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Jardine said there will be some surprises to be had when the 70-year-old "Boys" take the stage at the GRAMMY reunion performance.  My guess will be a greatest hits medley (duh) featuring "Do It Again", "California Girls" (with Katy Perry somehow involved...*shudder*), "Good Vibrations" and "Kokomo".  Somehow I don't think the GRAMMYs would be the right venue for them to perform something with a little more depth like SMiLE.  My guess is that whatever they end up doing, the performance will go either really well or really awful.  Here's hoping the former.   :-\

Oh, now I'm afraid

I'm expecting some speech's from famous fans, then the Boys come out and rock the joint

I'm hoping it's short and sweet...much like Simon and Garfunkel's reunion on the Grammy's about 8 years ago.  Hopefully, they start off the show and get it out of the way.  A short intro from a famous fan worthy of the introduction and then BAM..the opening chords to "California Girls" the crowd sings along and we're out. 

If they can restrain from going too overboard...it can also work as the final performance of the night with a longer set of songs..."California Girls" "Surfin' USA" and "Fun, Fun, Fun."  A nice party as the show wraps up.

I'll be OK with whatever songs they do - to some degree - as long as there are no surfboards or beachballs on that stage. I'm 100% serious...this is a band whose music can speak for itself without props or a schtick.

They will probably be joined on stage by younger, more commercially relevant acts- that is what the Grammys like to do. I just hope it's someone more respectable than a Katy Perry. Fleet Foxes would be good.

They don't need help with their performances, I'd say. I can't see a group like Fleet Foxes or anyone else adding much to a Beach Boys stage reunion that the BB's couldn't do on their own. It might look a bit too contrived. And I'm going to search for an old bowling ball at a thrift store to have on hand and ready to throw at the screen if they have the BB's with the Glee cast or something along those lines. :-D

Say what you will about Katy Perry's music (and I'd be inclined to agree) but she DID name-check the Beach Boys (before The Beatles) as an example of her discovering what REALLY good music was on Letterman a while back!

Yes!! That would be so amazing..

Al Jardine is close to the Fleet Foxes, maybe he'll make that happen

Did people start putting Fleet Foxes on their "Good" lists even before they were featured prominently in the documentary on Brian's That Lucky Old Sun DVD?

They're alright and their connection to the BB would do well for the young demographic but outside of that...I personally wouldn't want too much involvement from them.

Wait, they're on the TLOS DVD? Doing what? Praising Brian's music or something more... robust?

OK, so if this is so, then why is her music such unrelenting sh*t ?

She was born in late '84, so her earliest audio memories may include Kokomo or Still Cruisin'  :lol

The Grammy performance is going to be like this without the dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L4fdO7Wgak

Also Brian Wilson will be there instead of John Stamos.

Ahhhhhhhhh... gotcha.

Katy Perry is old news. All the cool kids are listening to Skrillex now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXDgFwE13g

(http://www.nuvo.net/binary/a3e2/skrillex.jpg)

They're going to play the Spanish "Kokomo" followed by their upcoming new single "Skatetown USA" (A side of "Do It Again").

When I named Fleet Foxes as a group that might be good IF the Grammys wanted to pair the BBs with some young blood, I had no idea there was any formal connection between the two (I've never seen the TLOS DVD). It just seemed to me that, having heard some of their stuff, Fleet Foxes were probably Beach Boys fans and might mesh well with them musically. No bandwagon-jumping here.

Fair enough. 

Out of all the current acts out there they would be the most fitting to join them on stage but I hope they  stick with the core band and skip guests join them.  If anything...Brian and Al are the special guests of the occasion since they've been absent from the band so long!

Yeah, I'll say again the core band doesn't need help or a young, hip cache attached to their performance to deliver that performance and let the music stand on its own. And I'll have the bowling ball ready just in case it gets out of hand...

As far as Katy Perry, I don't have a problem with her personally, and if you're into pop music and its production, there is a guy named Dr. Luke who used to play guitar in the Saturday Night Live house band who crafted a lot of her tracks. Put it this way, I'd take Katy Perry *any day* over a pretentious act like Maroon 5 because her music is fun and I don't think she takes it too seriously, again in a good way.

Just curious: Were her pro-Beach Boys comments on Letterman before or after she was sued by Mike? :-D

I agree with Justin ..No guests

Is it OK if BW wears bowling shoes..?

Absolutely.  I can totally see it now.  The audience will be singing along and dancing to "California Girls" or "Barbara Ann"...totally digging the music...and whatever guests they put up there would totally get lost in the shuffle.  

I'm not saying the BB themselves will outshine anyone at the ceremony (we all know Joe Public would take a Kanye West over a Brian Wilson at the drop of a hat) but even a Kanye or a Katy Perry can't topple the power of those wonderful songs.  In the end, the songs will win and outshine anyone on that stage.

I remember a Letterman performance leading up to the BW tribute concert shown on TNT some years ago, and Brian was there to do Sail On Sailor...and the stage was crowded with guests like Darius "Hootie" Rucker and Matthew Sweet along with Brian's own band, and the performance was neat but something got lost with that many cooks in the same kitchen. It's like those "jam sessions" they try to concoct which end up sounding pretty bad no matter how many legends are on the stage...overkill.

Katy wouldn't work with the group because her nice "upper torso" would make the group perform "rolling up to heaven" :lol

Fleet Foxes would be cool at the grammies with the band as a way to show the next generation of vocal groups.

And they have a mutual friend in Van Dyke Parks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=654H4xfDYKM

They just gotta go up there, perform that song in that exact arrangement, the curtain closes and that's it. Bam. I don't know if the Grammys actually have curtains. but eh.

not a huge fan of Barbara Ann, but that pretty much kicked ass. and could never be duplicated. Brian looks about 20 ft. tall on that riser!

I'd prefer Cabin Essence, but I will settle for California Girls. Hoping they don't do Do It Again... again. (try saying THAT 5 times fast!)

Please tell me you're serious!

Something like this - including Brian and Dave of course - would be very nice and cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llGPKlR4PHI&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llGPKlR4PHI&feature=related)


Say what you will, but I'm sure Stamos will be there. I'm hopeful he won't be at any concerts outside of the U.S. I think he only appears with them in the states, right ?



Here's said performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BakwE9cjSc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BakwE9cjSc)

Sounds like a cheap imitation of Alvin & the Chipmunks on steroids. ;D

I hate that guy, I take 5 music lessons a week OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL (where I take them everyday)
and some non-instrumentalist/vocalist wants to come get fame?

FU*K YOU!

I'll bet she could cover Summer Of Love and make it a smash hit ;) ;)

He did a song with Van Dyke I think

I'd spend every last penny to see Mike and a butched-up Katy Perry duet on Hey Little Tomboy with Katy "turning into a girl" as the song progresses!

She's blessed, that's all I'll say  :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljP48ScSD_Q

Seen it, many, many times  ;D

and we wonder why Mike declined to sue ;)

I hope it's Katy Perry.  She looks good, plus I've heard of her.  Also she smiles a lot. 

It hasn't been released yet, but Van Dyke mentioned it in an interview.

Sounds better than medley of california girls/california gurls I could see the grammies doing if katy was involved.

I heard that Brother (and/or Mike) sued Katy Perry for copyright infringement over California Girls.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-05/entertainment/27071831_1_katy-perry-beach-boys-california-girls

Irving doesn't own the catalog anymore? 

Jesus, I thought it was some sick joke but a quick Google confirmed.

Skrillex recently collaborated with remaining members of The Doors (Ray, Robbie and John) on the track "Breakin' A Sweat"

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

Would I lie to you?  ;D


I'm really interested as how it would turn out. If it turns out, because we haven't heard anything since. But good on Van Dyke for chasing work with current artists, it's important.

Oh you guys are sick...stop fantasizing a Beach Boys reunion featuring Katy Perry topless or any other fantasy concerning her for that matter.  This is sad indeed...that many of you would be willing to compromise the band's artistic integrity for a little excitement...tisk tisk...  :(

Here this is coming from a teenager in his prime...sheesh.

I of course mean this in jest by the way...but seriously.  Little bit much.  :lol

It's so fucking bizarre to me that Van Dyke worked with Skrillex... but kinda awesome too!

Also, Beach Boys dubstep would be hilarious. The grunt/shout in "Let Us Go On This Way" could make a great drop, haha!

Any Grammy show with the Beach Boys needing guests for a couple of song tribute tells 'these guys can't cut it'.

They are trying to promote 50 gigs in 2012. Don't blow it!

you should expect this:


 :bow :bow :woot :bow  :rock :bow :thewilsons :drumroll :violin :dennis

Hands up who thinks Mike should fast for at least two weeks before the Grammys........and then just let rip with the speech to end all speeches

"But that's a bummer, when Ms. Ross can't make it!"

Skrillex, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Mac Miller, Blink 182...if that Mulligan Stew of music and artists appeals to you, that's a partial lineup for the "Bamboozle 2012" festival this year. Should be an interesting mix of fans...hope they get along. No word if Van Dyke Parks will be making an appearance with Skrillex. :-D

That and take the stage if Kayne West is on.

Mike should launch into a rant insulting everyone in the audience  :lol

They can dedicate their set to the Supreme Master.  :lol

Assuming for the sake of discussion, the Beach Boys perform a total of 2-3 songs
at the grammys, will they unveil a new song at that time?

I mean they have fifty million people watching, or whatever the number is. They
have 98% of the music industry sitting there , enthralled.

Will they unveil the first "New" bonafide Beach Boys song in decades?

That would be a huge risk...and one that I think a younger band would take.  But realistically, considering the occasion, I think they'll stick with the well-known songs. 

Agree. I don't think they will play a new song. As mentioned earlier, I guess it'll be something like the celebration for Reagan's birthday last February

Funny... my band is auditioning for a spot on that show on the 21st.

The Beach Boys gave up their artistic integrity years ago.  Mr. T even once drummed for them. 

And for the record, I was never *in favor* of Katy Perry joining the Beach Boys on stage at the GRAMMYs.  I just wouldn't be surprised if some "genius" in the GRAMMY department makes the following connection: "Hey, both Katy Perry and the Beach Boys got a song called 'California Girls'...why don't we put 'em both on stage??"

Scary isn't it?  It blows my mind everytime I hear someone who was born in that era refer to Michael Jackson as being their main inspiration for getting into music.  Not taking anything away from Jackson but it is what it is.  What is equally (if not more scary) is the generation who grew up listening to the music acts of the late 90s/early 00s (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys etc.) and comment on their greatness.  


Well it would be in The Beach Boys' realm of authority to veto such a collaboration right?  The problem is out of all the bands I listen to, they are probably the one group I'd be nervous about bringing someone like Katy Perry on stage with them.  I can actually see them doing this unfortunately.


...and to cap off this curmudgeonly posting, I will say that I will forget every negative thing I've ever said or thought about Mike Love if he ripped everyone in the audience under thirty-five similar to how he got on The Beatles and The Rolling Stones at the HOF.  Seriously he could go down the list one by one.  The pop acts, the rap acts, the punk acts.  He could spend five minutes on GaGa alone.  But they'd probably cut his mic off halfway through.

Not only am I in favor of Katy Perry joining the Beach Boys at the Grammies, I hope she joins the Beach Boys period.  They could tour all over the world like that. 

Beach Boys = Pop music
Katy Perry = Pop music

sorry. 

The stage will darken and a hush will fall across the audience.  Suddenly, out of the darkness, an organ sounds, and Brian Wilson's voice emerges, seemingly coming from every direction, singing the first line of Day in the Life of a Tree.  A spotlight opens and tracks Brian as he is gently lowered on a wire from the top of the stage.  As he alights, the house lights come up a little to reveal that he has landed in front of a giant tree, upon which whose branches the band is stationed.  The drums on a far, thick branch, Al Jardine stationed on a near, thinner branch.

