I'm deeply sorry for starting trouble. Please believe me, when I say I never wanted this to happen. I should have known by telling my story, it would cause this type of  reaction. It's better for me not to talk about Denny being my bio dad, I won't bring It up again. Delete my thread so no more trouble will come. Thank you. Bless you all.

Don't take it too seriously. It's not your fault that certain people are so sick that concentrate their sense of life on other people they don't have nothing to do with. This is fandom getting into serious sickness. You have a link to the story, as somebody already mentioned, and it is part of who you are. But none of us has any right to go into personal things. I haven't read the blueboard (Brian Wilson's message board) but you have to understand that people there are terribly blinded and drawn to the Beach Boys, acting as if it was their life. It's almost like a religion to them. I stopped posting there a long time ago and don't miss it in any way.
Stay around. If you want to learn about Dennis and the Beach Boys, this is the place where you can get lots of informations. Become just another member of this board and if there's something very personal that you'd like to know you can always contact someone of the mods via pm and ask if it would be a good idea to post it.

You know, I never noticed it before, but Al Jardine kind of looks like Ronald Reagan, doesn't he?

Hm.... what does Reagan look like nowadays ?




Agree on Matt Jardine's falsetto. On a few songs he even beats Brian imo (Hushabye for example).
Good to see you here, hope you'll stay around

The ceremony for Brian when he was honored with the Kennedy Center Award:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pad0j4ZiVYY&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-1-HM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM-uollwxh8&feature=related

Here is something that is certainly new to me , Brian performing (?) live on a US TV Show called 'The Spirit Of Rock And Roll' , rather good

and the performance of 'Surfer Girl' is very much like BB Stomp in 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdYb3MaJ4K8

I was expecting much, much worse stuff. But I am pleasantly surprised. But did they really use the original Beach Boys backing vocals for GOK? Well......

To tell you the truth, I couldn't care less.....
But it I guess they kinda do it as a tribute to the BBs' 50th anniversary and just for the fun add some Phillips-compositions....

Does anyone know what session this is from? Could it be for 'Can't Wait Too Long?' - it seems to have the same exact pitch as the intro to 'Can't Wait Too Long'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5cZDILiL04&feature=related

I was made to love her

Thanks - I heard the instrumental of IWMTLH being played at 1:11 but it didn't sound like those harmonies would really fit in the song...but they seem to be a perfect match pitch-wise to that song. Another reason I asked was because the description on the video said it was from a 1968 session - maybe the uploader got the year wrong. Thanks again!

Well, now that you're saying..... I kinda wonder where in the song this shows up..... Maybe it was for an alternative vocal arrangement?

Does anyone know what session this is from? Could it be for 'Can't Wait Too Long?' - it seems to have the same exact pitch as the intro to 'Can't Wait Too Long'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5cZDILiL04&feature=related

I was made to love her

These guys have been playing since 1961 - I didn't expect them to sound incredible. I just really dug the vibe of it - As has been said, Al was energetic and sounded great (even him fumbling with his amp made me laugh a bit), Bruce seemed into it. Mike did look a little iffy, but other than that it was a great set - It was even nice seeing Stamos add some energy to it.

I think Mike and Al were a little nervous being on stage together again. Not necessarily uncomfortable, but nervous. At least it seemed to me like that.


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BTW Anyone ever saw the concert at the White House from '83 and could say something about it?

Although I don't think it'll happen, I'd like to see a bonus disc with liveversions of Smile-songs the BBs did record over the years (unreleased ones of course)

Yes, it sure looks like it could really be a very good anniversary year. Like you say, only February and we already saw and read interesting stuff. I am excited and feel the "excitations" climbing

Beach Boys, there are the chances. Now....... blow them....  

Man... saving online streams on the web isn't  easy!!
Neither is uploading them to youtube afterwards...

but
enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xwvOT865c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llGPKlR4PHI

//RD

Thank you so much !

Good luck !
I don't think anyone here has a problem with you posting about your experiences. I'd be the last one to tell you you shouldn't. So, if you want to share with us what you'll be told by your mother, please do so. But everyone will understand if there are things that are too personal that you might not wanna talk about. Anyway, once again: Good luck !

I only saw "California girls" and part of "Sloop John B" yet and it's great to see the guys together again. Al looks older than I remembered it from his Rhonda-video, but what's with Mike? His face looks bloated. Is he sick? I hope not. Anyway, now I'm going right back to watching.

BTW I love their clothings. I hope they will wear this kind of outfit for the big 50th anniversary reunion-show with Brian and no hawaiian-shirts, etc

-Brian shaking his hips to Roller Skating Child.

