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When Larry King interviewed Brian and Melinda in 2004, did Melinda really not have a solid clue as to who Bruce was, when asked about the touring Beach Boys?  And if she did, why be so seemingly disrespectful to him on National televeison?

Do you have a link to the interview?

You have to admit, the Mike and Some Bruce Show has a nice ring to it. Sounds like a good fit for Adult Swim!

If she said it, maybe she meant it like a slice of awesome Bruce who you only need his first name to know who I am talking about.

It didn't sound nice. On the other hand, Brian is usually respectful about Bruce in interviews and it looks like he appreciates  Bruce's talents. BTW, Bruce performed along with Brian on his first "modern-era" solo gig in 1998. There's no way she wasn't familiar with him.

Really? Someone is trying to start something over an 11 year old interview?

Pathetic.

Exactly, the smearing of BW and Melinda seems relentless here.....

Yes how dare anyone want to discuss anything that happened in the past, at anytime, ever.

You'd be right if we weren't discussing sh*t Mike said in a 1990 Goldmine interview in every other thread.

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/20/lkl.00.html

It's Mike's current interviews that are causing a ruckus. The old ones are brought up for context or added information.

Melinda and Brian haven't mentioned Bruce in ages, and Brian hasn't said a word against anyone. So what's being added by brining this up now, except that BW started a tour last night and someone wants to sh*t all over him?

Not trying to start anything...just genuninely interested in why she framed her comments as she did. On the surface Bruce was always supportive of Brian.

Bruce is a two-faced assh*le.
while we're dredging up past interviews, here's a good one

http://www.tcpalm.com/entertainment/beach-boy-bruce-johnston-you-cant-tell-me-aging-ki

I disagree with a lot of what Bruce has to say but it's hard to deny his interviews are always worth a read.

It's impossible to know how Melinda's statement was intended, especially from just reading a transcript. For all we know, she was originally going to say "he (Mike) has some other guys with him..." But then thought better of it and changed course in mid thought and said "he has...Bruce with him ..." but did it only after she uttered "some". 

It still amazes me that the most violently hateful poster here was graced with an on-screen "Thank you" during a M&B concert. A most strange confusion. Or a paradox.

This is how I always interpreted it.   It came out really funny, but I think that is what she was attempting to say.

"Some Bruce" still makes me laugh, though.

I'm the most violently hateful poster here? wow. you're really not looking hard enough.

I don't claim to hate anyone, and I'm certainly not violent in any way. but like everyone else here, I have opinions about the band I love and of those who currently lease the name of that band and have the gall to say the kinds of things M&B say. and like everyone else here, this is where I come to voice those opinions.

and just to re-cap, Mike and co. thanked me for a photoshop of Mike depicted as an evil character from Star Wars. the photo was found in a thread devoted to ridiculing Mike, which Mike apparently found while "cruising Smiley Smile" one evening before dinner... basically googling himself. whether or not Mike understood the Star Wars reference is unclear... it appeared that he just really dug the idea/image of himself emitting bolts of electricity from his fingertips.

Mike's crew will make anybody look "hateful" to defend his horrible behavior.

I apologize to Scott Totten, John Cowsill, and any other members of The Beach Boys, especially Bruce, who might read this^.

You should go over to their houses with a cup of tea, see if they are ok.

you really don't need to apologize for me. if I overstepped any lines, the mods will deal with me. I guarantee they have all heard much worse, and likely couldn't care less what I have to say anyway.

Bruce should apologize for the utter disrespect he shows for Brian in the interview I posted, and for the disrespect he has shown to many Beach Boys fans over the years.

Calling a BB member "a two-faced asshole" is way too much. Your comments towards Mike Love and B Johnston are usually attacks. And insults are not opinions.

I wonder if Some Bruce thinks his insults about Obama aren't opinions. Doubt it.

Bossaroo' picture was more humor than it was hate. It only seems mike's fanboys lack any sense of humor about their master. Let's be honest, Mike is one strange dude being a old guy trying to be a teenager forever.

I wasn't talking about the picture. I was talking about his insults.

Yes, and they should consider the source. Earlier today someone was reprimanded for a Brian and Melinda comment, and rightfully so, yet you have to take flak for calling out the poster. It wasn't until I joined this forum that I have come to realize how many assholes are Beach Boys fans. I am happy that so far, the ones I have met face to face have been very nice people.

I wonder if Mike was no longer touring (which I would doubt will ever happen while he is able-bodied), if Bruce would ever get an invite to join or guest in Brian's band? Or if Bruce's pro-Mike position within the politics of BB-land would not make him welcome anymore?

I guess he was on good terms with  Brian's camp in 1998 when the Imagination promo video was made...

most of Mike's comments about Brian are thinly veiled attacks. and Bruce's comment about "dusting Brian off and rolling him back out" is absolutely repugnant.

And what has been Brian's response? You guys are all Brian fanatics, yet you never take the same high road that Brian always does.

exactly, Mike and Bruce are repulsive lounge singers living off BW's legacy at this point.

Brian doesn't need to say anything. The guy twigged a long time ago that the frothing at the mouth section of his fanbase will do all his fighting for him.

And what were/are Al, David, Blondie, Carl and Dennis doing?

And? So? This entitles you to be an asshole yourself over here? What have we done to you? You are busting other posters' balls, not Bruce's.