An artificial wind is made to continually sweep through the auditorium as the rest of the song is performed, with the different Beach Boys taking turns on the lead.  Finally, as the song ends, the lights come up a little more, and a big, old woody pulls up under the tree.  The Beach Boys get in, and perform "Cherry Cherry Coupe" as the whole giant set shifts to a beach scene.  There is actual water on stage and people are actually surfing.  The Beach Boys get out of the woody, are handed their instruments, and launch into a 20-minute version of Surfin' USA, during which Katy Perry, Thom Yorke, Kanye West, Chris Martin, Daid Crosby, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Lady Gaga all get to take turns on the lead, listing almost every place in this world where it is possible to surf.  The set ends with indoor fireworks.

It'd be amazing if he ripped like all the new artists, not leaving anybody out, lol.  In the hall of fame video he starts trying to mess with Muhammad Ali then leaves it alone, lol.... so you'd have to have Floyd Mayweather or somebody in the audience to recreate that part. 

That could happen.  I think though what will happen is the band will sing Kokomo, and a bunch of nearly illegal girls will come on stage wearing cheerleading outfits while they switch into Be True to your School.  Brian will be sitting off to the side, way overweight, and not singing anything like he does in the Live at Knebworth video.  Wind might be blowing through his hiar. 

The man does have a nice head of hair.

Ali was actually Mike's guest for the hall of fame event

Even if it never happens, I now have this in my mind forever.

Beautiful.........

Something like this would be great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ-qRSsmg10

'50 years of singing and you give us NOTHIN but a instrumental grammy and a lifetime achievement.'

Mike's voice worries me the most at this event. His voice has been good when I've seen him in concert but  terrible at these types of televised events lately....Good Morning America Outside thing ,Dancing With The Stars,  and Reagan especially.

Mike sounded great at the Reagan thing..

California Girls especially

I somehow have a not-so-good feeling. This was posted on the Beatles' facebook page:

Confirmed: Paul To Perform At This Year's GRAMMY AWARDS!

obviously he'll be there to munch celery or carrots during the Beach Boys big performance  ;D

Why the not-so-good feeling..?

I think they will put on an amazing show, I don't know how but I think they will pull it off! I hope the younger generation of music lovers (me) take notice too.

It would be epic if they end the show with Sir Paul jamming on Fun Fun Fun with the BBs.

Maybe Mick Jagger can get up there and finally jam on I Get Around as opposed to Jumpin' Jack Flash!

That solves the problem of who gets to play bass on the Celebration tour...

Well, earlier last year (or maybe even before that), when nothing about the reunion was planned, Mike was asked if something will happen and he said he would like something like an all star concert and especially mentioned that if McCartney likes "God only knows" so much, he oughta sing it with the BBs. I personally had enough of these kind of things and don't want to ever hear again another artist singin a Beach Boys song with the Beach Boys. That's the reason for it. McCartney sang that song with Brian (and not even very well) and that's enough for me. I know that others will see it differently but if they do the Grammies I want them to performa on their own and not relying on guest stars.

no, they don't have curtains at Staples!
 :afro

I agree..

Let McCartney sing his latest terrible song   ^-^

I'll take McCartney any day over Stamos  ::)

no sh!t.

McCartney appearing with the Beach Boys gives them class and cred. Stamos does the exact opposite.

pretty cool Paul and the Boys will be on the same show, but I doubt they're performing together.

Hold up! Nobody said anything about Stamos at the grammys

I'd take Ringo over Stamos  :smokin

FWIW, the BBs' appearance at the Grammy telecast was semi-confirmed by two deejays at WYAY in Atlanta today.

Paul is there to perform his new song, "My Valentine", from his horribly-titled upcoming album Kisses On The Bottom.  I doubt he's there for the Beach Boys.

I hope it's announced soon, couldn't caress less if it happens or not but I don't want to watch the whole show then have them not show up, like the last grammy's thing

Set the recorder, move on and forget about it, then fast forward thru after you know if they're on.
They'll probably be there for a non-musical appearance, with a recorded video.

With LL Cool J hosting, I wonder if he'll get involved with the Beach Boys. Or if the Beach Boys will perform at all, considering I've been seeing promos for the awards show and McCartney and LL are the big highlights in the ads. As long as the words "Black Eyed Peas" aren't mentioned after the words "performing next"... :-D

One thing I'd probably not like to see is one of those terrible "all-star" jam session things where all kinds of artists strap on borrowed guitars and play blues licks over something like "Fun Fun Fun". Not just Fun Fun Fun, but any all star jam session...those things never work.

Yup.  I wish I had known that before I had bought the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions DVD set.  Hours and hours of your favorite artists crammed up on a small stage, unrehearsed, unlistenable , and completely unaware what is happening. 

Both the Music Cares and the Brian Wilson All-Star Tribute DVDs are alright because mainly no one's up there with guitars but it's mainly a group sing a long.  In the Music Cares DVD it's fun to see Barenaked Ladies having a great time behind Brian singing the verses to "Fun Fun Fun"...in fact, they're so excited that they jump the gun and come in too early with the repeat background vocals after each verse "you walk like an ace now, you walk like an ace!"  Moments like that are pretty cool where you see the guests really having a good time and want to be up there. 

I don't particularly enjoy it when they're forced up there.  I would not be surprised if the Grammy's made it an obnoxious thing where they get Katy Perry, Kanye, Taylor Swift and John Mayer all up there singing with them.  DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, GRAMMYS!

Kanye West would be okay to introduce them if the Grammies did something lame like that because he likes Pet Sounds and had one of his albums inspired by it.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet or if this is the wrong thread to put it on but I saw on facebook that the new album is scheduled for april!

That's about all I would approve him to do.

Thanks for the heads up! 

Hmmm...makes you wonder how much they've already written and recorded?  At this point, I would guess it should be nearly finished considering the release date is only 3 months away. 

As of yet it's just a rumour.

Yes, I failed to mention that it was not yet confirmed. :) No doubt there will be some delays too!

I reckon there's still a lot to do on it but that things are going smoothly so they think April is a pretty good time. It would make sense to release it with the tour starting.

How was Kanye inspired by The Beach Boys/Pet Sounds? Was it for 808s & Heartbreaks?

Where on FB are these rumors appearing?

During the promo for his last solo album his said he listened to Pet Sounds a lot

Wirestone, they're from The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour. They post comments like this quite frequently.

Everybody's inspired by the Beach Boys.  Just hearing their sh*t on the radio is inspiring.  Everybody from Miley Cirus to God is inspired by the Beach Boys. 

I'm hoping for a short, solid, painless Grammy performance without guests or any other hoola. A short presentation of 2-3 picks from their vast catalogue legacy to remind the mainstream/younger audience out there of who the Beach Boys are and what to expect from the tour. They'd do California Girls, I'm sure. Or Do It Again for obvious reasons. Perhaps God Only Knows to give Brian the spotlight. And then conclude with something 'lesser known' for the fans. I guess Paul McCartney could introduce them to the audience, or whatever (dunno how the Grammys work). Oh, and Bruce in shorts would be awesome.

The Paul McCartney - Beach Boys connection has to end..

Paul sitting this one out would be brilliant

Why? It exposes the band to die hard McCartney fans and fans of the Beatles, how is it negative?

Sure. I merely meant to say that I would like to see him just introducing the BBs more than him actually performing with them (which I doubt will happen). Or yeah, maybe the BBs part of the show is at the end of the whole Grammy show and for their last number (Fun, Fun, Fun) they will be joined by all the Grammy nominees on stage. With Macca, of course. But like I said, I hope this won't be the case. Just get on stage, perform a few evergreens, announce the tour and get off the stage. Applause. And everything's fine.  :3d

It's not negative but it's irritating

I find the Beatles - Beach Boys comparisons tiresome, I couldn't care less if GOK is McCartney's favourite song, it drives me crazy

It's come to the point that you get the feeling Beach Boys fans try to justify their love of the band with McCartney's praise about Pet Sounds. The Beach Boys kick a$$ no matter if McCartney likes them or not



Crazy Jardine's getting it again:

Al speaks about upcoming reunion and grammys to the Montery County Herald -

"We've been commissioned to make an album, kind of like the Pope commissions a piece of art, like Michelangelo's 'Sistine Chapel." Jardine's biggest concern for the band's reunion project is ensuring its completion. "I just hope to finish the damn thing," said Jardine. "It takes The Beach Boys about a year to make an album. Most any other band, it takes them only four to five months." e band began recording an album last year. Jardine said the experience was positive, but a bit incomplete. "We went in (the studio) a couple months ago. It was quite nice. We got some good work done," said Jardine. "Unfortunately, we didn't keep going. We should have kept going. Everything just ground down to a stop."

Another confirmed appearance is the Grammy Awards. The band will be recognized as special guests in honor of their anniversary. Jardine said they have yet to decide what their Grammy appearance will consist of. "I'd like to sing an a capella song. A real beautiful jazz tune," he said. "Or maybe 'Surfer Girl.' Something real simple. Just the four or five of us up there."

Weird....

Yes. Sounds good.

Lol. Jardine has a way with words. One could assume from reading this that the album was shelved. Which hopefully isn't the case, especially after all the hype. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time, eh?

The Jardine sure knows about albums taking their time..
I think the/a new album will be coming out.. it was a main part of the big announcement and there's just too much money involved. They will get their sh*t together, somehow. I'm skeptical about a release date in April, though.

The album's probably done, but Al just wants to keep working on it.   :-D  As for the performance at the awards show, I don't think anyone ever does more than one song, unless they do a medley.   

I already see Mike announcing a car medley to the Grammy audience..  ;D

Quick, someone page Cohen - there's something new to bitch about ! The album's in trouble, the whole reunion is collapsing in on itself - must be true, Jardine says so !  ;D

Oh, and ACJ complaining about an album project being delayed ? Hello, Mr. Pot, may I introduce you to Miss Kettle ?

Exactly, Andrew.

An album being delayed is ABOVE normal.

(Also Andrew, check your PM Please :P)

Exactly. I mean, sh*t, his solo album's been through so many delays you'd expect this reaction...

Dude #1 "Uhh...what's a 'postcard"
Dude #2 " Ummm...those where like things old people sent each other cause they ain't had no email"
Dude # 1 "Oh wow how lame"

:lol

It's going to be announced soon that the amount of delays of "Postcard.." is actually a statement by Al complaining about the modern postal service.

Yeah, definitely agree. Just funny how honest Al is in interviews. Gotta love him!

Al made a terrific point: The Beach Boys could go out there, do something a capella, and destroy the place. They don't need validation, they don't need Sir Paul, they don't need dancers and set pieces, they sure as HELL don't need Kanye West, to do what they do and make an impression with their music.

I think that could bring it full circle in a way. A lot of fans are tagged as wanting too much and whining when they don't get it, but doesn't it all come down to the music? Get the original guys up there around a single microphone, do one song, it could be fantastic.

2 weeks now, it's going to be the longest 2 weeks ever

Not if they cancel one week before the show.

...

No, they won't.  >:(

Yes, but only if they are in shape. Imagine a croaking Brian trying to do falsetto. Al can talk about all that, his voice is in fine form. I really hope they rehearse their a$$es off. Not just for this but also for the tour

This performance, if that's what it is going to be, could be the most important of 2012.

A bad one could turn off many ticket buyers for the 50 shows ahead.

I am highly skeptical that they could pull off a successful acapella performance without Carl

Assumed they'll do a good job singing Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring acapella, I think it would be nice if a big screen would play this (without sound of course) during the performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jttr7zDfndw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jttr7zDfndw)


What do you think ?

This one is good too. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLfhvSvBTX8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcR-jPWdk80&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcR-jPWdk80&feature=related)

 >:D

Save the a capella for the concerts IMO. If they get one song at the grammys it could seem a bit oldies.

I can see a comment by Jeff for the 50 gigs about the originals 'not being able to cut it' as a great set- up for Hearts or SG.
When they knock it out of the park I have a vision of Mike with his hands on his hips giving 'that look'.

