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What does that mean they will join with Maroon 5 and that other band ?

It means they will join with Maroon 5 and Foster the People for a song or medley.  Typical Grammy cheese.








I'll still watch it.  I'm from Wisconsin.  I love cheese.

Foster The People, are they from Foster's Freeze, maybe? ;)

Foster the people actually aren't too bad a band to be squeezed into a grammy cheese event.
Their hit song from last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oLzX0RPquk

It'll be interesting to see what they're going to do together.  Will it be a medley of Beach Boys hits performed by all three bands (individually? together?)?  Will it be each band doing their own songs in some sort of Frankenstein medley?  As usual, I can't make too much sense of these three particular groups performing together.  Is it because all three groups are 'pop' groups?  Who thinks up stuff like this?

Oh no

just a wee flutter by of butterflies, with a side dish of oh my. In other words, a wee bit more worried than before. Luckily I've had no TV connection since last September, so I can hear about it first and optionally Youtube it later. on the face of it, this doesn't sound good to me

Oh no, I despise Maroon 5. I hope they are off in the back in the shadows. I don't get them being in this pairing.

The pairing with Foster the People ("that other band" with a song that has 64,000,000+ views on youtube which got to #3 on the Billboard top 100 with a #8 top 200 debut album) will be interesting. They are an indie band who uses a lot of electronics, but have turned their songs into acoustics also. Mark Foster is a huge fan of Brian and Pet Sounds, so I can see them bowing to whatever the Boys want to do.

Maroon 5, though? Ugh. I'm sickened.

If it's like last year's show (which teamed Bob Dylan with Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers), the newer bands will each get a song and the Beach Boys will join everyone for a classic hit.

Oh well, it was always a possibility. At least someone has confirmed the group.....

*resists urge to howl 'MAROON 5? ARE YOU JOKING?' at the moon*

This can't come as a big surprise. Pairing old over-the-hill acts with newer more relevant acts is what the Grammys usually does, i.e. their modus operandi.  Foster the People are a very good modern pop band and Maroon 5 does some OK stuff too, e.g. Little Of Your Time and Sunday Morning. I think Adam Levine is a great singer and performer though I confess I don't like everything Maroon 5 does. All three groups were formed in the Los Angeles area. I say, if their point is to introduce the Beach Boys to a new generation, then this pairing does more to help The Beach Boys image than hurt it.

As much as I HATE Maroon 5, I could die a happy man if they were to perform "Moves Like Jagger" with Mike doing his cod Mick Jagger dance moves on stage.

Aaah...  crap.

Seeing Maroon 5 and Foster the People as performing with the BB, I can only say that I closed my eyes and I have already seen how this predictable and lame performance is going to sound... Watch out for a bland performance of (probably) "Surfing U.S.A.".  :'(

This kind of ruins it for me. Please leave the mediocre bands in the audience NOT on stage with the legends.

Me too man. Maybe Mike Love will do some dance moves during moves like Jagger in a Turban  :lol

There's at least one more perfect example of pairing the old with the new this year with Glen Campbell appearing with Blake Shelton and The Band Perry.

Sure wish the old-timers could get their few moments of recognition by themselves, but it's clear that the Grammys, the Super Bowl show, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
are all geared toward the younger viewers. Guess we have to be content with getting to see them at all.

Never heard of them. I don't care for Youtube-stats but if they are good, then I mght check them out.

I like much of Maroon 5's stuff. I hate "Move like Jagger". But something like "Won't go home without you" has a certain Beach Boy-vibe to it imo.
I hope that this is the only collaboration kind of thing for the 50h ann. celebration. I could live with that.

Maybe the bands will do an opening medley. Foster the people play a song, then Maroon 5 and then the Beach Boys come on or something to that effect. Of course our boys have to be the headliner so to speak.




EDIT:
Just youtubed Foster The People and I have heard "Pump...." before. Kinda liked it's "old" sound but I thought the singing was not harmonious enough.

I just think FTP will be a good compliment being as their leader and song writer is a Beach Boy fanboy.

