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Surprised no one made a topic for this one yet.  Anyone else going?

Well it's two days away.  I've been trying to create the show topics on the actual day of the show to avoid a flood of "show" threads in this section.  Can't say I'm succeeding.

Pre-show excitement gets the best of us.  I don't see a problem with it, other than show topics that get made and never get updated by the creator.  I'm going to try getting the whole setlist up by the end of the show.

I lost my virginity to a girl from Wantagh.

/TMI

If "Marcella" isn't back for this show, oh man...

I'll be there with my family...including my 10 year old daughter who wants them to play the new album in it's entirety....

If they really do Our Prayer, I'd be OK with Marcella remaining at the parlor a little longer...if I had to choose...

Don't kill the messenger...John Stamos tweets he will be appearing at Jones Beach, but also that it'll be his last appearance on the tour.

I'll be there by myself, in a gold shirt with the Love You album cover on the front.

John Stamos?  One of my worst fears has been realized...  hopefully he doesn't cheese up the show too much.

Tonight's my seventh and final show of the tour. What a ride it's been. Getting pretty psyched for definitive live versions of "Steamboat," "I Wanna Cry," and "Stevie" tonight.

High five bro  :afro did you, like, buy VIP ticket and all? would be awesome to take a picture with the band with that shirt on!

F*ck yeah !! Please say it's true !  :3d

If so, virsago won't be visible in the group shot - because Bruce will pogo-jump in front of him in the last second.

 :lol

I don't have a VIP ticket, but I'm close enough to the front that someone from the band might be able to think they see it...

Mike appears to be very aware of what is going in the audience (well, he always was), so maybe you will get pointed at or something.  :) On the other hand, his pointing is pretty random, it seems.

(http://www.apbspeakers.com/resources/smallimages/1006177.jpg)

I think he just likes pointing at people, from what I've seen in pretty much any live video...

No. Obviously everything is all planed, he only points to people who owns a copy of SIP.

 :lol  Yes. This.

15 minutes to showtime

I'm here and so ready!! When I left I realized how bad a fan I was. I have no BB shirts. I think I'll get a Mike Love not War or keep it clean with Al Jardine for the next concert. I'll get vid tonight!

First set done....great show so far. Stamos introduces band and plays some drums. Marcella back...nice responses for Please Let Me Wonder, Disney Girls, Isn't it Time and Getcha Back...Big crowd gets into it later in the set. Brian singing well, but I'm too far away to see how engaged he is.

Boy I'd sure love to see Our Prayer or Pet Sounds if it opens the second set!

Our Prayer broke out after Add Some Music!

So happy to hear this...

Holy moly

Mike really didn't want to do Our Prayer and he got pissed at the initial rehearsals for the tour that it was being practiced.
Glad to see Al get a win for Our Team. :)

GAH!

My reaction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkBbIGwOjw

I'm not trying to be an "h8ter" but jesus christ Mike, let the boys change that setlist when they feel like! you had like, what, two full decades of doing what you wanted to do with what is left of this band? come on now, it won't kill anyone to sing once in a while Our Prayer, jeez.

I get more and more excited for Sydney. Our Prayer! My god. You are true.

How come no-one here seems to care about Stamos? On facebook on the 50th anniversary page it says he played the whole set(s)...

Has anyone ever asked Stamos if he even knew what Smile is?

Best I could do...

Our Prayer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMv6AxuL72A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Great video---nice job!

I read Mike wasn't in favor of OP, somewhere, but didn't read he was "p's'd" when it was done in rehearsal.  When was it even done in rehearsal prior to the past couple of days?  It's ironic if true because the reason it sounds good is partly due to his bass part.  It sounds much closer to the original recording with him doing his part.  Thanks for the vid, sounds cool.

Hot damn! Amazing. 2012 is one weird year.

Great work!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are blessed beyond belief...it is 2012 and The Beach Boys are singing "Our Prayer" and other deep cuts in concert. And they're doing it well.  Let that really sink in and it's quite an amazing feeling.