Here is a Four Seasons clip. Very well done and The Beach Boys could do something similar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NUILdOKmDY

I think they could pull off acapella without Carl.  I don't think they will though at the Grammys...


I'd LOVE to hear them do the acapella bits like Brian does in songs like "California Girls".... play the song, then at the end drop the music out and sing 16 bars acapella or something, then bring the music back in.  That always sounds really fucking cool. 

On at least the early stuff, the thing about their harmony was the energy and warmth in it, even if everyone of them can't sing as good as they once could, if they give it their all and just SING it'll sound fantastic.  Bum notes and all. 

On that live album they released a few years ago from Hallmark;.... when they break into "Little Deuce Coupe" after Mike does the 'broken down used car' joke... it sounds like this incredible wall of sound... the greatness of it isn't their vocal quality, it's just the excitement, the energy, the warmth and thickness of their voices that makes it sound so cool. 

They can still do that, no problem. 

I just read the interview with Al where he said he would like to do something acapella at the Grammys

Jesus, that guy has no clue how boring that would be for the world

Boring (which I disagree on) is still better than ridiculous

A cappella singing is not boring. I don't know where you're coming from with a comment like that. I hate to sound nasty but your saying that Al Jardine doesn't have a clue is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Anyway, if they do something a cappella it would most likely be something short and sweet before they go into something with a band.

It's not boring for us as fans but for most people it would be pretty uninteresting, a lot people I know who like The Beach Boys can't stand it when they do a cappella songs, it can easily turn people off..

They should just go up and do what they do best, a great Rock show

They could always do LDC a capella....

I too am so uninterested in an acapella performance. Especially "Hearts...". Even as a kid buying early BB lp's I despised it and womdered why a cool band would do a song as corny as that. ::) ::)

History my boy.....History! ;D

A cappella song would work because it will remind people why the band is awesome, they are the best harmony singers in popular music period.

As long as Brian has a prominent vocal part I'm happy :)

what album were you buying as a kid that had that song on it? I can only think of the Smiley Smile / Wild Honey twofer, and Hawthorne CA.

My guess would be Live In London.

The Grammy performance isn't for people like us.  It's to spark interest for the upcoming tour and album among the average record buying public.  Because of that, an a capella song would not be desirable, because the entire goal of this performance is to subject the main stream music public to the Beach Boys. People won't want to hear that.

Exactly!

I doubt people want to hear a bunch of 70 year old men and their 50 year old sidemen performing "Little Deuce Coupe" either. I will be satisfied with nothing less than "Do You Like Worms" or "Love to Say Dada".

70 year old's singing a song called 'Love To Say Dada'.  :lol

If they want it to sound good then getting Al to sing the leaf would be a good idea.

An a cappella song would work too though.

It's not gonna happen, but I think something like Slip on Through would be perfect! It would cause that oldies tag to dissipate a bit, it'd show the general public that the Beach Boys can still rock the joint, it'd be a nice nod to Dennis and it'd also show the uneducated that there's more to the Boys than car songs, Pet Sounds and Kokomo!

Guys, I've been away from this thread, so my job upon returning is to bring you all back into reality.

They're going to play "Kokomo", then it's going to turn into "Good Vibrations".  Brian is going to sit there behind a keyboard making weird hand gestures.  Mike is going to prance around the stage a bit, and then they're going to give them some sort of award. 

Sounds more like it, fantastic  ;D

CNN just wrote that the Grammys will also honor Glen Campbell this year. I don't know that he'll do anything with The Beach Boys, but being in the same building would make it easier, should they want to!

Yeah I saw his band (Instant People) posted it a while back but didn't think much of it. Tbh I'm actually quite excited for the Grammys, even if I have to sit through a needle:haystack ratio of greatness to bilge. Are the Grammys broadcast in the UK or am I just being an ignoramus?

Which, of course, is not sung a capella.  So you were wrong on two counts!

Also though, he was wrong for suggesting that that song is boring.  So three. 

Not sure about Kokomo as its non BW.

How about a sweep?

One Mike vocal and one Brian. One well known tune and one SMiLE.

'Do It Again' and 'Heroes and Villains' (with a capella segment) 

Kokomo.  Good Vibrations.  Their two biggest hits. 

Could be. Ya.

WOW..THWFOS boring.? Guess it depends what side of fence you sit on..I will agree it seemed kinda corny..Or the re write ,A Young Man Is Gone..When i was in my teens + twenties..But as you get older and you find LOVE fleeting and relationships dont last..It takes on a charm of its own.. Its kinda like a fairytale or a famous short story..Everyone wants a love affair to last forever..It happens rarely so the song is something to aspire too..Plus the 1st time i heard BB sing it live..I was shocked how good they sounded.I like the U Tube video of 84 also quite a bit.

Biggest question is: will be Brian's keyboard be plugged in at the reunion?

God, I hope so!

Kokomo with girls from the original video returning on stage in swimsuits. GILFs?

Nah, Mike doesn't allow any women over the age of 25 to come within a 20 yard radius of him.

That should be the law of the land

I don't really dig the a cappella tracks the group has done either. I find them either corny or boring/grating to listen to, or both. I can't put my finger on why, but I think it's the way they're sung -- they always sort of do that thing where they sing in unison, each coming in after the other, and builds up and suddenly dissipates -- and even they kinda sound bored singing it too. It's cool for a portion of the song but for an entire two minutes? Be a little more inventive, please! Their other vocal arrangements don't suffer in the same way, seems to me. I'm thinking mainly of songs like "The Lord's Prayer" or even "We Three Kings..." but also "Their Hearts..." and so on.

That is one of the few things Myke will never have to concern himself with-women under 25 and over 25 wanting to be within a 20 yard or 2000 mile radius of him.

Mike was creeping on the girls when I saw him in August... ;D

I'm just worried it will be an exact replica of the Reagan tribute....... but with Brian sitting there motionlessly at an unplugged keyboard.  ???

Hoping Brian makes a joke about Mike being forever trapped in 1964. ;D

:h5 :happydance :woot :thumbsup

Smart Girls/Summer Of Love medley anyone????

Side one of Country Luhv. :p

I could not have said it better. ;)

Everyone's In Love With You/Sumahama/Kokomo medley followed by a TM lecture with Donovan and David Lynch on guest backing vocals!

Yes.  Also spandex should not be made in any size over about 6. 

Hmm.  Maybe next time you listen to those songs, you pay attention to what the words are about. 

Then oldsurferdude tells Mike during the TM lecture that TM is scam made from a con-artist. :lol

I'm astonished at the certain board members showing hatred for the Boys a capella tracks, when the Boys sing a capella you get to hear their amazing blend and technique without any distractions. How anyone who claims to Beach Boys fans could dislike Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring/A Young Man Is Gone, Auld Lang Syne, And Your Dream Comes True and Our Prayer is beyond me. Also, Graduation Day isn't a capella, nor is the vast majority of We Three Kings.

I don't think it's entirely because they're about God since "And Your Dream Comes True" does this too. (The paucity of a cappella stuff doesn't help maybe.) You can, of course, have religious (even reverently so) music without it also being as dull as Brian managed to make them.

Dull in your opinion, breathtaking in mine. I think we need to agree to disagree.

Then Brian will come from behind the curtains and they'll do All Dressed Up For School.

And then they recreate the 1979 Universal Amphitheater blowup with OSD as Dennis!

Eddie Murphy in costume as Norbit will join Brian for a special medley of Party All the Time and Smart Girls, the latter which will be played live for the first time ever.

You are so wrong. "Be a little more inventive"? Do you even have any idea of how advanced and incredible that kind of harmony is, both compositionally and in terms of performance? To me, The Beach Boys acapella sound completely distances them from any other harmony group besides the Freshmen. No other band with 'good harmonies' would even attempt to sing 'Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring'.

+1

for real. 'Their Hearts' is so sublime and so difficult to pull off. I'd like to hear someone try and top it or even come close.

some people just really dislike those moving a capella jazz harmonies. i don't f*cking get it.


does anyone hear actually find 'Our Prayer' boring? if so... you suck.

The Norbit jokes will never get old  :lol

True, but you can't sing "And Your Dreams Come True" with strings and it not be boring.  You can't sing "The Lords Prayer" with strings and have it not be boring.  They both sound much, much better acapella, and those two particular songs the Beach Boys sang better acapella than anybody's ever sang them otherwise.  

Bad examples.  

In the specific case of "The Lords Prayer", I've heard the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (considered one of the greatest in the world) sing it on television... and with 200 voices it didn't sound as good as the Beach Boys with 5.

I'm sorry if it's been covered already but does anyone know if the whole show/highlights will be shown in the UK? I expect there will be videos on youtube but they can be quite poor quality sometimes.

It's always shown a few days later in Ireland so I'm guessing it's similar in the UK

Yes, I'm sure those a cappella recordings are very complex and difficult to arrange, let alone pull off. Too bad I still find them boring! I would listen to vocals-only mixes of "Little Deuce Coup" or "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" before any of those a cappella tracks.

Brian and Mike together on stage. My dream came true.  ;D

Fixed that for you.

^-^

A reshowing of "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians."

The close part harmony captures the soul of the group. Everything stemmed from there.

Lets respect this guys opinion though, however warped and insane it may be. I'm sure there are many Bob Dylan fans who hate the gravelly voiced tracks, and many Beastie Boys fans who abhor the rapping songs. So why not a few Beach Boys fans who find the very essence of their vocal sound boring?

Yeah, but those people are all crazy.  So they're alright to ridicule and point fingers at. 


YOU'RE CRAZY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL MAN

We will see how long it lasts... :jedi

I must say that's a very Victorian attitude!

I approve.

I see the grammy program is on sale but no mention of The Beach Boys. A sign?

So anyway, the 12th is just days away. Planning, set list, etc completed by now with a run through the weekend before or just going to wing it on the day with who ever shows up? :(

They should do a cover of Carl's 'The Grammy'. Actually, they shouldn't, I hate that goshdarn song with a passion.

It would be amazing if they could somehow do "Celebrate the News" as their Grammy song, to commemorate their reunion and such. That song is monstrous!

They've yet to be announced on the performance list.  Hmmmm...

I doubt even The Beach Boys would be dumb enough to try and wing it on such an important event (never mind the Grammys, it's THE reunion, however brief), and in any case the shows producers would insist on rehearsals as the lighting and sound mix have to be ironed out.

Notice AGD said: Its the REUNION no matter how BRIEF..HMM Im not gonna speculate,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brief as in "the slot at the Grammys", not the broader picture.  :)

I don't.... Too many times a sentence began with these words and too many times the doubts were gone afterwards

I have confidence. :)

Everything The Beach Boys do lately seems to be shrouded in secrecy and the only way we find out is through leaks and insiders..

The Grammys thing is weird, every media outlet has reported they are showing up but nothing from the guys themselves (expect from Al, but he loves to talk)

I guess we have to wait and see, maybe they have pulled out

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe they're too busy doing... oh, other stuff like, I dunno, writing new songs and recording. I'll tell them to stop and concentrate on the important stuff, OK ?  ::)

Well it would be nice to know if this Grammy's thing is happening or not, we don't want a repeat of the last thing, anticipation then nothing

But I do agree with you, I couldn't care less about the Grammy's if they are busy writing, recording and preparing for the tour

Hate to be Phil about this, but I have heard lots about everyone else turning up at the Grammies, but nothing about The BB's. Curious lack of promotion, is all.

Care to make a small wager ? Say... $50,000 ?  ::)

I'm not doubting you! Just saying I haven't heard anything about it.

I'll go out on a limb and say the band is together with the musicians, rehearsing, writing and recording the new album as we speak then.

If so...thats great!

