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That was quick!

Cool! he looks great!! wonder what he is workin' on tho

Let's hope it's Pleasure Island.

New Beach Boys songs

He's finally getting around to recording Al's "Waves of Love".   :lol

There's this little hope inside of me, this little dream in the back of my mind, where Brian Wilson records one final undisputed masterpiece, Pleasure Island.

It's the same every night, as soon as I shut my eyes the dream starts the same way. I'm driving home, from where I don't know, a cd wrapped in glossy plastic reflects the bright summer sunlight on the seat beside me. I strain my eyes in repeated, but ultimately vain attempts to read the the title, but the the sun-glazed packaging is completely unyielding and I'm forced to anxiously speed along curious and uncontented.
Then suddenly I'm sitting on my couch, listening to some otherworldly music, weeping the whole while tears of unremitting joy. Behind me, vividly sits an open thread on the smileysmile.net message board: "Is Pleasure Island better than Pet Sounds?", and each night, just as I open my mouth, before an affirmation can slip from my tongue, I wake up, swimming in sweat pools and with a nervous feeling warmly smoldering my insides. Each night, when that moment comes, I always feel the same sense of apprehension, as if...as if I had just witnessed my own future

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The boys just keep giving..

I hope it's Beach Boys related and not for the Paul McCartney tribute album which............it probably is

Sure would be neat if he's finally working on the kick-ass Rock 'n' Roll album he's talked about years.  Not gettin' my hopes up though.....

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Cool pic.

I hope we see Pleasure Island someday, but from the track list visible in the piano pic it looks a lot closer to 15 Big Ones Part 2 than an undisputed masterpiece.

I'd still welcome it though.  :p

This just in: Picture is from a vocal session (backing tracks already recorded by Skunk Baxter and co.), produced by Mike Love, for his outstanding composition "Oh! Those Girls".  ;)

Where the hell is Brian recording? It looks like the bottom of the stairwell at my ex-girlfriend's apartment or something.

:lol I too have had these dreams, though far less frequently than you.

I propose that Smileysmile.net start a support group for those of us longing for this album to finally be recorded/released. Brian has teased us for far too long...and our fragile OCD-prone psyches can't take much more!!!

Yeah, background looks very 'basic 50's recording studio'-like.. somehow I doubt this is going to be a bigger BBs/BW project.

He looks younger in this picture, he must've had the doc work on his face a little too.

Brian's obviously recording new tracks for him to lipsync over during the British shows.

Guess our prayers helped! Look at him already back to work!  :)

The tour was obviously not a financial success, Brian appears to be recording in a motel

Updates from Facebook:

It's The McCartney tribute album.

Don't get your hopes up  :-\

Most likely, yeah. Or something of that sort. But we still have no confirmation on that, right?

...

Eh, another BW solo LP will be out in 2013 this way or another.

I'm guessing they're just touching up vocals for a live album or video from the tour...

I want Brian to do one more album... a mixture of Smile and TLOS... "Pleasure Island"

Rock and Roll, with a twist of pineapple and LSD.

Nope, those things are done quietly. They wouldn't promote it as "something's going on here...".   ;D




P.S. Recordings featuring Brian, Jeff and Darian are happening at Ocean Way, by the way.

I don't know, I think that's pretty exciting if that's the case.  I wonder which song he's recording.

Hoping it's Monkberry Moon Delight.

Back Seat of My Car would be pretty legit.

Brian doing Monkberry Moon Delight would be crazy!  :-D

If it is the Macca tribute, realistically it's probably either "She's Leaving Home" or "Let It Be", because those are 2 songs Brian has seemed to mention a bit. And I really don't have any desire to hear current day Brian singing those songs, regardless of how much of a fan of Sir Paul as I am.

I would prefer if this was ultimately for a Beach Boys album, but I just don't get the feeling that another one is gonna happen. And as crazy as it woulda sounded a year ago, it seems Brian wants to work more with the group, but Mike and tea bag Brucie apparently don't wanna do any more gosh darned new stuff! They wanna milk the hits! But whatever. Even though a new Beach Boys album sounds way more enticing than a new BW album to me, I'd happily listen to some new BW tunes any way I can get them.