I, like you, don't care for youtube stats either, just thought it was mentionable that it had 64M hits. #3 Billboard top 100 song and #8 Billboard top 200 album means something, though, especially for the debut of an indie band.

This is their best three song stretch on the album for me, give it a listen (or not ;) ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEVzpdOlVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIfNyBmZ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHXXZP2L7w

Adam Levine has the potential to sing, competently, any Beach Boys song. 


Just sayin'. 

I'd like to, but youtube won't let me watch it here in Germany. I'll keep my ears open though for Foster the people.

I'm gonna be childish here and say this ruins the entire purpose of the reunion.

IT'S A FREAKING REUNION OF A BAND. NOT BAND(S)

alright

This is what the Grammys are like, folks. Has nothing to do with the band's decisions -- BOB DYLAN had to appear with younger acts to perform live at the show last year. Wrap your head around that. An undeniable icon like Dylan was still forced to perform as part of a larger group.


Heh.

Dylan's acts were billed as a "Tribute to folk" or something like that.....it wasn't too bad of a version of Maggie's Farm. I get that its their format to do this multiband thing. I just figured the whole Beach Boys reuniting thing might get them their own spot. Picking up where Stars & Stripes left off I guess...

Oh, sorry, I'll give you the names of the songs: Waste, I Would Do Anything for You, and Houdini. The album is Torches.

In the end, though, I wish it was just the BBs themselves.

Well, as stated by many people here, I don't think most people ever thought the Beach Boys broke up. Especially given that Mike and Bruce have been playing hard and consistently over the past 14 years. So the notion of a "reunion" doesn't carry as much weight -- it's still cool, but it's more along the lines of "Brian Wilson and this strange elf rejoin the Beach Boys."

I somewhat doubt it will be like Stars and Stripes. I'd bet you get lead vocals from the Boys.

 "old over-the-hill acts"...like Maroon 5?

except for unanticipated moments, the grammies have tended to be, well, "below par," shall we say. the dylan pairing was ok. But to say that he was "forced" to do this might be a bit overstated, however. the real issue for me is: Maroon 5??? fleet foxes maybe, or some other oddity, but, well, maybe i haven't "studied" maroon 5's oeuvre well enough. . .

This is disappointing. I can't stand Maroon 5. Their lead singer has a voice that I can't stand.

Isn't he the guy from that dumb game show?

I'm going to take a positive spin on this and say this will be great for younger audiences who will experience the Beach Boys, hopefully, in a new way.  It exposes them to a broader audience. Yeah, I despise Maroon 5, I'm alright with Foster the People though.  In all reality however, I guess this was always going to happen, and here we were thinking they would play three songs  :-[

For f*cks sake. >:(

Yes he is. One of my most hated vocalists.

I'd like for everybody to explain exactly what year they all stopped liking Maroon 5.  You know you all loved them when nobody had heard of them, like Foster The People, but once they moved into, oh, legend status (they're basically looked at like their legends already, because every album sells huge), everybody stopped liking them.

So, let me know when you stopped liking Maroon 5, and when you'll stop liking Foster the People. 

BTW, if Foster the People continues to be a half-assed rock band and never really makes it huge, will it be alright for me to still like them as much as I do now?

I'm trying to understand the whole "I HATE THEM" timeline, I don't know when it's cool to stop liking a band.  I realize there's a direct correlation between record sales, and uncoolness, but I'm not in touch with it.  For instance the Boys biggest single was Kokomo, and that's the song their 'fans' (ahem) hate the most. 

Somebody break it down for me: I'm not naturally inclined to hate bands I used to like. 

Tons of people disliked Maroon 5 from the start. Just because a few million buy their records, it doesn't mean there aren't millions that know of and vehemently hate them from the first time they've heard one of their singles. Count me in that category.

Foster The People isn't an awful band and "Pumped Up Kicks" is a solid single. I honestly doubt they have anymore interesting songs under the belt to remain much of a presence on the mainstream music radar.

