Brian & Mike writing together again

[Shady]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

[drbeachboy]

Maybe we're gonna get that rock and roll album from Brian, after all. The Beach Boys are a good vehicle from which to do it.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Awesome! I hope this pans out. Glad to see Brian's gotten over his writer's block as well.

[Jay]

It's great that they are working together again. But...

Spain?!?!?  

[bgas]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

More likely Bruce has written some new songs, and Mike's adding lyrics to those. 
It could be cool to have some new BW/ML songs, if only to see what Mike comes up with, but I doubt it will happen.

[oldsurferdude]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

More likely Bruce has written some new songs, and Mike's adding lyrics to those. 
It could be cool to have some new BW/ML songs, if only to see what Mike comes up with, but I doubt it will happen.

It shouldn't ever happen and hopefully never will happen.

[SMiLE Brian]

I'm definitely rooting for them to write good new material!

[bgas]

mamas little baby loves shortnin bread 2011

[Jeff]

I'm definitely rooting for them to write good new material!

And I'm rooting for Willie Mays to come out of retirement and be an all-star again.  I'd say those things are about equally likely to happen.

[bgas]

I'm definitely rooting for them to write good new material!

And I'm rooting for Willie Mays to come out of retirement and be an all-star again.  I'd say those things are about equally likely to happen.

I'd venture the odds are in Willie's favor

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

More likely Bruce has written some new songs, and Mike's adding lyrics to those.  
It could be cool to have some new BW/ML songs, if only to see what Mike comes up with, but I doubt it will happen.

It shouldn't ever happen and hopefully never will happen.

Yeah, you're absolutely right, aren't you?

Look at all the crap Brian and Mike wrote together!

Sheesh

Merda like:

Good Vibrations
I'm Waiting For The Day
California Girls
Do It Again
Wild Honey
Darlin
The Warmth Of The Sun
Goin On
Let The Wind Blow
Cool Cool Water
All I Wanna Do
Please Let Me Wonder
Fun Fun Fun
Kiss Me Baby
It's OK


... to name just a few

Thank GOD the likes of which will never happen again if oldmykeluvrdood has his way!

[Micha]

Doesn't Mike always claim he and Brian wrote new songs together?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

Four dates in Spain ? That well-know hotbed of Beach Boys fandom ? I think Mr. Johnston was practising his poker face.

As for Mike putting lyrics to Brian's music, sounds entirely plausible, but given Brian's been telling everyone about his writers block for years - if you discount the Gershwin pieces, the last batch of 'new' songs was in 2006, so he's on the money there - I'm wondering if maybe he's not unearthed some of those for use on any potential 50th anniversary project.

[The Real Barnyard]

Hi,
Mike said publicly in the hotel press conference that Brian has written new songs without lyrics. It can be heard on this video, but it's barely audible due to the spanish translation. At second 35.
http://youtu.be/yFtb6k1mXoE

Besides that, a friend of mine was able to interview Mike at the venue and here is the transcript on our webpage http://thebeachboysspain.com/.
He said: I've talking with my cousin Brian about..., writing some new lyrics and contribute on some songs he has worked on.
I'll try to put you the english transcript as soon as I can.

Regarding Bruce comment about four dates in Spain next year, he said that while he was entering the venue. I don't konw if he was joking, but he surely said that. I guess it could be as part of a world tour if finally a reunion tour comes to reality, but it's just my guess.

Thanks.

[Andrew G. Doe]

"... some songs he has worked on". Note, he didn't say "some new songs he's been working on".

Mike & Bruce have played Spain in 2001, 2010 and just now. The Beach Boys played three shows there in 1990. So if Spain is going to get four shows, over here were going to get, roughly, 75. 

[oldsurferdude]

Check this out, posted by Barnyard2

I was able to meet Bruce, Christian and Scott at the hotel, and Mike at the venue before the show.
Mike said that Brian has written new songs and he is putting some lyrics on them. Also that they are talking about the reunion.
Bruce mentioned that next year it will be four dates in Spain. Maybe as part of a world wide reunion tour?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,10665.0.html

Looks like we will be getting material

More likely Bruce has written some new songs, and Mike's adding lyrics to those.  
It could be cool to have some new BW/ML songs, if only to see what Mike comes up with, but I doubt it will happen.

It shouldn't ever happen and hopefully never will happen.

Yeah, you're absolutely right, aren't you?

Look at all the crap Brian and Mike wrote together!

Sheesh

Merda like:

Good Vibrations
I'm Waiting For The Day
California Girls
Do It Again
Wild Honey
Darlin
The Warmth Of The Sun
Goin On
Let The Wind Blow
Cool Cool Water
All I Wanna Do
Please Let Me Wonder
Fun Fun Fun
Kiss Me Baby
It's OK


... to name just a few

Thank GOD the likes of which will never happen again if oldmykeluvrdood has his way!

Gee, we should have a new Good Vibrations any day now- hey-maybe a new Pet Sounds as wee-Today anybody??

[Amy B.]

Brian has written some great melodies in recent years...but has Mike written any decent lyrics in the last couple of decades? I hope that if this is true, the new tunes are good enough to inspire great lyrics in Mike. And I hope it's a pleasant experience all the way around.

[The Real Barnyard]

This is the exact transcript from the interview with Mike shortly before the show in Madrid:

So 50 years right?

Yeah.

So how are you planning to celebrate that?

We're hoping to do some new recordings. I'm talking with my cousin Brian about... He's having me write some lyrics and contribute to some songs he has worked on.

Any new material?

Yeah, and I've worked on some new things. I wanna show him what those are like and see if we can work together on putting a new recording project.

So, what about Al? Is he involved?

He can very well be involved. He has his own cd that it just came out recently. We sang on Don't Fight The Sea, a song on the album, so I think it's very possible that we all record together. There's no definite time period involved though. It will probably be this fall or this winter.

You guys take it easy, we've been waiting for so long.

I know. Too long.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Thanks for that: most interesting.

[bgas]

It will be nice if he's not just blowing smoke again.

[seanmurd]

I think this reunion will end up being only slightly less interesting than when Brian reunited with Tony Asher about 15 years ago.

[bgas]

Uhh, I don't remember that. Do you mean it will be good? or am i being obtuse?

[Amy B.]

I think this reunion will end up being only slightly less interesting than when Brian reunited with Tony Asher about 15 years ago.

That reunion resulted in some good songs, didn't it?
I'd kind of like to see another Wilson/Asher reunion.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I think this reunion will end up being only slightly less interesting than when Brian reunited with Tony Asher about 15 years ago.

That reunion resulted in some good songs, didn't it?
I'd kind of like to see another Wilson/Asher reunion.

Two released songs. "Everything I Need", which ended up on the album The Wilsons and is OK... and "This Isn't Love", from both the Roxy album and the 2nd Flintstones movie, which recycles a chunk of "You're Still A Mystery": other tracks were written but unless I'm really missing the obvious, nothing else came out.

[Chris Brown]

I'm definitely curious to see what Brian and Mike could come up with these days, although like others have said I have my reservations about Mike's lyrical sensibilities these days. Hopefully working with Brian again can light a fire under him and they'll create some good stuff.

Just please God, no references to cars, the beach or namechecking old song titles!