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Forgive me but I don't think I found a thread on this and I hope it isn't buried in another thread but thought I'd post this since I think it deserves a thread on its own.  Mike posted a video that I assumed was played at last night's Howard Stern Birthday party.  They re-wrote "California Girls" for the occasion. Funny stuff but I feel slightly uncomfortable changing one word from the masterpiece that is "California Girls."  But that's just me!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=593833094028869&stream_ref=10

Not TOO bad. Hope someone recorded it for posterior.

Mike sounds good

Saw it on Facebook earlier today and thoght it was pretty cool. :) I like how dorkily Bruce gets up twice to shine on the chorus and then sits down again when he's done his part. ;D

well, that basically describes Bruce....

they could have at least given him a mic to fiddle with  >:D

Mike doesn't sound good, in fact he sounds horrible.

Bruce looks like a really old man, yet his voice has aged the best along with Al. Still sounds great.

And is that John Stamos on guitar behind Mike?

I thought he sounded okay..


Sure, that's clearly Stamos on Mike's left.

I think Mike sounds pretty good, too. The harmonies backing him up are also pretty nice.

They look like they're genuinely having fun and they put on a good performance.

Mike's harmony weave into baritone on the chorus still sounds good. His lead is a little rusty, but I'm not sure a lot of guys his age sound too good acapella. An amplified backing band helps.

A friend who watched this live said this isn't the performance that was actually performed at the party, that the one at the party featured Neil Young and James Hetfield (!)

Yap. They didn't perform this at the actual event (which Mike and his wife, as well as Stamos, attended). The touring Beach Boys simply taped it as a gift to Stern.

I thought Mike sounded great, especially for such an unplugged and unadorned performance.

Darn, I don't have Facebook and will not register only to hear this...

No sweat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II3cY3fl2XQ

How come you don't have Facebook? Virtually everyone else does  :lol

Mike sounds strong. See, was all that autotune really necessary on the 50th Live release?  ::)

They do sound surprisingly good on this one.

Because I'm a real person, not a virtual one.

Seriously: In your generation, everyone has Facebook. In my generation (I'm about three times your age) many do, lots don't.



Thanks a lot! Mike looks really ridiculous in that suit! And I say that as a Mike apologist! :-D

And I love Bruce standing up for his one line in the chorus! :-D

Not a FB haver myself but strangely, I could see the video. Maybe it's not a case of registering, more sth. to do with one's browser issues & other boredom tech stuff. Anyway, I echo lots of folks on favoring this. Cool idea to go off acoustic on CalGirls; Mike was fine, as usual; the overall friendly vibe I got from the video did really cheer me up. Thank you, Justin!

I didn't even try to click the FB link! (http://smileysmile.net/board/Smileys/default/cool.gif)

Don't give up, do try!

They sound good, that's gonna be one of those that doesn't hold up in 20 years, similar to the late 80s/early 90s stuff that makes us cringe now.

The Youtube link worked fine, so why bother?

Nice. He sounds in better voice there than he did from the late 70s through the 90s. Dig the jacket too.

Mike actually looked cool in that video!! Loved it.

Awesome vid.

Makes me very hopeful that Mike's group will book a proper double set with intermission show when they visit London this year.

I'd have thought Bruce is as rich as Howard, but he is very adamant about wishing otherwise!!

HA!  Clever, and very well done.  Love those harmonies.

Hey, did they show a picture of you with Brian recently?

Thought it sounded great. (shoot me if you must, but I think Stamos always sounds good on BVs)

Y'know methinks Mike did this for fun.  So why are we critiquing his vocals so obsessively? 

Yes but they didn't perform together, those were three separate taped messages.

hilarious and clever!!!! better than any single performance of any song by the BW and Jeff Back band. . . ..hope we never see that again.

God let the BB be together again!!

I hate to spoil the luhv, but you cannot be serious professor. BAD with Beck trying to do new things musically cannot be worse than M&B kinda doing California girls for the 1,000,000 time....

Reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LE4eNAZxl0M#t=194

Actually, its the HOWARD STERN version of Cali Girls, far superior to Surf's Up.

Thank you for that! You got it all right there...those harmonies! Adrian Baker! The agony and the ecstasy!

While the rest of the band look presentable for a network gig, here's Bruce in his Hawaiian and shorts. Pure dork and cheese.  :thud

Ah... Matt Jardine....

My bad. Thought of that later circa the timeline of the show...long hair threw me off.

Okay, the ecstasy and the Bruce.

this is awful.

Mike just oozes sleaze and cheese and being flanked by Bruce and Stamos really drives it home.
those 3 really are made for each other.

glad you all seem to enjoy it so much though! carry on.

Having my youtube minions assemble comments.... ;)

Joke is on YOU, Smile Brian! The video was uploaded to facebook...Mike thwarted your attempts to gain total power over the hearts and minds of young/feeble Beach Boys loving youtubers.

 :lol :lol :lol

And I would have gotten away with it to if it was for those meddling kokomaoists....

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Brian Wilson: the opiate of the masses.

I bet Mike spent more time on those Howard Stern lyrics than he did for any song on TWGMTR ;D

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For a second I thought that was Bruce taking a selfie from a full length mirror.  That would've been cute.

Bruce is that guy who shows up at a formal wedding in winter wearing a pair of shorts.

So, has Matt's falsetto improved since then? Cuz I thought he sucked BIG time. 


 Funny, I don't see a problem there

Damn, they all sound great!