Well Said!

Figures they would do Prayer the night after my show.

Well, Mr. Bragg said it "was not a good day" when they rehearsed Our Prayer, not at soundcheck, but at some other time.  So, take that for what it's worth.

It must have come up somewhere besides your speaking with Nelson, though, maybe in an interview.  Maybe the Time or RS pieces.  I just would be a little curious as to what Mike's reaction would be, to the point it made a whole day bad?  It must have been pretty bad.  Cool that he could let it go, though, and let them perform it.

Magical

Now, I'm assuming Heroes and Villains followed Our Prayer?

Yep...but not seamlessly

Wow! Wish the Atlanta show had been later in the tour, with all these deep tracks being performed live. Thanks for the vid!

Okay, good to know. Thanks!

Hmm...if Mike is really that difficult to agree to add more SMiLE stuff then we won't have to worry about the "fate" of this band in the future...he probably can't wait to get Brian and Al off the tour!  :lol

I just can't get the objection to "Our Prayer" when it has no Van Dyke Parks lyrics or any lyrics at all, for that matter.  Yet "Heroes & Villains" has been in the set from the beginning.  Not to mention the fact it's about a minute long. It must be those minor chords. 

We should probably look into that because I can't recall Mike being pissed at anything, especially something trivial like a song choice.  The guy is a mellow dude and I doubt would waste a iota on being "pissed" at something pretty trivial.  If he was reluctant or apprehensive to do it, that is a possibility but pissed...don't know about that.

That info is from someone who was AT a rehearsal and saw some stuff.

I find it somewhat interesting that a person posting here reported that at a sound check, Melinda Wilson seemed to be pacing anxiously during a run through of the ending of "Sail On, Sailor" that pitted Scott Totten's version of it versus Darian's example of how it was done on the Brian tours.  When the poster shouted out "Do it that way!" in favor of the Darian version, Melinda said "Thank you!" to the person yelling that.  It made me wonder if Melinda was getting involved in the musical creative differences between the Mike and Brian camps.

Um, who?

A friend of mine. Not gonna mention his name.

Well, to be fair, Brian doesn't need Melinda to push music choices especially when the other co-director of the group across from Scott Totten is Paul Von Mertens.  So he very much knows what Brian and the band can do and is probably the one initiating the song choices over Melinda.

That's exactly how I feel!  I was at the Atlanta show and at the time I was grateful I was catching them so early, because I felt there was a chance the wheels could fly off this whole thing and the tour wouldn't finish.

Now, it's killing me that the setlists have gotten so amazing as the tour has progressed. I would have LOVED to have seen some of the better sets.

I now think the live DVD of the tour should include a performance of every song they end up doing, even if they have to use video from a dozen different shows to make it happen.

I'd be surprised if she wasn't involved, based on what is written here on occasion.

If Mike Love is opposed to including Our Prayer in the set, he is a fool.  This concert tour is a celebration of the Beach Boys entire career, and Our Prayer is one of those rarely heard masterpieces that is proof of the artistic and vocal skill of the group.

Well, obviously, he got over it. So lets enjoy this moment!

In the recent Rolling Stones article, the writer speaks of Brian telling Mike that his family thinks they should make some changes to the setlist.

I bet it's Dash.  He looks like a Smile-phile.

Maybe Brian said "his family" as a ploy to keep himself off the hot seat. That way, if Mike gets mad about the setlist request Brian won't be the target of his anger.

Just got home.  It was an excellent show.  I was kind of put off at first because the beginning seemed to lack energy, but things picked up as the crowd became more into it. Disappointingly enough, the person to get the most applause was John Stamos.  Luckily, he was only limited to "Be True to Your School" (which got the most applause, somehow) and the encore.  For "Kokomo", the audience would applaud every time he appeared on the screens surrounding the stage.  Seems like the casual concertgoer has their priorities mixed up.