Ah, see, but that's not how I remember it, Kokomo.  When Maroon 5 came out, every motherfucker I knew thought they were great.  Now everyone of you guys is like "Oh, i don't like them, that's chick music".  I think you're just pissed that you know he can pull off singing "I Get Around' and you can't.
 
Foster the People are really cool.  I agree.  They're almost as cool as Maroon 5. 

Of course, since by definition you're too cool to enjoy anything that's mainstream, you'll soon turn on Foster the People too. 

It is a strange phenomenon, isn't it? But so, so true. ;)

To be honest, I couldn't even name one tune by them.

The hilarious thing about it is, they think they're being intelligent or thinking on their own to do that, but they ALL do it!  I've got more respect for 15 year old chicks in high school who like justin Bieber than I do for the so called educated music fans who are so fickle about what they'll admit liking. 

I can honestly say I never liked Maroon 5. As I said before, I can't stand the guys voice. If I did like them or had at one point, I"d have no problem admitting it.

I don't believe you. 

Are you newguy's dad or something? He's allowed not to like Maroon 5.

Maroon 5, to me, are one of those crappy bands who were fortunate enough to get signed back when record labels had enough power/money/pull to push them relentlessly to where they could get heavy airplay, video rotation, buzz, which could pay off handsomely via momentum until people either got sick of them or realized how badly they sucked.

Maroon 5 typify such phenomena. Plus, they also got a weird foothold (curiosity-wise at least) by indie/hipster kids because at least two of the guys look/dress like hipsters, so at least some people (myself included) assumed they were that sort of band and gave them a chance.

But they suck bad and the singer has an irritating voice that is the polar opposite of The Beach Boys beauty. But girls like him because he's hot so he gets to be up there singing with them. Yeah, life is fair.

I'm going to pass. The last time I sat through a Grammy show was in 1985. I had tickets (in the nose bleed section) and I got to go to the parties afterward, so it was worth it.

I'll read all about it here. And look for the clip.

You know, you'd think an outfit like The Grammys could get their facts correct.

In the very first sentence of the press release, they state: "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 ..."

Of course, those five have NEVER performed togther. David was long gone by the time Bruce joined in 1965, and 32 years later (1997) David re-joined a full year after Brian had last played with the group.

But perhaps they're discounting David and just referring to the last time the performing Beach Boys included Brian and Alan in addition to Mike and Bruce. If that's the case, they're still wrong! It's only been 15 years since those four performed together live, not the "more than two decades" cited in the press release. According to AGD's website (and I have no reason to doubt his excellent trove of data), Brian last performed with Mike, Bruce & Alan at two shows at The Navy Pier in Chicago on Sept. 8, 1996.

Good Lord, Grammy guys and gals, get it right!

If there was any justice in this world, Adam Marsland and his band would be up there with The Beach Boys

Hey, that bass line is eerily similar to Don't Worry Baby's, it'd be too easy to mash those two up. /speculation

I'll tell you when I started to hate them.  2010, Hands All Over. They sold out from being a somewhat decent, catchy, pop/rock/indie group that I enjoyed to creating mainstream, garbage pop songs like Misery and Moves Like Jagger. Just complete sell outs.  

I even read an interview Levine did before their big tour they did this past summer, and he even said that because they're not a well respected indie group, they can do stadium sized tours and perform any sort of garbage they like.  The interview was in Rolling Stone by the way.  It's just a game to them, where as long as records are sold and the cash is flowing, they really could care less about the quality of their music.

That's when I started hating them.

Maroon 5 has always sucked. They're like a black hole of sucking that just keeps sucking in more suck and growing constantly suckier. That song about moving like Jagger is such sh*t. I didn't even know it was Maroon 5 for the longest time I thought it was some new crapadelic dance group.

That Maroon 5 douchebag doesn't even have the moves of the Lovester!

Some idiotic and desperate record company guy thought this up, no doubt.

BUT, I don't blame the Beach Boys for going along with it.

I couldn't care less who shares the stage with the Beach Boys; the fact that the band is going to be making *any* appearance at all is good enough.  For those of you who are expecting half the show to be dedicated to the Beach Boys, please return back to Earth.  The Boys will get a few minutes tops of airtime.  That's better than nothing.  And I strongly doubt they'll be playing anything more obscure than "Help Me, Rhonda". 

