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Maybe:

1) Love & Mercy
2) Walkin' the Line
3) Melt Away
4) Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long
5) Gettin' In Over My Head
6) Your Imagination (too bad the production sucks)
7) Lay Down Burden
8) Cry
9) Goin Home
10 Midnight's Another Day (Demo' version)
11 Rio Grande

Bonus Track: You're Still A Mystery/ Someone To Love/ Don't Let Her know She'sAn Angel (Both Insanity versions)

And stop touring oldies...

Don't you know that 'Best-Of' collections are the mark of a has-been?

Nobody can rightfully call themselves a has-been if they're officially authorized to finish Gershwin songs.

Damn straight. Darian and Scott sure aren't has-beens......wait a minute! Oh...you thought BRIAN was going to be finishing these songs? I'll be waiting with the birthday cake. :)

It might be nice for the casual listener to have the best of his solo stuff on a single disk- just to keep 'em educated...It would be wise, no? Good business...? And did  doesn't anyone else think Brian should knock off those ridiculous "hits" tours? Leave that twaddle to whoever those people are parading around as the Beach Boys...May they rest in peace.

1) Love And Mercy
2) Walkin' The Line
3) Meet Me In My Dreams Tonight
4) One For The Boys
5) Melt Away (Don Was version)
6) Orange Crate Art
7) Your Imagination
8) She Says That She Needs Me
9) Lay Down Burden
10) This Isn't Love (Live At The Roxy)
11) Be My Baby (Live At The Roxy)
12) Don't Talk (PS Live Version)
13) Desert Drive
14) Saturday Morning In The City
15) Soul Searchin'
16) Gettin' In Over My Head
17) Our Prayer/Gee
18) Heroes And Villains (Both from BWPS)
19) Midnight's Another Day
20) Going Home
21) Southern California
22) Rio Grande

Would anyone buy that? Assuming the BB's would let him have the licenses for Don't Talk and the Smile tracks....

Go to the iTunes store & build your own 'best of.'

Brian, for the most part, has a loyal & dedicated cult following, and not much of a casual music buyer following...most of his fans will already have most, if not all, of his work, and a best-of probably would not sell very well.  I probably wouldn't even buy it unless it had something new on it...

It would save the "casual" listener having to surf through some of the absolute dreck on most of Brian's solo work -esp GIOMH!
Dig? It would at least give the best of some o' the solo stuff a shot at being discovered. The good stuff is worth it-I think.

I don't think Brian has enough "hits" his solo repertoire to put out a greatest hits compilation.

I think a 2 disc Beach Boys go solo would be great.

I posted a comp on a thread in the general music board of my top from the guys.

No. Not "hits"-I don't think he has any-just a "best of" the solo stuff, ya know...Smile doesn't count. People might really dig it....

You have to throw in a couple tracks from the Paley Sessions and Sweet Insanity (v.1 or 2) to make this package worth the cash.

"I don't think Brian has enough "hits" his solo repertoire to put out a greatest hits compilation.2

Never bothered the music industry before.

That would end up costing a fortune! A buck a tune, for, say, 20 songs? Yikes.

I think it'd be cool if Brian had a 'one night only' show to showcase his solo efforts and recorded it...that way we'd get some modern versions of BW88 and Imagination.... heck, maybe he'd perform some Paley sessions or Gary Usher sessions...I'd be happy with anything

Why can't I find Brian's Live at the Roxy on itunes anywhere? Or at any store for that matter.

I don't know, probably something to do with it being on Brian's own label (i think?). I got mine off ebay, if that helps.

You've seen Mike & Bruce in the last few years, you're entitled to voice your opinion

You haven't, suggest you stick to commenting on stuff you know about.

The current touring Beach Boys band is never less than good, and frequently outstanding (and before anyone says anything, cheesy TV medleys don't count).   ;D

If Brian were to tour (the U.S., anyway) without playing those "ridiculous 'hits'," I think his tours would lose more money than they reportedly do already. While many of us like BW solo material, and of course are always trying to expose other people to it, to believe that anyone not familiar with that material would shell out $50+ to see a show that lacks the only BW-related music they have ever heard? Unlikely. And ditto, more or less, for the best-of album. Whoever is going to buy BW solo material already does, more or less. The people who would buy a best-of would be the people who already have most or all of the solo material.

My personal best of Brian Wilson would try to make it flow in a random order then in chronilogical order. Something like this...

One For the Boys
Brian Wilson/Til I Die (Live at Roxy)
Let's Go to Heaven In My Car
City Blues
Good Kind of Love
Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight
She Says that She Needs Me
Midnight's Another Day
Cry
Can't Wait Too Long
Sunshine
Fairy Tale
Live Let Live
Saturday Morning in the City
There's So Many
Lay Down Burden
Southern California
The Waltz
Rio Grande
Love and Mercy (IWMFTT)

Speaking of "sticking" to "stuff I know about"...Mr....Doe...I know those clowns calling themselves the Beach Boys-AINT THE BEACH BOYS! Hope ya taped "Dancing With The stars"  Just a suggestion-of course. Do Enjoy! Oh, and buy the way S.I.P/ M.I.U/ and "Looking Back With Love" make a lovely gift for hearing impaired...May it be in your stocking with glee-this Christmas-) Good vibes to ya!

