Mike is 75.  I think he can do it for another 2-3 years, provided fans keep buying tickets.  I do not think he will be performing at 80 like Tony Bennett. 

I expect the license will be then handed off to Jeff Foskett and Scott Totten to keep the money rolling in.

The large 1967 with the stain glass coloring inside them, makes that cover come alive.

The song Sad, Sad, Summer, which is also on the soundtrack, is actually okay.   

There was an ad in the late 1970's for Craig car stereos, with a photo of the entire group, including Brian, and their cars.

The cover of the new CD, 1967 Sunshine Tomorrow, is very cool, it would make a great Beach Boys t-shirt.  I hope someone produces them because I will buy one.   

I think they were there during the Hollywood Bowl show.

Aren't You Glad would have sounded a whole lot better without Brian's falsetto, it doesn't fit.

The theremin opening on Wild Honey is unique, but some other type of instrumental opening would have been better.

Has been Mike talked about the new version of Do It Again in any interview and why now?

That's classic Mike Love fashion in the American Bandstand clip.

The Rachel Gilman review in Pop Dust says that race riots were breaking out across the country in 1967, that was 1968, when ML King was killed in April of 1968.

Here Comes the Night is the best track from Sunshine tomorrow.  I Was Made To Love Her would have been a better song without the "you son of a bitch" vocal repeated in the background, it's grating to hear it.

Man, I hope my Amazon delivery of Sunshine Tomorrow shows up today.  I want to listen to this in my car all weekend.

No way on California Girls, but there are definitely some songs that would have been better with Al as the lead or sharing the lead with Mike.

The best recording of Aren't You Glad is the live version on the Beach Boys Live In London record, the song has so much more life on that recording than the studio version.

I don't understand the timing of this BW release.  There is a Beach Boys CD just about to be released (1967), why not let that CD have its run before announcing a BW collection.  I am focused on 1967/Wild Honey, not interested in anything else.

The poor songwriting and Brian's ragged voice hurt the 1985 album a lot.  Mike Love's vocals are lacking as well.

It gives the band a chance to rest their voices for a few minutes, have something to drink, before they go back out and crank it up.  I think every Beach Boys concert I have been to since the 1970's had an intermission.

1.  Rock 'n roll music
2.  It's OK
3.  Had To Phone Ya
4.  Palisades Park
5.  Susie Cinncinatti

With some work, I suspect Palisades Park could have been a whole lot better.

 I like the song, the lead vocal and background vocals are very good.  I can't stand the line in the song, "high up on a hill, making love again."

Maybe Feel Flows, which is a very different sounding Beach Boys song.

I wish Mike was a little more outspoken in the past when albums full of dreck were recorded and released, like MIU, maybe some of those trainwrecks could have been avoided.   

I would prefer that Mike not mention Brian's issues, past and current, when asked about their relationship, but there's probably more truth to what he says than most would care to admit.  I also cannot blame him if he's extremely irritated that he has to deal with someone who has no background in the music business, if he wants to work with or deal with Brian Wilson.     

For Mike to be successful as a songwriter these days, he would need a partner that would be blunt with him and push him to write at a higher level.  Brian Wilson is not that person.  At his age and in light of his prior statements, I doubt Mike is motivated to spend the time necessary to craft a song that works on a creative level. 

The natural follow-up to Kokomo would have been Lahaina Aloha.  Similar feel to Kokomo.

Letterman is a mean spirited guy, quick to to insult others.

Wouldn't It Be Nice is one of the greatest pop songs ever written and produced, perhaps the greatest.  So, no it's not overrated.