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If Brian/Al/David/Blondie continued after this year's successful tour, but without the joint billing with Jeff Beck, what 40-45 song setlist would you like to see?

Off the top of my head, here's mine:

1. Funky Pretty (with all 4 trading leads)
2. This Whole World
3. California Girls
4. Darlin'
5. I Can Hear Music
6. California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a) (Al on full lead)
7. Here She Comes
8. Do It Again
9. Sloop John B (Al lead)
10. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
11. Add Some Music To Your Day
12. Your Imagination
13. Good Kind Of Love
14. Orange Crate Art
15. Sail Away
16. Sail On Sailor
17. Bye Bye Babe
18. California Dreamin'
19. Then I Kissed Her
20. Catch A Wave
21. Hawaii (David)
22. Marcella

Intermission (if necessary)

23. Heroes & Villains (1973 In Concert arrangement with Al on lead)
24. Surf's Up
25. Til I Die
26. Lookin At Tomorrow
27. Little Bird (David)
28. All This Is That
29. Please Let Me Wonder
30. You Still Believe In Me
31. Midnight's Another Day
32. God Only Knows
33. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Al)
34. Honkin Down The Highway (Al)
35. Summertime Blues (David)
36. Do You Wanna Dance
37. Dance Dance Dance
38. Wild Honey (Blondie - MIC live arrangement)
39. Rock And Roll Music (Al or David)
40. Good Vibrations
41. Surfin' USA

Encore:
42. Barbara Ann
43. I Get Around
44. Fun Fun Fun
45. Love & Mercy

Other possibilities: Good Timin', Lookin Down The Coast, Lady Lynda/Little Lady, Little Deuce Coupe, Shut Down, California Feeling, a lot of Brian Wilson solo stuff, Big Wave, etc.

The whole damn Wild Honey album.  With some Love You material thrown in, whether Foskett likes it or not.  Let Blondie sing the two songs he did this year and add "Leaving This Town" and "He Come Down".  And what the hell, "Carry Me Home".

All of Wild Honey would be such fun... and pretty damn short so you could cram in lots of other stuff and yer basic slab of da hits.

Here's something not too stressful that can mutate as the tour continues:

Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
California Girls
Catch a Wave
Hawaii
Dance, Dance, Dance
In My Room
Surfer Girl
Please Let Me Wonder
Then I Kissed Her
Don't Worry Baby
Old Man River/Cotton Fields
Little Bird
Do it Again
Summertime Blues
Do You Wanna Dance?
Run, James, Run (if it sucks, replaces it with car song #53435435)
I Get Around

Set 2
Our Prayer
Heroes and Villains
Vega-tables (Al lead)
Goin' Home
God Only Knows
California Saga: California
Sail On, Sailor (enter Blondie)
Wild Honey
A Mess of Help to Stand Alone
Honkin' Down the Highway
Marcella
Right Time or Guess You Had to Be There, ie: another new song from the album.
Pet Sounds
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Sloop John B
Good Vibrations

Surfin' USA
Fun, Fun, Fun/Rhapsody in Blue/Shortnin' Bread
Summer's Gone

Then start swapping songs out and sprinkle in stuff like You're So Good to Me, Forever, Here Today, Your Imagination, Custom Machine, Our Car Club, Take Good Care of Your Feet, Johnny B Goode, Darlin', Monster Mash, Til I Die, Kiss Me Baby, Add Some Music, Southern California, Lay Down Burden, Caroline, No -- keep it fresh and fun for the band and distribute lots of leads around.

How could I forget Cotttonfields??  That's what I get for going off the top of my head...

I really hope they do continue as this tour (and the setlist) seems to have gotten better and better.

The most important thing for me would be more Al songs. Honkin Down the Highway, Then I Kissed Her, Cottonfields, California Saga, Lookin at Tomorrow etc.

I really hope they do this. The hourlong sets this fall were way too short. The grouping has real promise, especially with Blondie. Although you begin to have the wall-of-guitars issue onstage again ...  ;D

Don't know if I can put a whole set together on the spot...but some songs I'd like to hear that I didn't, that I probably would have if Jeff Beck hadn't been there are...