So you're THAT confident?  ::)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/01/grammys-2012-springsteen-clarence-clemons.html

Don't mean to go all "Philtastic" here either, but:

in addition to Springsteen/E Street Band,

"Previously announced performers for the Grammy Awards include Jason Aldean;  Kelly Clarkson; Glen Campbell with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton; Coldplay with Rihanna; the Foo Fighters; Bruno Mars; Paul McCartney; Nicki Minaj; and Taylor Swift."

Seems like a pretty crowded line-up to try and then cram the Beach Boys into.

Just sayin......

I was really...really...excited to see this.

From the BBB site

New album
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 03:39:43 PM by AGD

I'm given to understand that Brian & Mike were in the studio in Hollywood on Wednesday writing a new song for the album and that by tomorrow (Friday) all of the band including David Marks will be together in the studio playing & singing...



....and preparing for the grammy show no doubt. Wow, sounds like it may be happening after all! ;D

Freaking unreal  ;D

Surf's Up! ;D

They'd better, I'd cry.

I imagine they'll be there.  But their reunion is hardly the focal point of the show...

Maybe The "reunited Beach Boys" will merely be presenters!

I read they might be opening the show, that would be fantastic because I could tune out straight after

Springsteen, Macca confirmed. Perhaps others such as Dylan and Jagger in the audience.

If Mike walks up to microphone tightening his belt with that crazy look in his eyes, I'm staying tuned in.  :o

Where did you read that?

How about this medley....

1. California Girls (Mike)
2. Help Me, Rhonda (Al)
3. Good Vibrations (Brian)

"Good Vibrations (Brian)"

..... you mean (Jeff)?  :-X

No he means Brian

It was a joke!

Sheesh!

Not like Jeff would..... ummm... be there or anything if Brian sang GV

That's very cool. I guess they were in the studio to finish a song they began earlier, right? I don't think they could plan to start and finish a song on wednesday and then record it friday. That is of course, if they are recording that said song today and not another one. But it's very good they go for new material

I was on Hollywood and Vine just last night and passed the Capitol building and wondered if they were in there recording.  Can't wait for the Grammys!

I bet they wll show up, I'm getting really excited ;D ;D

I really hope their performance is either right at the beginning or at the very, very end...not somewhere in the middle, easily lost in the shuffle.  These are legends and deserve the opening slot or the "save the best for last" closing slot. 

Wait, do we even know for sure that the BBs are going to have any involvement in the Grammys?  This article (http://www.grammy.com/news/bruce-springsteen-added-to-grammy-performance-lineup) doesn't mention them at all. 

I guess AGD's sure to the point of belligerence is confirmation of something, as it always has been. But, the lack of promotion is strange.

They might have learned from the last experience.
Maybe it'll be handled as a surprise appearance (although Mr Jardine kinda killed that option  :lol )

Well if it's supposed to be a "surprise" performance...why would there be promotion?

God, I hope not. Comparable list would be BA, BTTYS, and RARM. I have never seen GV ever come across well on the tube. CG, HMR meh. The ante needs to be upped as far as what they may perform. Perhaps the middle period would be best for all concerned with Carnegie type versions of-Darlin', H&V, with ICHM included as a tribute to Carl.

Mike will push hard for kokomo I bet.

I think KokoNO's set list is very good and very likely. At Brian's big performances (Live Aid, Queen's 50th, etc.) GV always rocked very hard and people went crazy. And those same songs at the Reagan celebration last year also brought the house down

Al said it, Rolling Stone reported it along with a bunch of other outlets

I think even the Grammys mentiond it but we've heard nothing since

I'm going with it being a "surprise"

If you watched the video for Do It Again, you'd know they all (except David Marks) have a parking spot outside.  Shoulda just checked to see if anything was parked there.   :lol

Just when I thought you couldn't get any more annoying, I just learned that you're one of those people that insists on abbreviating everything.  BA?  BTTYS?  RARM?  WTF? 

I hope so, but still it's hard for me to fathom them actually letting them open the show. 

yeah, took me a minute to figure out what BA stood for.

just once, somewhere, sometime in this whole "celebration" shebang, I want them to perform at least one unexpected, unconventional song. if not, I will be incredibly disappointed.

I wanna see Brian take Carl's part on Kokomo!!!

Don't tell me that wouldn't bring a tear to all yer eyes!

He does it on Full House. 

Personally, I think Mike would be down with doing something crazy like Honkin' down the highway.  I honestly think he would play it.  Bruce would do whatever anybody wanted him to do.  Al would do it no problem.

Brian, though, still might not do it.  


I hope they come out really electric, and just mix up a bunch of crazy sh*t into a medly for about 3 or 4 minutes, then settle into Wouldn't It Be Nice or Don't Worry Baby, or something along those lines that just shows off how fucking AMAZING they were vocally. 

Start playing California Girls... , switch into "I Get Around"... switch into something insane like "Roller Skating Child" that nobody will understand except die hard fans, go back into "Surfin' USA", then interrupt that with the opening lines of "Dont' Worry Baby" and sing the whole song.  Place goes ape sh*t, bring the curtains down, sell the cd's. 

speaking of Love You, there's a few songs on there that aren't really all that weird but for some reason don't get performed. I don't think the fun/surf crowd would have a problem with something like Airplane.

Roller Skating Child with Brian on bass: I could die happily immediately after!

If they ARE opening the show, my money is on Good Vibrations!

Yes.  Please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1EPXBQV3yM

Who would sing lead?  Brian?  Might not be that great.  Most likely "Do It Again", I think.

Brian would sing it with a little help from Jeff.

I don't see any problems with that either.

If they do open with Good Vibrations, I hope they strive to make it Surreal.  This means the stage has to be dark, and Mike absolutely has to wear the Turban. 

Good Vibrations would make a killer show opener. Like when U2 opened up with "Walk On" years back. The show starts and BOOM! spine chilling music. That song is perfect to get everybody excited.

I can see that would be mentally challenging for the likes of you. Not the brightest bulb on the tree, huh?

Christmas was last month, old man.  I know with your arthritis and all it's probably easier to just leave it up all year round, but we stashed ours away like civilized people back around new years. 

Either it's mentally challenging for me, or it's lazy for you to instead of taking the time to write out the title of a song like a human capable of conversing with others, you instead just type two letters and shun it off on the reader to do your lazy work. 

BTW, it's WAY past bedtime, what if the nurse hears you typing?

Agreed, Good Vibrations would just slay everybody. I can't think of a single song that would go down better with both fans, and, well, Mike Love  :lol

.. and the general audience. Ah Good Vibrations. It's the Beach Boys. They still alive? Pretty cool. Oh, reunion? Gotta check that out.


 8)

Hey Ronald, Ronnny, whatever yer called, if it annoyed your skinny ass like you say it did, then guess what? Mission accomplished! :thumbsup

You two are hilarious, do any of you get genuinely get angry when you read one another's posts or do you laugh and try to one up the other guy with another insult? In any case, Good Vibrations is definitely the way to go. A number one hit and an exceptional display or the band's artistic talent.  Now let's just hope they play!

Surprise?  There are no surprises anymore.  Viewership is down across the board, so they want as much hype as possible to get people to tune in. 
In the public consciousness, the BBs as individuals are not beloved enough that people care about seeing them perform together again.  Since concerts with "The Beach Boys" name have occurred every year since the dawn of time, most people don't know or care that the original members haven't all performed together in quite some time. 
I would love to see them do a kick-ass performance of GV, and I hope that really happens.  But it's not going to be the showcase moment...not with Adele performing again for the first time since her surgery, and with Paul and Ringo now being on the same broadcast.  If any reunion is made much of, it's going to be that one and you know it.

Wait, wait.... Paul and Ringo are both there?  Also Adele had surgery?  I'm almost as interested in both of those as seeing the boys reunite, this is going to be a good show!

What surgery did Adele have? Liposuction or a new face?

Surgery is a loose term, I actually heard it was basically just Bob Dylan and a sledgehammer "warning" her to stay away from the rest of his songs..

Robert Wilson to direct it  ;D

Stuff done to her throat as her voice kept crapping out and forcing her to cancel tours iirc

I'm on board with a kick-ass "Good Vibrations" to open the show.  Zach hit the nail on the head, it's the perfect song because it's such a huge well-known hit, but also has artistic merit behind it.

They should do "Take A Load Off Your Feet" then have special guests Van Dyke Parks and Skrillex come out for an orchestrally-arranged extended dubstep remix of "Ding Dang" careening into "Teardrops On My Bed". That's how you start the Grammys!

Oh, that sucks.  Despite the bleating 'true' music fans, I love Adele.  She's a great singer, how people don't see that she actually has talent is beyond me. 

I'll tell you how they can't see that she actually has problems: "Rolling In The Deep" and that other song are on the radio incessantly to the point where people are farking sick of 'em and don't want to hear any more Adele. It's a shame, but it's truth.

Confirmed for Grammy show?


http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2012/02/06/entertainment/doc4f307611d1cc1661153631.txt?viewmode=fullstory



Fans will also get a chance to see the reunited group on the Grammy Awards show Sunday, in a hush-hush appearance confirmed by Love Monday.

Oh here we go, fantastic

 ;D ;D ;D

I'm glad she made it finally.  She's a refreshingly classy pop musician.  They may play those songs incessantly but that's not her fault, they're both great songs and both well sang.  Anything gets old if you listen to it a million times.  Both songs, the first time I heard them, I thought were on another level than your typical 2011 pop song.  

Hmm.  This is exciting.  They're saying it's Hush Hush, and obviously it is because they're not mentioning it on any of the official stuff.... which means they must have them reserved for soemthing big, which most likely means opening the show.

Which leaves me starstruck.  I can't believe the boys are finally getting some fucking respect around heah.  This is incredible. 

Mike

“If you were to hear these songs, you would think it’s 1965 or ’66 again” given the harmonies, chord progression and tracking."



......Don't want to presume anything but are we talking some kind of comparison to certain albums that came out in 65 and 66? :o

1966 because Brian will be singing GOK, his spotlight for the day.

My guess:

1) GV (which will be hyper-awesome, opening the whole show)
2) GOK (Brian's spotlight, and for the critical acclaim)
3) DO IT AGAIN

I'll say it again...don't be disappointed if they do only one song.  Only the hottest acts get to do more than one. 

Somebody said 'hottest acts'?

(http://media.mwcradio.com/mimesis/2011-12/16/2011-12-16T201044Z_1_BTRE7BF1K2000_RTROPTP_3_ENTERTAINMENT-US-BEACHBOYS_JPG_475x310_q85.jpg)

 8)

I see yr point, but then it's The Beach Boys reunion and it's a pretty major coup, so they might get to do more than one - although iirc, winners get longer sets too and it's a pretty insane bill in terms of quantity so one song would be understandable

That's true, but why keep it 'Hush Hush" if they're not going to do something big?  Something huge must be up.  I think Carl might be there or something.  I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I think Carl might be there. 

They kind of look like the X-Men.

Mike would just have to take off his cap and make himself comfortable in a wheelchair.

I can definitely see just one song.  Two songs? maaaaaybe.  If they open with "California Girls" I can totally see them do "Surfin' USA" or "Fun Fun Fun" or "Barbara Ann"...any one of those songs would bring down the house and with everyone dancing and singing along---no one woulld notice/care that they did two songs. 

But three songs??? Out of the question. 

He already is kind of Dr. Love....

I know it's only February but that has to be a contender for post of the year right there!

Al implied it was going to be 'huge' which may just mean being the opening act with one song.

We will see Sunday!

To Al, a lot of normal-sized things must be 'huge'. Such as only one song at the Grammys.  :( We'll see....

(Damn, can't find a shot of the Jardine standing on a box recording vocals for the new Do It Again....)


Thanks, I'm here all week...

You are onto something here... PhilCohen had better not pop into this thread, or he is going to dash our hopes..

DO GOOD VIBRATIONS! Open the show with GV, then BAM! Respect level hits the roof, tour starts, album released, Beach Boys are back on the map!  ;D

I may be looking into this too much but I follow Jared Followill from Kings Of Leon on Twitter and he tweeted that the Grammys were coming fast and that he'd been working on a 'mystery project. Good vibes. Some cool people involved.' The first thing I thought was Beach Boys! Am I reading too much into it or do you think it might be related?

