I think this might be worth looking into but according to the setlist of the recent Perth show Mike sang Help Me Rhonda 

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMikeLove/photos/pb.125419450870238.-2207520000.1448377677./930656500346525/?type=3&theater

Thank you all again for the well wishes. It was indeed where I needed to be. My girlfriend accompanied me and I saw many friends and familiar faces...both in the crowd and on the stage 

I lost it during "Add Some Music" and "Love and Mercy"...hit me hard today.

A few notes...they took an intermission. Brian was in great spirits in the first set...this seemed to fade quickly through the second set. By the time they reached "Pet Sounds" it was very clear that he was not engaged. I think the band needs to do some serious thinking on how to tailor the show in order to bring out the best with him all the way through, even if that means an hour set and they do more co-headliner type tours.

The ballads work best for him right now. Basically anything that was recorded with a Mike Love lead vocal but had Brian tonight was noticeably slower in tempo, and he still wasn't getting all the words out. Why go through this? There's just an expansive catalog of music that Brian can handle with ease, plus Al's voice is spotless. His voice is truly a miracle and it deserves more attention in the show. Speaking of attention...Blondie f'-ing Chaplin. That was exciting! "Wild Honey" kicked major ass...as did his gypsy queen tambourine dances on and off stage. We waited by the tour buses for about an hour after the show. Never saw Brian leave. He had to have walked off stage and straight onto the bus. Blondie spent a lot of time out with the fans. I waited out of the way with a smaller group and he waltzed over. He signed my ticket, I told him "Wild Honey" was the best and he paused looked up and went...".....YEAH!" very enthusiastically! By the way, the particular odor I was picking up from him did a lot of explaining for the tambourine dances....... 

I was able to talk to Scott Bennett & Darian for a bit. Darian was wearing a Zombies shirt which I complimented, and he returned it on my BB's shirt! And lastly, Mr. Al Jardine made his way out. He had a big crowd following him and he was moving fast. I managed my way into the center of the herd next to him and asked him to sign my C50 meet and greet pic (already signed by Mike (x2), Bruce, and David) he said "if you're heading the way I am!" and I said "I can do that!" which got a very large chuckle out of him! Now my picture just needs the elusive Mr. Wilson's signature.


Well, those weren't a few quick notes were they? I hope my comments above don't come off as derogatory, I just think they're points worth discussing in this thread. The majority of the concert was sensational. Our Prayer/Heroes and Villains, Blondie Chaplin, Add Some Music, Love and Mercy were the highlights. Thank you all again. Up to the funeral parlor this morning for our next steps.

Great review! Glad you enjoyed it and it meant so much to you. Don't really have much to add, probably the best Brian and Al show I've seen this year, guess I saved the best for last!

Just walking on my way to class and who's out in front of the PAC.... One Blondie Chaplin, this is just way too cool!

Did you say hi?

He was on the phone but I waved haha

I remember a report from the first show saying he sang Wendy but I've never seen that confirmed

I think that was debunked early on. Those early reports from the first few shows were thrilling and interesting, but occasionally inaccurate.

Gotcha thanks, I figured as much

Agreed and agreed.

David singing "Getcha Back" wasn't as exciting as I had hoped this summer.

Al singing almost ANYTHING instead of another Beach Boy takes the cake these days! 

I think he sang on Hawaii at the C50 show I did (Getcha Back was not in the setlist that night), and I think he does a better job on that one. 

Yes, he sang Hawaii and Do You Wanna Dance at the Merriweather concert and both were more suitable.

Are you sure Dave sang "Do You Wanna Dance" in 2012? I remember early erroneous reports that he sang one other early-era tune at early shows. The Merriweather show was in June. But I remember tour post-mortems that seemed to confirm that the only leads he took on the tour were "Hawaii" and "Getcha Back." Every version of "Do You Wanna Dance" from that tour that I've heard features Brian.

I remember a report from the first show saying he sang Wendy but I've never seen that confirmed

I thank you all for the positive thoughts and vibrations. At 10:55 this morning, we lost my uncle. It was an very peaceful end to a long and complicated battle. He was 46 and has faced a never-ending list of medical problems all his life. My family is insisting I attend tonight. A Brian Wilson concert will be a very special form of music therapy.

