Tom talked a few years back about releasing a companion album to Wildflowers that would include songs that would have been on the originally envisioned two-disc version of Wildflowers. I wonder if Tom completed the project prior to his death and, if so, if Carl is on any of those tracks.

He’s also on “Honey Bee,” but he’s too low in the mix to hear.

I’ve always been fascinated by Carl’s contributions to Tom Petty’s mid-‘90s music. Today, while Googling to try and learn a bit more about their relationship, I stumbled upon this, from 1999:

http://www.nydailynews.com/tom-petty-personal-rocker-emerges-post-divorce-funk-hard-rocking-first-person-album-article-1.828436

The result brought out a new heaviness in Petty's voice, epecially in the opening track, "Room at the Top." The artist says he was trying to ape the plaintive singing style of his friend Carl Wilson (of the Beach Boys), who had just died. "It was my hopeless attempt to sound like Carl," Petty explains. "I'm just pleased that more voices keep showing up because if you've got to sing a whole album it's good to have different sounds on it."

Tom doesn’t sound like Carl in “Room at the Top”; he sounds like Tom, but it’s one of my favorite Heartbreakers tunes.

An aside, during the making of that album (Echo), Tom was struggling with a crippling heroin addiction, a fact that wasn’t revealed publicly until a few years ago in Warren Zaines’ Tom Petty biography — which I highly recommend if you’re a Tom Petty fan.

Saturday, June 9, 2018; 12:45-4:05 pm

1. Surf’s Up
2. Darlin’
3. Steamboat
4. You Still Believe in Me
5. Lana
6. Rock and Roll Music [45 version]
7. Crack at Your Love
8. The Little Girl I Once Knew
9. In the Back of My Mind
10. Surfer Girl
11. In My Car
12. Little Honda [unreleased single mix, from Keep an Eye on Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964]
13. Sail On, Sailor
14. Caroline, No
15. Keepin’ the Summer Alive [from Good Timin’: Live at Knebworth, England 1980]
16. It’s OK [45 version]
17. Catch a Wave
18. Wouldn’t It Be Nice [from The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
19. 409
20. Let the Wind Blow
21. On a Holiday [from Brian Wilson Presents Smile]
22. ‘Til I Die
23. Wake the World
24. California Girls
25. Barbie [Kenny and the Cadets]
26. Shut Down
27. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
28. The Warmth of the Sun [with Willie Nelson, from Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1]
29. Noble Surfer
30. I Get Around
31. Break Away
32. Livin’ with a Heartache
33. Do It Again [Mike Love with Uncle Jesse and Sugar Ray; someone please kill it with fire; why, God, why?]
34. Please Let Me Wonder
35. Don’t Worry, Baby
36. Disney Girls (1957)
37. Sloop John B
38. Little Girl (You’re My Miss America)
39. Do You Wanna Dance?
40. Friends [live in Chicago, 1968; from Made in California]
41. Spring Vacation
42. Help Me, Rhonda [45 version]
43. Kiss Me, Baby
44. I Went to Sleep
45. God Only Knows [from The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
46. Girls on the Beach
47. Surfers Rule
48. Cool, Cool Water [45 version]
49. Good Vibrations
50. Kokomo [live in Hollywood, 1989; from Songs from Here & Back]
51. Bluebirds Over the Mountain
52. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
53. Little Deuce Coupe
54. This Car of Mine
55. Surfin’ Safari [early alternate version]
56. You’re So Good to Me
57. Fun, Fun, Fun [from The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
58. Funky Pretty
59. Add Some Music to Your Day
60. Hawaii [Bruce & Terry]
61. Oh Darlin’
62. Surfin’ U.S.A.
63. Wild Honey
64. All the Love in Paris [Mike Love & Dave Koz]
65. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
66. Dance, Dance, Dance
67. Mother May I
68. Marcella
69. Soul Searchin’ [Beach Boys version, from Made in California]
70. Cottonfields [45 version, original mono mix]
71. California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a) [45 version]
72. Think About the Days
73. Girl Don’t Tell Me [Al Jardine, from Live in Las Vegas

I’m surprised they don’t play non-Beach Boys songs with Beach Boys guest vocals. Things like “Wishing You Were Here,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” or even Belinda Carlisle’s “California.”

It would also be fun if the stations played the occasional Beach Boys cover — things like David Lee Roth’s “California Girls” (also featuring a Beach Boys guest vocalist), “Surfin’ Safari” by Ramones or “I Get Around” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I still don't like Kokomo, but having the Bruce harmony louder on this version makes it a lot nicer sounding.

It would be nice if they remixed it without the dated ‘80s production. It might make the song a bit more bearable.

They always seem to be playing “Rock and Roll Music” when I tune in, and it’s always the single version.

