Should we ask Brian what comes with his cheese pizza order, like sodas, wings, and fries? Or should we ask how often he orders cheese pizza? I think we can all agree these are very important questions.

"Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" are a horrible warning of what could have happened to the Beatles. And, briefly, did.

Most of the albums 'Charlie Harper' cites don't relate to the OP's original premise as I see it- we're talking obscure, '80s-to-now, post-glory days works. Like the Monkees' "Pool It", or Dylan's "Knocked Out Loaded", the Kinks' "Phobia"... none of which I've heard, so I can't comment on their merit.

Sorry, I was a bit out of line there, Charlie Harper. I re-read the OP and I was wrong, there was nothing specifically requiring the albums to be among the artist's later, obscure works. I take my criticism back.

It's cool man. I wasn't offended at all.

All I Wanna Do
Had to Phone Ya
Big Sur 4/4
Add Some Music
Aren't You Glad

I didn't realize I offended so many people with my list. I just compiled it based off of album rankings based on a few popular websites. Anyone want to try making a more accurate comparison than mine?

I dunno. I can't think of many albums worse than SIP and KTSA. With most bands' worst albums, I tend to at least find something on them that is pretty good so I don't have to admit they're bad albums.  For fun though let's compare the BB's worst stuff to other bands' worst.
The Beach Boys: Summer in Paradise
The Beatles: Let It Be
The Who:  Numbers
The Doors: The Soft Parade
The Rolling Stones: Dirty Work
Pink Floyd: Ummagumma
Billy Joel: Streetlife Serenade

AGD: So what inspires you to order cheese pizza?
Brian: Phil Spector. He always orders cheese pizza. Every morning, I put on Be My Baby and order a cheese pizza. Keeps the bad vibrations from coming y'know.

If Brian ever comes around again only people with 15 thousand plus posts can ask the questions...

Which means only AGD can ask the questions..

 

Actually, I'd love for AGD to interview Brian, live on the board.   

The first question AGD could ask Brian is where he gets his cheese pizza from. 

Jim Morrison (You can't say Mr. Mojo Risin wasn't awesome especially if you've heard Celebration of the Lizard)
Charlie Sheen (Before his Tiger Blood rant)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dave Grohl
Brian Wilson

I'd classify them under both. You could probably play Pet Sounds-Holland material on a classic rock station and it would somewhat work, but I've also heard many rock fans say the Beach Boys aren't true rock.

The "Vibe Room" sounds really...sexual. 

Maybe that's the room Mike wants to work in with Brian. For every time Brian enters the room, he gets a chocolate chip cookie. However, Jeff Foskett sometimes comes in and steals the cookie jar which makes everyone sad.

Agreed Lonely Summer, I would love even an OCA mini-set with VDP in a BW solo show.

Mental midget or not, sub zero temps aside, I'm gettin' in line for tickets for that tonight.    

But tickets don't go on sale until May 6, 2175.

I like that selection of songs. It would've at least been better than 15 Big Ones! Another song I would add would be The Night Was So Young, which I think was written around 1975.

Til I Die or Carry Me Home. Those are two of the saddest songs I've heard period.

Dennis: Man, this is a drag. Do you know how many other things I could be doing right now instead of this sh*t?
Al: Aw, it’s not so bad, Denny. It’s kind of like the old days again, gettin’ together for a shoot and a session and all.
Brian: (sigh)
Al: Hey, Bri, remember that guy, that old friend of yours, Loren what's-his-name? Schwartz! That was it, Schwartz. He was somethin’ else, wasn’t he? Real cool cat, that guy.
Brian: (sigh)
Al: Had a whole different vibe about him or somethin’, really tuned in. I don’t know, I’m just reminiscing is all.
Brian: Al, come on, no. Don’t. I don’t... That’s not…no. Come on.
Al: No but, Brian, remember how he protected you? He was like your guardian angel, he healed you. Golly, I’d go as far as to say he SAVED you, Bri. Remember? I mean, the guy pretty much single-handedly did a great service to all mankind by introducing you to cool books and LA hipsters. You guys agree or what? I mean, Brian wouldn’t be the genius we know him to be today if it weren’t for Lor.
Mike: Al. We don’t talk about that guy. Understand?
Al: Alright, fine. I’m just sayin’, I liked the guy, you know? And, shucks, he liked me too. We were straight with each other. Guy was real swell, didn’t give a f*** what anyone thought of him. Real groovy ideas on women and socioeconomic class, too.
Brian: AL!
Carl: Hey, real quick, should I have my left hand over right or right over left? What looks better?
Mike: That’s not really important, Carl. I appreciate your commitment to this, but let’s focus on the bigger picture.
Dennis: Hey, what the f***, is that Bruce over by the garbage? What’s he doing?
Mike: How does this thing look next to the plant like this? Next to the plant or on the other side, away from the plant?
Al: You know, Bri, in a few years, thanks to the sage wisdom of Loren, Mar is gonna leave you. It's gonna be just like how he got you to get rid of Murry. And watch it, Mike, you're next!
Dennis: Hey Brian, I’m just thinkin’ aloud here, something about seeing Bruce rummaging through the trash that got me thinkin’ … This is a little out there, but … Suppose one day there's a bunch of maniacs who get together on a daily basis to talk about us and you and Mike and specific dates and sh*t like old bags of potato chips...  
Brian: Yeah?
Dennis: What if they were to ask you a bunch of questions. Lots of them, just hurling them all at you, you know? About sh*t you don’t care about and don’t want to be thinking about.
Brian: Well, Dennis ... I guess I don’t think I really understand your question.
Al: Yeah, that’s pretty far out, Denny. What do you mean by that anyway?
Brian: I guess I would answer all the questions very insightfully, Dennis.
Dennis: Hey, thanks for that answer, Brian! Really appreciate you doing that, you're the best! Can't wait to hear what you're working on next. Best of luck to you.
Al: Denny, you're actin' pretty weird. What gives?
Mike: God dammit, are we a diseased bunch of mo'fos! Can we just get this shot?
Carl: Hey, I’m good to go, Mike. I got this.
Mike: You’re doin’ a fine job, Carl, and I can appreciate that.