Girl Don't Tell Me
In My Room
Surfer Girl
Please Let Me Wonder
Then I kissed Her
Breakaway
California Saga
Darlin'
Summer's Gone

...and those are just from looking at the shows from this summer!

I'd be picking about 4 songs from the new album, maybe more if Beck joins the group again.

I could see Blondie doing a great lead vocal for "Let Us Go On This Way."

Wouldn't It Be Nice
This Whole World
Friends
Surfer Girl
Breakaway
Help Me, Rhonda (Al)
Do You Wanna Dance
She Knows Me Too Well (Jeff)
I'm Waiting For The Day
At My Window (Al)
Little Bird (David)
Busy Doin' Nothin'
You're So Good To Me
Then I Kissed Her (Al)
Time To Get Alone
Please Let Me Wonder
Let's Go Away For Awhile
God Only Knows

Our Prayer
Heroes and Villains
Marcella
Sail On, Sailor (Blondie)
Wild Honey (Blondie)
California Saga - California (Al)
Funky Pretty
Country Air
Darlin' (Darian)
Honkin' Down The Highway (Al)
Cabinessence
Surf's Up
Be With Me (David)
Wonderful
Til' I Die
Think About The Days
From There To Back Again
Pacific Coast Highway
Summer's Gone

Sloop John B
I Get Around
Good Vibrations

Oh wow i forgot help me Rhonda too

Bye Bye Babe, eh, Eric? I love the idea of adding some solo Blondie stuff – he's one of the most creative ex-BBs of all.  Maybe even a Flame number as a tip to Carl's history too.

I also think Brian's been missing a trick for 13 years by not including Rio Grande in the set list while he's got that big, versatile backing band to call on…

Set 1:
1. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
2. California Girls
3. Time To Get Alone
4. Add Some Music To Your Day
5. She Knows Me Too Well (Jeff)
6. Then I Kissed Her (Al)
7. Girl Don't Tell Me
8. This Whole World
9. Little Bird (Dave)
10. 'Til I Die
11. In My Room
12. Surfer Girl
13. Don't Worry Baby (Jeff)
14. Please Let Me Wonder
15. You're So Good To Me
16. Old Man River/Cottonfields (Al)
17. Breakaway
18. That's Why God Made the Radio
19. Do It Again
20. Do You Wanna Dance? (Dave)
21. I Get Around

Set 2:
22. Our Prayer/Heroes and Villains
23. Marcella
24. Sail On Sailor (Blondie)
25. California Saga (Al)
26. Forever (Dave)
27. Darlin' (Darian)
28. Lookin' at Tomorrow (Al)
29. Good Timin'
30. Honkin Down The Highway (Al)
31. (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again (Dave)
32. Leaving This Town (Blondie)
33. God Only Knows
34. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
35. Sloop John B (Al)
36. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Al)
37. Good Vibrations
38. Wild Honey (Blondie)
39. All Summer Long
40. Help Me, Rhonda (Al)
41. Fun. Fun, Fun

42. Barbara Ann
43. Surfin' U.S.A.

44. From There To Back Again
45. Pacific Coast Highway
46. Summer's Gone

You guys need to give Blondie more to do. Let's see, Wild Honey, Sail On Sailor, He Come Down, Leaving This Town, Funky Pretty, and Mess Of Help would be good ones!

Well in my opinion if Dave gets three leads then Blondie should get three. Also its kinda hard to find more than 6 or 7 songs that Al could do unless he takes over some of Brian's leads.

I woukd like to see more Al, Dave and Blondie leads. Or co-leads with Brian.

One of Howie Es articles mentioned a BADB tour this summer to support the new album.  So mix in 4 of those songs.

Hell ya, get VDP in there as well!

To be honest i'm more interested in the idea of them making records, in fact it's the first time i'm excited to hear the next Brian Wilson album!

I would love to see "Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again" with Brian on lead during the verses and a soaring Blondie on the chorus.
Totally do-able and the coolest tribute they could pay to the man.

I'd add City Blues to that list.

You're not very good at this game are you?

All a bit cart-before-horse, speaking from the recently blow-dried UK: let's get them over here, or a promise thereof, before we start talking setlists.  :)

Nah, let's make sure they get it right before they travel…

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Nah. Talking setlists is fun!