Like everyone, I was hoping that they would get a solo slot, but since this is standard Grammy protocol, I'm not overly surprised.

As for the bands joining them, I actually kinda like Maroon 5 (his voice doesn't bug me, although I can see how it might annoy others).  I can't stand "Pumped Up Kicks," it's one of those songs that just grates on me.  Granted, I haven't heard any of their other tunes though, so I'll withhold judgment on them.

At the end of the day, I think that the whole thing will work out alright - each band does a bit of one of their own songs, then they all join in for a Beach Boys classic, or possibly a medley.  I'm still psyched, even if it wasn't what I originally hoped for.

cool

This gives me a SLIGHT hope that they might do more than one song.  Probably two songs:  one all by themselves, giving them the spotlight and then the second with the guests coming on stage to join them. 

Yeah, "Pumped Up Kicks" is insanely catchy.  I kinda like it though.  T'would be interesting if they performed that on stage with the Beach Boys adding to the harmonies.  That could be potentially cool.  

I could see pumped up the kicks drum beat morphing into Do it again

Hey now yer talkin'...that'd be neat!  :-)

Eh. Let's see what it's like. I think allowing any one TV performance to "set a bad scene" for a year full of recording and touring is taking it a little far.

There will be a lot of historic live performances to come. There will be more TV this year (most likely a special). Who know what the future holds?

I liked the singles from the first Maroon 5 album...even though they sounded like an MOR version of Jamiroquai.

https://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/fosterthepeople

Awesome response on their FB page!!! Wow

alright

I feel you. But I've let most of that go. It's one of the reasons I prefer BW solo -- it's a more clear-cut scene, generally. But it's also true that the BBs-with-guest-stars model has been par for the course with the group for the last 27 years or so. No reason for it to change now.

Think of it this way: 2011 was for the arty folks in the band. BW got to be the main guy behind the Smile Sessions release. He got to bask in plaudits. Now it's Mike's turn to claim the hitmaking, populist side of the band's legacy.

Could you tell us what they said? Believe it or not, everybody isn't on Facebook (like me for instance).

Foster The People will be performing with The Beach Boys on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
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Yay! I can't wait!!! My heart is pumping !!!!
Dreams come true Mark! So happy for u guys and i'll be catching you guys live on tv from malaysia!!! ♥ ♥
Great for them! I know FTP are Beach Boy fans :)
Wow! That is just too cool. You get to play with the band that started it all for you, and at the Grammy's. What a culmination
Congo Guys..i knw how much u love the beach boys!!! awesome....!!!
the best collaboration i love both of them cant wait ♥
Omg thats awsome Two of my favorite groups of all time! I always said Foster The People remind me of The Beach Boys!!!!

And that is exactly why I haven't been all that warm to the reunion.  Most particularly a new album.  What's the first order of business for a new album?  Why, re-record one of their old songs, "Do It Again"!  :-\  And when the best singer in your band is Al Jardine, well, that doesn't particularly bode too well.  And as mentioned, the Beach Boys as a group have made one too many stupid career decisions (specifically beginning in the 1980's and well into the 90's); why would they change?

That all being said, I find for me the best way to look at this reunion is with absolutely no expectations.  That actually has helped me look more forward to these guys getting back together.  Will it be great or will it be a train wreck?  Let's find out!

Hear, hear. I think the day the reunion was announced, I said, expect the worst and hope for the best. And that's what I'm doing. This was criticized by some as being insufficiently grateful, but it's the only way I've been able to get through the last couple of months without pulling my hair out.

We Brits have on the whole, I think it's fair to say, not a f*cking clue who these adoptive maroon people are.

Am I speaking for the UK majority, chaps? Or am I just an old Carr who should tune into these Grammies every week?

You may not believe me either when I say that I have never liked Maroon5 either.

As for FTP, I do remember Pumped Up Kicks catching my attention at the gym and at an Applebees, and it was enough for me to look it up online later.  Not quite enough to make me buy it, but it did stir up some interest.

