Really dude? This has to be the most bought up issue on this entire forum, literally look up "Why do you hate Mike Love" its a previous thread. We don't really need to re-hash this every time someone asks this question... I'm not trying to poo-poo your question but seriously...

Cool clip, considering the era they all look relatively happy to be there! Love how Al and Mike crack up at the end with Al's "waiting for us to do it" line 

Love & Mercy Billy! Best wishes from here in NZ

One afternoon in February, the Beach Boys crowd into the control room at Ocean Way to listen to the suite. John Stamos, the actor (a serious Beach Boys fan who often performs with Mike Love's band), stands in the back, twirling his sunglasses. When the music ends, the room falls silent. Finally, Stamos breaks the ice. "Magical," he says. Love, sitting next to me on a leather couch, has another reaction, which he demonstrates by putting his fingers into the shape of a gun, placing it under his chin and shooting himself in the head. "It's brilliant, beautiful, but I didn't write it, so it doesn't have that silver cloud on the cumulus nimbus," he says. "It's more cumulus than I probably would do."


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-beach-boys-last-wave-20120621

Good lord that is a cringey quote... I mean can you imagine the faces of the other band members when he said this? Then imagine listening to this for almost 50 years. The man really lacks perception

Carl - the best example
Dennis - the most fun
Brian - the most endearing
Mike - the most kids?
Al - the most stable
Bruce - dont really know anything.....

Really man?

The Trader...

Nooooo not The Trader!!!! One of my favs from Holland I would remove Jonah saying Hi at the start though

Here's 3 minutes of Mike Love being a dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJOz7hrEHE

Try listening to the full length version - the one where you can hear Brian directing traffic from the booth before cracking up.

Sorry guys I know this is old but is it possible anybody knows what video this is? Its no longer on YT!

When the band was a cool jam band!

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/videos/beach-boys-cover-merle-haggards-okie-from-muskogee-w479189

I think if I could go back to any BB's era it would be this one, the band seems so much more comfortable playing the music, Mike doesn't seem like he has gone full bore into the nostalgia scene yet and could be convinced to take a puff or two...   

does anyone have a link to the 2012 Bruce story? I'm not sure If I've heard it. Also thanks for the insight each of you have given on this topic 

Likewise! I am intrigued...

It finished few hours back. The topic's fine now.

Still, tends to hijack the thread and put people off discussing it further which sucks, ah well all done now. Is there a possibility this could be one of the few times Brian saw Dennis?

Agreed, it is really off-putting and childish when it happens over and over again.

Almost every thread turns into this, immature bullshit...

Must every conversation here turn into this  

I'm thinking 1982-ish.  Pretty bad photo.

Thats what I figured, looks like the last few months of Dennis. I wonder though what the context of the photo is, could this be one of the last times Brian saw Dennis alive

Howdy guys, was just listening to Brian's interview on Howard Stern from 1989 and saw a photo i've never seen before! Can anybody tell me the context/time period of it? Brian and Dennis both look very unfortunate 

https://youtu.be/gZPjRuZsgMw?t=294 (4:54 if the embedding doesn't work)

I don't understand Bruce's motivation sometimes... do you think he genuinely thought this was going to be popular/form some sort of fan base for his own style of arranging? I wouldn't be caught dead listening to this and I will defend even some of the sappiest stuff by Bruce (and to a less extent the Boys)

Howdy y'all I'm just interested in seeing how you guys feel about the Bee Gees. Overall I think they are HUGELY underrated and were one of the first bands I ever loved.

What's the consensus/individual opinions of you guys? 

it's a sixer thang

And I'm sick of that fact  fingers crossed Joel and Dario can have some impact, maybe even Timothe too!

Grabbing some dinner after the Detroit soundcheck and meet & greet. Brian is in great voice and was really in charge during the soundcheck. Johnny B. Goode was introduced as not being done in a very long time. Here is what was played:

California Saga (w/o Brian)
Johnny B. Goode (w/o Brian)
Johnny B. Goode
Surfer Girl
Salt Lake City
Sail Away

With limited wifi, Johnny B. Goode is the only video I have uploaded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqLeEcPO2gE

As for the meet & greet, you are still able to get any two items signed by the guys. Most folks were doing just the poster and GOK lyric sheet. Here is what I got:



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Review of the show will have to wait a few days, as I have a 2.5 hour drive home and then on a plane first thing in the morning.

This made me all fan  squealy 

Seconded! Damn what a collection 

And now Ben just went down  Excuse me but FUUUUUCK

I would say all of Smile (whatever version you like) and Feel Flows.

I used to (back in the day) listen to Fleetwood Mac's "Hypnotized" creatively. 

Oh that's a good good choice

Add "Albatross" to that list too 

Also who are you guy's picks for ROTY?

Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Green River - CCR
The Moment - Tame Impala
Why Won't They Talk to Me - Tame Impala
Your Fake Name is Good Enough for Me - Iron and Wine
Ice - Camel
Baba Yetu

Just a few for when you trip the light fantastic

Lets go my Sixers!!! I've got a need for Embiid 

No Pier Pressure "worst" tracks ("Runaway Dancer", "Don't Worry", the Peter Hollens tune) don't seem as bad. I esp. like "Don't Worry"; features some of best current Brian vocs plus it's catchy.

I'm going to go the other way with this, while I don't think NPP is bad because it certainly isn't I find that there isn't much direction in the album and find it hard to listen to many of the tracks because out of context they can seem sort of soulless (see Runaway Dancer, Sail Away etc...)

Luckily for me I don't give a f*** what he thinks anyway