tickets, hotel, and tickets to the performance which the host committee raffled off, but the contest window had closed in early December.  There are limited numbers of people who are readers of these "dedicated" sites, and as you say, the word did not "get out" as it might have.  

And, considering the time lapse, as between Great Britain and the USA at least, I would venture that there are some tired folk out there...There are plenty who waited for the Youtube link post, but someone had to do the work, to make it available and in a better quality video.  Thanks again to those who did this work.

     

I can understand the networks hesitation to air it - it's not much of a moneymaker - And given most television network's love for conservatives it makes sense that no one wanted to air it....

I don't know if you all stuck around to watch the 'viewer' counter on the streamed video last night - but just after The Beach Boys vacated the counter was dropping rapidly - going from 2000 viewers to 1600 in nearly a minute - and then I closed out.

[grillo]

Really good stuff. Mike sounds a wee bit thin and whoever is doing the falsettos is not too strong either, but overall they sound and look great. I'm almost afraid what would happen if BW showed up. Tragedy, hilarity, genius?

[The Shift]

Really enjoying what I'm seeing thus far.

This is probably the first BBs gig for, well, 50 years when the audience's average age has been higher than that of Mike, Al and Bruce!

[ReggieDunbar]

I'd say this was an pretty private gig... and they had the generosity to webcast it and televise it in some channels.
Don't think it was meant to reach the million audience.

[oldsurferdude]

Horrific. Glad that Brian did not lend himself to this sonic clusterfu*%. Myke Luhv cannot sing period-a true hack job. The only shining moment was Al Jardine-the rest pure drek. Old Ronnie most likely rolled over more times than the number of people wating this fiasco.

[Autotune]

1. chemistry and energy grew as the show progressed
2. Al and Mike seemed happy not only by beach boys standards but by normal standards
3. Deal with Stamos. he'll stick around
4. Mike sounded good on FFF but poor on the others. Probably had a cold, as he was raspy even when he talked and has sounded way better on other recent shows.
5. Cowsill is the best drummer on any bb related band nowadays
6. Bashing from the Mike Love haters makes all this somewhat more enjoyable
7. Too bad BW did not go.
8. Al still has issues with the amps. Always has. Always will. I'm fine with it. He has tinnitus, doesn't he?

[tpesky]

It was not the best performance I have heard out of Mike for sure.  It was a bad night for the Loves in general, Christian had his share of his clunkers. I'm thinking maybe his voice is losing range, really struggling on those Carl parts.
Mike got better by FFF for sure, but it seems like every time they have a bigger venue, larger audience , and it's on TV he sounds terrible. In the small arenas at concerts where they can play more tricks with mixing, he's better. I am worried about that if they plan on playing big reunion shows, how are you going to hide his weak voice when he sings so many songs? That was a good set list because it didn't challenge his voice too much.
Mike and Al seemed to be getting along fine. Al's voice sounded great as usual.

[ReggieDunbar]

8. Al still has issues with the amps. Always has. Always will. I'm fine with it. He has tinnitus, doesn't he?

I think he had a problem with the monitors... He thought he was going to be in the mix but wasn't
Really, did anyone tell any difference in sound when he played his guitar or not?

[NightHider]

Just one  Bri away from being the real legends Stamos is talkin' about.  Just great to see together again!  Happy Anniversay guys!! 

Now let's get it on for real with Brian and David playing a full set later this year.....