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She posted on her Facebook page a month or two ago that she hopes to be backing touring with Brian again after the Beach Boys reunion tour.

This thread proving once again that it must be beneficial in some official circles to let speculation rule the narrative rather than simply reporting the actual story.

Whatever happened should just be told officially, because honestly the damned rumors and speculations may be more nasty than the actual story. Or perhaps not...let the PR folks decide that.

She had nice hair and I liked to look at her during the shows. Maybe I looked at her too much.

She tore it up on “Marcella” and “Your Imagination” and played some awesome triangle when needed.

She got when the getting was good. I wouldn’t have wanted to perform those dull Gershwin and Disney songs neither.

Rejoining after the Beach Boys reunion tour? I thought Brian was talking of retirement. And I think he should. At least from the road. There’s nothing more for him to accomplish out there.
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Yeah, those old timers like Brian should leave the performing on the road to Kanye West and One Direction and the cast of Glee, ya' know Brian just can't compete with the hot dance moves and pre-recorded tracks of today's musical superstars.

Should Mike and Bruce retire? How about Al? How about the next time the Who or Stones decide to tour and charge exorbitant ticket prices? How about BB King, he's gettin' too f*cking old, all BB does is plays the same blues tunes every show. How many more times can we sit through Mick Jagger singing Start Me Up? Daltrey's "YEEEAAAHHHHHHH!" and mic-swinging schtick is so tired by now, I mean why bother singing Won't Get Fooled Again" after 2012 if they decide to tour? Van Halen reunion tour...who wants to hear Eddie play Eruption or Cathedral again, he does it every show! What more can he accomplish, he should stay the f*ck home and donate the guitars to some museum.

Or tell it to Lou Reed after that debacle he had going with Metallica...or was that "edgy" because it's Lou Reed?

Rant over...adding this for clarity: ;D

Brian should retire after the BBs tour.

Maybe that's what eventually made him join the BBs fo the reunion. The amount of money he's going to make in 2012 might be enough to leave the road for good. He's never been 100% comfortable on tour (especially the greatest hits summer jobs), and while there where a lot of fine performances and entire tours that really rocked, in the end he did it for the money mostly. He said so in numerous interviews, and oftentimes seemed rather nervous when answering the "Do you (still) like touring?" question. I'd love to know him being busy doin' nothing for the rest of his life (maybe another studio album or two, if he's feeling inspired). Just sitting in front of his living room piano, banging the keys to some odd song he hears in his head, and playing with his kids/dogs. And if Mike, Al & Bruce are in the general area for a gig, pay them a visit. Cause Mike's going to be onstage in a wheelchair. That much we know for sure.

Name me an artist on tour who doesn't expect to get paid for performing. And I don't mean carrying an acoustic guitar to a coffee house open-mic night.

Not the being paid is the crucial factor here (obviously that's what being a professionel musician is all about, if anyone knows this it's Brian Wilson), but the enjoying/bearing working for it.

Without actually knowing Brian Wilson or being a part of his life, we as fans assume a lot of things based on isolated interviews, comments, etc. which taken as a whole represent a miniscule part of the man's life. If the statement made in the original post was "he did it for the money mostly", the question again is who doesn't as a matter of practicality? And suggesting that he's *not* enjoying it may be accurate but it brings up the issue of who does enjoy being on the road versus who is doing it strictly for the money? I'd suggest those union musicians who play in pit orchestras on Broadway or in Vegas and play the exact same parts of the exact same arrangements up to three times a day depending on the show's schedule might love being musicians and love playing music as a living but at some points they might get tired of doing it or stop loving the act of doing that exact show, or have a string of bad shows...and if you ask them if they like the road at those times, they might say "No."

Brian should retire after the BBs tour.

Dude everything I wrote is about what I imagine might be a good thing for a musician and human being I admire. That's what fans do. That's among the things discussed on a message board. Everything else I introduced with "maybe". I didn't assume anything, I stated a possibility. There's difference.
(It's really hard not to get sarcastic with you.)

Likewise. Putting a picture of Brian sitting on a chair at Dodger Stadium was a nice touch of sarcasm, totally unnecessary unless you wanted to say something without just saying it.

And remember that fans have little or no actual knowledge of the people they're fans of, apart from what they see in the media or in performance. Those fans that think they do are fooling themselves.

For f*ck's sake people, chill out. This extreme negativity for the past few months needs to stop. WE HAVE A NEW BEACH BOYS ALBUM ON THE VERGE OF COMING OUT, yet all we do now is argue?!

Yep, that's all I do is argue here, thanks Billy C.

For f*ck's sake people, chill out. This extreme negativity for the past few months needs to stop. WE HAVE A NEW BEACH BOYS ALBUM ON THE VERGE OF COMING OUT, yet all we do now is argue?!

I think the Lion's trying to eat the Zebra, though.  So this is kind of passive agressive. 

Was the Hines/Lizik thing ever actually addressed or is that in the speculation realm as well?

Was the Hines/Lizik thing ever actually addressed or is that in the speculation realm as well?