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This happened last night. It was pretty a good interview. Highlights were Brian having a bit of a sing and talking about making another song (cant remember that it was) as big as Kokomo and Mike Love doing some sort of physical feat of strength at the end.
Trying to find the video of it now.

Oh?!  ???

Please do! There's so many interviews coming out of nowhere it's hard to keep up!  :3d

I don't think there is anything to get too excited about there... he was singing what seemed like a traditional song (i think) that he said he wanted to do a version of that could be as big as Kokomo. Kinda like another Shortenin' Bread. I could be wrong. The main thing was that Brian was very present and awake for a moment there singing and clicking away. Mike joined in for a bit too.

I think it was 'Honeycomb' by Jimmie Rodgers, Brian was extremely enthusiastic about it :lol. I would love if Brian could be given the artistic freedom to go in the studio and do songs like that, he sounded really engaged with the prospect of it and I don't doubt that if he had his way it'd sound a little more inspired and 'Brian Wilson' than some of the other things he's been doing recently. I thought the interview was pretty good, but they definitely gave too much weight to the early fun in the sun image of the boys. Oh, and I must say, it was very satisfying hearing All I Wanna Do being broadcast on national television!

Sweet!!!

I could totally hear Al singing that song!  8)

Didn't Brian do a recording of that before with Sping or some other act?

Now i'm getting excited for another record!

Yep. Unreleased Spring Recording.

Oh hell yes. Glad to see Brian is also stoked for Centipede Hz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCK03Po10iE

Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1COvHKzHs

;D

Now I want a Beach Boys/Animal Collective collaboration.

Brian looks like he's about to have a goshdarn heart attack in that wee backstage bit.

This is a great piece, btw. MIKE LOVE DOES HIS OWN STUNTS!

Bruce is hilarious

As I'm always saying, just make sure the interviewer is a pretty girl and Brian is gonna talk!  :lol


And the end was fantastic!  :bow

Nice! Thanks for posting. About to check this out

Good interview except Al didn't have a chance to speak and no mention of Carl. What Mike did at the end was  :o :o :o

Right -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xOkiO1TdX0

I never really liked that song and still don't listen to it very often. Does that mean Brian thinks about doing another 15 Big Ones ? I hope not....

Bruce, from "surfing Doris Days" to "surfing Disney land"  :3d

Boy, would like to see Mick Jagger try Mike's move in the end. Unless he's too chickenshit to try it.

Re. Honeycomb, I'm all for it. There's a bunch of unearthed -and apparently very cool- BW covers from like 2008-9. If he tries the same with the group, I know I'll buy it. But then, I bought Symphonic Sounds, so what do I know.

but that was only 12 minutes! where's the other 48?

I have to say that Brian's summation of what drug-taking did for/to him was the most succinct, objective and, apparently, honest response I've ever heard him give on the subject.

That was great! Mike doing "The Monkey!"

I would sacrifice goats for an airing of "The Monkey's Uncle" just once. If Annette can't do it, hell, Taylor Mills. Or Brian can sing it to add even more disturbing implications.

Yeah, me too. It's not an obvious song I would think of Brian to do, but I bet his arrangement would be really cool.

Maybe my favorite interview of the tour.

God Bless The Beach Boys.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Put a beautiful woman in front of Brian and you won't be able to shut him up

He needs to do that move on stage! Rock on Mike  :rock

Damn, Mike's got old man power. Inspiring stuff. I thought he looked pretty jacked at the Central Park concert.

Is it just me or does anyone else find the crowd shots in that live footage to be pretty awful?  If those are the kind of crowd reactions they have to work with---I say, keep the cameras OFF the crowd on any live DVD release!  Hopefully they can balance out the crowd shots with the full range of fans of different ages and not just the baby boomers in the crowd doing the twist to every song.

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1COvHKzHs

I agree. Those crowds give a whole new perspective to our endless discussions on setlist.

I don't think Brian has ever heard of or cares about AC, as much as i think they are great, Brian is just out of their league. He rather do 'Be My Baby' or more shortening bread rock n'roll, not indie Sunflower music.

They're so old!  They need to have buses after the concerts to tote those old folks to the ice floes. 

I'm hoping it's just that the 60 Minutes camera guys aren't used to filming a concert since they're mainly a news program.  Still though, they could've at least refocused the attention to the different types of fans out in the crowd.  It looked like they were playing at a retirement home during the 1pm lunch break after that morning's Bingo game. 

Paul McCartney puts out some great concert DVDs because they really capture the emotional connnection between the audience and him on stage.  Although the crowd shots can be a little over-bearing and on the generous side...you still walk away knowing just how much Paul's music means to his fans.  The same must be done with the Beach Boys.  Their music is just as powerful, important and moving to fans--there's no reason why the live document of this tour should unfairly strip away all that emotion.

Paul McCartney also uses audience plants for his crowd shots.  Attractive young people, especially young women, get free seat upgrades towards the front when he films shows.  He's not the only act that does that.  That would be creepy if the Beach Boys did that.  I'm sure it varies by venue whether they get many young people.  Considering they chose Florida to film for one of their TV specials I'd bet the crowd skews old there.  The program may have been given footage from that St. Augustine concert.  Lots of snowbirds and retired people in a city like St. Augustine.

Excellent piece. thanks for providing it.

Now how many of you got down on the floor and tried that thing Mike did at the end?

I did.

And failed.

 :old

Great piece. Thanks for the link.

I'm a little uncomfortable with the ageism goin' on around here. When they put it all together on the DVD, it'll be fine. Some quick multi generational interviews - akin to the BWPS DVD.