Very important update from th ML meets DT thread http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23974.0.html

K so first , bringing this thread back up in the list.

Second, any chance we can get a photo of Mike cooking? Just read the Martoni resto thread http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23878.0.html and thought it might be a good fit here.

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When I first saw the cover of Pet Sounds in 1966 there is no way I would have guessed that 12 years later Brian Wilson would go missing and finally be found under a tree in Balboa Park, less than a mile walk from the entrance to the Zoo, (and even closer to the Children's Zoo, as the crow flies), looking like a homeless bum, dirty, passed out, and nearly comatose, with no wallet, money, or ID.

Really? Is it just a coincidence or could there be a reason for that? So many potential theories...

This is amazing, thank you Howie!

I'm very glad you're also a Love You fan and its a thrill to see you asked Brian what he recalled from the album.

I have a question for you: In this interview (or previous ) did you ever felt Brian was nostalgic about Love You? In wikipedia there's a quote from Earle Mankey about Brian saying he was searching for the same 'fire' from his younger days when recording Love You.

I just think that's a very powerful statement, making Love You very personal and full of sonic melancholy. What do you think?

+1

Yes Mike, please include 'That's not me' and please come to Montreal!

I've added the Montreal date to the top post. Interesting that they're still filling in dates on the schedule.

K so tickets are now on sale for Brian at Montreal Jazz Festival 2016. I just got mine 

He's playing Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Place-des-Arts complex, which is the centerpoint of Jazz fest. Its a very cool theather, where the OSM (Symphonic Orchestra from Montreal) plays classical concerts. So its also very prestigious. I saw him there back in 2010 for the Gershwin show, sound was great.

So this is going to be my 4th year in a row catching Brian playing live (including the 2013 reunion show). Hope he continues to play for many, many more.

Just got an update from Bandsintown app that Brian is doing Montreal Jazz Fest on July 7!!! Its confirmed on brianwilson.com but tickets not yet available in the festival's site.

 

Any chance we can still influence the cover photo of Mike's book?

Wonder what we could propose...

"We're gonna put this goat on the cover instead of you, Bruce!"

"Ha-ha! Good one, Mike!"
 

 

Ontor, Bean? Where are you??? Lets give this thread some Love again (pun intended)

When Mike Love gives this signal while wearing his scrambled egg hat, watch out!



Confused during a recent encore, Mike Love launches into an excerpt from "The Vagina Monologues"



Mike Love proudly casts his ballot for The Beach Boys over The Beatles. Uh, it was a write-in.

Yeah.  I'm a good practitioner.

Reporter:  excuse me?
Mike:  It is good.  It's a... good... place.

Reporter:  How do you feel about Brian killing your "FaRTs album" again, Mike?
Mike:  Good place.

Reporter:  And without FaRTs, there's all the more room... in that "good place."  right Mike?
Mike:  ...

Reporter:  Mike?

You're awesome Bean!

With the current pointless trend of hate threads, thought we should lighten the mood a bit and have this one come back up in the list. Ontor's first photo foresees it all...amazing!


"OK, show of hands... who here hates me? Ok, who here hates me but is able to deal with the dichotomy and appreciate my bass vocals?"


I prefer looking back to BBs history with humor and not with hate. Mock the devil of unfair, over-responsibility of all things BBs gone wrong to this guy, and hate shall flee from thee! Mike is as integral to the band I love as Brian, Alan, Carl and Dennis...no way around it...and they all made very stupid mistakes at some point.

But hey, we're all humans, right?

Now, Bean, getting back to the FaRTS album... 

["Summer's Gone," the final track on "Radio," was finished with the help of Jon Bon Jovi. " 'Summer's Gone' was something we wrote one verse to and then Jon Bon Jovi came by the studio one day and he called it Brian's 'My Way,' " Thomas said. "Jon collaborated with us a little on it, changing the melody in a couple of spots. He wrote some really nice verses that kind of tied it all in together. We definitely appreciated the contribution because it took it from one great verse to one great song."The plan, Thomas said, is to finish the suite and release it. But whether it comes out as a Beach Boys record or a solo album remains to be seen.]

From an old thread on the subject:

"Summer's Gone," the final track on "Radio," was finished with the help of Jon Bon Jovi. " 'Summer's Gone' was something we wrote one verse to and then Jon Bon Jovi came by the studio one day and he called it Brian's 'My Way,' " Thomas said. "Jon collaborated with us a little on it, changing the melody in a couple of spots. He wrote some really nice verses that kind of tied it all in together. We definitely appreciated the contribution because it took it from one great verse to one great song."

The plan, Thomas said, is to finish the suite and release it. But whether it comes out as a Beach Boys record or a solo album remains to be seen.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/24/the-beach-boys-are-making-radio-waves/

Thank you sir!

Maybe someone already asked this...but what was Jon Bon Jovi's actual involvement in Summer's Gone? Did he write lyrics, music, production...played sth?

Just heard 'Oh Lord' from The Cocaine Sessions...and Brian does an amazing job singing! Sounds way more fluent than other stuff from the late 70s (except for MIU) and 80s.

Am I mistaken or does he sing in falsetto here in some parts?

"OW! Pretty sure my hand isn't supposed to do that!"



"Are you positive we can't find slightly more unflattering pics?"



"Jeff's hat was my idea, of course. Makes him look more like Guy Caballero."



Grandpa gets lost on stage again.

Great stuff Ontor

Stamos:  It's blue.  I think it's blue.
Mike:  Jon --

Stamos:  What do you think, Mike... does it look blue to you?
Mike:  Jon --

Stamos: ...should I get this looked at?

And Bean does it again 

Did you snap the picture yet?

Photographer:  No.  It's just... I don't know.  Something's not working for me.
Mike:  Is it the hat --

Photographer:  No.  That hat's fine.  It's  just.... everything else.

 

Wouldn't it be nice...everything I love about the BBs is in that song

Some weird memes in Google images when you search for "Mike Love Beach Boys'...

That's weird, they pop up on my monitor. Getty images, razzin' frazzin! Must be some cache thing to keep people from nicking their already hideously watermarked crap. I shall continue digging to GIVE HIM SOME DUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE



"I know where the evil lies, inside of your heart."

All is good!!!!!

Randell Kirsch's going away present: a tambourine studded with razor blades.



"I am sooooo heterosexual!"

Hey Ontor, images appear broken 

you won't find a better example of this than the UK band The Doves, releasing a b-side "Valley" to one of their singles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmaUlL0ggKg

shall we play Spot The Reference ?

Wow! Bicycle rider!!!

I used to like these guys, but now I'm very, very impressed with Doves  

[Where's the love?]

Dont think its fair Brian is getting all the attention nowadays...Mike deserves more!

Lets bring this thread back up 

Where's the love?

Brian almost looks like that depressed teenager from Little Miss Sunshine here.

Ok...Serious question to anyone who has seen the movie. 'Brian' is looking to his right in a nervous manner. Is that character to his right supposed to be Manson?

Nope