Highlights for me were "Please Let Me Wonder" and "Our Prayer"/"Heroes and Villains".  Brian sounded like he was channeling his old self for the beginning of "Please Let Me Wonder", but slipped back into his current voice shortly after.  Either way, it was amazing, but "Our Prayer"/"Heroes and Villains" took me by surprise.  I was hoping for "Gee" after "Our Prayer", but I'll take it.  The Dennis and Carl tributes were also great, and they work so well in the context of the concert.  I was happy to hear "Pet Sounds", but thought David could have done a better job with the lead guitar.  The spotlight was on him, and he seemed to put just the minimum amount of effort in.  Maybe this will get better as the tour goes on.  I was disappointed to not hear "This Whole World" or "Darlin'", the latter of which I was really happy to see had been added to the group's tour line-up recently.  "Marcella" was back, at least.

I think the most heartbreaking part of the show was seeing Brian in action for the first time.  He was "on" for the first set and into the show, but all of the Brian-centric songs in the second set seemed to tire him out, such that he didn't bother playing the bass he strapped on for the encore.  I didn't notice how, but during "Fun, Fun, Fun", the bass was removed and he was left awkwardly standing on the stage, waiting for the song to end.  It seems to be a miracle that he has managed to stay on the tour for so long, because you definitely get a sense of him not wanting to be there.

Overall, it was an excellent show.  They played so many songs so well that just the first set would have been enough, and it's impossible to expect Brian to be in top form at any show, so it's hard to be picky.  I hope they play here again, but I'm not holding out any hope, given the nature of the tour.

Just back as well. Such a great show. Agreed with the above. I wasn't too pleased with the quality of TWGMTR, but I think since it's newer, and not something that's been under their skin for the past 50 or so years, it just needs more time to tighten up.

Was happy for Our Prayer. I had a feeling it was coming when they played the bell tones for the opening chord, but I couldn't get my camera out fast enough. I caught it on video from the second bar in, and I kept recording through Heroes, so I'll post that up soon. I also got Getcha Back on tape with David on lead, which was pretty good. And I got Pet Sounds, because I didn't think there was a video of it yet.

I enjoyed everything. Please Let Me Wonder was a high light. Brian was doing this cool little vocal difference, can't place it right now, but it rocked. Bruce sounded great on Disney Girls, and of course Al was the most consistent. I was at the first night of the Beacon Theatre shows, so I missed Add Some music, so I was happy to hear it, but they didn't do Darlin', which I was looking forward to. Great times, great times. Wish I had money to see them in Jersey Wednesday as well, but I'll have to wait for their tour next year (yeah, I'm calling it...the tour to promote the rock and roll album...or the tour to fund new boats). Peace

Indeed.

Wanna carpool to Virginia Beach?  ;D

(not kidding at all)

me, you, and Emdeeh! let's do this thing

Here's my vid of Our Prayer into Heroes and Villains. Not the best, but my iPhone is trying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkZukA1vnc&feature=plcp

And Getcha Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzemuWc320

The show was triumphant. I liked the mix of songs, spanning every era of their career and including a bit of '80s. I can live without "Marcella." But the band sounded polished with dense, beautiful harmonies. "Disney Girls" was show-stopping and "Heroes and Villains" was great. I was a bit worried about Brian; he looked pale and never smiled. His vocals were a bit shaky in the beginning, but he seemed to warm up. Al had a great night and "Cottonfields" was a lovely choice--as well as "Help Me Rhonda" and the other songs he sang. Mike was a bit more low key than before, but led the band well and sounded spot-on on the songs he sings - the surf and car ones, and others. I missed "Caroline, No" and "Warmth of the Sun." But it was euphoric.

Only one complaint - a bit Foskett-centric at times. Why can't Al or Bruce sing more falsettos? On "Don't Worry, Baby" the boys were like Jeffrey's backup band.

