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They look back on 50 years, talk about the reunion next year, and love Katy Perry's summer hit:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xeu5gf_beach-boys-consider-50th-anniversar_music

Nice interview... and I should look that good at 69 and nine months !

 8)  8)  8)   And not a hint of malice to be seen.

It was a lovely interview...

I think Mike was slightly younger, if I might be correct...

The location "background" appears to be Foxwoods MGM Grand in Connecticut...

from a July 2010 show...

Yes, Mike does look great, at any age!  ;)

It is a good interview, and Mike does look great but I have to question Bruce's judgement on current country music. Yeech!

That interview was in all likelihood August 6, 2010, Foxwoods, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.  I thought it was interesting in the way Mike had his "alternative" occupation in his head, as well as Bruce, and the notion of 4th and 5th grade teaching, where that age tend to act like big shots but you can still "reach them." 

Country music, at least in the last 20 years, is sort of "updated" and is more often found in a young persons' taste. 
Two of my sons really seem to like it, and have gone to see Kenny Chesney, etc. at those large country star events; sort of a surprise/shock to me. They will give me that "do you even know who he - (Kenny Chesney) is?" look...   

It seems a little counter-intuitive.  It was not something I had much familiarity with until "Stars and Stripes, Volume I, (a great album) which sort of "opened the door" as an intro to some of the headliners were in that genre. 

Some of it, now, has more of a "rock" feel than "back-in-the-day" when the clothing was awful (I think) and did not have a contemporary feel.  Some of the singers are indeed very cool.     

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You've got it totally backwards. Most modern country is just wishy washy lite rock about family and jesus and 'murrka with a steel guitar. Old country is the best. Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette man. That's where it's at. Or modern alt. Cuntry like Neko Case, or roots rock like Slobberbone, the Old 97s, and The Rainmakers. Modern radio country is just soulless garbage for the kind fo people who own tacky 9/11 collectibles.

Indeed. It doesn't get any better. That's why I'm disappointed in what Stars&Stripes became. So much potential....

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brofist

You may be completely correct and impress me is someone who is a "fervent purist" back to the roots of country music. I respect that right of yours.  I remember my father liked a lot of those country musicians that you mention.  I support your right and ability to express your opinion on this board. 

Under the Welcome Section of this board are "rules of the road" and #2 talks about "lifting each other up, and not tearing each other down." 

But, I don't share that fervor that you are passionately have for those who are at the "foundation" of this music style.  I have watched my children cultivate an attachment for some of those newer and pretty talented musicians you refer to as "wishy washy light rock" and that is merely and expression of where many of the young people are in terms of their personal taste.  I don't listen to Modern Country Radio as my kids might.  (I listen to something else...as what is discussed here (and traditional classic (read, purist rock and roll) and enjoy the opportunity to discuss this great music with other "like-minded" fans.) 

And I may have stated above that I really enjoyed Stars and Stripes Volume I, and the work done by the Boys, and for the most part it was an introduction to any kind of country music.  As The Boys have "crossed-over" and done work with symphonies, dabbled in disco, the adaptation of country flavored adaptations of the Beach Boys genre as you state. It is just another place for "group growth" and musical expression.  Tammy Wynette performed on this album.   

This is a place for a "divergence of opinion" - and doesn't make either of us wrong.   

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That's cool. i'm a bit rough around the edges some times, but it's a playful malice.

But if you like the radio country you ought to check out some of the modern country that goes on outside of the mainstream. Especially the Rainmakers (Good luck on that one though, they're stuff is pretty rare these days.) Bob Walkenhorst has had a pretty good solo career, it's easy to find his live stuff on archive.org, along with a bunch of live Rainmaker tracks, but their albums are pretty rare animals.

ahh. the Rainmakers...  I remember seeing them in their prior incarnation,  Steve Bob And Rich. Probably even have some old promo buttons sitting around. 

Bob Walkenhorst lives here in KC and does at least a few shows at different venues each year. Saw him a year ago and the guy is really good and still has it.

Who was this "Brian" they kept mentioning? It was never explained.    :o