1. The SMiLE Sessions
2. Smiley Smile
3. Pet Sounds
4. All Summer Long
   Today
6. Surfer Girl
7. Little Deuce Coupe
8. Friends
   20/20
10.Shut Down, Vol. 2
11.Surfin' USA
12.Sunflower
    Surf's Up
14.Party!
15.Summer Days And Summer Nights!!!
16.Christmas Album
17.Surfin' Safari
18.Wild Honey
19.Love You
20.Holland
21.That's Why God Made The Radio
22.15 Big Ones
23.Keepin' The Summer Alive
24.M.I.U. Album            
25.Carl & The Passions "So Tough"   
26.Still Cruisin'
27.The Beach Boys
28.L.A. (Light Album)         
29.Summer In Paradise

Rio Grande
You're Still A Mystery

I like the fact that Mike had to go to the office and meditate to come up with

Spring Vacation
Good Vibrations
Summer Weather
Were back together

Wonder how deep he had to go to find those spiritual gems?*

*not Mike bashing - just funny

According to Joe Thomas, Brian Wilson wrote those words, not Mike Love.  Joe said in an interview that Brian wrote the chorus and Mike wrote the verses part of that song.  Since Brian is in charge of music and Mike is not, I assume Joe was referring to the lyrics.  Brian also came up with the phrase "easy money," which was the first set of words he had to go with "Spring Vacation," the title of which Brian also thought up.  Although I'm not sure why it would take a meditation session to come up with Mike's verse lyrics, either, which aren't much better. 

Joe Thomas: "And within five minutes, Mike had written “Spring vacation, good vibrations, summer weather, we’re back together.” It was like, “Wow. Five minutes.” "

http://andrewromano.tumblr.com/joethomasbeachboys

Surfin' Safari - Surfin' Safari, Surfin', 409
Surfin' USA - Surfin' USA, Lonely Sea, Shut Down
Surfer Girl - Surfer Girl, In My Room, Catch A Wave
Little Deuce Coupe - Be True to Your School, Little Deuce Coupe, No-Go Showboat
Shut Down Volume 2 - The Warmth of the Sun, Fun Fun Fun, Don't Worry Baby
All Summer Long - I Get Around, All Summer Long, Hushabye
Christmas Album - Little Saint Nick, Santa's Beard, The Man with All the Toys
The Beach Boys Today! - In the Back of My Mind, Dance Dance Dance, When I Grow Up
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) - California Girls, Help Me Rhonda, You're So Good To Me
Recorded "live" at a...Beach Boys' Party! - Barbara Ann, Devoted To You, Mountain of Love
Pet Sounds - God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk
Smiley Smile - Good Vibrations, Heroes and Villains, She's Goin' Bald
Wild Honey - I'd Just Love Once to See You, Darlin', Wild Honey
Friends - Friends, Wake the World, Diamond Head
20/20 - Do It Again, I Went to Sleep, Cabinessence
Sunflower - Add Some Music To Your Day, This Whole World, Our Sweet Love
Surf's Up - Disney Girls, A Day in the Life of a Tree, 'Til I Die
So Tough - You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone, He Come Down, Marcella
Holland - California, Steamboat, Big Sur
15 Big Ones - Back Home, Susie Cincinnati, Blueberry Hill
The Beach Boys Love You - Good Time, Love Is a Woman, Let Us Go on This Way
MIU Album - Hey Little Tomboy, My Diane, She's Got Rhythm
L.A. - Baby Blue, Sumahama, Good Timin'
Keepin' The Summer Alive - School Days, Endless Harmony, Goin' On
The Beach Boys - California Calling, Getcha Back, It's Just a Matter of Time
Still Cruisin' - Island Girl, Kokomo, In My Car
Summer In Paradise - Island Fever, Lahaina Aloha, Still Surfin'
Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 - Caroline No, 409, The Warmth of the Sun

.