Hey apparently you were right near me...check out my vid from upthread

....and a thought about Getcha Back, you have the two leads onstage, but two other people are singing their parts...what's the point of even doing it?

Crazy. I was the mid 20s guy with longer hair singing along with the tunes. Small world. Love it.

I don't get why Brian doesn't sing the "I leave her, you leave him" part at the end.

No "Gee" in between?

Nope...there was no attempt to play them "together", they waited for the applause to die down and then counted in for Heroes...

Unbelievable ! Prayer ! A little shaky but that will change the more they'll do it.

If Mike really has a problem with it, I don't understand. Smile was a recent hit album for the boys and he got his "Getcha back" in there so wtf ?

David and Al are kickin' it on Getcha Back.


Also..... OURPRAYER! DAMN!

I'd do it if I could.  But budget, work and family obligations make it impossible.  >:(

I wonder why Brian seems more miserable on this tour than his own solo tours.  He's getting a ton of love from the crowd and has to do much less than usual.  He was far more animated on his own.. rarely missed cues, etc.

It's great to see how the tour is evolving!
Brian must have had a bad day yesterday. He'll never look euphoric to be there, for sure, but given what we've come to see and know, that's no reason for us to think he wants out.

Regarding the spurious soundcheck report from above, about Mike not wanting to do Our Prayer, it must be said he has been gracious if that actually happened. It's his call, in the end, and he seems to have agreed to do songs few people imagined before the tour. In any case, and if that report is true, this is yet one more episode of the guys setting aside their egos and preferences and being team players. And that's great.

This tour is bringing a whole new meaning to "Brian's Back"..

Seriously though, I'm guessing it's bothering him quite a bit...

David sounds very good on getcha Back. Sounds much like Christian Love. He should sing some Beach Boys studio recordings with this commercial feel.

Oh and how about a setlist for this show as well ?


EDIT:

Is that Brian on Getcha Back setting in at 1:51 a little out of tune ?

Re setlist: sorry I didn't keep track...I'm pretty sure the only changes to the second set (from the night before) were the addition of Our Prayer and the dropping of All Summer Long...

Thank you Zach! youdaman

Maybe someone has noted this before.  David's singing reminds me of Steve Miller.  I really notice it on his recent solo stuff.

He doesn't and he isn't.


He was the front man to the show. He isn't now. And he has missed more cues on many (but not all) solo gigs. That's why Foskett's there, and has been from the start.



Given that you've never seen Brian live before, I can safely say that you have no idea what you're talking about. The reason why he has stayed on the tour for so long is because he enjoys it and wants to be on it. Trust me -- Brian does not sound that good if he doesn't want to be there.

I will grant you that the bass thing is a little awkward. Brian didn't do it for the first handful of shows on this tour, either.

+1

I have been fortunate enough to see 3 shows on this tour (prepping for my fourth and final in Stateline/Tahoe July 15), and have also seen Brian 4 times solo and once with the Boys in 1989 at the LA Coliseum. Brian has appeared to be ANYTHING but miserable on this tour. What he has appeared to be, from the eye of someone who simply has watched him from afar for many years, is Brian. This is who he is and this is what you get.  Despite this, he has actually been more engaged and engaging the times I have seen him on this tour than I had expected, particularly when the "spotlight" was on him.  AS to the reports of fighting and members being "pissed off" about the setlists, adding "Our Prayer", etc.  maybe they are, maybe they are not.  I have been to sound checks on this tour, as have many others on this board.  That qualifies me to make a statement about absolutely nothing going on behind the scenes regarding "rehearsals", song selection, etc.  The facts is, unless one is a member of the band, or the backing band, everything put out is complete speculation. We have no idea.

I'm in the same boat.  :(

Another thing:
I wonder if Mike really had anything against doing "Prayer" or if he just didn't wanna do it at that point. He himself has said tha he looks forward to be doing some acapella numbers and he also said that Smile material will be done prior to the tour.