My condolences, knowing how big of a fan you are I hope the concert tonight will help in some way, I'm sure it will even a little.

Just walking on my way to class and who's out in front of the PAC.... One Blondie Chaplin, this is just way too cool!

I just go back to when I talked to Matt in June and asked him about Funky Pretty he said they were pushing for it and maybe on the next tour. Who was pushing and if they still are is anyone's guess. Maybe this isn't considered the next tour idk. I wonder myself how long the Pet Sounds shows will be. Similar to before or short?

I would say *if* they're inclined to do an intermission, they spot at which they did it makes sense. It looks like they did around 29 songs and took the intermission after 15.

I do think they could stand to make the shows a little longer, even if it meant just adding a few more Al songs.

I know Brian is slowing down these days, but back in, say, 2004, they usually did around 20-23 songs *before* the intermission, after which they'd come back and do the entire Smile album. I'm not saying they have to go back to that, but adding a few more songs, even some instrumentals and Al leads that don't tax Brian further, would be nice. Even when they have Blondie at the show, they only give Blondie two lead vocals plus the opening lines to "Sail Away."

Couldn't agree more add Pet Sounds in and let Al do Cottonfields and Cal Saga instead of one or the other. And then maybe Lookin at Tomorrow or Honkin Down the Highway even Come Go With Me. I know they haven't done those but it might be easy to learn. Also by no means am i complaining i'm just happy to be able to see Brian tour with Al and Blondie.

The Blondie leads are really tricky because we all want to see Trader and Funk Pretty stuff like that but idk how well that would go over if they did three of those songs. I still wanna hear Hold On Dear Brother again, but honestly i don't think Blondie can sing it anymore even at the Vegas show Nate from Fun sang 95% of it with Blondie backing and maybe doubling him at certain parts. The one thing i REALLY want to see is Blondie play the whole show, he's there and he's a fantastic guitarist why keep him hiding in the back for 3/4 of the show? The couple times i've seen them this year it looked like he wanted to be out there as he was lurking behind the band the whole time  

The intermission they've put back in totally boggles my mind. It's not even close to being a 50/50 Set 1 vs. Set 2 balance. It worries me a bit that they feel the need for an intermission that only leaves 8 songs...makes me think it's needed for health concerns or something similar.

"This Whole World" is hands down my favorite Beach Boys song, but I kind of don't want to hear it. They surprised me with it on C50 when I saw them and Brian did a really great job singing it. I just don't need to hear someone else sing it, while Brian sits there...not singing it. I dunno.

Glad to see "Girl Don't Tell Me" and "She Knows Me..." back in there, as well as "Marcella"!

I feel like it might be a venue requirement or something because they've only done it at 2 shows the entire tour.

I was talking with Darian and he said Brian doesn't like doing Surf's Up and Busy Doin' Nothin' because they're too wordy. I was glad they pulled out Surf's Up last night, because quite honestly I didn't think Brian would sing it again.

That's totally understandable they almost read more as poems than songs.

Just bought row CCC (third row) dead center for Baltimore, man I'm excited it's a beautiful venue just saw Ringo Starr there. Only $90 too which considering other venue prices for their gigs around here is a good deal.

Setlist from last night's show in Appleton. This was a last minute thing for me, thanks to a friend who got an extra ticket.

Our Prayer
Heroes and Villains
California Girls
This Whole World (Darian)
Dance, Dance, Dance
I Get Around
Shut Down (Al)
Little Deuce Coupe (Al)
Girl Don't Tell Me
Then I Kissed Her (Al)
California Saga (Al)
In My Room
Surfer Girl
Don't Worry Baby (Matt)
One Kind of Love
Marcella
(intermission)
Darlin (Darian)
She Knows Me Too Well (Matt)
Surf's Up (Brian with Matt)
The Right Time (Al)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Matt)
Sloop John B (Al)
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
(Encore)
All Summer Long
Help Me Rhonda (Al)
Barbara Ann
Surfin USA
Fun Fun Fun
Love and Mercy

Thanks for taking down the setlist. Nothing out of the ordinary, though "Girl Don't Tell Me" has only been performed a few times this year back during the summer, and other than the one May show in NJ, they haven't don't "Marcella" this year.