Hmmm.... Hopefully not turning out to be one of those things:

(http://www.adammarsland.com/roxy1.jpg)

You know, at the end of the show with everybody onstage joining the BBs in Fun, Fun, Fun or whatever.

We will even be lucky to get one song, or will they just stroll across the screen, mike pushing Brian in a wheel chair, humming I Get Around...

 ;D

It's officially official.

http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-at-54th-grammy-awards (http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-at-54th-grammy-awards)

Just what I was afraid of....yikes! A band like The Beach Boys don't even deserve 2 to 3 minutes to themselves for 50 years worth of work?

It'd be nice if they gave the BBs at least one song by themselves and then the other two came in on something else. I hope it isn't the three bands for the whole performance.

To be fair, Bob Dylan had to share the stage with Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers last year - it's just part of the high-concept presentation to try and appeal to all demographics at all times.

I don't mind Foster The People joining them, but Maroon 5? Nah, not so much.

Meh. File me under cautiously optimistic. Collaborations like this don't inherently bother me -- that they're performing at all should be great news. I'll whine after I've given it a chance.

I think you'll find that a little whine goes well with Grammy cheese.

To calm myself down I googled both bands..

Maroon 5 and Foster the people are both big Beach Boys fans, name dropping them in interviews long before any Grammy's performance, take solace in the fact this isn't just The Grammy's pairing a current pop act with a classic act, these guys are actually fans

Could be good, could be terrible

I am going to try not to be pessimistic about this, even though it pisses me off...

The best thing in the world was when the Grammys got almost all the original members of Family Stone (Rustee Allen replaced Larry Graham at the last second) to appear onstage with Sly, playing music together for the first time in God knows how long...

And then they covered up the members of the Family Stone with people like Steven Tyler, John Legend, and... Yes, Maroon 5. These people were literally stood in front of the original members so you could barely see them.

...and then, Sly just boogied off stage because that sh*t was far too jive for him. Of course, he was largely a wreck anyway, but that particular act of defiance really heartened me that this guy has integrity. Maybe now that he is newly sober, he will restart his career.

Anyway, f*** tha Grammies. I love how the Simpsons always rip on them, but I will tune in just to see the Beach Boys with a dozen extra unnecessary members of other bands. For Chrissakes, how will we see Al with all these big people onstage?? Maybe they will bring his shoebox...

Well, I was reading too much into that tweet earlier, but it seems the idea was right. I don't like Maroon 5 so I'm not sure about this one. I just think it might be a lost opportunity to make sure the Beach Boys legacy is golden. I don't even think it will appeal to the young generation much, not like Kings of Leon would have done. To me this isn't a great choice but one, I may be wrong and two, there's nothing we can do about it anyway! Let's just hope it's a great performance!

I can't get over this, I'm truly disappointed, worst possible scenario

I'll still be watching and chatting live with all of you

Guys, it doesn't necessarily mean that Maroon 5 and Foster the people will join the Beach Boys on their number. All three bands could be part of a big medley where each band plays a song. The Beach Boys could still have a nice entrance when after the two bands the curtain goes up and all of a sudden the guys are standing there and going into Good Vibrations

Worse still!

All the performances will take place away from the ceremony itself, in a tented space that will hold up to 1,000 fans.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beach-boys/61926



....sorry if it was mentioned on another grammy thread.

Let's all take a moment and reflect on this,

' Foo Fighters will perform a remixed version of their song 'Rope' with Deadmau5 at the ceremony. '

and say to ourselves, 'It could be worse.'  ;D

Hello ?  Hard of seeing, are we ? This is the sub-heading of the official Grammys press release:

"Legendary act will team with nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for special performance"

Care to explain to me precisely how "will team with" doesn't mean "join" but does mean "sing alone" ?

Hoping Mike Love being Mike Love circa 1988 makes the other groups leave the stage so the BBs can play alone. ;D

The real tragedy of all this is we now know who "Foster the People" are

I was blissfully unaware until now

Well sh*t!  That is disappointing.  I don't like Maroon 5 at all and I've only heard that "Pumped Up Kicks" song by Foster the People and it may be the worst thing I've heard in the last 15 years.  Damn Grammy awards!!   >:( 

 My kids like moves like Jagger and pumped up kicks...They love The Beach Boys
They will be happy!

So I make a total of 13 combined band members plus the playing musicians of around 8. Over 21 on a stage in a tent holding less than a thousand.


Convince me somebody! ???

What's with this weird tent thing?

The couldn't even let them play bloody Good Vibrations for 3 minutes on their own? >:( I'm pretty sure most fans would rather see the Beach Boys on there own this time round, especially with Brian back in the band and I doubt the fans of the other bands would care too much about the BB's either. I wouldn't mind so much if this wasn't the first appearance with all the surviving original members for many years of one of the greatest bands of all time!!

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beach-boys/61926

REALLY?!?!?! They're gonna share a stage with that total nimrod Adam Levine?!?!?! & Foster The People( ???) Neither deserve to be said in the same breath as the BBs. Why would they put someone who apparently admires Mick Jagger (if I have to hear Moves Like Jagger one more time my head will explode, not to mention who in their right mind aspires to have any of Jagger's characteristics?) with the BEACH BOYS?!  Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Adam Levine the same person who not 3 days ago told someone "why would you wanna be JUST a Country star, wouldn't you wanna be bigger than that? You're more than that."? So he wants to be like Jagger, yet thinks he's better than Hank Williams? What a winner! No matter there is no excuse for any act (esp one of the current pop tart bands) to take up precious Beach Boy time. These kind of acts are on the Grammy's every year, when was the last time the BBs where on (or will be on again)? Sorry for ranting, but (imho) this totally sucks >:(

 :lol I'm totally with you on that!!!

Nice rant, saved me the time

Love it. Hits the nail on the head.


http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/08/grammy-performers-2012-beach-boys/


Beach Boys added to the Grammys, which now features 957 performers and will last four years
by Kyle Anderson




The Grammys really want you to watch their show on Sunday. And they’re doing it by throwing as many performers as humanly possible onstage — many of them at the same time.

This afternoon, the producers announced that the long-dormant, recently reconstituted surviving members of the Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks — would be making their return to the stage at the show for their first performance together in roughly two decades.

In a confounding bit of casting, they’ll join “Pumped Up Kicks” hitmakers Foster the People and “Moves Like Jagger” juggernaut Maroon 5 for a never-before, never-again collaboration that has the potential to be both a blissfully memorable celebration of great music or a complete and utter train wreck. (On a side note: This is totally the performance the Grammys wanted Bon Iver to be a part of, right?)

I'm slowly realizing that part of the static in my head is being caused by this upcoming event occurring within months of the release of TSS. Part of me is saying "these are the guys who did THAT" and another part is saying "Breath deeply. this is the GRAMMIES for heaven's sake," and then another part is saying "these WERE the guys who did TSS" and then there's the constant cultural surfboard nostalgia thing and that most of the audience (most of the world, actually) only knows this band as 60s pop charters. . .and so on and on.  I'm mostly stuck with wanting something that the Grammies probably can't provide or even understand: for them and their legacy to be understood in all its depth and beauty and its wonderful exuberance.

I just hope it's not silly and embarrassing.

Babara Ann anyone?

Let's hope Brian and the Boys are the ones up front and center and the others are in the back as backups/backdrops.

This is either going to be really good (BBs prominent/M5-FTP backdrops) or a stage clusterf^&k.

What if ... they don't even play a Beach Boys song, but instead do "Moves Like Jagger", complete with Mike doing the chicken dance?

Edit: just read the 'Press Release' thread and saw that I'm not the only one with this thought.

I think it's safe to say that Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is not going to be content with standing at the side of the stage singing back-up vocals.
Hell, with his high vocal range, his voice is tailor-made for singing Beach Boys music. I'm not worried; I think it will all be done reverently to our Boys.

So am I reading this right? They won't even be on TV?

Of course they will

They'll be shown on TV, but they won't be in the building where the awards are being given out. They'll be outside on stage in a tent.

And I can say pretty definitively that's not going to happen at the Grammys. Or the broader culture. Probably ever.

But so what? The music exists, the band is making a last go of it. Let's see what they do. The music survives, after all, beyond any fashion or fad.

This kind of bullshit is why the music industry is dying. They go for the lowest common denominator. I am not familiar with the music of Maroon 5 or Foster the People, but it is clear that this is corporate synergy at work with little or no regard for art.

I just hope to see Steven Tyler sing "God Only Knows" with Eddie Van Halen playing guitar.

Ah, to be Mike Love right now. He's going to get so much ass after his Grammys performance. College girls are going to be all over him.  :hat

Pumped up kicks is sweet

I hope that the tent is made from some type of batik-print fabric and lined with pillows.  And that a Beagle is present.  And that all inside eat sandwiches and/or smoke hash.  And that the tent is in Brian's house.

And there we have found the reason why this is all going down  :lol

This grammy show is going to kick ass, what's wrong with you people?  When did you all become assholes?  

It's like 3 hours of music.  All kinds of different sh*t, with all kinds of different people singing with each other.  That's awesome.  

Leave it to you losers to complain when a show has Paul Macca, Ringo Starr, Tony Bennett, the Beach Boys and half the other legends who are still able to hold up a microphone ALL performing on it.

So while you guys are bitching about how the microphone's plugged into the wrong jack, I'm going to be turning this sh*t up as loud as it will go, and actually ENJOYING the music.  

See how simple that is? I choose to enjoy it, you lot have already chosen to hate it.  

"OH NO! IF SOME HALF-ASS BAND PERFORMS WITH THE BEACH BOYS THIS SUNDAY, I WON'T ENJOY THEIR CD'S AS MUCH"


wtf is with that attitude?

I don't think it's that people have anything against the performances per se.....it's just that the Grammys do such a poor job of rewarding modern music (and they pretty much always have), that looking over their nominations lists every year is an outright joke. All they do is give out trophies to the same over-the-hill group of musicians, year-after-year. What's even weirder now is that acclaimed stuff like Arcade Fire or Bon Iver sneaks in and gets nominated (or wins) amongst a pile of sh*t. It's like, nominate five great albums for Album of the Year or don't do it at all.

It's certainly much harder to do an awards show for music. Last year, the Oscars nominated ten films and nine of them were in the top ten most acclaimed films of the year according to one website (the other was #11, Shutter Island was the one left in the cold). Meanwhile, most critics can come to a consensus as to what the best television dramas/comedies are, so the Emmys as well gets a lot of worthy prestige and does plenty right in spite of it itself....

...but music? I mean, the annual Pazz and Jop poll gets like 15,000 albums receiving votes. It's just something with a much wider array of releases/tastes that you can't possibly hand out awards for it without getting things wrong in the eye of most onlookers.

... so because you don't think they give your favorite band enough awards, you're going to miss an opportunity to see the last two beatles perform together? 


O.K., don't worry, I'll watch it twice for you. 

 

Variety ("all different kinds of sh*t") doesn't always or necessarily mean good. 

 

Who's complaining about that? 

 

But you're begging the question.  The whole point of contention people are having is that the pairing of the Beach Boys with Maroon 5/Foster The People will affect their enjoyment of the performance.  It's easy to say "why can't you just ENJOY the music, hater?!," but the very contention is precisely that this set up will affect their enjoyment.  And who's complaining about petty issues such as microphones?  These are straw mans. 


So it's only fine to make presumptions/educated guesses, as long as it's positive?  Why the asymmetry? 

Chill, negative-bro. I think the collective consensus is that its too bad the Boys' first gig back in two decades is shared with kinda mediocre bands. But at the end of the day, its obviously amazing they are back together doing there thing. Bring on New Orleans! (btw, any other board members going?)

