yeah, Cam. We heard you the first time. You weren't funny then either.

You know how you handle stuff you don't like? You ignore it so it sinks. Not keep it pinned to the top of the page because you have to defend the Lovester's honor. He'll survive!

The worst I was expecting is some of the barrage of hate that sometimes comes on here when you criticize the work of Brian Wilson.  (I've seen some ridiculous things posted over the last six months when somebody says they don't like the No Pier Pressure album).  

Thou shalt not draw criticism towards the recorded works of Brian Wilson..... ever.  

So you guys aren't seeing at all how you're being defensive about Mike Love, then? Not even a BIT? C'mon, squint. Hint: subject of this thread.

Hey, you really can't blame me for taking it at face value. People DO post stuff like that. Especially on threads poking fun at Mike Love.

I'm not going to pretend that Pisces Brother is a work of art.  But let's not sit here and pretend that Brian doesn't have more than a few clunkers in his resume.  

Why would you get banned? Smart Girls is completely ridiculous. People mock NPP and all the JT stuff all the time on this board, they still get to regale us with their opinions. Do you feel like you are being stifled somehow?

Almost any thread criticizing Mike Love gets a "yeah well if Brian did this..." Or SJS will slither in with some weird resentment about Brian Wilson not getting enough sh*t. He's still here. So what's this bullshit about being banned? They are public figures, they've been mocked and criticized for decades. Love quite a bit more because he scores higher on standardized jerkoff tests. Painful but true. I've seen the numbers.

I mean, nobody ever put out a song called "f*** You, Brian Wilson." http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGjv1Y6Zsg

Poor Mike Love is just a "victim of circumstance" as Curly put it. Once all of his critics are in therapy, the world will realize his true genius and properly credit him for exploiting the license for decades. Admittedly this rehabilitation projection is going a lot slower than the History Rewrite Dept. anticipated, but once that Christmas single comes out EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE!

Anyway, thought it was a funny song. Loved the "even though we never wanted to go" line. Spiritualized puts on a helluva live show when they bring the choir, too. Definitely recommended. I'd pass on U2 tho. I'm allergic to The Edge.

Touched a nerve? You're just trying to make this personal and get insulting so the thread gets locked. Hopefully then no one will ever make fun of Mike Love again or something. Good luck with that one!

Tedious stuff, Beard. Matching wits with you is like swapping bon mots with empty pizza boxes, so pardon me if I take a pass on your ridiculous bait. Have a nice day!

Beard, I have no idea what you're babbling about or why I'm supposed to feel insulted. It's just a silly song about Mike Love and I've lost track of whatever dumb sh*t you're bitter about.

Yeah, yeah we get it. You only lasted 20 seconds, blah blah blah. I'm sure the songwriter would've been more concerned if you liked it, really.

"Mike and I think exactly alike in many ways, too, so we get along just fine." - Al Jardine

I am new to here but a long time beach boys fan but I have not seen one Mike Love topic that dose not have a sworm of people hating on him!

Yeah, it's kind of what happens when anything gets posted about Mike Love on the internet. Have you seen youtube comments or the comments underneath news articles? For SOME obscure reason he seems to rub a lot of people the wrong way. At least here he has some fanatical defenders and bass vocal enthusiasts!

Mike Love explains why he's dressed that way.



Quick, who looks the least happiest to be in this picture?



Werner Herzog's Mike Love

Heh, love that shot from the C50 tour with Mr. Love in his Sunday finest and BW watching him.

God no. No amount of self-appointed expert blowharding, family squabbles, soap opera drama, humorless right-wing Hawaiian shirt sh*t, or grueling glimpses into the sausage-making process can ever touch those harmonies or emotions they invoke. When BW and his crew go into Our Prayer, all is right with the universe.

Insert evil laugh here. Which started 20 seconds before watching the clip.

It's all about the music, man. That's why we argue and snipe at each other and whine how things have gone downhill instead of actually talking about the music.

Then again, this was a thread about dear dead Landy. Not exactly a subject that brings out the positivity. Although I am positive he's dead.

See? Can't resist. It's adorable!

If only that were true, Manning. We can't resist!

What, that he wouldn't take the bait and prolong this goofy nonsense? Take it to PMs, otherwise put away the smelling salts.

A lot of those image sites especially Getty use moronic methods to prevent this sort of thing, it'll show up on your computer but the links don't work for other people.

Mike is lucky in this respect, because the Getty archive is full of profoundly repulsive pics!



"Chicken wings are six dollars a plate!"

OooooOo, how can I not be delighted to see the words "run cycle." PROCEED!

Picture link is broken tho.



"I've PIERCED MY FOOT ON A SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"Listen while I tell this tale of woe
The worm in the bacon of BB
His name was Love
But how were they to know
Mike's gift was only poison."




"So hoist his music on the mast
So look at the worm in the bacon
Good vibrations, man."


      -- The Fall, "Mike's Love Xexagon"

Exactly. It's super charming, too.

Aw, man. That's terrible! Hope he recovers quickly. Damn you, Cheetos!

The bit when the ruins domino. Golly!