Mike Love was right about everything.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

And I should probably qualify: my favorite BBs era was Surfin Safari through Pet Sounds, but my favorite album is , by far, Holland.

Brian is my favorite Beach Boy

My top two Beach Boys songs are Goin On and Getcha Back (that ought to say something in and of itself)

I think Dennis is the greatest solo artist in history.

Carl is the greatest singer in history

Mike/Brian are one of the most important songwriting/co-lead singing teams in music history.

Greatest band of all-time: THE BEACH BOYS

To me, "Goin' On" is one of the most underrated songs the group has ever done (minus the sax solo -_- ); glad to see someone give it its proper due!

[oldsurferdude]

......... for liking him. Lyricist, bass singer, lead singer, yes. Frontman, no.

 

forgot to edit the first 2 lines of your post. Proceed.

[rogerlancelot]

And I should probably qualify: my favorite BBs era was Surfin Safari through Pet Sounds, but my favorite album is , by far, Holland.

Brian is my favorite Beach Boy

My top two Beach Boys songs are Goin On and Getcha Back (that ought to say something in and of itself)

I think Dennis is the greatest solo artist in history.

Carl is the greatest singer in history

Mike/Brian are one of the most important songwriting/co-lead singing teams in music history.

Greatest band of all-time: THE BEACH BOYS

To me, "Goin' On" is one of the most underrated songs the group has ever done (minus the sax solo -_- ); glad to see someone give it its proper due!

That is why the Beach Boys deserve at the very least a PG-13 rating: a lot of sax and violins. Please say that out loud.....

[ukulelejesus]

Let's face it. That's the current consensus of the board. You all want to be so iconoclastic so bad that you let the poles shift under your own watch! Our discussions have transitioned from praising "Brian, the psychedelic genius", to hailing "Mike, the logistic leader" (because Brian got played out). Screw that. Y'all have lost your minds. Take a deep breath and reassess the situation.

If a dude can make you angry enough that you amrry his daughter, who is, coincidentally your cousin, in order to get back at him, then that dude must be doing something seriously wrong to piss people off like that.

I'm a beardly Brianista, but singling out Mike Love for being a douche bag in the Beach Boys is kind of unfair considering the sh*t the rest of the Beach Boys did. They were a group of insane persons, mostly related, into way too many drugs, high on their egos, fucking everything that ever moved ever, drinking themselves to death and breathing in cocaine like air, fucking each other's wives, suing each other, recording Kokomo, you;re out of the band buckwheat! The Beach Boys were all stellar douche bags. god-tier assholes. Even Brian.


Especially Brian.

 But he's the genius, and almost every idea Mike Love has ever had that didn't involve facial hair was a terrible idea. Especially if the idea involved either music, or clothes. So I think that counts for something in Brian's favor.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

though I may disagree a tad with your last sentence: you nailed it big time and enough to put some serious merda to rest 

[Jonas]

If a dude can make you angry enough that you amrry his daughter, who is, coincidentally your cousin, in order to get back at him, then that dude must be doing something seriously wrong to piss people off like that.

I'm a beardly Brianista, but singling out Mike Love for being a douche bag in the Beach Boys is kind of unfair considering the sh*t the rest of the Beach Boys did. They were a group of insane persons, mostly related, into way too many drugs, high on their egos, friggin' everything that ever moved ever, drinking themselves to death and breathing in cocaine like air, friggin' each other's wives, suing each other, recording Kokomo, you;re out of the band buckwheat! The Beach Boys were all stellar douche bags. god-tier buttholes. Even Brian.


Especially Brian.

 But he's the genius, and almost every idea Mike Love has ever had that didn't involve facial hair was a terrible idea. Especially if the idea involved either music, or clothes. So I think that counts for something in Brian's favor.

This should be inscribed in their Hawthorne memorial...or whatever it is.

[Mikie]

They screwed each other's wives?  Really?

[hypehat]

There's a BW interview where he talks about Dennis biblically knowing 'Carls wife, Al's wife, Mike's wife, my wife...." springs to mind. From early 2000'sish

[Mikie]

Huh. I don't remember reading that. I can imagine if Dennis was involved, but not the others - not even Mike.

Better go read the gaines book again......

[SMiLE Brian]

Huh. I don't remember reading that. I can imagine if Dennis was involved, but not the others - not even Mike.

Better go read the Gaines book again......

First thing I did when I became a fan was to read the Gaines book so i get the "learning" about rumored dirty gossip on the band out of the way. I then read the Brian bio by Carlin so i could get some real information about Brian and the group.  

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Hell, they need to have a copy of Gains book on a chain at the Beach Boys historical monument!