Another f***ed up thread started yet again by people whom have the least to gain with Brians recent output.

OP asked a legitimate question and the excessively thin-skinned among us decided to twist words and assume it was meant as an anti-Brian/Melinda thread. The only people starting sh*t are the people who decided to go on the defensive and assume this was intended as an anti-Brian/Melinda thread. If anyone thinks this is (intended or otherwise) an anti-Brian/Melinda thread, I would probably suggest that they have incredibly overactive imaginations or their hero worship is such that anything sets them off.

I don't think Melinda's comment was cold; the impression I got from watching the interview back in 2004 was that she corrected herself after the fact. I don't think "some Bruce" was ever considered a slight or insult on her part...but it's probably destined to become the next "probably" on this forum at this rate.

We're all BEACH BOYS fans. Some of you are dog piling on a guy who wasn't trying to start a problem and who asked a legitimate question. Seriously? Grow the f*** up. He wasn't insulting Brian or Melinda. For f*** sake, people, has this board really sunk to this kind of low?

It's what the E Street Band and the Beach Boys have most in common.  They BOTH, in a sense, have 'some Bruce'.  [and had some/have some David]  But really????  ONLY the Beach Boys HAD some Brian.

Other than than I have no marshmellows so this roast in not for me. :deadhorse

All the botox in the world isn't gonna help myKe luHv. His days in the sun are long gone. Trouble is, he doesn't know it.  :smokin

whose balls am i busting? nobody here that i'm aware of.

if Mike and Bruce say horrible things publicly, I may call them out on it. if you or anyone else dislikes what I have to say, you can either ignore it or challenge it.

I'm really not an angry or disagreeable person. but I am passionate about the things I love, and Brian and the band's music is near the top of the list. I'm not happy with the way Mike & Bruce are handling the band's legacy, and I'm appalled by some of the things they say and do. this is where I come to discuss such matters.

Michael and Bruce "handle" the band's legacy with the blessing of Brian and Carl's estate.

Blessing could be just a "blessing", or it could in fact mean grudging agreement, fear of money-draining Love lawsuits, or a mixed-emotion cocktail of all of the above. Let's not paint it as all roses when it's safe to assume the answer is probably not entirely clear cut or black and white. Blessing seems to have an inherent positive vibe, when I doubt it's an all-smiles situation, even as the checks are admittedly cashed by all shareholders.

I don't think Michael is crazy enough to sue BRI...he would in effect be suing himself.

that's funny because I seem to remember Brian wanting to continue on as a Beach Boy in 2012, but he didn't receive Mike's "blessing"

can you "handle" the truth?

Listening to the actual interview, it's obvious that the transcript of it is wrong at that point.

Can you? The tour had a set end date and not all participants were willing to continue with the then-current setup.

Someone suing a corporation that they are a member/shareholder of is not an unheard of thing.

I know it's not unheard of...Al already did it. :lol

1. you dont' know what Melinda meant by that
2. You don't know how Bruce and Melinda have spoken to each other in person
3. It's 11 years old
4. Even if she was a total jerk to Bruce on t.v. once in an interview 11 years ago, it's just 1 comment in an entire lifetime.  



Conclusion: It's really not a big deal

Exactly.

Much ado about nothing.

I do think the opinion posted here did come off too harsh, but in all fairness, first-hand stories posted here can confirm the bolded part, as they were posted by folks here who either witnessed it, or on the receiving end of it. So, in this case I'm going to let it slide, as IMHO being harsh with a fan without provocation is worse than anything Mike or Brian have ever said to each other, by a LARGE margin. 

As for the attacks back and forth to each other in this thread, please end it now. Take it off the board. I don't care who started it (not to say I don't see), but I'm finishing it.

Failure to comply will be dealt with promptly.

Thank you.

Could someone please post up the correct quote so we put this behind us?

 :deadhorse

the set end date was extended, and it's been 3 years now. surely that's enough time for Mike to play his SeaWorld and state fair obligations and get the real Beach Boys back together if he chose to.

The real Beach Boys died on December 29, 1983...let's not kid ourselves. I'll count my blessings and be glad any of them are still playing, especially to the likes of people who claim to be "fans."

What happened on November 29 1983?

Edt: Oops.Duh. I just realized you meant December.

Yeah, and don't forget about all those Dairy Queen and Car Dealership obligations that myKe and br00th have to fulfill.  :p

Yeah...fucking autocorrect. How the hell does autocorrect get "November" from "DECEMBER?"

People who claim to be fans. That's interesting.

If I had been around last night I would probably have locked this and moved it to the sandbox.

This is something that I totally agree with Jason on here. Of course I still had a great time at the C-50 show and I mostly enjoyed M & B band (although I think they should tour with a different name) but I still feel like I've never really seen the Beach Boys and never will.

Exactly. I enjoyed the 50th Anniversary shows, I've enjoyed Brian in concert seven times, and plan on seeing Michael and Bruce when they come around. I'll take what I can get. The fact that they're still out playing the same music at their ages is miraculous. They don't have to.

  Exactly. In a few years, we'll look back and remember this era as a blessing. Mike, Bruce, Brian, Al, Dave, and Blondie are all still standing - just not together.

Minor correction, but IMHO the real Beach Boys died in 1998.