To keep up the good press and make people feel like this is a must see show, Brian and the Boys roll out another theme: Taking the audience on a chronological tour through the Beach Boys' entire history by playing something from "virtually all of the band's studio albums". 

California Girls
Sloop John B
Cottonfields
Hawaii (Dave & Jeff)
In My Room
Sail On Sailor

Introduce the theme, starting with the first album

Summertime Blues
Farmer’s Daughter
Surfer Girl
Little Deuce Coupe (Al)
Don't Worry Baby (Jeff)
All Summer Long
Little Saint Nick  (if the tour runs through the holiday season)
Do You Wanna Dance?
Then I Kissed Her
There's No Other (Like My Baby)
God Only Knows
Our Prayer
Surf's Up (Brian & Jeff)
Heroes And Villains (single version)
Darlin'
Wild Honey
Little Bird
Do It Again
Add Some Music To Your Day
Forever (Dave)
'Til I Die
Marcella
Hold On Dear Brother (or Funky Pretty)
California
Rock and Roll Music
Susie Cincinnati
Honkin' Down The Highway
Come Go With Me   ("Give it up for the GREAT Alan Jardine!")
Good Timin'
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
Getcha Back
California Dreamin'
Isn't It Time (with Dave on Mike's part and Jeff on Bruce's)
From There To Back Again

Brian asks the audience if they liked that. :)

Wouldn't It Be Nice
Surfin' USA
Good Vibrations

I Get Around
Help Me Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun

...Or something like that.  ;D

I think it would be a lot of fun and something interesting the press could latch onto and promote.

This I kinda a side note but I recall Al saying several times he refuses to do Susie Cincinnati, does anybody know why?

He's a non-smoker.

Isn't it already an anti-smoking song? "... You know she stopped and she lit it and everybody in the back seat suffocated." I cant see where that promotes smoking in a positive way. Just saying...

I'm going to represent the Elephant in the room by saying this.. but


you wonder why Al isn't doing more leads?  Could it be that Al has a lot of trouble remembering lyrics these days... I've seen a could of quotes and reviews that make it sound that Al's memory (at 70+ years) just isn't what it once was...
This would explain the small number of leads he's doing...

If that were the case then I'm sure they could use an autocue as they have at times with Brian.

The Little Girl I Once Knew
Good to My Baby
Kiss Me Baby
She Knows Me Too Well
In The Back of My Mind
You're So Good to Me
Wouldn't It Be Nice
You Still Believe In Me
That's Not Me
I'm Waiting For the Day
Wild Honey
Aren't You Glad
Time to Get Alone
This Whole World
All I Wanna Do
Our Sweet Love
You Need A Mess of Help to Stand Alone
Let us Go On This Way
The Night Was So Young
Marcella
Wonderful
Cabinessence
Surf's Up
Isn't It Time
Nothing But Love
Good Kind of Love
Goin' Home


Encore:
The Girls on the Beach
Surf City

Because it's a Brian Wilson show with special guests, not a tour by The Ex-Beach-Boys?

Cheers,
Jon Blum

I say this with utmost respect to Al...he is by far my favorite vocalist of the remaining beach boys. But he has been forgetting lyrics since the 60s...I don't think it has anything to do with his memory going, it's just not a strength of his. I think that Jon is on point when he says that it's because it's z Brian Wilson tour, and I'll also add that it's a co-headlining tour with Jeff beck. Al and Dave get second billing here unfortunately, and their leads are limited due to just having one full set.

Thank god, it's a terrible song...

At times? Try every solo show the man has done since 1999. With the exception of one or two where the prompter broke. (Of course, it turns out he could remember them perfectly fine on those occasions ...)

I think Andrew was attempting a dirty joke. "Ya know, why didn't Al do Susie Cincinnati?"



....get it?

Got it! ;) But she's the city's number one sinner. Ya gotta do that!

Just as long as you get your shot afterward. :)

Spot on. All's forgotten lyrics on stage and in the studios since at least 1966. It's part of the charm! I hope he gets to forget the odd opening line in the UK soon…

It's a fantastic song! Al's best ever, with Brian on bass on the studio version.

Does Al really refuse to play SC? Why? Source?

Love and Mercy?
Your Imagination?

 :)