"You've been thinking bout some things we used to do" is Mike!

"Thinkin' bout when life was still in front of you" is Al.

Given the way they punched in vocals, it's not too much of a stretch that they traded off lines like that. Al himself said he sang FFTBA one line at a time.

I'm thinking of Keep an Eye on Summer reimagined by Brian...

Think you'll find he already did that, and to no real end...

The "end" is that I find the rerecording to be very pleasant listening.  An older, more mature voice, and a nice arrangement. 

Meh - glad that you like it, but it had no place on that album. "Soon we'll be graduatng" was a good lyric for Brian in 1964 (and even then....not that good!), but in 1998, it's quite silly.

From an interview with Jim Peterik:

Now Brian's putting a solo album out on Capitol, it's coming out in January I believe, it's called No Pier Pressure and I wrote a song for it called "Sail Away." Again it was myself, Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas the producer and Larry Millas of the Ides. It's kind of like "Sloop John B" in the nautical field, so it's continuing. I still pinch myself with the Brian Wilson thing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/shades-of-blue-tiger-eyes_b_5859226.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment

This is an interesting bit of info. Thanks.

Ticket prices are purrrrrrrrty ridiculous.

Band On The Run?

Here is the premier of Til I Die from last year's tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4QFDKgraU

I believe Brian played it at that wrap party for Love & Mercy, but not sure if he sang it - could have been Paul Dano....

I'm a Chuck Jackson fan and I instinctively knew that melody when I heard your track, it just took me a little bit to figure out where I knew it from

Think I figured out "So F*cked Up"....."Hand It Over" by Chuck Jackson?

Hey, all four tracks are stellar. I especially liked "So F....ed Up Without You", it could be a hit, but it could have done with another word in place of the expletive. What was your reasoning for including that word in place of something else? Especially for such a early 60s pop-soul vibe song. I'm not offended, but I just don't really feel it fits.

(pssst - Turn Down Day by The Cyrkle, track #4!!!)

A lot of people who defend Brian's singing instantly point to the Disney album in his defence

Well if you want to hear brian singing as good as he ever has look no further than "what love can do". Truly One of Brian's most underated songs beach boys or solo. Beautiful vocals, you can tell he was enjoying singing that song

I like the song - the vocals are processed, but not too terribly - I can live with it. But, if this video depicts an actual vocal session, he does not look to be enjoying himself very much. I wouldn't really recommend watching it, but, here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8A_J4KSvRg

Pet Sausages

This IS the Beach Boy album the Mike Love haters have been waiting for.

Meh. If it was a Mike Love solo album with contributions by Kacey Musgraves, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Ray, the Fun period guy, and Zooey Deschanel, everyone would be bagging on him. If Brian does has these people on his album, it's "creative" and "different".

Brian isn't that good a singer, especially as compared to his former self.

Listen to Baby Mine on ITKOD and then tell me that again. Brian can be a fantastic studio singer if he wants to be - and if he has the right producer/vocal coach/guy in the booth/whatever to help him and use the right tools. It's hard to imagine the same guy that sang the Disney album is the same one that's on the autotuned, slurry TWGMTR, but it is. It's all about how he's singing it and how the post-production is done.

Of course, it's no use to complain before we've heard anything....but...is it too much to ask for a Brian Wilson album of Brian Wilson originals with no outside-guest helping hands? We haven't gotten that since That Lucky Old Sun. It'll have been six years by the time this album comes out.

Frank Ocean rapping on a Brian Wilson track? No thanks.
Summer Means New Love remake? If it has vocals, it might be interesting.
Danny Boy kiiiind of worked live. Even then, i thought it was uninspired.
Female guest vocals on new compositions? I'm buying a Brian Wilson album. I'd like to hear Brian sing them. If there is a way we can get both versions of "Last Song", cool. But please release one with just Brian's (and band etc) vocals.

What has happened to this board?

Juvenile rubbish. High-school drama. Yes, I know some of you are actually in high school - but so are other posters on this board - and they can handle it just fine. And I'm sure the people I'm referring to will "call me out" publically and reply to this post, which is totally uneccessary, but they do it on every other thread here, too. And then maybe they'll post an apology thread. And then continue to keep doing the same thing over and over. And then wonder why they keep being pissed on here.

Can we just stick to talking about the Beach Boys, please? Cripes.

Beach Boys Family & Friends - Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (11-23-1998)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjrGLz3Vkmg

Brian Wilson - Front Row Center (11-10-1998)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgF9Py_PmHQ

WOOOWWW!!!!!!!!  - FRC was GREAT!!   Brian's vocals on 'DWB' is making my day!!!

sounds too good though, I wonder how much 'sweeting' was done after the show..??.....  who cares!  he is just the best!

why don't they DVD release this stuff!!

RickB

It's double-tracked, so he might have just completely done that in the studio - but he DOES sound really good!

When's the last time he's sung the lead on DWB? I'd love to hear him try it in 2014, in a lower key.

I've actually seen it twice since it opened (with two different people), and generally, it's entertaining. However, there are soooo many inaccuracies that it's hard to call this movie a biopic - more like a very twisted version on some things that actually happened, some that really didn't. Also, as you noted, Lloyd doesn't really sound or look all that much like Valli.

4th of July is one HELL of a dirge.

Start thinking about the songs he co-wrote, not only with King, and you'll be hard pressed to find many other songwriters who accomplished that much. He changed the face of pop music. I'm bummed.

Soul Searchin'

I Get Around

All This Is That

Good Timin'

I would wear that everywhere.