Matthew: You can choose to be negative, or choose to be positive.  Saying "Oh boo hoo, there will be too many other bands standing on the stage" is NEGATIVE.  Lots of people in this thread have chosen to go there.

I'm just saying, the sh*t is going to ROCK, if you losers don't see it, then too bad for you.  We're going to enjoy it at my house, because I choose to enjoy it. 

When I turn on the radio, if they play a Maroon 5 song, I have a good time.  When you turn on the radio, when they play a Maroon 5 song, you don't have fun. 


It's as simple as that.  Get with the program, Hater!  Fun Fun Fun. 

why do these threads always end up like this?

Because we hate Foster The People.

Sorry if I don't want to see Brian Wilson on stage with the guys who sing "moves like jagger" or "pumped up kicks".

Beach boys fans or not it's the stupidest idea ever, not to mention cheesy as hell

They could have done what Bon Iver did  ;D

http://pitchfork.com/news/45321-bon-iver-turned-down-playing-the-grammys-we-kind-of-said-f***-you-a-little-bit/

"F*ck the Grammys!"

I'm not sure what I would have preferred in the case of the Beach Boys...turn down an invitation to preserve their music or expose it to a broader audience and for our entertainment. I don't know.

What would Dennis think!

I was thinking the same thing! How would Dennis feel about all this? I think he would do it. After all...he'd always said his favorite thing in the world was to bring entertainment to people.

You tell 'em, Ron.  All this whinin' and bitchin' over this GRAMMY thing is cumbersome.  I have in the past been vocally against the idea of a Beach Boys reunion without Carl, but even I have been more enthusiastic about the thing since it was announced.  The majority of posters here have *begged* for these guys to perform together; now you're all gonna moan and groan because you don't like Maroon 5?  Grow a pair and get over it already; you're getting your damn reunion.  Sheesh!  :police:

This Bon Iver guy was on SNL this past weekend and was boring as all get out. So glad he's nowhere near The Beach Boys performance. Yeah- he's just too damn cool and "real" for the Grammys. Suck on it, Bon Iver, self-important prig...mumble..mumble...

With Maroon 5 involved, now I HOPE Mike struts up to the, er, mike and has a little something to say ;)


I love it! All the people who are involved: you add Mike into the mix and anything/everything might happen!

I quite like Bon Iver although I feel his most recent album is the most overrated of 2011 (quite good, mind you, but way overblown praise)....interestingly, I saw him in concert around the time his first album was released. The band was opening for Black Mountain to a crowd of like ten people actually paying attention and their sound setup completely sucked. Weird to think I was watching someone that would have an Album of the Year on many critic's lists and a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year four years later.

Anyway, he said he was interested in playing, actually, but didn't feel like performing with other artists. I mean, it's kind of weird to make some ethereal, ghostly sort of music that means a lot to you and then be forced to have Cee-Lo burst into "f*** You" thirty seconds later or whatever.  :lol

The Associated Press

Date: Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012 4:53 PM ET

LOS ANGELES — Get the sunglasses and tanning oil out: The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammy Awards for their first live performance in more than two decades.=

Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20120208/beach-boys-playing-grammys-120208/#ixzz1lskWRqUH

I think they should do a Bon Iver: back out and go finish some great new music instead. Differently put, the last time sunglasses and tanning oil was a relevant way to think about these guys was around 1965, early. Yes, I get it, they called themselves the Beach Boys and kind-of doomed themselves to this dull minded continuation of a worn out, trivializing, image.

Nice idea and Brian ,might have been able to pull it off back in 66/67 but not now…


Not quite so – they traded on that slop n' shades image through the late 70s and right up to the reunion announcement. Puts food in mouths back home…


Erm, well, they didn't actually… first thing they knew about it was when the first BBs 45rpm was released, allegedly, though there might have been instance of ML claiming the credit for the name over the years, just to be in character…!

From Brian's facebook:

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are al and bruce gonna get instruments??

Doesn't look like it.. no equipment there. Has to do with the song they're going to play? Something where they have to concentrate on the vocal parts..

liking the fact that there is a camera there, though.

I think I see Scott Totten, Paul Mertens, Al & Bruce, Jeff Foskett, Mike & Brian, Brett Simons, Scotty Bennett, Nelson Bragg…

No Dave, no Nick Walusko, no Probyn Gregory…

Who's that behind the drum kit? Todd Sucherman? Mike D'Amico?  Probably John Cowsill?

Of course, it's a rehearsal for the performance at the Grammys - camera movements and technical concepts have to be rehearsed as well as the musical performances.

Agreed. I am also pissed off that I have to watch the lame-ass Grammies this year for a minute in order to see the Beach Boys, and even then they are polluting the BB's with some bullshit groups, just for the sake of marketing.

Again, judging by how they handled the Family Stone reunion - with the original members barely even visible amongst Maroon 5 (who had a record coming out - synergy!) Steven Tyler, and a bunch of other random people - the NARAS have their heads up their asses and don't know how to respect all-time greats like the Beach Boys.

I just think that the group who are responsible for God Only Knows and SMiLe deserve better than to be paired with two crap bands. Hey, here's an idea - why not have McCartney play with them? Oh wait, he will be playing with Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi; I hear they will do a medley of "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Live and Let Die" (Guns N Roses Version) remixed live by the Grammy Grizzly Bear, the official mascot of the Grammys. Now that's what I call music!

Why don't all the party-poopers here just try to savor the anticipation leading up to Sunday's show and withhold your judgement until you've actually seen what goes down? Just think about how fruitless it is to get yourselves all worked up about something you haven't even seen yet.

I see kettle drums. Wouldn't It Be Nice?

do you think Bruce actually wears pants at the Grammys?

Yea.  :afro

Good spotting, bad interpretation. Now we are 100% certain that they will perform 'Kokomo'.

Well... why not?

Like I said on the other Grammy thread, this match-up could really soar.  Mark Foster is a HUGE Brian fan and Smile fan, and he can match Jeff in the falsetto department.   My guess is he will join in, not showboat.  (Can't speak for Adam Levine though).

I believe you're mistaken WIBN has timpani

Strange not seeing David there

He's there...next to Mike (out of frame). I got a report last night, everything went great at the rehearsal. Sorry that's all I can say without getting into trouble.

Is Bruce going to wear shorts? Can you confirm that?

Oh man this is exciting. Can't wait to see the Boys back together, in spite of the Grammy BS

The Beach Boys are back!

Brilliant!

About that rehearsal picture posted on Facebook, I'm wondering what can that guy from Maroon 5 can *possibly* add to that group of musicians?

I'm also wondering what happened to Maroons 1 through 4.

My guess now is that the BBs are going to play a song on their own and are then joined by Maroon5 and Foster the People for one or two more songs. Question for the guys here that know how the Grammys work: would that be possible?

They might do a medley. Remember this is a production which has had a bad reputation for cutting winners' speeches short, and most performances are either one full song tightly timed or a medley where special guests come out every minute or so and sing a few hooks. I doubt they'll get more than 10 minutes air time if that's what you mean.

Again, I can't see Adam Levine doing anything that the guys in the photo couldn't do better and haven't done better for the better part of 50 years.

I would think the reverse of that would be more likely- the young 'uns come out and sing their Beach Boys tributes and are then joined by the old masters for the finale. But who knows?

But it seems they were rehearsing (among other things?) a setup for just the BBs.

That is pretty much what I am expecting. They will probably get a 2 or 3 song medley with each guest band joining on a separate one. My guess is they'll do a verse/chorus/guitar solo of Do It Again, because of the rerecording, with Foster the People joining on the chorus and solo and part of either Good Vibes or California Girls and Wouldn't It Be Nice with Maroon 5. I would normally guess an earlier song like Fun, Fun, Fun or something, but Do It Again is recent again and covers surfing.

But then again, maybe they'll sing a Maroon 5 song, since the Lovester has his "moves like Jagger"  :lol

Adam Levine was probably busy picking out his rock star outfit so he'd look good on Access Hollywood.

If the Beach Boys do anything related to "Moves Like Jagger", I'm throwing a bowling ball through the screen...

Who is Adam Levine? Maroon5? And what is an 'Access Hollywood'?  :-\

By now I'm pretty confident that the Boys are going to rock this, no matter in what setup.

If you do, please record it for YouTube. :-D

Oh man. This is gooooood news  ;D

"The Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades — will reunite on the GRAMMY stage and join current GRAMMY nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance."

This is complete BS.  Who or what the eff are "Foster the People" and "Maroon 5" and why do I care?  Isn't Foster's an Auzzie beer and Maroon 5 a sci fi flick?

BS

And remember, a few years ago, Dylan had to share the Grammy stage with Soy Bomb......

 >:D

My condolences!

 :hat

A friend of mind  rented a living space in Soy Bomb Man's loft, in the lower East Side.

Kokomo has steel drums  ;D

"Do You Wanna Dance"??? What else has kettle drums?

What exactly is the difference between Kettle & Tympani drums?

Kettle drums are what you can see Nelson behind. They are big and deep and are sort of what the modern "floor tom" is modeled after. In the buildups before the breaks on "Do You Wanna Dance" there are kettle drums doing rolls along with the snare drum.

Timpani's are shallower and higher pitched. Look up Tito Puente on Youtube and you'll see them in action!

I think I'm right!

Wait, Tito used Timbales primarily, which are similar!

Actually Timpani's and Kettle Drums are basically the same thing! I think Timpani is an Italian term for basically kettle drums.

Kettle Drums and Timpani are one and the same thing.

They can't be doing "Fire" can they????

Yes, it will play in the background whilst Mike "roasts" Maroon 5. He hasn't forgiven them for Moves Like Jagger. There's no way Jagger, or Macca, or any of them could get on stage and Move Like Mike. I'm thinking the actions he used to do to Fun Fun Fun, which he still did when dressed in his white robes and 3 foot beard.

His speech will be the highlight of the Grammys.

Mike, we're all rooting for you. Keep fasting, we've got all the OJ you need!

I highly doubt he's been fasting based upon these pics

Because... they aren't.

Amen brother. BULL SH*T. Screw everything that has anything to do with the Grammy's, now and forever. Even all these dumb threads about the Grammy's....which I am only posting on just this once to highlight exactly how much BULLSH*T the Grammy's are.

Wake Up People.

I'd like to see Maroon 5 and "Fosters Lager" do HALF as many shows as the Beach Boys did in 2011.  I'd like to see them get on stage right now and see who could play Light My Fire the loudest........

(sorry I will take a pill now)

 :3d

For all of you that are all amped up and angry about this, check out the other two Grammy threads.  Believe me, your minds will change.

The performance will be in a tent?  WTF?

Maybe "in a van down by the river"....??!!!???

say what?!?

Maybe Brian was in the process of covering the entire ceremony hall with sports mats when it was decided to move the BBs out of the building into a tent.

I'm sure it will be a bit more than just a tent, probably a million dollar tent made of gold or something

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More pictures here:

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/S182374#.TzRlPddjaEM.facebook (http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/S182374#.TzRlPddjaEM.facebook)

f*ck me, it's good to see them  ;D

That set of photos confirms that Surfer Girl will be one of the songs, and Maroon 5 will be singing it. Let the backlash begin?

Medley, Surfer Girl, Good Vibrations, Maroon 5, Foster The People, the Beach Boys, it's all good.

I think it's f*cking fantastic. They're taking two VERY popular bands and making them participate in BEACH BOYS songs. That in itself is all the respect I can ask the Grammy's to realistically give to the band.

I'm happy to see the Beach Boys playing again, even if it's with another band.  I think  a medley is a great idea.

I finally saw the first Grammy commercial on CBS with The Beach Boys mentioned as guests.

Great piccies - I was surprised that these weren't copy-protected, immediately saved them.

I realize it's beating a dead horse in a way, but can someone please explain to me what Adam Levine or Maroon 5 can add to the Beach Boys lineup shown in the rehearsal photos?

