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To the powers that be!

At this time it seems plans are being made for some kind of project to celebrate the Beach Boys 50 years in the music business.

For reasons discussed on this site too many times to count, myself and those listed below consider Dave a original Beach Boy and would like him involved in a major roll in any live or new project in this, the bands 50th year.

TheOther Anonymous.

I met David once and he was more than friendly. He is humble as a Beach Boy and BELONGS as a representitive of all things/ Beach Boys at this moment in time. Plus he plays a mean guitar.... Jon

I think he should be a part of the 50th.

Why the assumption he won't be included ?

That was my initial thought. Hopefully us adding our names here will merely vindicate the decision someone's already made to issue that invitation.

In fact, as a fully paid-up member of the immediate Beach Boy family, David might be the one sending out the invites!

It would be wrong if hes not included.

Of course... but maybe he's in the loop already ? He was back in 2006 for the SOS ceremony.

Of course AGD you have always had inside infomation we don't so your post implies to me that your sources say he will be part of a reunion. Great!

Can we then request it is more than a guest segment or a East Coast gig one off?

Sir, you flatter me.   :)

We have hinted the fact for years and you have never denied it! :lol

Agree wholeheartedly with the title of this thread !

Kinda implies there IS a loop already!  Or are we reading tape boxes where there ain't no tape boxes?
:D

As a non muso would I be correct in saying Dave is the best surviving musician of the group, and....going out on a limb here, the best the group had? (aside from Blondie and Ricky)

If so, whats a band without their best musician? He needs in this year!

There's always a loop...  ;)


My mama didn't raise no fool.  ;D

As in The Circle Continues?  So Dave IS in!   :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Didn't say that. This The Beach Boys - there's always a loop of some kind.

I'd love to see/hear Dave play those cool surf-guitar solos in the songs. From what little I have heard via youtube, he has a real cool and authentic sound.

I disagree, thinking Brian is the best musician. He doesn't present as such, But I believe he is.  David is undoubtedly the best Guitarist. 

Which brings us back to the recent meeting. Sounds like it was Mike, Bruce, Elliot and David.  Would have been nice if Brian had been there.

Wouldn't it ?  ;)

Support Dave! I want t-shirts.

Last I heard Dave doesn't know any more about anything 50th related than I do...which is nothing. I'll have an excuse to talk to him this weekend and I'll get an update, but as of a week or two ago...nothing. I suspect there is at least some kind of plan being kicked around by Mike's people and Brian's people, and I seriously doubt if the others have any involvement or leverage in said discussion, although i guarantee Al will put his two cents in whether wanted or not. And yes, David should be involved in a 50th celebration that includes any reference to the surf and hot-rod period, the rise to fame...and/or to the genesis of the Beach Boys sound. It would be a glaring omission to leave any of the five survivors out, and for that matter Blondie and Ricky should get a nod as well.

i'd be shocked if david wasn't there.  that'd be weird.

loop de loop flip flop flying in an airplane

Can someone arrange for another Al Jardine interview? He can always be relied on to spill the beans.  :lol

@Jon
Is Al's two cents not worth the same amount as Brian and Mike's? It seems like an odd remark to make considering he is a voting member.

I assume you are reffering to the deal on the tower? Unless I am forgetting something. But on the video, you can hear Al ask Dave why he isn't in the picture. Dave said he was asked not to participate. I am not sure who asked him not to. That is if I heard it correctly. You can't always see their faces when they are speaking.

Some Capitol stooge told Dave to get out of the photo, although I'm not sure whether he was being malicious or just didn't recognise him. This was met by general consternation from the rest of the group, and Dave got back in the shots.  ;D

Here it is. At 4 min. Bruce is pointing, and you hear a voice "I was asked not to participate". Sounds like Dave to me.

http://youtu.be/IT9iT3L_5AY

Ok, good. As long as it was no one in the BB organisation.

Has been discussed several times. Capitol wanted a shot of the PS era group.

Al is up for a reunion, everyone knows that...he voted yes about two years ago. It all comes down to whether Mike's folks and Brian's folks can agree on something. That's all.

Not so - David was (initially) prevented from lining up with the others by some faceless suit who didn't know who he was. David, being David, didn't press the point.

Dang...I stand corrected. Could have sworn I read that somewhere! ::)

Other Anonymous...you're remembering correctly. This happened well into the ceremony - after all 5 of them were escorted from a conference room to the rooftop together, lined up, announced, several suits talked, each of the guys, including David, gave a short speech. Then, in the middle of the photo opp, he was asked to step aside so they could get a shot "with the original band" for Pet Sounds promotion....that's when the guys called David back up (see video)

Bottom line: someone clearly didn't brush up on BB history 101 (or check the guest list) before the big day and had no idea who David was and it caused a little awkwardness in what was an otherwise great day. Unfortunately, a few seconds of out of context footage makes it look a lot worse than it was. 

There is no reason for him not to be in a reunion!
Why even question it?
A Beach Boys Reunion is him and his buddies!

Thanks for that Carrie! So I wasn't going nuts after all. I retract my 'Dang' AGD! ;D

Carries post from July 06 on the event...The other thing I should probably comment on was what was portrayed in some of the video footage (and from Bruce’s post on BBB) about David being excluded from the photos.  What happened was: towards the end of the photo shoot, the executive asked David to step out so they could have one with the 4 guys on Pet Sounds to promote separately.  That’s when the rest of the guys insisted he was one of them and should not be single out and excluded.  It was very cool to witness such an outward and public display of support…it may not always appear that way on the surface, but there is a lot of love there.