As for the 3 bands performing together...I don't like it, but  there is nothing we can do about it.  I'm going to try to make the best of it...

I've always hated Maroon 5 and have honestly not heard of Foster The People. But oddly enough I'm still hip because I'm into this obscure group called The Beach Boys - has anybody else heard of them?  ::)

Maybe they all will do Beach Boys songs. Something like: Foster the People  I Get Around, Maroon 5 Don't Worry Baby and the Boys Do It Again or some surprise new song.

Regardless of your opinions of Maroon 5, etc., one needs to understand what a major score this is for the group. Let's put aside the nominations special snafu in which the Grammys VERY EASILY could've not given the band a second chance and told them to sort out their bulls hit politics on their own time (and dime). As it is they are giving the group a key, PRIME spot -- and although it's only for a matter of minutes, and with the obligatory Grammy guest star schtick -- this is massive exposure to reintroduce the "brand." It's not as though the Beach Boys have any history with the Grammys -- save for the all but forgotten Lifetime Achievement -- they're invisible to Naras. So, for all intents and purposes, a shed/theater/county fair "oldies" act to get this amount of exposure to publicize a tour/reunion LP is a gift from the gods. As always, it's theirs to blow, but -- on paper at least -- there is nothing to scoff about. Judging from the quality of the "Do It Again" remake, the inclusion of David, and scoring a spot on the Grammys alongside McCartney and Springsteen proves that things are moving forward in a good way for once. It means that someone is doing their job properly.

Yap. Seems they got good management for the whole reunion thing. Everything's going well.

Plus, the rehearsal photo indicates that there might be a part of their Grammy appearance with only the BBs performing. Maybe Maroon5 and Foster the People are joining them after DIA/GV?

I looked up a few videos from Maroon 5 on youtube. As Jar Jar Binks would say, "PEEEEE YU SA!!!'

Bland music with an annoyingly pretentious singer.

I like Foster the People ok. Their big song is good (Pumped Up Kicks)... a few other good songs on their album but on the whole they sound like a one hit wonder band.

Me thinks I will be sticking with THE WALKING DEAD Sunday night and just check the BB out on the internet Monday morning.

As the FTP fansite notes, and in interviews, Mark Foster is a BIG Brian fan - and Smile fan too.  So this will be a good match-up.

Listen to his "Helena Beat", he does the Brian falsetto "swoops" at the end, and could easily join Jeff on the high parts on IGA.

A third song his that has charted is "Don't Stop", which has been used in car commercials too.  Will they be a one-album wonder?  Maybe, but to have three tracks off your debut take off is no small feat.

And you Brits can't claim ignorance.  When we were visting London earlier this past summer I first heard "Pumped Up Kicks" in the store, and promptly predicted to my daughter she'd hear it on the radio.  She did, on Radio One, the next day.  And of course lots more back in the USA.

True. I thought Radiohead was going to be a one hit wonder.  :lol

Check this out, foster the people taking about Brian a few months back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0g4LXraQRs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0g4LXraQRs)

Ah cool. At least that one guy seems to be a fan.

Spinning their LP as I post...

there we go.  let's hope !

The good thing is that guy (Mark Foster) is the main writer and lead vocalist for the band.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.  I liked the first big single...thought it sounded sort of like Jamiroquai and/or third gen Stevie Wonder.  Have never liked anything they've done since, nor the decision to try to make the singer into some sort of sex symbol.

As for pairing them with the BBs reunion, what can I say that hasn't already been said.  I'm so disappointed. 

Bob Eubanks??

I thought Maroon 5 was some type of cookie with coconuts?

horrible

I'd rather have James Blunt  than Maroon 5........

Hey, it could've been Train!  ???

.. or Slayer  :-D

CHECK THIS OUT! (not to steal the other guy's thunder from the other thread, but I just had to post this somewhere else!) All credit goes to tony p for finding this!

Good Vibrations AND Surfer Girl!