First, a small factoid - Mike & Bruce bill themselves as The Beach Boys because they've been voted that right by Brother Records Inc., that is by Mike, Alan, Brian and the estate of Carl. They are legally entitled.  ;D

Saw "DWTS" and yes, it was pretty poor - mix was off and Mike had bronchitis. Actually, it was dire, but then the BB and/or BW on TV usually are.

And I bought LBWL in Sacremento, first day it was out. I like it. Pretty much no-one else does.  :lol

Weird how the Beach Boys have always tended to sound awful in big TV spots  (let's say post 60's for sure). When it counts most, they have tended to show up the smallest. To my ears and eyes, the best TV performance was from 1980 where they went from Good Vibes right into Goin On. That was a stellar version of Goin On.

LBWL is nowhere near as bad as a lot of people make out (calling Bret Wheaton) and whilst I don't love it I don't hate it either. It sure as hell is better than the audio rape that is called 'Going Public'.

Nice!  :)

The fall of the house of Usher.  :)

Factoid: The Country Bear Jamboree could "license" the name Beach Boys.... Butta...News flash (I mean factoid) they still AINT the bloody Beach Boys. Even the terminally blind must see that. But again-due enjoy.

The thing I love so much about the terminally short people known as Brianistas, besides the fact that they got no reason, is how Brian never does anything wrong. Brian (or rather, Melinda) voted to give Michael the license along with Carl's estate. That is always forgotten for some reason...

Very much doubt that - there are strict stipulations in the BRI license.

You're new here, aintcha ?  :)

Gosh darn Eric, you shouldn't have said that! You KNOW they have spies on this board! Now we'll get a Hits (sorry, Best Of...)  package with a freshly recorded version of L&M tagged on as a bonus!

Andrew, I have a vague hunch that KirkMC's been here before....

Me too, but I have time on my hands and truth, justice & the American Way on my side. Mind, having one's ass booted off the Bloo is something of a compliment these days.  ;D

I bought LBWL off ebay on vinyl which was in very good condition and strangely quite cheap...
I've probably listened to it a couple of times more than i've listened to Carls albums - but thats still less than double figures for the amount of listens to any of them!

A best of Brian would be good but production-wise it would be all over the place.

Wow. Touchie little "click" around here...I simply don't think anyone should be using the name Beach Boys, or Beatles or The Who, or anything like that-cause they no longer exist! That's all. If people get something out of these things well "goodie" for them. It's a free world, ya know. I happen to find it sickening. If people wanna wrap themselves up in a pair of M.I.U/ S.I.P. jammies and fart Kokomo on a plastic kazoo, till their little surf boards turn pink-go right ahead! More paddle to ya...I happen to find it ludicrous-Ya"portly buncha fuss Potts!" -) By the way... If Mr Love had the balls to tour for what he is-like the Mike and BRuce  Love Review or something-I'd support him... And if Brian wIlson toured as the Beach Boys-I would not. So, figure out a new moniker for people like me -cause it ain't Brianista's. )That's tired old term, just like Love's fraudulent little act to a community center near you.

He did - in 1998, right after Carl died: toured as America's Band (sometimes "America's Band featuring Mike Love of The Beach Boys"). Died on their collective ass, so Mike went back to BRI and a deal was brokered for anyone who wanted to tour (but not record) as The Beach Boys.


Nor would I, nor anyone outside of the Bloo.


Hmmmm... how about, "curmudgeon" ?  ::)

[I'll save you the hassle - "a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas"  ;D]

Does Mike still own Brian's vote? Was this a unanimous vote? Does Dennis' estate have a vote?

Mike, Brian (or more accurately, Brian's management) & Alan each have a vote: Carl's estate also has a vote. Dennis' vote was sold back to BRI (by his estate I think - Jon can clarify that) to offset some of his debts.

And no, the vote for the 'Love license' (as it's become known) was 3-1. No-one's ever even hinted at who the detractor was, but the common assumption is that it was Alan (with no proof at all, it must be stressed).

It must be said that I think Brian could probably care less about the touring BB in any way. I'm just grateful we don't have a situation like The Drifters, with 100s of splinter groups.

If you're going to get upset about what constitutes 'The Beach Boys' it could be argued that 'The Beach Boys' as originally signed to Capitol were the original Beach Boys but as soon as David left they no longer were 'The Beach Boys' and became 'The Beach Boys featuring Alan Jardine'. Or something....

This way lies madness...  ;D

Maybe they should call themselves Creedence Clearwater Revival.  Or The Byrds.

A fascinating concept. I suddenly feel as though I've been ripped off these past 40-some years and that I've never real seen the real deal!  Knebworth suddenly seems to have been some kind of pastiche!

And Matt Smith's no William Hartnell!


Aaaaaargh!

It would be funny if we got it all wrong, and the one vote against was Mike.

Or they could lower ticket prices. I can not afford to pay 80 dollars (that's before fees, too) to see anyone at this point, even Brian who is way up there on the list of people I want to see. He's more a cult figure than anything, these days, and  80 for tickets just seems like a bit much. Just me.

Lower ticket prices, very likely more people going to the shows, and no pressure on Brian or anyone else to perform songs he's sick of doing.

Has nothing to do with Brian. It's what concerts cost now in the kind of venues he plays.

And 80 would be for a better-quality ticket. Cheap seats were 30-40 this last tour -- and have been since I started seeing him in the late 90s.