Yeah... That was very uncomfortable to watch. I feel bad for her, to have to go through that.

I loved watching her and Brian play GV though!

Honestly, this is a huge improvement over the vocal sound of Unleash The Love disc two. There is still autotune obviously, but it's more subtle, than California Girls from Unleash The Love, for example.

1. Sunflower
2. Pet Sounds
3. Love You
4. Smile Sessions
5. Surf's Up
6. Friends
7. Wild Honey
8. Today
9. All Summer Long
10. Little Deuce Coupe

I would have tried to include Pacific Ocean Blue and That Lucky Old Sun, but I decided to stick to albums by the band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4u-I1Mln2c

Thank you Jiggy22!

Nice bio about The Beach Boys will Mike, Brian, Bruce, and Al. Interviewer asks If Mike still loves Brian, which was a question I was not expecting!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PegO2j-KfC8

Looks like Ike is currently filling in for Foskett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotg4tj8UfQ

I wish it was somewhere on the internet so I could hear what all the fuss was about!

I couldn't agree more with your summary of each show.

I really don't understand the criticism of Mike's voice. I think his voice has held up really well for someone his age. Definitely not like Al's, but when you go to see Mike Love's Beach Boys show Mike's lead vocals sound pretty great in my opinion. I've seen The Beach Boys in concert every year since 2014, and I've never been disappointed. Cowsill's drumming is worth price of admission alone. But the harmonies are perfect, the band is tight, and most importantly, the show is fun. Even though we know it's not really THE BEACH BOYS, Mike and his crew put on a perfect Beach Boys show.

I love seeing Brian too. His band plays like a beautiful pop orchestra, whereas Mike's band is more rock n roll. Brian's band conveys the beauty of The Beach Boys music, whereas Mike's band conveys the fun of The Beach Boys music.

To each his own I suppose. I love both shows. I didn't get the chance to see a C50 show, but from what I can tell from videos, it combined the best of Mike and Brian's shows into one. Wish I could have seen one of those shows.

That is actually a very funny observation. BRIAN WILSON is touring THE BEACH BOYS album and THE BEACH BOYS will be touring the MIKE LOVE album.

Yes, it appears to be Randell Kirsch filling in for Jeff Foskett.

I haven't heard it yet. Wonder if it's somewhere on the internet

I wouldn't mind a new Mike Love solo album. I really hope the vocals are less processed this time around, but either way, I will give it a listen.

Why is it assumed that Bruce prefers the M&B band over reunion band? I recall him saying to a member of this board when asked what he missed, he listed his bandmates. Does Bruce make more with the M&B band than he did with C50?

I couldn't agree more about Cowsill and Totten. They bring so much energy and dynamics to each and every show. They are both up there in terms of the greatest players in The Beach Boys band. I think Christian Love is a great singer, but would have been weak on Brian's falsetto parts. Maybe replace Foskett with Matt Jardine, but I don't see too much of a difference with those guys. Both stellar falsettos, Jeff just has sounded a little more rough these last few years, But I can't complain- he's still a great singer.

I wonder if this will have any effect on the reunion Q&A??

Nothing is ever simple in the BBs world...

Great review!

Hopefully there will be some type of video uploaded to youtube, either professionally filmed, or fan filmed.

1. All I Wanna Do
2. Good Vibrations
3. Surf's Up
4. God Only Knows
5. Deirdre
6. Here Today
7. California Girls
8. Kiss Me Baby
9. All This Is That
10. Wouldn't It Be Nice?

If they sing together again, I think I will lose my mind. Even if things go back to Mike/Bruce and Brian/Al shows after this, seeing the guys sing together at least one last time will make me so happy. There's just something so special about having the original members sing together that's so perfect. After C50, I thought the chance of the group doing ANYTHING together was astronomically slim. This is a huge shocker to me.

This makes me wonder if the rumors about the Glastonbury reunion could come true...

Am I the only one who isn't happy about this? I'd be happy to see ANY Beach Boy release new material. Usually there is at least one or two gems per album. That includes SIP and Unleash The Love. I really like Strange Things Happen, Lahaia Aloha, Crescent Moon and Cool Head Warm Heart. The album will probably not blow me away, but any new BB-related product will excite me. Just like the RPO album. Gems would be Disney Girls and Kokomo, in my opinion. I don't love the whole album, but I like parts. And I will always give new material a chance. I would take the RPO album over Stars And Stripes.

I would rank Mike as a low in terms of his solo compositions, but because of all the great songs he wrote with Brian, I'd love to rank him higher. Bruce's Disney Girls and Deirdre are some of my favorite songs in the canon, so I'd like to rank him high, but two standout compositions in a 50 year career, doesn't get him second best songwriter... despite my love for his songs. Second best writer would have to go to Dennis, since his songs were very prolific from 68-79.   

If we're talking producing
1. Brian (can't beat Brian)
2. Carl (His production from 67-73, along with Mr. Desper, blow my mind)
3. Bruce (Bruce & Terry, Surfin Round The World, and Bruce's 69-71 production is fantastic)
4. Dennis (Can't beat the production on POB! Great great sounding album!)
5. Al (Cottonfields and many other early 70's songs sounded great... MIU not so much)
6.Mike  (I don't think I can't think of anything Mike would have a heavy in producing.  Big Sur? Sumahama? SIP? If those count, they earn him a 6 on this list.)

Scott Totten told me that Bruce's keyboard is always on and that his keyboard is the "main sound" in Darlin' and the chorus and bridge of Good Vibrations.

Yeah, whenever I hear Bruce playing it's always the DX7-esque electric piano patch. When it stands out, it's a little cheesy, but when it sits right in the mix (as it usually does), it probably adds a nice cushion, that the audience can't really distinguish. Similar to Al's guitar playing in Brian's shows.

It's interesting to me that in many (not all, but a handful) of TV performances since C50, Bruce has gone without a keyboard, as another frontman. Does he do this on TV at events such as the Capitol Fourth 2018, Memorial Day 2016, The View 2016, etc to draw attention that he is another "real" Beach Boy? That would be my guess. To distinguish him from the band.

I know singing BBs harmony is no easy task, but Bruce always looks like he doesn't have much to do!