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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsZ5NSatN8A

David sounds fantastic!  He should be in the band full time (and Al too).

Yes, he does.

"Save it, he's not here......"  ::)

I'll concur and say that Dave does sound fantastic... But I've heard boots of him sing it before so I knew that he does a good job... As far as I know that means 4 band members have sung Forever in concert (Dennis, Brian, Carl and Dave)... does anyone know if they are the only members to sing it live?

Saw Carl in 88 do a wonderful version, and I have a video of an Arizona concert with him doing it. He really should have continued to do it. I like Dave's take alot though, he has more of the rough Dennis edge.

Mike finds way to jab Dennis when hes been dead for 25 years. "Save it, here's not here"

Yeah, seriously what the hell was with that comment?

Mike seems to suffer from a serious lack of tact, even if he is just trying to be funny. I like Dave's 'rough' treatment of the song, but i can understand why he wasn't given more leads.

Ahem...  what had I mentioned recently here?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,6737.0.html

"However, Ill never stop believing that Mike loved & appreciated Dennis; but I also don't think he ever got over being jealous of him..."

But just remember, Pacific Ocean Blue has sold fathoms more than Looking Back With Love, Bambu has been released and Love has 3 or 4 albums worth of material that he can't get released. Plus, he has to wake up everyday and realize he's Mike Love and not a Wilson brother. That's gotta be torture enough for him.

He may be an asshole, but he's our asshole.

I can't believe you guys are throwing a fit over 'save it, he's not here'...he was obviously joking and even made it apparent that he was right after he said it, followed by praise for the song. you guys are so uptight.

great performance.

Hey, Mike can be a weirdo from time to time, but I don't think he wishes he had been raised by Murry Wilson. That's just nuts.  :)

I don't think the joke was that bad. We always say that his audience doesn't care which Beach Boy is on stage, that they just wanna listen to the songs and have a good time. Let him make fun of the fact just like we do.

At the end of the day, Mike was there and co-wrote three great songs with Dennis. That's three more than anyone here, and two more than Brother Brian, if we count 'Little Bird'. Let's cut the Lovester some slack.

The orginal Butthole Surfer???  :p

That was oddly touching.  :lol

Not a memeber, but Stamos has of course done it live numerous times with the group

Nice ;D

Dennis might have actually have found that funny.  Remind me never to show you guys John Cleese's eulogy to Graham Chapman!

That was cool . . . Thanks for sharing, Jon.

I think Dave sounds a lot like Dennis there . . . and truth be told, the band did a great job on the harmonies, etc. . . . for a live recording.

I really think Dave and Al should be permanent fixtures in the touring band.

M.

He did mention Dennis as his cousin, which is somthing he usually seems to reserve for Brian. He did praise the song as well, so I guess it wasn't all bad!

I thought it was a fairly innocent joke. Just because someone's dead doesn't mean you have to be 100% serious about him all the time.

Love told David the same thing after hearing him sing it for the first time...and he said it again right after this performance, too.

Actually, you are on to something.  David and Mike were joking around with each other in the green room before they went on and if you saw what David did to Mike's tea cup, you'd know that Mike was right-on when he called him immature!  ;-) 

But seriously, for Mike to get one in on him and Dennis in the same sentence was something that was actually a little sentimental for David...he said afterwards THAT show was the one that felt the most like the old days because of that loose brotherly banter...and in the old days, Dennis would have been giving and getting with the best of them. 

I'm not surprised...David really captured Dennis' raw emotion in that performance.  Best version I've heard (aside from the original, of course).

Dave should record his own version of Forever - after what he did with You And I (and with only GUITARS and a voice) he could work wonders on that one. I also wish that he did the vocal on Holy Man but that's just me.

Wow, that's a great idea. I never thought about it, but it would be GREAT to have David sing on Holy Man. I do hope he's able to become more active in related BB projects.

I bet the producers of the CD are kicking themselves for not thinking of that one...that Hawkins fellow was such a random choice.

Well...I don't think anyone is kicking themselves since the Taylor Hawkins sung version has generally been very well received. There are some who take exception, but an awful lot of people thought they were hearing a DW vocal when they first heard the track...i think that's a good sign. But just keeping it real... David's name WAS introduced as a possibility to sing Holy Man...by me...I was there throughout the process, putting my two cents in. Carl B. Wilson was another name that was mentioned, Neil Young was mentioned, even Brian and Al were mentioned at one point, but only to add backgrounds. Ultimately it was Gregg Jakobson's close relationship with Taylor that gave him first crack at it, if he had bungled it I'm sure we would have gone to plan B...but he didn't bungle it. All parties involved were happy with how he sang the song, it was a subtle, tasteful and slightly Dennis-like performance. Personally i was preparing to hate it, but I immediately loved his vocal the day he recorded it and I still do. I think Dave would have been great too, in a different way.

If you don't pay too much attention, you can mistake Hawkins' vocals for Dennis' circa '72-'73. Seriously. Of course, I'd rather have Dave there. I still think BRI should dust off some unfinished tracks like 'You Got a Friend' and use Dave as lead vocalist.

I'm thinking this would've been tangled up in management issues ;D

I'm very happy with Taylor's vocal, but this would've been outtasite!

I agree, Taylor sounds great on "Holy Man".

And don't forget that the fact that a Foo Fighter was willing to sing on that track probably brought the album to the attention of a whole bunch of (mostly younger) people that otherwise wouldn't even have noticed the album... For that reason, Taylor might have been a better choice than any Beach Boy or anyone close to the band could've been... The people that would've prefered David singing "Holy Man" are all Beach Boys fans and got the album anyway...

I think it wouldve brought attention to that particular song and thats it. I guess this would be a good time to check out the Foo Fighter forums and see if theres any word about Dennis' album at all....that would tell us if people are really showing interest because of the name on the vocal.

http://bbs.foofighters.com/search.php?searchid=1444760

not sure if that'll work. they're definitely fans of all things foo fighters on that forum and show interest in the song, they even posted the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNF73YSMpAI

though, i dont think they really go too into the rest of dennis' stuff ;/

Maybe it only brought attention to that one song... Maybe some people bothered to check out the rest of the album... Nevertheless, it did make quite some people aware of the excistance of some pretty good solo music by 'that guy from the Beach Boys that drowned' and that's worth something too, right? Every little bit helps.