At least pick a f*cking band whose sound reflects at least a slight Beach Boys influence, rather than a band who sounds like they wore out more Whitney Houston or New Kids On The Block records than Beach Boys albums. Oh wait, you can't wear out an mp3...my bad. :)

Hey, by the way, are there any group vocal harmonies on Maroon 5 records? I've played about a dozen of them on guitar through the years...none stand out with vocal harmonies. The KEY component of the Beach Boys sound isn't even in the Maroon 5 universe. I don't mind a few of their hits, they're catchy enough pop, but why them and the Beach Boys?

Foster The People had an insanely catchy single last year, nothing earth-shattering but one which sticks in your mind for weeks. I don't have as much of a problem with them, because it isn't all Hollywood glitz and f*cking fashion shows with their lead singer, but even there I can't see their immediate connection to the Beach Boys or their music.

tons of images at wireimage.com

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!!

It appears that whoever said they would be performing in a tent is mistaken.  That ain't no tent.

It's a temporary rehearsal space.

No, take a look at the photos on Wireimage.  That's the Staples Center.

Oh, and thanks very much for the wireimage tip, jardine (no relation !

I'm no particular Maroon 5 fan but Levine's voice can certainly handle Surfer Girl and maybe the Boys are providing the BVs for the other groups. Love Foster The People with their subversive poppy songs with lyrics about school shootings, being tied to chairs, and such.

I knew they wouldn't stick the Beach Boys in a tent  ;D

Got the surfboards on stage.  Nothing gets past those Grammy producers.

At least we don't have to worry about Mike going off on a fast induced rant judging by this photo.

It's kinda funny that at a point in time where the only surfer in the band has been dead for nearly 30 years and the rest of the Beach Boys is reuniting at ages around 70 they're still stuck with surf boards on stage - much like in the first promo shots taken in '62. Let's hope the Grammy managers don't give those to Mike to keep - then they might show up at every stage they play in 2012.  :-X

Strange to see both Al and Dave playing Les Pauls, rather than Fenders.

Wouldn't It Be Nice, Surfer Girl and Good Vibrations. That's tasteful choices and miles better than what, say, Kokomo, Barbara Ann and Surfin' USA would have been.

Does anyone know if the Grammy show will be broadcast over the Internet in any way, legal or illegal (we aren't allowed to discuss the later, I guess?)? Unfortunately, I don't have the channel that broadcasts it here, and surprisingly no-one of my friends who have it are that keen on letting me watch it at their place. Might have something to do with it beginning at 2 a.m. Monday morning, Swedish time ...

Edit: found it myself, and it seems to work even though I'm in Europe!

http://www.grammy.com/live

Yea, I have a similar problem... I think I'll look for a streaming possibility somewhere..

Not surprising, though - it all comes back to commerce. Gibson has some kind of a deal worked out in all of this, not sure if it's a sponsorship, or endorsement, or some other kind of deal...but it certainly raised an eyebrow with me when some early news on this reunion stuff appeared on Gibson's website. As the Boys were associated with Fender, it seemed a bit odd at the time until the pieces fell together.

Maybe someone with more info can add to this. But I'm guessing playing those Gibsons in public is part of the deal.

Good call! I'll be in too!

Last time i checked Bruce lives on the beach in Ventura county Ca, Next to a beach club + still surfs + sails his boat,,Still lives the Beach life style..I would think that would be good enough.. Now Al + David playing Gibson"s thats interesting....I think Jeff has an endorsement with Gibson guitars or he use to..Maybe Jeff helped the other guys get some new guitars. What booth did BW play at  NAMM show..Gibson.?

Cool thing. Thanks! Let's hope they also show the actual performances on that channel, not just behind-the-scenes stuff. I think the description is a bit vague there...

Yap!

And the autographed bass that Brian Wilson dot com gave away for promotion of That Lucky Old Sun was a Gibson. 

Methinks we are onto something here, Watson..  :smokin

If that doesn't work, I found this site with more alternatives:

http://pcsplace.com/tech-list/5-best-ways-to-watch-grammy-awards-2012-online-for-free/

Awesome, thanks!

found them by chance via elviscostellofans.com. being such an internet doughhead with no cell phone and so on, I'm quite glad and quite surprised i could help!!             

to quote someone else in this thread. it really is great to just see them, isn't it? I hope things go perfectly!

I like the colorful stage design and Mike's shirt also looks psychedlic. Really like it. I'm looking forward to sunday

Did you guys even read my answer to your question above?  :-D

There is a deal with Gibson. I don't think Jeff Foskett had anything to do with getting it. But I could be wrong.

No, I don't think Foskett had anything to do with it, either.  Just saying that Brian may have had a deal with Gibson before any reunion plans were made.

oops - plz delete

Maybe this has been posted - if so, sorry - but it looks like the reunion is anticipated by more people than us diehards:

http://culture.wnyc.org/crowdsourcing/grammy-awards-survey/and-grammy-goes/

(Scroll down to see what people is looking forward to the most!)

This story covers how the 3 songs will work. Beach Boys onstage for the guest artists but center stage for GV.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/grammys-2012-beach-boys-reunite-for-grammys-rehearsal.html



For the Grammys, Erhlich was trying to find that balance by coming up with a sequence that meshed the past and the present. That's why Maroon 5 will perform "Surfer Girl" and then hand off to newcomers Foster the People for "Wouldn't It Be Nice" before the Beach Boys step to center stage for "Good Vibrations." For the younger artists, there was a giddy excitement to the cross-generational exercise even in the rehearsals.


Some good quotes from Bruce who now seems to be right into it.

Johnston, sitting down to lunch before Thursday's rehearsal, said that he's been surfing this late-career surprise but he knows at some point, when audiences are paying for tickets, the group will have to live up to their own legend. 
 
"I never hoped for [a reunion] because I never thought any of us wanted to do it," the 69-year-old said. "So it's kind of cool, I'm looking forward to it. We have probably, you know, the presidential honeymoon of six months but then we have to show something to keep it going. The challenge is going to be the set list [for the tour shows] and choosing the songs that reflect our sort of simplicity and our more complex stuff. We have to make sure we have a great flowing song list but also make sure we don't sound like a greatest hits band. We have a lot to balance."

There is no shared musical heritage or lineage here; It's simply corporate synergy, and a handy way of balancing out the old guys with a bunch of young guys. It is completely wrongheaded and boneheaded, but that's what the Grammys are about - corporate synergy and strategic marketing. I'll have the report on your desk on Monday!

i'm stoked.

M5 and FTP are arguably the two biggest bands currently, at least in the Top40/Grammy world. the anticipation and energy level will be super high.

we get M5 out of the way first with Surfer Girl, Brian's first composition. the song speaks for itself and if Levine screws it up, it's on him.

then FTP for Wouldn't It Be Nice... a song about youth if ever there was one. let's face it, no one in the band can sing this one convincingly anymore. sure Al can still hit the notes, but come on. he's almost 70. i have a feeling these guys will do it justice, and thank goodness its not someone like Katy Perry or Christina Aguilera instead.

then the real deal BBs will blow them all away with GV. the songs are a great chronological arc from '61 to '66.

kind of wish we didn't know what they're doing ahead of time, but so be it.
and Stamos sitting this one out is a nice cherry on top!


i wonder if they will do all 3 songs in their entirety, or abbreviated medley-style?

BRING IT ON!

The information seems to indicate that it's a medley. I imagine we'll get about a minute of each of the first two songs and then the Beach Boys will go into Good Vibrations and be joined by the other bands part-way through. Probably about a five minute performance in total.

Nice reply's from Bruce..He does understand balancing the show.. BTW. I sent an email to Gibson to find out the deal about the guitar"s BB + Foskett are using. Will let you all know soon..

After? Not waiting to after! ;)

http://www.wireimage.com/search/#events?q=beach%20boys/[138352284]&ep=1/60/1&s=3

does it actually say "raise your fly" behind one of those solo Mike pictures?

Some goofy ad campaign, but I think it does! ;D

Just think, if Landy were around you might have seen someone holding a sign that says "SMILE".

Don't know if this has been posted but its a pretty cool interview http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-mike-love-talks-beach-boys-50th-anniversary-tour-20111219

The game's afoot! I am high as a kite and totally sober at the same time, after seeing an all to brief clip of the Boys on BBC's breakfast news.

From Facebook:


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There's seems to be a good atmosphere surrounding the reunion...  :)

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Sorry if this has already been posted but there are encouraging words here from Al on the new album - http://awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/192-beach-boy-al-jardine-previews-epic-grammy-reunion-performance;_ylt=AgKVT5KVo1_.PBqvW1_gXQpnyCUv

I am so excited! Like a child!

Cool ! So the second drumset isn't for Stamos ? Yeah !!

"I'm getting that PET SOUNDS feeling right now.."  :o

This has been and is going to be a very expensive Beach Boys year this year, but it's all totally worth it!  ;D

I would have liked a "Love You" feeling but "Pet Sounds" will do  :lol

PET SOUNDS is so well-known in the mainstream nowadays that mentioning it makes even a random reporter go WOW!.

I wonder what kind of an overall vibe they really come up with for the reunion album...

I just heard they'll do 'Country Love' in its entirety.  Lovely!

Really looking forward to 'Dallas'  :smokin

maybe being 61 makes you weepy, but, like the reporter, when he said "Pet Sounds" I welled up unexpectedly. Geez. and YES! I really hope, one way or another, that the boys themselves are able to feel and ENJOY the depths of this. They deserve the returns of the gifts they've made.

Nice call, +1,000.

I still sometimes pinch my skin to do a reality check.

i'll admit i have liked maroon 5 for a while.  They do fun pop music and there's nothing wrong with that. Plus they sort of toiled around as a struggling band for a while before hitting it big, they weren't some manufactured band. they paid their dues and succeeded. 

Then there was that song  called, The Grammy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0xtThN-uNs

Interesting that he avoids answering the question, though ...

i just hope brian doesn't look completely asleep while singing good vibrations.  that's the one song i'm pretty sure he's over

Too bad they are not doing Friends...

I get the idea Al Jardine doesn't think too highly of Foster the People.

Just because he hasn't heard any of their stuff?

He 'liked' them on Facebook :)

More like he's never heard of them before he was introduced to them for this gig?

Somehow I'm leaning more towards Summer In Paradise...

Somehow I don't think so... Brian now comes from a string of moderate critical successes with 'tasteful' solo albums, I'd imagine they'd want to equal that - meaning: promoting and selling their reunion album as art, not as another CD you could take to the beach in your woody. They're out for critical acclaim (besides the fun).

After seeing pictures and footage of them at the Grammy rehearsals I'm slowly getting a good feeling about their new recordings...  :)

I sure hope Whitney Houston's death doesn't screw anything up time-wise...someone's gonna get cut if there is some kind of tribute.

...with another Disney album?   :-D

Seriously though, this new album can't be worse than Summer In Paradise; but it sure as hell won't be no Pet Sounds.


Yeah, the GRAMMYS are already packed full of performances.  Still, it is a given her passing will be acknowledged somehow. 

Whitney Houston died..?

Yup. Just broke a few hours ago. Died at the hotel where they are having the pre-grammy gala.

GRAMMY party now memorial.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dies-grammy-party-now-memorial

As long as it doesn't effect the Grammy show were good

No telling what they are putting together

This is so unbelievably exciting.  I'm sure Whitney's death won't take anything away from the Beach Boys' performance, don't worry. They've rehearsed too long, promoted too much, and gotten over too many arguments for their performance to be squashed now. This will truly be epic.

EDIT: So the Grammy show WILL be affected, there will be a tribute to Whitney Houston. We'll see how this plays out. As long as it doesn't overpower the Beach Boys' performance (which I guess undoubtedly it will, oh well), I'll be happy.