Clip and audio don't belong together. They didn't play RSC

how could you ever suggest that to somebody lol. so bad. 

Only because it was based on said book and the last days of Dennis seemed to be shown pretty convincing

Maybe there's something in the media-section of Brian's official site......?

Ronald Reagan ? The actor ?

Did I do something wrong by giving out a true compliment? If so, I'm very sorry.
So, on topic, yeah you definitely seem to look very much like Dennis on that picture. But people who know you and who knew Dennis are the only ones that really should be trusted, because a picture can fool you sometimes. Like others already mentiones, I think you should write and try to get in contact with Ed Roach and Jon Stebbins.
BTW wasn't there a son of Dennis' about a few years ago that got in contact with Michael or Carl B. through the Blue Bamboo Room -message board? Maybe thats also a way to lear more about Dennis and get in contact with his relatives

Don't be sorry. You're very sweet. I'm not fooling anybody, i'm not stupid or insane. Who in their right mind would post a pic if they were lying. I understand what you're saying, thank you. If there's anyone who wants to challange me.. bring it on. I only have myself as proof, thats good enough.

Of course I didn't wanna say that you were fooling, only that pictures are just that, pictures, and I guess if you're really trying to find out about your genes, you should get in contact with people that actually knew him and who have the opportunity to see you in real life.  Most of us haven't met him (for example, I was born around the time you were, after his death) and we only know our stuff from books, pictures, websites etc. which of course is a good start but to see a person on a pic or standing right before you is a different thing. Someone mentioned Billy Hinsche. Of course he would be a fantastic source. He's posting on the BeachBoysBritain-messageboard but you could also reach him on facebook.
That's of course not saying that you shouldn't post here, as it's really interesting for us freaky Beach Boys-fans.    And you also seem like a nice person. You may find out alot of info about Wilson's life around here.

May I ask, do you listen to the Beach Boys ? It would be interesting if you had some kind of connection even before you knew about your (biological) father.


And again back to the books. If you want to know about Dennis' last months, you should, as somebody already said somewhere, read Steve Gaines' "Heroes & Villains". Years ago I asked Ed Roach on the Blue Bamboo Room how accurate it was and he said it was frightning because there were stories mentioned that he thought only he and Dennis would know. I can't say that the rest of the book is as true. But there are worse ones.
The TV-movie "Summer dreams" was based on that book, and Bruce Greenwood played Dennis. You can at least watch parts of it on youtube. Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beach+boys+summer+dreams+movie+scene&aq=f

The movie is quite bad (it's known as the "beard-movie" in Beach Boys land) but it got alot of people, me included, really into the Beach Boys' and especially the troubles Dennis went through, plus his coolnes. But don't be fooled, 'cause there is a very beautiful song "Dennis" is playing twice in the movie. That one was written for the movie though and just used for effect. Has nothing to do with him, although it kinda sounds like his style

Did I do something wrong by giving out a true compliment? If so, I'm very sorry.
So, on topic, yeah you definitely seem to look very much like Dennis on that picture. But people who know you and who knew Dennis are the only ones that really should be trusted, because a picture can fool you sometimes. Like others already mentiones, I think you should write and try to get in contact with Ed Roach and Jon Stebbins.
BTW wasn't there a son of Dennis' about a few years ago that got in contact with Michael or Carl B. through the Blue Bamboo Room -message board? Maybe thats also a way to lear more about Dennis and get in contact with his relatives

This is from june I believe

I don't care who you look like, but you're hot, that's for sure.

Some good ideas here, but...

BTW I think this board should be linked with BeachBoysCentral.com and become kinda the official one. That probably would also pay the hosting costs (Bros. records would take them over I guess)

The very appeal of this board is that it's a forum for OBJECTIVE discussion, warts and all, where tempers and arguments can (and often do) flare up but usually resolve themselves. A "Beach Boys-sanctioned" message board makes me think blueboard, and that's not a pretty thought. Let's keep this forum as is...I think the results speak for themselves.

This forum of course would keep as it is in my imagination. Since so many insiders already are here, I figured it wouldn't be so hard. But yeah, you're probably right

Phoneinterview with Mike talking about the Maharishi-thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxcx5UhqbBU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmW-yF_L0g


Should take a listen


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And promoting The Wilsons on Rosie O'Donnel

Well, I remember reading/hearing somewhere that Brian Wilson/the Brian Wilson "estate" has been collecting Smile material for years now (since the BWPS dream started). They started asking around for any bootlegs/acetates/whatever floating around, and promised not to punish anyone who gave them the material. Supposedly, they have gotten some interesting stuff back over time and Brian now has his own personal archive of Smile material.

True ? I never heard that?