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Dunno if this has been posted already....has had me in tears laughing so hard. 2:48 is it for me. Oh my god:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2qE61E0i7s

Mike Love. 'Nuff said.

Actually, some of those held notes are rather impressive.  ;D

No way. That is straight up embarrassing!

It is not.

That's awesome!  ;D ;D ;D

Let's see how long YOU can hold a note.

Give the man his props, he has no problem with taking the piss out of himself. It's corny, he knows it, the crowd knows it - everyone's happy... and dammit, he's been singing the song forever. I think he's entitled.

i can't give props for that

bahahahaha. I meant no disrespect to any Mike Fans here (although as a "Brianista", I often wonder what the appeal is.) So right there, that is no matter. I shant get involved in the follies of trying to argue opinions. It shall lead nowhere.

God only knows (cue the french horn) that Brian has had some rough leads, but come on...I thought this would speak volumes for itself. People saying "Let's see how long YOU can hold a note" arguing this video is impressive in any way, shape, or form is beyond my comprehension. If that impresses you, I have no retort at all. He goes out of pitch, is very nasal, and if that pleases you, then I am glad I posted it for that reason- everyone can get enjoyment out of it. Either way, we can all like the BBs at the end of the day.

Be true to your band  ;D

He's doing it for pure cheesy entertainment value. Mike has no hang ups about being an 'artist'. That is both to his detriment and yet at the same time I repsect his "give the people what they want" mentality. I'm glad you posted the clip.

Gets sorta hypnotic after a while.

I don't know if I should applaud him for being able to hold the note for so long or cringe because it's absolutely painful to listen to.

I still laughed, though.  :lol

This is borderline mystical. I could meditate to Mike's nasal chant. It's like he dilates time!

You'd think if he could sustain a note that long, he'd be a bit of a better singer.

Also, now I'm wondering how long he could've held it in his prime.

Mike Love holding a nasal note in a medium range for a while is about as impressive as seeing a normal man eat potato chips forever.

That's pure camp. And I'm QUITE sure the man knows it.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!

i guess what annoys me the most is when those who recorded it act like it's amazing or something...because we all know those who recorded it prolly don't even know the song: Heroes and Villains.


I'm sure this is gonna come back and bite me in the rear when someone on here says, "hey, I recorded one of those clips."

He's miming!! Just like he did at the Gold Coast.. I can't believe people actually dislike the guy.. :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KzwiieYxA&feature=related

Not a bad interview!!

I don't know if it's true at all, but when I saw Mike and Bruce a couple of years ago and they did this same intro, it sounded to me like there were two Mikes singing the line.  It definitely sounded as if the live Mike was being propped up by a track of Mike singing the same thing just in case he couldn't hold the note and to make it sound stronger.  Again, I have no proof of that, it just sounded odd to me. 

I'm not trying to bash Mike in pointing that out.  It was a great show and the band was awesome.  I respect Mike for his contribution to the band and even for his "give teh people what they want" approach.  It's not my style, but it's a valid perspective.

speaking of Mike/Bruce arrangements over the years, I just feel sometimes they need updating.
Example: It's almost the same concept with the 'Be True' intro; the why do fools intro. Sure, it's good and cool, but I saw them do it back in 2002, and they still do it.  Now I know I'm gonna get yelled at because of the 'giving people what they want' argument we all experienced earlier, but to me, I feel like a setlist needs to be updated or have new ideas/jokes/arrangements.

That's why Brian's shows are better, each year, the setlist is a bit different.
But this all goes back to being an artist and growing...it sets the stage for a repeated history: Mike wants the basic hit recording (name any year in BB history) vs. Brian wants to grow and do different/new things...it's almost the same thing with their concerts, in my humble opinion.

Bruce should debut some of his Viagra-related humor next tour.  ;D

And since they have John Stamos, they should bring in Bob Saget to do some standup comedy for the opening act.  ;D

At the last Brian concert he did the ciggie lighter joke and the token row row row ya boat gig.. Nov 2010

Well played.
I totally forgot about that.
now i look like a douche, i'm sorry for that

That *would* have been true about eight years ago. Compare and contrast: http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/6-28-08.html http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/4-12-08.html

Those are the most recent times I saw Brian and Mike's respective bands. Brian's set is a greatest hits list, almost all of which had been in his set for nearly ten years at that point, and with only one song even from the album he was supposedly promoting. Mike's, on the other hand, is half as long again and contains stuff like Forever, All This Is That, Til I Die, Good Timin', Here Today, You Still Believe In Me...

Brian's shows *in 2002* were fantastic as far as setlists went, but every time he's toured since then the sets have grown closer and closer to the touring jukebox formula (apart from the shows where he performs an entire album - and in those the first halves are just run-throughs of the hits). These days Mike's band is actually *more* likely to do something new and exciting, though if you go and see either you're most likely to get a thirty-song hits run-through...

Do Mike and Bruce perform those lesser known here in the states? or is that in the UK?
I know in the past that here in the States, we'd only get the GH stuff.

Mike adds new old songs and rotates things a bit but the jokes and banter are stale....as seldom as I have seen them (Mikes BB Band) the same lines and jokes and gags.........over and over ....how long has he been doing that long note on his knee, and standing back up with the bones creaking and popping....?


He is not alone.  I have seen John Prine do the happy enchilada joke at least a half dozen times.

I guess these guys are simply not stand up comedy types but do this to get a breather and stretch the show a bit.

Mike should be more controversial: "You know what's funny? Way back in 1966, you now, when everyone was losing their ego and freakin' out about - what was it? Brown acid, yeah, the brown acid. Don't take the brown acid, man. (Mike waves his hands). Seriously, guys, don't.

(Mike waits for the crowd to laugh.) Haha.

Um,  so way back in 1966, Brian was recording this weird little album psychedelic record called Smile... you guys know Smile, right?

(Mike looks to the crowd. A few cheer.)

No? Most of you never heard of it? Hmm... that's surprising. I guess it was a long time ago.

Well, anyway - to get back on track here - when I first heard Brian's Smile, you know what happened? I frowned. That's right, I frowned. So, I told Brian, I told him... 'um, hey, Brian? Are you sure this isn't a recording of Frown and not Smile?'

And you know what he did? He threw a tomato at me. He never did put out Smile, but a couple months later we released 'Heroes and Villains'. It debuted at, I think, 40, and then dropped to 200 the next week. It cost about $100,000 or something like that and killed our career. Now we're going to play it for you."

No WHEEEEEEEEEEEN anymore?! :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSP6KpAMCvA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSP6KpAMCvA)

I prefer the Knebworth version of this song with the autotune. UWEEDLEIIUIN SOOMMMDLNMEE LOUNNNDDD BRANNNGGERRRR TRIII TO PUT YAOUO DOOAODLNWNNWN AND SAYS HIS SCHOOL IS GREETDLAOOTKAOKTTTT I TELLHIMRIGHTAWAYNOW WAHTS A MATTER BUDDY AINT YOU HRRRD UMADDDDAD SKOODOODOOO. ITS NUMBER ONE IN THE STAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIN

 :lol

I love watching the videos from that concert on teh Youtoobz but I pretty much hate that song so I've never watched it before. How did somebody not notice how terrible that sounds?