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/The+Beach+Boys+rehearse+for+their+Grammy+appearance/G3345

WOW

Surfer Girl, hmmm, interesting choice

Dude, you're still waiting for the SMiLE SESSIONS?

Actually, the gallery said a medley of their songs. It did specify SG and Good Vibes, but it didn't say they would be the only songs in the performances. I would expect at least one or two more in there.

  :lol

I really should change that

Yeah I'm expecting three - "Good Vibrations" should be awesome, with all those voices available to cover the different parts.  And love him or hate him, but Adam Levine can probably do a killer "Surfer Girl" lead.

no probs Zach. Certianly not stealing my thunder. Im just happy to share with the board whatever info i may find. Speaking of which:

The Beach Boys, flanked by Foster the People and Maroon 5's Adam Levine, are pouring on the harmonies in a rousing run-through of Good Vibrations. After years strained by acrimony and lawsuits, the iconic surf-pop band is having fun, fun, fun.

Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston are at a CenterStaging studio rehearsing for a pivotal performance, their first with Wilson in more than two decades.

The medley, which includes Beach Boys covers Wouldn't It Be Nice by Foster and Surfer Girl by Maroon 5, is shaping up to be a peak moment at Sunday's Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m. ET/tape delay PT) and a high-profile launch of the band's 50th-anniversary docket.

Wilson, 69, confesses to Grammy butterflies but adds, "It's a happy feeling. We all sound good. The songs are as fresh as the day they were made."

The Beach Boys never won a Grammy (Vibrations lost to the Mamas and the Papas' Monday, Monday, among others, in 1966), nor have they played on the telecast.

No hard feelings, says Love, 70. "It's great that we're regarded highly enough by the powers that be at the Grammys that they want us on the show," he says, relating how a recent re-recording of Do It Again at Capitol Records set the reunion in motion. "Brian told me, 'You sound pretty good for a 70-year-old guy.' It's what we've done all our lives. It's a fantastic milestone, 50 years. The beauty of it is that the songs Brian and I created will outlive us."

The reconciliation "was inevitable, in spite of rumors to the contrary," says Jardine, 69. "There's a tendency for bands to fall apart, but if we can get back together and do it again, anybody can, even in this economy. People need hope and a way out of all this despair. We can bring good vibrations to everybody."

Expect no shortage of drama, entertainment, pop royalty or signature "Grammy moments" of unusual combos during the 3½-hour musical marathon.

The Beach Boys' return is among the biggest attractions in a revue of roughly 22 songs in 18 production numbers that spotlight Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Coldplay and Glen Campbell.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/story/2012-02-09/beach-boys-grammy-performances/53033838/1

Not trying to start a Mike bashing, but why in the world has he to mention this in every interview he gives ? At first it was "Not bad for a 70 year old" then "How can a 70 year old sound so good" then something else and then above quote. It's not that important to know, is it ? 

"Good Vibrations" didn't lose a Grammy to "Monday, Monday" in '66; it lost to "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band (astonishingly, the other losers were "Monday, Monday", "Eleanor Rigby" and "The Sound of Silence").

Winchester cathedral is a terrible novelty song.

Because other than us hardcore fans, no one reads two articles on the same subject.

I think the Grammy voting panel heard a manipulated voice made to sound like a 20's recording and associated that with technical innovation and something "new". When in reality, "Good Vibrations" was actually that kind of record that freaked everyone out, rewriting the rules of making a 45rpm, and a case could be made that Eleanor Rigby changed the way string quartets and strings in general would sound on a pop record by the way Emerick close-mic'ed and recorded them.

I always pictured some tripped-out Broadway spectacle where folks like Carol Channing and Ethel Merman would join Fred Astaire for some kind of top hat and cane performance on Hollywood Palace, doing "Winchester Cathedral" to appeal to "the kids" watching the show. With the June Taylor Dancers, of course. ;D

But it has nothing to do with the Grammies, which is the content of the interview. It just is so out of context

Al was quoted as saying BB gettin back together to spread Good Vibrations. in these times of despair..OK. I better get down to the local Freeway offramp with a sign that says will work for BB tickets.! LOL.!