Btw, fans who didn't catch Mike's special attention, isn't it luck, in fact? Why would anybody going to enjoy show be interested in catching band's attention? If you don't, you don't. What's the big deal. Fans shouldn't be interested in chatting with band etc. It doesn't make sense. Show is seeing/ hearing music. Am I right or am I right?

Hmm, not sure I entirely agree. We didn’t go to the show expecting to get close to the stage at all, so that being said, my entire story was just icing on top of the Beach Boys cake. Given the chance, who wouldn’t want to be inches from a rocking group of highly respectable living legends? To me, concerts are more than just ‘seeing and hearing’, it’s about the whole experience. And speaking for performing artists, it’s always a great feeling to connect with the audience. After 50+ years, I’d say Mike’s gotten quite creative with that!

Mike Love totally hit on my friend while on stage at the Connecticut show the other night (Aug. 15)!! Other people from the audience even came up to her after the show and congratulated her for catching his eye in such a blatantly obvious way lol. I would’ve been jealous of this attention she was getting from Dr. Love, but he also gave me a high five and let me sing a quick line on ‘Barbara Ann’ into the mic while we were dancing by the stage! Anyway, I wonder if this kind of thing is a common occurance... whatever the case, I found it incredibly amusing and it makes for a great memory!!

Sure they discussed lots of interesting and valuable Brian/Beach Boys lore in the interview, but even after seeing this I still feel like American Spring is a group shrouded in mystery and unanswered questions. But it is an American Spring interview after all, and you don’t see that every day, so I’ll take it!

Edit: If I’m remembering correctly, American Spring mentions that Brian was involved producing most, if not all, of their record. I’ve heard from many forum members that this wasn’t the case, and he was involved only minimally.

I love silly topics like this! According to the ‘I Am Brian Wilson’ book (pp. 9-10), Brian loves to start his day by sitting in his chair, which he calls his ‘command center’. There, he’ll tune in to Eyewitness News because “the newscasters are pleasant to watch”. He’s also a fan of game shows, nameably Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, although he’s “getting tired of watching” the latter. Lots of interesting information like this in his book, I suggest it to anyone who hasn’t picked it up yet.

Honestly, the photo they created of Dennis looks a lot like how he did in ‘83. His face seemed to harden up in the 80’s. Just an observation, not a put-down..

Good day to you all! I found this thread interesting and wanted to chime in for my first post. I remembered reading that Brian enjoyed the music of Queen, so I dug up this interview where he explains that he was quite fond of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and also The Door’s ‘Light My Fire’, while at the same time claiming that both records ‘scared’ him. An interesting read, although I know I might have missed the mark on the timeline by a little..
http://thequietus.com/articles/20279-interview-brian-wilson