The video from a few years ago for “California Feeling” is cheesy, but in a delightful, comfortable way.

https://youtu.be/URXUXbHoNt4

June 3, 2018, 2:30-4:30 pm PDT

1. Desert Drive [Brian Wilson]
2. 409
3. Can’t Wait Too Long [from 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow 2 — The Studio Sessions]
4. It’s OK [45 version]
5. Pitter Patter
6. Good Vibrations [by request]
7. Marcella
8. Male Ego
9. Here Comes the Night
10. California Saga [Al Jardine featuring Neil Young, David Crosby and Stephen Stills]
11. In My Room
12. The Rocking Surfer
13. The Little Girl I Once Knew
14. Do It Again/Workshop
15. All I Wanna Do
16. Caroline, No
17. Mother May I
18. Fun, Fun, Fun [from With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
19. Shut Down [Live in Chicago, 1965]
20. Friends
21. Walk On By
22. Surfin’ U.S.A.
23. H.E.L.P. Is on the Way
24. Girl Don’t Tell Me
25. Surf’s Up [false starts demo, from 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow]
26. Rock and Roll Music [45 version]
27. Match Point of Our Love
28. Add Some Music to Your Day
29. Surfer Girl
30. Kiss Me, Baby [Mike Love, from Unleash the Love]
31. Surfin’ Safari
32. I’d Love Just Once to See You
33. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
34. Stoked
35. Let It Shine [Brian Wilson]
36. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
37. Island Fever
38. Break Away
39. Let’s Go Away for Awhile
40. I Get Around [from Good Timin’: Live at Kneborth, England 1980]
41. Don’t Worry, Baby
42. The Surfer Moon
43. Solar System
44. Let Him Run Wild [alternate take]
45. One for the Boys [Brian Wilson]
46. Sloop John B

I’ve never heard of it.

It’s from The Big Beat 1963 digital compilation.

That’s the only copyright extension release I don’t have.

They’re playing a song called “Mother May I,” a song I was unaware of until just now.

They seem to pull "Rock and Roll Music" and "It's OK" often from "GH Vol. 3: Best of the Brother Years", yet not a lot else.

Those are unique single mixes, which is interesting because they tend to favor of late the album versions for compilations.

May 30, 2017, 1:45-4:45 pm PDT.


1. Wild Honey [live in Pittsburgh, from 1967: Live Sunshine]
2. Sumahama
3. Devoted to You
4. Alley Oop [take 2, Mike on lead vocals]
5. Do It Again/Workshop
6. Be True to Your School [45 version]
7. Beach Boy Stomp
8. Please Let Me Wonder
9. Susie Cincinnati [45 version]
10. God Only Knows [mono mix]
11. Disney Girls [Bruce Johnston solo version]
12. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
13. Then I Kissed Her
14. Fun, Fun, Fun
15. 4th of July
16. Getcha Back [Mike Love and John Stamos]
17. Good Timin’
18. South Bay Surfer
19. A Thing or Two
20. Spirit of America
21. Good Vibrations
22. You Still Believe in Me [live in New York City, 1993]
23. Rock and Roll Music [45 version]
24. Match Point of Our Love
25. She Knows Me Too Well
26. Dream Angel [Brian Wilson]
27. I Do
28. Don’t Worry, Baby
29. This Whole World [Brian Wilson solo version, from I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times]
30. Cool, Cool Water [45 version]
31. The Girl from New York City
32. Caroline, No [with Timothy B. Schmit, from Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1]
33. Catch a Wave
34. The Girls on the Beach
35. Got to Know the Woman
36. All Summer Long [from Brian Wilson and Friends: A Soundstage Special Event]
37. California Energy Blues [Al Jardine]
38. Dance, Dance, Dance
39. Your Summer Dream
40. Forever
41. I’ll Bet He’s Nice
42. California Girls
43. Break Away
44. Noble Surfer
45. Summer Means Fun [Bruce & Terry]
46. Had to Phone Ya
47. Surfin’ Safari
48. Girl Don’t Tell Me
49. It’s Gettin’ Late
50. Darlin’
51. You Are So Beautiful [from Good Timin’: Live at Knebworth, England 1980]
52. The Warmth of the Sun
53. Angel Come Home
54 In My Room
55. Help You, Rhonda [Lei’d in Hawaii]
56. California Sage (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a) [single version]
57. Chapel of Love
58. Barbara Ann [45 version]
59. I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
60. Kokomo [live in Hollywood, 1989]
61. Shut Down
62. Wild Honey
63. Keep an Eye on Summer
64. Let Him Run Wild
65. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
66. Surfin’ [1992 version for some reason]
67. Surfin’ U.S.A.
68. Long Tall Texan [Live in Sacramento, 1964

It’s good to know that they are, in fact, playing Smile stuff. Thanks, guys.

They’re playing “Hawaii” from the C50 live album, but it’s mislabeled “Catch a Wave.”

Saturday, May 26, 2018, 4:35- 8:05 PST. Way too much crap from

Summer in Paradise; I miss when they pretended that album never happened. And where’s the Smile Sessions/Brian Wilson Presents Smile material?


