The alleged "formula" quote. No-one has, to my knowledge - as ever I stand to be corrected - any reference to it prior to the mid seventies, and certainly not in any contemporary media. Few years ago, as I posted here at the time, I asked Mike about it and he gave me a source, viz. one of the suits at Capitol when he and Brian presented the finished Pet Sounds to them. He admitted it sounded like something he might say, given his love of alliteration.
Tom Nolan Rolling Stone article, October 28, 1971.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-a-california-saga-19711028?page=6"Mike Love was the tough one for David (Anderle). Mike really befriended David: He wanted his aid in going one direction while David was trying to take it the opposite way. Mike kept saying, 'You're so good, you know so much, you're so realistic, you can do all this for us-why not do it this way.' and David would say 'Because Brian wants it
that way.' 'Gotta be
this way.' David really holds Mike Love responsible for the collapse. Mike wanted the bread, 'and don't f*** with the formula.'"
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