EDIT:

Sloop/WIBN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnzN7xUhpXU&feature=related


Pet Sounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&hl=en&v=cn6gW7mWfJw&gl=US


It's so great to see David get more spotlight.
No matter if there was some trouble regarding the setlist, they are finally doing it right ! Thanks to everyone responsible

Great!
Can anyone confirm if Scott and John were present during PS?

Scott plays bass on Pet Sounds while MIke plays drums.

Scott Totten played bass on Pet Sounds??  I would've guessed Mike's guys sat out while Brian's guys took the wheel here.  Hmmmm....

I do hope they do add the "James Bond" guitar riff to start off the song...that's a great intro.

well, who would've played bass, then? Brian?

Sorry I keep forgetting Cowsill is Mike's guy.  I could see him picking up the drum parts with relative ease, which allows D'Amico to stay on bass...which is what I thought was going on in that video.  But I guess not. 

Pet Sounds sounds great! Glad to see a vid of that with Dave. Echo other's sentiments - sure hope the new entries in the set list make it to the DVD

Great videos!  Love hearing Dave play on Pet Sounds, what a blast he must be having.

Interesting if they combined Summer Means New Love and Pet Sounds, like do them after each other, that would make around 5 min for Dave. Ofc this will never happen but just an idea to toy with.

1st Set

Do It Again
Little Honda
Catch a Wave
Hawaii
Don't Back Down
Surfin' Safari
Surfer Girl
Please Let Me Wonder
Marcella
Wendy
Then I Kissed Her
Kiss Me, Baby
Getcha Back
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
When I Grow Up (to Be a Man)
Disney Girls
Isn't It Time
California Saga
Cotton Fields
Be True to Your School
Don't Worry Baby
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I Get Around

2nd Set

Pet Sounds
Add Some Music to Your Day
Our Prayer
Heroes and Villains
Sloop John B
Wouldn't It Be Nice
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Sail on, Sailor
All This Is That
That's Why God Made the Radio
In My Room
Forever
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
California Girls
Help Me, Rhonda
Rock and Roll Music
Do You Wanna Dance?
Surfin' USA

Encore:
Kokomo
Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun

I still can't believe they did "Our Prayer"...that's so cool.

"Our Prayer" was stunning. The harmonies sounded so dense. It was soon after the intermission. I think the crowd was blown away (and not just by the sea breezes in Long Island).

Thanks for the setlist !


Facebook:

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Brian and Al before last night's show at the Jones Beach Theater in New York.

That leads to my question: What was the audience response to "Our Prayer"? Is it like everyone in the audience is cheering "wow, I never thought I'd hear that", or is it more like "meh. I can't wait for them to play a few more covers"?

The audience liked it well enough but I heard nothing that made me think they knew it was being played for the first time...

Another one from facebook:

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Oh man!  I wish they'd done "Wendy" at the Saratoga Springs show. 

Great, great photo.

It's so beautiful..... :love

Fantastic to see candid shots of Brian looking happy. You can't get that look with a posed shot. Wonderful.

Cal. Girls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIQhsUjK4YA&list=UURcS7TRPpmtExGQSAQCQR3Q&index=4&feature=plcp


The user has more. Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iTQuXCPq-c

That's better.

New video of "Our Prayer"...much closer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HRvc8r2uh8

FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP

It saddens me that people were talking during that. My jaw would have been to the ground. Hell, my jaw was on the ground when they played Getcha Back at the last show I went to, I can't imagine what I'd be thinking if they went into Our Prayer without expecting it.

A fantastic set of photos from the Jones Beach show...

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/06/the_beach_boys_3.html

Thank you !

Damnit, which songs did Stamos get to play on this time ?

This one's my favorite, Mike during "Our Prayer"...

(http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/beachboys/jonesbeach/34.jpg)

Noticed that too..great shot.

You know you're a real fan when you can identify what song they're singing just by looking at a picture.  ;D