BTW,
I really can't decide what I'd like better as an opening. The way Mike & Bruce used the original "Surfin'" recording and then going live into it or "California girls", which - although used many, many times - still is a heck of an opening song ! Maybe they'll do "Do it again" though

What would be great would be if someone placed an old retro record player on the stage for the opening and started playing a vintage copy of the Surfin'record on the original Candix label!

Laurel and Hardy look worse when colourised to me! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAkhFv7Xp-E

For the original T 2458 Mono Pet Sounds how can you tell whether the pressing is from 1966 or not as i'd like to get a 1st US pressing from that year but some copies seem to have Wouldn't It Be Nice and You Still Believe In Me appear above the spindle hole while others don't.

Mike and Al must grow long beards for the occasion and Brian needs to wear a robe. Oh and Bruce needs to grow a mustache.

But most importantly there needs to be a big build up for Brian's first appearance with Mike at the piano pounding out a heart wrenching rendition of 'Brian's Back' with Al, Bruce, David and John Stamos on backup and a montage of The Beach Boys on Full House appearing in the background. The room then goes dark and fireworks set off, Brian is lowered onto the stage by being attached to a rope but not before gliding across the arena and the audience goes crazy. Brian takes a microphone and sits down at the piano and they sing an extended coda for 14 minutes uttering Brian is back which eventually changes to the 'Shortenin' Bread riff. Mike starts to cry and goes in for a hug and Brian looks at his watch. The surviving members of The Grateful dead come on stage and they and the Beach Boys dive right into 'Okie From Muskogee'.

Merry Christmas everyone! Don't forget to give the boys christmas album a spin if you haven't done already! 

I hope they play Kokomo in the first 10 minutes or that   woman who is always in the seat in front of me and incessantly screams "do kokomo!!1!11!!!" at all the BB and BW shows won't shut up until they do it!

It should be illegal for those types of people to be let out of the house!

So, regarding the album.

This will be the first Beach Boys album to be "Produced by Brian Wilson" since, Love You

Also the first album to feature David Marks since Little Deuce Coupe in 1963 when he was about 15!

Does anybody know what Blondie's vocal chops are like these days? He's kinda hard to pick out in The Stones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reP5gImvF-c

Blondie's performing at a High School?! He deserves much better gigs than that.

I would actually love to see Love and Mercy done with the Beach Boys doing back up!

Being a Beach Boys fan just keeps getting better and better doesn't it? I actually feel honored to be a part of a fanbase such as this, I like you guys for a ton of reasons and not just the fact that your mainly crazy people who enjoy "The Beach Boys Love You". Come on everybody let's put our hearts together and hug to take a load off our feet, eh?

 I also got this email as I said in another topic!

Carol Kaye claims she wrote the emails... 

Probably the best first post on this forum! 

I got that email as well, needless to say it kinda creeped me out! 

Al seems to be trying to find a legacy as the Beach Boy that can't keep a secret! 

I wasn't even aware of it's existence, I guess i'm dumb sitting here eating my shortening bread. I'll need to learn how to get hip to it and then i'll have world peace, because i'm a genius too y'know. Wishbone Ash.

I rate Lennon/McCartney equally but starting with Revolver I tend to prefer McCartney over Lennon, I still think John wrote some fantastic songs afterwards but Paul carried the band through their last period IMO and his solo career is more fulfilling to me. His songs might not have the same depth as John's but he still made great melodies which just appeal to me more. (Ram>>>>>>>Imagine)

I once had a dream where the night before BWPS was going to be released in 2004 Mike Love sneaked into the Sunset Sound building and stole the mastertape of the album before it was to be distributed and replaced the tracklisting as revenge for not being involved in the project:

Mike Love Presents SMiLE:

Our Prayer
Summer in Paradise
Still Cruisin'
Kokomo
Looking Back With Love
The Little Old Lady from Pasadena
Monster Mash

Long, Tall Texan
Jingle Bell Rock
Santa's Goin' To Kokomo
Viggie
Rock 'n' Roll Country Bride/Surf's Up/Wrinkles (medley)
Brian Is Back

Wow this is fantastic! It's going straight on my ipod! 

I know i've arrived very late into the thread but am I the only one who finds the name of the song in the title "I Was Made To Love Her" quite ironic considering Carol seems is such a despised person on this board.

There's a reason albums like Smiley Smile and Sunflower get discussed more on these forums, its because outside of this forum and the more hardcore BB fans no one really knows about them, even in this day and age. Surfer Girl on the other hand is definitely one of the more commercial albums even if just in terms of the songs on it, Surfer Girl, Hawaii, Catch a Wave, In My Room and Little Deuce Coupe! These songs all define the BB image as a fun in the sun surfin band. (Not that there's anything wrong with that! )

Agree with God Only Knows being an A-side, I don't really think with a few exceptions they would  have had any more hits in the late 60's/early 70's with songs that weren't chosen as singles. Remember they were forgotten about by the public at that time. That actually goes for a lot of their best work today in fact.  (Sunflower and Friends)

["He will serve as exec producer and record his own renditions from Wil-son's solo album "Pacific Ocean Blue," released in 1977."]

Wow I thought I was the only one who thought that, that version of Great Balls Of Fire really cooks!   BTW Ol' Jerry needs another 'better' bio movie while he's still around to see it!

I'm surprised noboby has commented on this aspect yet:

"He will serve as exec producer and record his own renditions from Wil-son's solo album "Pacific Ocean Blue," released in 1977."  WTF?!?!?!
 
Worked out really well with the what-could-otherwise have been excellent Kevin Spacey bio of Bobby Darrin, "Beyond the Sea", didn't it?

I don't like the idea of re-recordings done by actors. Didn't work in "Walk the line", probably (!) won't work in The Drummer. An exception is Great Balls Of Fire but only because Jerry Lee re-recorded the songs himself (there was talk that Dennis Quaid would record them before) and out-did his originals if I might say so

I'm actually more hopeful that they can make a better album than they did back in the 80's and 90's which to be honest isn't saying much. At this stage I think a reunion concert might be better for them.

I'm going to try to resist reading this thread until I get my hands on this!

Someone tell Brian i'm young and hip to the Beach Boys. You dig?

Y'know that Bing Crosby was pretty hip in the 70's, even did a duet with David Bowie.