THAT would be amazing.

Did Mike and Bruce say no to doing new stuff?

I'd like to hear Brian do Let Me Roll It.  8)

No, but it seems obvious to me that they are both much more comfortable in the scaled down half-assed version of The Beach Boys, and while I think Mike was happy to be back with Brian, I think he also realized he would rather have full control and just play the hits and not have to worry about compromise. I'm not a Mike hater by the way, but it was obvious from that Billboard interview he did from a view months ago, that as great as it is to have the group back in the public eye, I think it pains him to spend all this money on putting on these shows with Brian and whatnot, when he knows he can still sell as "The Beach Boys" without all the other guys and probably take home more money. I just don't see  a new album with the group happening if Mike and Bruce are gonna be touring as "The Beach Boys" all the time again. I mean, it'd be cool if once again Brian and co. laid down the tracks and whatnot and had the guys come in to work on stuff, but I just don't know if that's gonna happen in 2013.

Realistically, if Brian comes to Capitol (or anyone) with another solo album, you know the label will look at the respective chart positions of "Radio" and "Lucky Old Sun" and say "That's nice, but can you get the boys on there?"

Think Lindsey Buckingham and what became the last Fleetwood Mac album...

Cheers,
Jon Blum

I think you're coming to a falsely pessimistic conclusion - I don't think Mike is motivated first and foremost by money, I think he's just gotta be out on stage.  He's been doing it since he was a teenager and well, what else would he do?  Mike Love will be touring as the Beach Boys until he dies, because that's what Mike Love does.  Brian, on the other hand, likes vacations, resting, and working at his own pace.  I think we'll get another Beach Boys album; while Mike and Bruce are off touring, Brian will take a few months off, maybe write a few songs, think about going down to the studio once or twice maybe, and when he's got a new Beach Boys album worked out in a couple of years (and it will be a couple of years at least. Think about the gaps between Brian's solo albums, not to mention the fact that a normal release schedule for bands these days seems to be an album every few years) he'll call the guys and they'll get back together.  So yea, Mike and Bruce are going to go off touring, but I doubt any of them ever planned to jump right back into the studio as soon as the tour was over as if it was still 1965!  With patience, and a bit of luck, I think the boys may still have a lot to offer though, and I highly doubt that Mike would get in the way of a new album if Brian wants to do it.

Mike has stated that they *are* going to look at recording more of Brian's 'new' material and see where it goes.

Mike Love has done a lot of dumb things down the years but I've always had the impression that if Brian called him and said "Hey Mike, I've got these great songs I want you to hear"...that he'd be in a studio as soon as he could.

More comfortable or just realistic?

I`m sure that if Brian and his management had agreed to go out on dozens more dates that Mike and Bruce would have been happy to play in front of much larger audiences. However everyone has always said that the reunion tour could only run for a limited length of time so Mike presumably was left with the option of staying at home or continuing to use the name. There was never any chance that he would stay at home.

For me it's the other way around. I've enjoyed Brian's last couple of solo LPs way more than TWGMTR (which still is a neat album). I'm excited for anything new out of Brian's camp. Even if it means Brian doing his favourite songs from Spongebob Squarepants. Man, that'd be amazing!  :3d

NO MORE COVER ALBUMS FROM BRIAN.

I haven't hear anything about a McCartney tribute album, is Brian contributing one track? Hope it's a solo track and not a Beatles track...

Recording vocals for BRiAN WiLSON Presents NORBiT.

It was announced a couple of months ago. As usual on such tribute CDs Brian is going to cover a McCartney song. Anything else would be a surprise.

How I wish he would cover either 'Here There and Everywhere' or 'For No One'.

Maybe if he covered this?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJSztSTErus

He should snort some Adderall, dust off his Moog, and cover "Temporary Secretary" for 12 minutes as the album closer!

Setlist from 5/2/09: non hits highlighted.

