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Title: sweet when he wants to be Post by: retrokid67 on December 31, 2013, 10:45:52 PM Did anyone read Mike Love's tribute to Denny on his Facebook page? it's really touching :tm
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Mike's Beard on January 01, 2014, 12:30:52 AM Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says something nice about anything.
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: retrokid67 on January 01, 2014, 12:33:40 AM Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says something nice about anything. What do you mean ??? Title: Post by: zachrwolfe on January 01, 2014, 12:49:48 AM
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: runnersdialzero on January 01, 2014, 01:41:41 AM Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D DON'T EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: bluesno1fann on January 01, 2014, 01:46:51 AM Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D PLEASE EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE That's better ;D Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Niko on January 01, 2014, 01:57:32 AM Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D DON'T EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE "Don't even think about doing that again." Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: The Shift on January 01, 2014, 03:18:14 AM You're all very naughty boys.
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: bluesno1fann on January 01, 2014, 03:42:47 AM I'm a very naughty boy. :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: c-man on January 01, 2014, 06:22:05 AM "Yesterday was the 30th Anniversary of my cousin, Dennis' sad passing. This date in December always brings to mind so many memories, good and not so good. For myself I prefer to remember the good and great times like fishing together off th...e Redondo Beach Breakwater, or racing his corvette and my XKE late night coming home from the Cinnamon Cinder after a show in Long Beach at over a hundred miles per hour. We shared an apartment together in Hermosa Beach were we had many a parties, in fact, there were parties in our apartment when we weren't even there! Dennis was a ball of energy! His powerful drumming back beat lives on till this day every night during our performances. The positive contributions Dennis made to group are to be honored and remembered. Not everyone knows this, but Dennis was the one who called me to come back to Paris from London to be taught Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi...in later years, even when he'd been drinking, when we found ourselves together, Dennis would often say "Hey Mike, Let's meditate" During my last few meditations, I have said extra prayers for Dennis, that his soul has found the happiness that eluded him while here on earth......Sail On Sailor.............ML"
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Ed Roach on January 01, 2014, 08:47:20 AM "Yesterday was the 30th Anniversary of my cousin, Dennis' sad passing. This date in December always brings to mind so many memories, good and not so good. For myself I prefer to remember the good and great times like fishing together off th...e Redondo Beach Breakwater, or racing his corvette and my XKE late night coming home from the Cinnamon Cinder after a show in Long Beach at over a hundred miles per hour. We shared an apartment together in Hermosa Beach were we had many a parties, in fact, there were parties in our apartment when we weren't even there! Dennis was a ball of energy! His powerful drumming back beat lives on till this day every night during our performances. The positive contributions Dennis made to group are to be honored and remembered. Not everyone knows this, but Dennis was the one who called me to come back to Paris from London to be taught Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi...in later years, even when he'd been drinking, when we found ourselves together, Dennis would often say "Hey Mike, Let's meditate" During my last few meditations, I have said extra prayers for Dennis, that his soul has found the happiness that eluded him while here on earth......Sail On Sailor.............ML" Gosh, that's beautiful to read... I was lucky enough that my friendship with Dennis began while those two were still friends, although things had fallen apart by the time I arrived in Los Angeles. However, someone asked in another thread recently about the closeness that often appears in films & photos of them onstage, and obviously I got to experience that. It was impossible not to feel the deep seated love between them, but Mike's concern for Dennis only brought out the extra joy Dennis got out of being the bad boy. Always felt that the more concern you showed for/about Dennis, the more he was lashing out at his memories of his Dad, and his desire to show you he could get away with anything. Thank you, though, Mike, and how great to see Dennis finally credited with being the introduction to Maharishi - which certainly turned Mike's life around Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: retrokid67 on January 01, 2014, 03:37:50 PM "Yesterday was the 30th Anniversary of my cousin, Dennis' sad passing. This date in December always brings to mind so many memories, good and not so good. For myself I prefer to remember the good and great times like fishing together off th...e Redondo Beach Breakwater, or racing his corvette and my XKE late night coming home from the Cinnamon Cinder after a show in Long