“It’s very relaxed to me,” Johnston hints. “What I like about it is the label wasn’t running in the door every five minutes [looking for hits]. They just come over once in awhile and heard all the voices. Brian’s got this cute little pocket suite in it. And nobody’s worried about ‘Strings aren’t cool = it’s 2012.’ Paul Martin did these great string arrangements. It’s relaxed and there’s interesting things going on. Nobody’s trying to put on whatever they were all about from the mid ’60s. Nobody’s trying to win an Olympic gold medal. Al sang a duet with me, and it was a pleasure. It’s not like an album where you’re gonna go, ‘This is gonna be pretty big!’ You’re gonna go, ‘Hey, this is pretty nice. These guys, after all these years, can and want to sing together.’”

Brian Wilson, who guards his words in a separate interview, opens up here. “It’s very mellow-sounding. A lot of harmonies. Most of it’s just harmony. I wrote a song called ‘Shelter,’ which is all about how your house is shelter from the sunlight and shelter from the dark night. It’s a great tune, it really is.”

That’s Why God Made The Radio’s title track has been issued as the first single, and its unabashedly retro feel is charismatic. The band’s rich harmonies cascade over a bass pattern that’s surprisingly high in the mix, with everything swaying in 12/8 time. Despite the arrangement’s density, it never feels cluttered and — like most Beach Boys single edits — ends too soon.

He continues, “Most of the stuff I wrote in 1998 with my collaborator Joe Thomas. [Until now], the guys had never heard it before. They love it. They think it’s great stuff. The guys haven’t changed very much in 50 years, you know? They still sound just as good or even better than 50 years ago!”

http://illinoisentertainer.com/2012/05/cover-story-the-beach-boys/

1. Think About The Days (1:27)
2. That’s Why God Made The Radio (3:19)
3. Isn’t It Time (3:45)
4. Spring Vacation (3:07)
5. The Private Life Of Bill And Sue (4:17)
6. Shelter (3:02)
7. Daybreak Over The Ocean (4:20)
8. Beaches In Mind (2:38)
9. Strange World (3:03)
10. From There To Back Again (3:23)
11. Pacific Coast Highway (1:52)
12. Summer’s Gone (4:40)

http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/beach_boys/thats_why_god_made_the_radio/

Two enlightening conclusions you get from reading this thread:

1- the lyrics of this song are by Mike Love and they suck.
2- based on those 9 seconds, the entire song sucks. Heck, the whole album sucks.

The clip is 24 seconds.

California Dreaming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6WL6ynaXY

The Lonely Sea
Friends
Add Some Music To Your Day

According to a poster on the Blueboard, This Whole World is back on the set list.

God Only Knows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfRDhA9o8Y&list=UUXgLfER521jCAn6YJGA-pEw&index=7&feature=plcp

Angel Come Home
Going South
Maybe I Don't Know
Passing Friend
East Meets West
Chasin' The Sky
Make It Big
Problem Child
Strange Things Happen

California Girls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2FJ2vHZ7gM

Kokomo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4RWs6XpPZk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

24 seconds of "I Get Around":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6y2RpsBls

"Friends" would be a perfect song for this tour.

It would be much appreciated if someone would PM me!

I'd love to hear something from this show!
I thought there would be plenty of Youtube videos from the first reunion concert, but so far only Kokomo has been uploaded (and it's already gone).

A new interview with Al:

http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/2599661-129/beach-boys-starting-reunion-tour

You can buy the download version from Spotify and the CD from WOWHD.

http://www.usatoday.com/USCP/PNI/Features/2012-02-26-PNI0226ae-beach-boysPNIBrd_ST_U.htm

Rio Grande.

It would be interesting to see how Ringo and Paul would interpret Blaine and Kaye's parts, given how Macca revolutionized the bass in his own way. I think he could have had an interesting take on those lines.

Conversely there are some BB tracks that are almost impossible to improve, e.g. most of Pet Sounds.

The tracks I'd like to have heard the BB's cover - If I Fell, In My Life, Good Day Sunshine, Blackbird.

I'd love to hear them do She's Leaving Home or Your Mother Should Know

Brian singing She's Leaving Home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tO7jMqTh7Y

You can listen to "Samba" here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Dx6UU9100