1. Shelter
2. Caroline, No [Brian Wilson, from Live at the Roxy Theatre]
3. Catch a Wave
4. Hawaii
5. TM Song
6. ‘Til I Die [Stephen Desper Mix, from Endless Harmony]
7. Rainbows [Dennis Wilson]
8. Do You Wanna Dance?
9. Daybreak Over the Ocean
10. Susie Cincinnati [45 version]
11. Break Away
12. Surfer Girl
13. Surfin’
14. Beaches in Mind
15. Help Me, Rhonda [45 version]
16. Getcha Back [Mike Love featuring John Stamos]
17. I’d Love Just Once to See You
18. Shut Down
19. Long Promised Road
20. Darlin’
21. Back Home
22. Girls on the Beach
23. Finders Keepers
24. California Girls
25. God Only Knows [from Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour]
26. Cool, Cool Water [45 version]
27. 4th of July
28. In My Room
29. I Wanna Pick You Up
30. Little Honda [alternate take]
31. The Little Girl I Once Knew
32. Do It Again [with “Workshop” fade]
33. That Same Song
34. Heroes and Villains
35. Salt Lake City
36. Bluebirds Over the Mountain [two-track mix, from Rarities]
37. Surfin’ U.S.A.
38. Lahaina Aloha
39. Kiss Me, Baby
40. Seems So Long Ago [Carl Wilson]
41. Honkin’ Down the Highway
42. You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
43. Still Surfin’
44. That’s Why God Made the Radio [from Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour]
45. 409
46. Spirit of America
47. All Summer Long [session highlights and backing track, from Keep an Eye on Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964]
48. Only With You [Dennis Wilson solo version]
49. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
50. Stoked
51. Please Let Me Wonder
52. Island Fever
53. I Get Around
54. Marcella
55. Lana
56. Barbara Ann [full album version]
57. Sloop John B
58. Surf’s Up
59. Summer of Love
60. The Warmth of the Sun [Mike and Ambha Love]
61. Dance, Dance, Dance
62. Passing By
63. You Still Believe in Me
64. Time to Get Alone
65. Sail on, Sailor
66. Don’t Worry, Baby [Brian Wilson, from Live at the Roxy Theatre]
67. Wendy
68. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
69. Little Deuce Coupe
70. Boogie Woodie
71. Cottonfields [20/20 album version]
72. It’s OK [45 version]
73. Fun, Fun, Fun
74. We’re Together Again
75. She Knows Me Too Well[/list]

"Summer of Love?" Jesus wept.

Gross. They’re playing the Stamos version of “Forever.”

I'd comment here too, but I have to run. I watched the video showing these three bros having so much man-fun, and now have the undeniable urge to go buy a pair of Dockers khakis and high-five the salesperson, saying "DO IT!" as they swipe my debit card.

https://youtu.be/mf_bsobwLH8

My religious family and friends sometimes ask me how I can be sure there is no god. Well, here is proof positive. A just and loving god would never allow this abomination to be unleashed upon his children.

God is dead, we're all alone, and Mike Love gets to run amok defiling Beach Boys classics with Uncle Jesse and Sugar Ray.

 SURFIN' SAFARI:
"Little Girl (You're My Miss America)"

SURFIN' U.S.A.:
"Lonely Sea"

SURFER GIRL:
"Catch a Wave"

LITTLE DEUCE COUPE:
"Spirit of America"

SHUT DOWN VOLUME 2:
"The Warmth of the Sun."

ALL SUMMER LONG:
"I Get Around"

CHRISTMAS ALBUM:
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"

TODAY!:
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"

SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!):
"California Girls"

PARTY!:
"Devoted to You"

PET SOUNDS:
"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"

SMILE SESSIONS:
"Surf's Up"

SMILEY SMILE:
"Heroes and Villains"

WILD HONEY:
"Darlin'"

FRIENDS:
"Friends"

20/20:
"I Can Hear Music"

SUNFLOWER:
"Cool, Cool Water"

CARL AND THE PASSIONS:
"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"

HOLLAND:
"Only with You"

15 BIG ONES:
"It's OK"

LOVE YOU:
"Airplane"

M.I.U. ALBUM:
"Pitter Patter"

LIGHT ALBUM:
"Good Timin'"

KEEPIN' THE SUMMER ALIVE:
"Keepin' the Summer Alive"

THE BEACH BOYS:
"It's Gettin' Late"

STILL CRUISIN':
"Somewhere Near Japan"

SUMMER IN PARADISE:
A root canal without Novocaine.

STARS AND STRIPES:
N/A

THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO:
"From There to Back Again"

https://youtu.be/UIXs66BPooY

Songwriter/originator of "Do You Wanna Dance": https://youtu.be/FCtNUx4Zah0

http://bestclassicbands.com/singer-bobby-freeman-obituary-1-30-17/

Is that Tina Fey doing the voiceover? Sure sounds like her.

"Trump Only Knows," "The Traitor," "I Wanna Pick Ivanka Up," "Plantation Girls (1857)."