"Brian Wilson fired" now trending on yahoo..

[joshferrell]

wow,yahoo is now trending on the front page that Mike love fired Brian,I know there's a thread about the negative reports but I think this should warrent a thread of its own,this is kind of big news to trend on yahoo..

[EgoHanger1966]

I was just about to post this:

[joshferrell]

yeah it went to #1 within minutes..

[BB Universe]

The guys should get together and do a PR release explaining the situation - just the facts etc. Current existing bookings, license arrangement; no one got fired (if I understand the situation correctly); future collaboration; etc. It would go a long way to stop the "sensationalism" reporting going on. That is, hopefully, they can do so...

[Mikie]

Yep, this thing's gone viral now. NOT good for the legacy of the band. And just when I was really beginning to like Mike Love.

One guy said he was the biggest d!ck in Rock and Roll.  Even moreso than Lars from U2.


http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/09/27/brian-wilson-beach-boys-fired/

Really love the comments on this one:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/brian-wilson-got-fired-from-the-beach-boys.html

http://www.spin.com/#articles/beach-boy-fired-beach-boys-reunion-tour-brian-wilson-mike-love

[I. Spaceman]

Lars from U2, eh?

[punkinhead]

So am I right in saying: basically we already knew Mike/Bruce faction would continue but to go on with the "Beach Boys Legacy," they needed to fire the rest of the guys??!?!

that doesn't make sense. Why not just say the guys are going their own separate ways. Hopefully we'll be able to get to the bottom of this on monday when we meet with Alan Boyd.

[ontor pertawst]

Lars from U2, eh?

"That's the letter U and the numeral 2. The four-man band features Adam Clayton on bass, Larry Mullin on drums, Dave Evans, nicknamed ‘The Edge’— Wait, this is bullsh*t. Nobody cares! These guys are from England and WHO GIVES A sh*t? Just a lot of wasted names that don’t mean DIDDLEY sh*t!”
 - Casey Kasem

[Jim V.]

This is nuts. I didn't think the guys would really have to deal with this. But it looks like they will have to soon. And announce what their plans are.

[the professor]

The guys should get together and do a PR release explaining the situation - just the facts etc. Current existing bookings, license arrangement; no one got fired (if I understand the situation correctly); future collaboration; etc. It would go a long way to stop the "sensationalism" reporting going on. That is, hopefully, they can do so...

yes, bb universe, that is exactly why I turn on the computer each day, but we are still waiting for exactly that. . . . . .

[Wirestone]

I did try to explain all this to people over at the Pollstar article ... which is the source for a lot of this crap. Don't know if it worked, though.

Someone just needs to post a version of this on every one of these stupid things. I'm a media person, and I hate the media at times like this ...

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=802788

[southbay]

well, Mike got his #1 hit, right?

[Justin]

haha....nice southbay.

[Sound of Free]

We're sure to get a million clicks in January.

[Mikie]

Lars from U2, eh?

Lars Ulrich from Metallica!!   Geez, can't mulittask this morning!   

[I. Spaceman]

Lars from U2, eh?

"That's the letter U and the numeral 2. The four-man band features Adam Clayton on bass, Larry Mullin on drums, Dave Evans, nicknamed ‘The Edge’— Wait, this is bullsh*t. Nobody cares! These guys are from England and WHO GIVES A sh*t? Just a lot of wasted names that don’t mean DIDDLEY sh*t!”
 - Casey Kasem

Yes!

[southbay]

haha....nice southbay.

yeah, well don't forget that after his R&R hall of fame speech in 1988, Mike was at a loss to figure out what all of the controversy was about.  He was convinced he had made the Beach Boys the stars of the show with his rant.  He has ALWAYS come from the school of "any publicity is good publicity".  He is probably telling his (now "fired") bandmates that he should get a bigger piece of the reunion income because of the sh**load of free publicity he has brought them.  Seriously.

[I. Spaceman]

 He was convinced he had made the Beach Boys the stars of the show with his rant.  

He did. Who remembers The Beatles' induction on the same night?

[SMiLE Brian]

haha....nice southbay.

yeah, well don't forget that after his R&R hall of fame speech in 1988, Mike was at a loss to figure out what all of the controversy was about.  He was convinced he had made the Beach Boys the stars of the show with his rant.  He has ALWAYS come from the school of "any publicity is good publicity".  He is probably telling his (now "fired") bandmates that he should get a bigger piece of the reunion income because of the sh**load of free publicity he has brought them.  Seriously.

Mike is a very odd person to figure out.

[Quzi]

Pitchfork adds to the hyperbole, but they embedded one of my favourite Beach Boys live performances at the end of the article so I'm not overly bummed  

http://pitchfork.com/news/48008-beach-boys-mike-love-kicks-brian-wilson-al-jardine-and-david-marks-out-of-the-band/

A few choice comments from Facebook:
"This is like Ringo firing all of The Beatles."
"Thank God he didn't kick out Stamos!"
"We should flood Mike Love with angry telephone calls. Anyone know Kokomo's area code?"

[ontor pertawst]

(throws jug of apple juice against the wall and leads everybody on a high speed chase)

[SMiLE Brian]

(throws jug of apple juice against the wall and leads everybody on a high speed chase)

Mike Love's greatest hour as a human being.

[ontor pertawst]

"Tainted Wilson Blood" would be a fine song title.

[punkinhead]

Should we really be surprised?
It's the Beach Boys Universe.
this type of shite just adds more to the Lovester's bio
...can't wait until he releases it.
a coffee-table sized book twice as big as the Beatles Anthology.

[SMiLE Brian]

"Tainted Wilson Blood" would be a fine song title.

It would be a great song for your BBs "tribute" show or video series.