Beach at over a hundred miles per hour. We shared an apartment together in Hermosa Beach were we had many a parties, in fact, there were parties in our apartment when we weren't even there! Dennis was a ball of energy! His powerful drumming back beat lives on till this day every night during our performances. The positive contributions Dennis made to group are to be honored and remembered. Not everyone knows this, but Dennis was the one who called me to come back to Paris from London to be taught Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi...in later years, even when he'd been drinking, when we found ourselves together, Dennis would often say "Hey Mike, Let's meditate" During my last few meditations, I have said extra prayers for Dennis, that his soul has found the happiness that eluded him while here on earth......Sail On Sailor.............ML" Gosh, that's beautiful to read... I was lucky enough that my friendship with Dennis began while those two were still friends, although things had fallen apart by the time I arrived in Los Angeles. However, someone asked in another thread recently about the closeness that often appears in films & photos of them onstage, and obviously I got to experience that. It was impossible not to feel the deep seated love between them, but Mike's concern for Dennis only brought out the extra joy Dennis got out of being the bad boy. Always felt that the more concern you showed for/about Dennis, the more he was lashing out at his memories of his Dad, and his desire to show you he could get away with anything. Thank you, though, Mike, and how great to see Dennis finally credited with being the introduction to Maharishi - which certainly turned Mike's life around That was my original question, and I think that your answer is one of the best I've received :). Murry was a big part of the problem for all of them as far as I can see. You were luck to know them, Denny :), and thanks for posting that article on the other thread it was really something :'( Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Billf on January 01, 2014, 04:05:36 PM A very eloquent and gracious post. I'm impressed.
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Jim V. on January 01, 2014, 05:43:58 PM A very eloquent and gracious post. I'm impressed. Really, really nice. I'm proud that Mike wrote such a nice thing about his cousin. Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D DON'T EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE Sooooo true. Kinda amusing that when runners has edited people's posts he gets banned, but I've seen so many other people do that on this board without a peep from the mods. Interesting. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Sound of Free on January 01, 2014, 06:11:11 PM Nice job by Mike. A very complicated relationship, but I think they did love each other.
Title: Post by: zachrwolfe on January 01, 2014, 07:16:43 PM
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: BillA on January 01, 2014, 08:39:41 PM Too bad they could not have collaborated on more songs.
"Pacific Ocean Blues" and "Only With You" give an indication that they could have been a pretty good song writing team. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Kurosawa on January 01, 2014, 08:55:19 PM Mike had to watch the life of someone he loved and grew up with descend into sadness and addiction and death. It couldn't have been easy to handle.
Very touching tribute by ML, and we all echo his wishes for Denny. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Ed Roach on January 01, 2014, 10:26:33 PM That was my original question, and I think that your answer is one of the best I've received :). Murry was a big part of the problem for all of them as far as I can see. You were luck to know them, Denny :), and thanks for posting that article on the other thread it was really something :'( Thank you so much. I appreciate whenever I'm able to shed some light on these situations. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: retrokid67 on January 01, 2014, 10:36:07 PM That was my original question, and I think that your answer is one of the best I've received :). Murry was a big part of the problem for all of them as far as I can see. You were luck to know them, Denny :), and thanks for posting that article on the other thread it was really something :'( Thank you so much. I appreciate whenever I'm able to shed some light on these situations. Yea I always look forward to reading your posts, a lot of times you share stories I've never even heard before ;D Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Ed Roach on January 01, 2014, 10:57:22 PM Well, I lived a very different experience than many will ever have, starting out in the early sixties knowing that I was born on the wrong coast, discovering a soundtrack that helped me jump coasts, and not quite comprehending why these guys singing 409 & Shut Down were called The Beach Boys? That summer in Coney Island I discovered girls, flipped over the 45's, and suddenly their name made sense.
Flash forward to the late sixties, going to see them at The Filmore East, and Dennis hitting me up for a ride, after sneaking out between shows. The rest, as they say, is history... Be sure and come by my Facebook page, my first foray into this century, as I begin to illustrate my book: https://www.facebook.com/roachclips68 Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Custom Machine on January 01, 2014, 11:12:57 PM Really nice comments from Mike, and very informative post, as always, from Ed Roach.