EDIT Again!: Jennifer Hudson will be singing a tribute, and that will be all. Looks like the Beach Boys have nothing to be worried about, they'll steal the show  ;D

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-tribute-to-be-sung-by-jennifer-hudson-.html

Exactly what I was just thinking/fearing when I heard. Even though I'm not a fan I definitely feel bad about her, but not bad enough to see things screwed up for the Boys. Hopefully they cut Taylor Swift ;D

Beach Boy Al Jardine Previews Epic Grammy Reunion Performance: http://awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/192-beach-boy-al-jardine-previews-epic-grammy-reunion-performance

Tomorrow is Beach Boys night kids, hope to see you all here  ;D

I got the idea Al didn't care for Foster the People because how can anyone not have heard "Pumped Up Kicks"?  It was played all over the place a few months ago. Although perhaps Al somehow avoided it, or didn't know they were the ones who sang the song (nobody ID's song and artist on radio anymore).  Or he heard the one song and not the rest of their stuff.  But it struck me he wasn't that impressed by their lead singer.  He highly praised Maroon 5's singer, but just said the Foster guy was "pleasant."  There was just something about how he talked about them.  Though it's nice he "likes" them on Facebook if it is true that either he simply hasn't heard much of them and is waiting to see if they're more than a 1-hit wonder, doesn't know them at all, or isn't actually that impressed but is just trying to be nice.  Facebook is good that way.  

I hope the Beach Boys show those kids a thing or two.

Man, I'm more excited for the album now!
"Pet Sounds Vibe"?
I'm not expecting much? But as we know, Brian is full of suprises! Maybe now that SMiLE's out we got the 66-67 Brian back?

Cool to see Al comparing the latest sessions to Pet Sounds, but I'm not expecting Pet Sounds 2 or anything. If it's not tacky Beach Boys, I'll be happy no matter how 'bad' it is. If it sounds like a good effort was made to put a footnote on their career to set their legacy, I will be a happy man.

Not a surprise to people following BW, particularly.

The last big batch of released BW tunes was TLOS. Even in demo form, a lot of those were classic mid-60s sounding tunes. Good Kind of Love, FSBMSG, Oh Mi Amor, Just Like Me and You -- all had a fresh openness to them that suggests BW's best work from that era. It's only natural to think that Brian has continued composing in this vein, given that he's said he thinks TLOS is his one of his best solo records.

And let's face it, the record is going to rise and fall based on his contributions. With Carl gone, Mike and Al seem content to let BW and his band lead the way musically (as long as Mike gets to write some lyrics and contribute a tune or two). So it may well be excellent.

Let's refrain from mentioning Whitney's death any further shall we?

I don't want to see her death belittled to a footnote as the cause of a shorten telecast that effected our favorite band's time slot.

I agree. I am a true BW/BBs aficionado for 40 years now. I don't own one single record by Whitney. But I wouldn't feel let down, or disappointed, even if the BBs reunion at the Grammys were canceled, and a graceful form of a tribute to the late ms. Houston would be broadcast instead. I would feel very egotistical if I would think otherwise.

There are things in life that justly overrule other things - and the latter category includes the official reunion of your favourite group of musicians.

I myself hadn't heard it until a few days ago (when I was checking them out because of their Grammy appearance with the Pendletones).

I still haven't heard it as far as I know. And while my wife tells me I've heard (and disliked) the Maroon Five, I have no memory of ever hearing them, either. It's surprisingly easy to be completely ignorant of modern pop music.

Too bad what happened to Whitney. In terms of the Beach Boys' appearance, they can't cancel it as it was too big a part of the Grammy promotion. Maybe they'll dedicade their part to her or change the setlist and add God Only Knows as a tribute to her. I can't imagine them cancelling it though


Not BB related: I think it would be cool if they could get Dolly Parton to sing her "I will always love you" as a tribute to Whitney.

I understand the death of Whitney Houston is tragic, and that she was a brilliant performer and singer that contributed so much to the music industry.  However, like Michael Jackson, I believe it is safe to assume her death involved substance abuse considering she was only 48.  That's not admirable. That's not brave or courageous.  You can say what you want about the pressures of being famous and bringing in millions of dollars but when it comes down to it, Whitney Houston, like Brian Wilson, severely abused certain substances.  Unlike Brian, she could not overcome this, though many many people tried helping her. It's very sad.

Saying this, I do not feel cold or heartless saying that I WOULD be severely disappointed if the Beach Boys' performance was severely affected by her death.  I'm sorry, but when some celebrity overdoses the night before my favorite band is going to play together for the first time in however many years I'm not about to say, "Oh it's okay, I'll see them some other time." Call me what you'd like, but that's me.

In any event, it appears as though all will end well for all the performances.  Take a look at this article. Apparently two minutes and thirty seconds were left open for the show, and Jennifer Hudson will be headlining a tribute to Houston at some point without affecting other performances time slots. 

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/davis-339974-houston-hotel.html

Unfortunately, this tragedy affects all walks of life, at every social level.  Her passing will overshadow the event and there is little doubt of that,  And our Boys are adults and will take this all in their customary, graceful stride. 

Maybe some good will come from her passing, as the gathering of all this talent will generate some activism to marshall their collective power to either empower more research into recovery and identify young people in the music business who are at risk for addiction to stop the loss of such great talent such as Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, and even Dennis Wilson.  The list is endless.  We can only hope that this roomful of influential and brilliant music industry people can help "reverse this curse."

Maybe the recording industry can step up to the plate to offer assistance to either prevent or connect their artists to successful treatment, rather than looking at performers as "cash cows" for their bottom line.  And hook these performers up with a safety net proactively, at the initial contract stage, to make the artists aware of the industry pitfalls and all the charlatans who would befriend them. 

There will be a potentially huge opportunity to have good come from this tragedy, equal to Farm Aid, or whatever other charity purpose our entertainers have championed. 

And it will be the best investment. They will be saving themselves.  ;)

And it will be the best investment. They will be saving themselves.  Very well said.

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from friday  ;D

"It feels really nice" to get back together on the Grammy stage after so many years, Love said, and Wilson concurred.
 
“It’s a nice feeling – a very productive kind of thing," Wilson said. "We don’t fool around, you know. When it comes to singing, of course we don’t fool around.”
 
The group will be joined by Foster the People and Maroon 5 for a special performance at Sunday's Grammy show, made all the better by the fact that both of those acts are huge fans of the Beach Boys. Foster the People will perform "Wouldn't It Be Nice," while Maroon 5 will take "Surfer Girl."
 
"They knew exactly what songs they wanted to do," Love said.
 
Foster the People's Mark Foster can recall seeing The Beach Boys as a kid, and said it was a "huge shock" when his group was asked to perform with them.
 
"I think all of us almost passed out when they asked us to play," Foster said. "The Beach Boys were my first concert ever. I saw them when I was seven years old, and I never would have expected to share a stage with them. It's a dream come true."


http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/11/beach-boys-feeling-good-vibrations-ahead-of-grammy-performance/

Nice picture of Neil and Brian there.  Mutual respect. 

Maybe Brian Wilson has you now.....with those waves singing "Caroline No".   :)

Wow, Brian looks incredible.

Nice jacket

Ugliest jacket I've ever seen and, yet, the right jacket for the right time - the guy looks like the star we know him to be! Some lend Shakey a tie!

Brian's jacket looks like the living rooms curtains at an old lady's house.

Maybe somebody had an old sofa that was discarded and the upholstry was salvaged to make the jacket......

Brian's jacket is cool. Golden like the golden jubilee of the Beach Boys.

Wonder if anyone slept last night.   Besides BW…

Brian slept like a baby last night..

Actually he didn't realise he was performing at the Grammy's till this morning  ;D

So for us Britishes, is it worth staying up? About an hour into the show, says Probyn, but if it's 9 in the morning in LA now, and the show starts at 7pm.... Which means I will be up about 5 in the morning? Or have I parsed this wrong?

Brian Wilson could pull off any jacket. ... And he does.

Exhibit A: http://nola.livemusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/The-Beach-Boys-1980.jpg

Exhibit B: http://s18.postimage.org/aqipnh6g9/tumblr_lvg640pn_RY1qg49mo.jpg

Exhibit C: http://s16.postimage.org/4w7g1lqs5/60_1.jpg

Exhibit D: http://s13.postimage.org/5ht8tmnqv/AB1_DAAC7_C6_CB_63_D8_5884_F2_E424716671.jpg

And there's Mr. Portnow, looking on. The Latin Jazz folks aren't too happy with him.

I'll be up tomorrow, in the small German hours... I suggest you do the same.  8)

You guys in GB are 8 hours ahead of us on the west coast. Don't know about you - but us techies in silicon valley have DVR's, so that's how I'm handling this situation! Besides, I'm hoping it'll have replay value.

Oh yeah, according to the DVR info the show starts at 8pm our time.

all of the clothes the beach boys have been wearing lately are perfect for them.  It's not unhip in any way, and they all pull it off. 

Even Bruce's shorts?

Brian would look more hip in Neil's jacket.

Thank you.

lol, black leather jacket? oh yeah. so hip.

Its a Buffalo Springfield leather jacket ha

ha good point.  i was thinking more of brian, mike and david's shirts.  Paisley is generally terrible, but the sheen on it, and the fact that they're pop music royalty makes it work.

Yes! It'd be cool to see Bruce in shorts at the Grammys...  8)

Yeah, I don't have a telly even if it was being shown on one over here - going to webcast it. I don't have lectures tomorrow and a lot of reading to do.... I could stay up!

Brian, Mike and Al watch Foster the people from the wings:


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Screw it, I'm staying up..

I can give my 9am communications class a miss yet still make it for Film Criticism at 2  ;D

They look thrilled  ;D

Lucky guy. I'm at the dentist (coincidence ?) at 10 a.m. CET, so I won't stay up all night and hope for youtube

Well i'm on my half term here in England so I can stay up neahh! ;D

So... the Grammy ceremony should start... 5 AM Central European Time???

The Boys behind Adele, come on!

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From 1:00:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIOv3zBNF5w

Not right... plus, they used a promo shot featuring Carl and Dennis... Come to think of it, that's kinda cool.

She''ll use up the entire row! ;D

 :lol :lol :lol

Sorry if I've missed this, but does anyone know the UK start time, and best way to watch. I've seen a few conflicting times. Think I'll brave it...

Wasn't this picture of the boys taken just after someone of the Mike-Al camp punched Carl in the nose ? Great omen !  ;D

I think it's 1am UK time..

I think they only way we can watch is through a stream, a bunch of them will be available once the show starts

Yeah, 1am - I can't count properly today for some reason.

You can stream it from the Grammy's site, which I believe is internationally available.

Brilliant thanks. Couple of hours sleep before hand!

"She''ll use up the entire row!"

Really? With a smiley face? Really? Grow up. This was the sort of thing that was considered funny back in 1962, but, hey, it isn't funny any more and never really was. I thought it was then because i was 12!.

She will be towards the front and on an aisle as she is up for, I think 6 awards. Makes for a faster turn-a-round if she wins.

4 hours!!

3 hours, right?  ??? Oh man... f*** you both, Mathematics and time zones. I'll start the stream early, just to be sure...

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I don't know, now I'm confused  ???

I'll just keep checking the stream

I'm sorry, it was only a joke I didn't mean to offend. :(


I know the Boys are the main focus but as a massive Beatles fan I hope this is true!

Steve Marinucci's web site is reporting a Paul & Ringo soundcheck this morning.

"Ringo Starr will be there, but presenting an award. Is it possible that something will happen during the show involving both of them?

The answer is yes. Sources tell us there might be a very nice surprise at the end of the show. We're hearing unconfirmed reports there may have even been a sound check on Saturday. We're also hearing Joe Walsh could be involved"


http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/sunday-s-grammy-awards-could-have-a-special-beatles-moment 

Slim, Lowbacca is from the continent so he's an hour ahead if I'm not mistaken?

Right, but shouldn't it be the same time span for any of us when communicating in real time?  :lol

Falls deutsche Fans mitlesen sollten: PRO7 zeigt die Grammys live ab 02:00!