Forget post of the year, this is post of the century! A++++++++++++++++

Wasn't there also the mix of the Heroes and Villains vocal chants from Gee to Slow Dit-Dit with Swedish Frog spliced out? I thought this was supposed to be the final mix of H&V Part 2.

I was shocked to hear this when I woke up this morning. RIP David Anderle. I offer condolences to his family and friends.

TTGA is probably the song that made me a hard-core fan, was mesmerized when I first heard it in An American Band.

Me too! When I was first getting into the BBs about 5 years ago, I watched An American Band for the Smile footage and I heard the snippet of TTGA and I thought "Wow, this is a really cool track. If only I knew the name of it." Thankfully, I had the Good Vibrations box set and I was listening to the third disc and I heard the whole song. One of the Beach Boys' best songs and one of Carl's best vocals.

It sounds like Brian is the one singing on Daddy Dear (though it could be Al too) and you can kind of hear Brian's smoker-voice when he sings "lonely four birds". I think Al is the one singing on Susie though and also talks on Daddy Dear. Brian saying "and then it goes" constantly reminds me a lot of the H&V demo from November '66. This tape is very neat though.

If it's anything like the Fallon performance, I hope Danny Boy ISN'T on the record. I guess it sounded okay, but Brian wasn't even audible, and it's supposed to be his performance. No thank you. If I wanted to not hear Brian, I wouldn't be listening to Brian.

I agree. Danny Boy sounded nothing like Brian Wilson and I feel that there's artists that mesh better with Brian than Jeff Beck. When I heard about a possible Brian/Beck album, I wasn't exactly thrilled. However, Jeff Beck is an excellent guitarist but it just doesn't work for some reason on a BW record.

I once had a dream where I was hired to be Brian's personal assistant in 1968. For some reason, Brian got mad at the group and ran into the woods to build a treehouse. I spent a day with him in the treehouse and kept playing the Friends album over and over again. And then John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd showed up at the treehouse as cops and took him back to the studio.

This is my first post. Though I've been reading this board from some time. I have been living with cancer for a year and a half. During that time, my childhood/teen obsession with the Beach Boys has been fully revived and then some. I listen to their music every day. And I read you guys almost every day--at home, in the hospital, etc. Without being aware of my existence, you've been fine and funny companions. Thanks!

AnnLee, I hope you get better and you will most certainly be in my thoughts and prayers. The Beach Boys have gotten me through some dark times as well. Keep posting!

Only 2 more weeks! If only I lived in Canada or near Toronto. However, I'm still hoping they find a distributor and release it soon here in the US.

Mike sang it this afternoon in Webster, Mass. I loved hearing it, but it might have been the least tight song of the set.

Any surprises in the set?

'Stolen' from Mike's Facebook page.

That setlist ain't too shabby. It's at least better than Brian's. Mike seems to really love Goin' to the Beach so much that he plays it at every show but didn't release it in the 80's. 

To this day, I don't get the all the hubba hubba about EWTL. Every I listen to it, I feel the song is just eh. Adult/Child overall is good but not great in my opinion. There's great songs like Still I Dream of It and then there's tracks like Hey Little Tomboy. The outtakes they Brian selected from the early 70's were not that great either.  It's a no brainer why Warner Bros. rejected it but I will never get how they accepted 15 Big Ones or even MIU. I guess they wanted to hear Brian that badly.

Wow, this mix really rocks! Thanks so much! I love some of those guitar parts and you can hear the development of the song. If only Brian would have finished it.