Just out of curiosity Ed, when did you first meet Dennis, and when did you move to LA? You've really gotta complete that book, not only for the photos but for the first hand accounts and insights that you are uniquely qualified to offer. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: smile-holland on January 02, 2014, 04:45:54 AM A very eloquent and gracious post. I'm impressed. Really, really nice. I'm proud that Mike wrote such a nice thing about his cousin. Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D DON'T EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE Sooooo true. Kinda amusing that when runners has edited people's posts he gets banned, but I've seen so many other people do that on this board without a peep from the mods. Interesting. runnersdialzero recently wasn't banned, but warned a few times not to do that again. And the one time he as actually banned for doing so was for a logical reason. Btw, that ban only lasted for a few hours, iicc. After a short mod-discussing, it was changed in a warning as well. But you're right, sweetdudejim, I probably didn't warn everyone who modified quotes (I miss a post here and there, you know), although in this case the only reason responding a little late is me being away for a few days. There is a difference though between someone modifying quotes with the obvious addition that it's meant to be a joke, or if it's not obvious at all and the original poster is clearly not amused by it. But for equal treatment reasons I'll say it again: @ zachrwolfe & MessOfHelp101: please do not modify quotes, even if it's meant to be funny. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: RangeRoverA1 on January 02, 2014, 05:58:07 AM But for equal treatment reasons I'll say it again: You forget MessOfHelp101. Just reminding & helping you out.@ zachrwolfe: please do not modify quotes, even if it's meant to be funny. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Don Malcolm on January 02, 2014, 10:54:18 AM Well, I lived a very different experience than many will ever have, starting out in the early sixties knowing that I was born on the wrong coast, discovering a soundtrack that helped me jump coasts, and not quite comprehending why these guys singing 409 & Shut Down were called The Beach Boys? That summer in Coney Island I discovered girls, flipped over the 45's, and suddenly their name made sense. Flash forward to the late sixties, going to see them at The Filmore East, and Dennis hitting me up for a ride, after sneaking out between shows. The rest, as they say, is history... Be sure and come by my Facebook page, my first foray into this century, as I begin to illustrate my book: https://www.facebook.com/roachclips68 Ed, great news that you'll be using Facebook for this most worthy purpose! And it will probably prove to be a good way to further scrutinize/organize your approach to telling one of the most interesting and useful stories to be told in the Beach Boys' sprawling narrative canvas... Have to admit that I've never been much of a Facebook fan, to be honest, but I will happily make an exception in this case! Already many touching and wonderful shots, looking forward to more! Love to see Bobby Figueroa on hand, too, telling us that "only [Ed] could have taken that shot!" Truer words have never been written... Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: smile-holland on January 02, 2014, 12:57:50 PM But for equal treatment reasons I'll say it again: You forget MessOfHelp101. Just reminding & helping you out.@ zachrwolfe: please do not modify quotes, even if it's meant to be funny. No excuse for missing that one, sorry. Just modified it. Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Shady on January 02, 2014, 03:53:59 PM Lovely piece by Mike :'(
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: chrs_mrgn on January 02, 2014, 06:09:32 PM Nice words from Mike about his cousin whom he obviously loved. Anyone who has had a friend or family member struggle with addiction would understand the way it can affect relationships.
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: Ed Roach on February 11, 2014, 07:43:58 PM Just noticed I had a post from good old Wayne Tweed http://www.waynetweed.net/ on my Facebook page when I had also posted the picture I took of The Boys meditating that Mike Love had used on his site. Put up an out take there now: https://www.facebook.com/roachclips68
Title: Re: sweet when he wants to be Post by: leggo of my ego on February 12, 2014, 07:04:35 AM A very eloquent and gracious post. I'm impressed. Really, really nice. I'm proud that Mike wrote such a nice thing about his cousin. Look out - nothing sends this board into meltdown faster than when Mike Love says anything about anything. Fixed that for you ;D DON'T EDIT QUOTES OR YOU'LL BE BANNED WITH FIRE Sooooo true. Kinda amusing that when runners has edited people's posts he gets banned, but I've seen so many other people do that on this board without a peep from the mods. Interesting. DONT DEFY THE MODS OR YOU WILL BE BANNED WITH IMPUNITY |