I guess they have to fill a few holes in the setlist for Blondie's temporary absence. I was kind of surprised they didn't keep "Marcella" in the setlist this year with Blondie, as he played on the song (what with the CATP connection and whatnot) at the PBS taping late last year.

It was a somewhat rare truly insightful piece of intel a little while back where Brian gave the interview saying he doesn't like to perform "Busy Doin' Nothin'" (my sense was not that he doesn't like the song, but rather that he finds it kind of tiring or tedious to rattle off all the lyrics), and sure enough, the two-song "Friends" section hasn't been heard from since the one September show in SF.

It's a shame I really loved Wake the World, Busy I could take it or leave it. Wish they'd add back Please Let Me Wonder though. Great to see Surf's Up, This Whole World and She Knows Me still in there though and Girl Don't Tell Me is much better than You're So Good To Me

Mike and Bruce are coming to Baltimore just three days before my 21st birthday! They'll be at The Lyric Opera House downtown, a twenty-minute (TOPS!) drive for me! My girlfriend and I got second row tix in the presale today, general sale tomorrow...looking forward to seeing a theatre show in the winter...hoping that means a deeper setlist! Would love to meet Mike and Bruce with my GF as she's never met them and with my birthday nearby and all!

Super cool, very nice venue definitely gonna go. The next night they play in Hagerstown, Md at another theater. Probably gonna go to that too because back to back theater shows are bound to produce some rare deep cuts I haven't heard live

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Thank goodness he fell asleep now we won't have to hear his "boring and mundane" comments  

Again, a dumpster fire of autotune is hilarious after Mike's "interview" to David Beard talking about "autotune" the right time.

You already used that analysis in the other thread if you're gonna be like that at least change it up a little.

And I just ran into Brian in the lobby and got a picture with him...

Heading out to the Brian benifit show tonight in Virginia, went for the VIP $500 package, always wanted to do it figured now was a good time since the money goes to charity. Not sure what to expect but I'm definitely excited. Hope Darian is back and we get This Whole World, at least during sound check. Paul Dano is supposed to be there maybe he'll sing You Still Believe In Me again. Never heard that song and it would be a treat to hear it. I'll post a report and review as soon as I can very excited and luck to be seeing my third Brian gig this year!

Amazing what people have time to do.

Anyone go last night? Setlist?

R.I.P. 20 seconds of my life I'll never get back. 😇

They should drop a lot of the Mike Love lead vocal tracks, since Al & Brian have other songs that are good. Mike sings Mikes leads in concert, yet Brian sings Mikes too...I can hear the original voice with The Beach Boys. I want to hear Brian sing Brians leads!

I feel the same way with a couple of exceptions, Al does an amazing job on the car songs I must say. The other Mike leads especially Do It Again, Brian just doesn't seem to have it, I love him and I'm sorry but that's how I feel haha. Even Funx3 Cal Girls and Surfin' USA could go or have Al sing them but I don't think either one of those things will ever happen.

Mine follows the lineup on the Smile Sessions Disc 1, but uses the version of "Surf's Up" from the album of the same name.

Your mileage may and probably will vary.

Having listened to Surf's Up (the song) a lot more recently I find myself gravitating back to Carl's later vocal as well, don't get me wrong I love Brian's vocal but something about Carl singing it, as is the case with most things he sings, is something on an entire other level!

Also FYI Blondie's Facebook page just announced he's gonna be on all the Brian and Al dates this upcoming fall/winter.

From Facebook:

Blondie just checked in this morning & would like his fans to know he'll be on tour with Brian Wilson again through early December. Since family & friends have been asking when Blondie might return to South Africa to play he says "I'd like to see my family, cousins, I was thinking maybe January. No plans to play, but who knows? I really miss playing where I was born & I'd like to have a Durban curry with my friend, Steve Fataar."
To the people of Durban Blondie says "I'm eating matungulu's right now & miss the lychees".

To get back on topic for a second..... Anyone have any guess on how much the tickets for this benefit gig may cost. I really really wanna go but I'm also a poor college student who's already seen Brian twice and have tickets for a third show but still it's Brian F...ing Wilson! And I'm sure the crowd will be super small and the show super intimate.