1. Surfin’ Safari
2. Catch a Wave
3. Hawaii  
4. Little Honda
5. Do It Again
6. Surf City
7. Surfin’ USA
8. Surfer Girl
9. Don’t Worry Baby
10. Little Deuce Coupe
11. 409
12. Little Old Lady from Pasadena
13. Shut Down
14. I Get Around
15. Ballad of Ole Betsy  
16. Getcha Back
17. Darlin’
18. Be True To Your School
19. Heroes and Villains
20. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring  
21. In My Room
22. Cool Head, Warm Heart  
23. God Only Knows
24. California Girls
25. Then I Kissed Her
26. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
27. Why Do Fools Fall In Love  
28. California Dreamin’
29. Sloop John B.
30. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
31. Kokomo
32. Help Me Rhonda
33. Rock N Roll Music
34. Good Vibrations

Encore
35. Barbara Ann
36. Fun, Fun, Fun

Yeah, well, I'm personally looking very forward to Brian Wilson Reimagines Antichrist Superstar.

Brian Wilson - In The Key of Slayer

:lol


Even better...Brian Wilson Reimagines Tom Waits

Hay, that's my favorite Paul solo song. Don't u diss ;(

I know you were joking but there are quite a few Tom Waits songs that Brian could pull of really well: Briar and the Rose especially would sound great with Brian's voice.

Tom Waits songs' are great because he and his wife are a great songwriting partnership. You don't need gruffness in your voice to do a great Waits cover. I'll point to the Ramones version of I Don't Wanna Grow Up as an excellent example of a style so opposite to Tom's but where the strength in the song writing really shines through.

When he said "just play the hits", I don't think he meant that literally. Of course any set list is going to have a few songs that weren't mega sellers....That set list doesn't explore the depths of the Beach Boys legacy. It isn't adventurous. Maybe that'll change after this current tour. And anyway, (arguably), Catch A Wave is pretty recognisable as a Beach Boys tune.

Agreed.

TLOS was miles better than TWGMTR (and I LOVE TWGMTR).

Get Scott Bennett and Brian Wilson back to writing together again.

I would pick twgmtr 10/10 times over TLOS

I like both albums in question. As a whole, I'd take TLOS (hate those narratives though!). As far as highlights go, That's Why God.....'s are better.

Indeed: TWGMTR does have better highlights (the title song and PCH have become two of my favorite BBs songs)....however TLOS does have a much better flow.

The narratives used to annoy me, but now I can't listen to the album without them.

I wish Van Dyke would have done the narratives on the record. 

I'm glad he didn't.

Oh, I love the sh*t out of Tom's music. I was referring more to the fact that Brian solo sticks to somewhat 'safe' material.  Would be interesting as f***, though.

Tom Waits is a terrific "cinematic" songwriter, I could absolutely hear Brian tackling some of those tunes.  Think  past the gruff Waits delivery, and consider how movie-like many of Brian's productions have been.

Interesting example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vEBPYfy1GM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLW78828jwU

I'm not! That song, hell the whole album, is some weird (for McCartney) stuff. Good though! I think it's much more Smiley than his first solo album or Ram, and I dig that.

How about Brian Wilson's Appetite For Destruction? It would be awesome to hear Brian growl out "panties 'round your knees with your ass in debris".  ;D

+1

God no, cos only Foskett could sing as high as Axl....

Foskett Reimagines Guns & Roses.... Jesus.

Brian Wilson Reimagines W.A.S.P. His cover of "F**k Like A Beast" is going to be the single I hear  :lol

Brian Wilson Presents Brian Wilson in the Key of Disney, a 2013 rerecording of the 2011 album, Brian Wilson in the Key of Disney.

Brian Wilson Presents Strictly for my Niggaz

Brian and Jeff Foskett sing the Captain Beefheart songbook?

Hi

Just seen this http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,1672978

Is this true?

Yeah...it's all over this board.
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,14339.new.html#new

Brian Wilson Imagines Detox by Dr Dre, in anticipation of the release of Detox by Dr Dre.