Billboard: Mike Love: BBs planning new album

[Pretty Funky]

I wonder how Bruce will respond. For years he has said he would be in the audience front row center for any kind of Brian/ Mike BB reunion. Now that it may happen has he been per$uaded? 

[WaxOn]

I keep saying we need a suicide emoticon.

Best 1, 2 post I've ever seen

+1

[Rocker]

Just imagine TLOS with the remaining Beach Boys and with some Mike lyrics sprinkled here and there!!!

Something like that could be great!

I agree.

Brian has a lot of good, maybe even great stuff that he never finished. I already mentioned in the youtube-thread when Smile Brian posted "Thank him" ('63-ish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_DDAC_xKc) that I would have no problem if they even went back that far for material. And also ESQ just showed that there are still some Carl vocals from the '95 sessions that can be used. All in all it could be a interesting record if they get it to sound good and coherent. It doesn't need to be a concept masterpiece. I'd love just to have one of those great pop albums that the Beach Boys did with "Surfer girl" for example. Or Brian with TLOS. It also doesn't need to be complicated. Throw in some good ol' Beach Boys doo-wop with Wilson-chords and harmonies..... Man I'm getting dreamy....

The First Time and This Isn't Love also still wait for a proper studio recording.....

[Nicko1234]

I believe the album title Still Dancin' has been mooted.

[SMiLE Brian]

Just imagine TLOS with the remaining Beach Boys and with some Mike lyrics sprinkled here and there!!!

Something like that could be great!

I agree.

Brian has a lot of good, maybe even great stuff that he never finished. I already mentioned in the youtube-thread when Smile Brian posted "Thank him" ('63-ish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_DDAC_xKc) that I would have no problem if they even went back that far for material. And also ESQ just showed that there are still some Carl vocals from the '95 sessions that can be used. All in all it could be a interesting record if they get it to sound good and coherent. It doesn't need to be a concept masterpiece. I'd love just to have one of those great pop albums that the Beach Boys did with "Surfer girl" for example. Or Brian with TLOS. It also doesn't need to be complicated. Throw in some good ol' Beach Boys doo-wop with Wilson-chords and harmonies..... Man I'm getting dreamy....

The First Time and This Isn't Love also still wait for a proper studio recording.....

I would like it if they finished an unfinished song from each era of the band on the new album.

[Dunderhead]

My preference goes:

New Material
"finished" material
"finished" material that includes previously recorded vocals by Dennis/Carl
Covers
Old Material

[Magic Transistor Radio]

possible song choices

Shuffle Board USA
My Old Lady from Pasadena
Republicans and Villains (Lyrics by ML)
Help Me Rhonda, I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
Add Some Metamucil To Your Day
He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move
I Went to Sleep
Its Getting Late
Till I Die
Lets Go to Heaven in My Car

Disney Widdows
I Can Hear Nothing
Aren't You Dead
Senior Demonstration Time
Limp, Limp, Limp
Shut Down (kidneys, livers, etc)

[hypehat]

Undertaker's Daughter
The Same Old Band
Don't Talk (I Can't Hear You)
Caroline, What?
I Got Around
Be True to Your Rest Home
I'm So Old
Why Do Fools Fall Down Stairs?
Retirement Homes, USA
I'm Bugged At My Teenage Son
I'm Goin' Bald
Please Let Me Wander
Livin' With A Pacemaker
Keepin' The Band Alive
When A Man Needs A Nurse
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
The Little Girl I Once Knew
Don't You Remember?
Time For Bed
Old Folks At Home/Ol' Man River
You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
Better Get Back In Bed
Be Still

Insomnia's a bitch, ain't it 

[Jay]

When Ex Wife's Get Together? 

[Jim V.]

I have to admit, with the combination of hearing Brian looking through some old material, and this, I can't help but feel that ol' Punkinhead maybe was right out about the possibility of a new BB album incorporating old unreleased stuff. Kudos to him.  And I think that would probably be the way to go.

They should find some primo old, unreleased material, freshen some of it up with maybe a bit more instrumentation or harmonies, add the "Do It Again" re-recording to it and you got a pretty sweet way to go out.

I say, maybe pull stuff out of the vault with great Carl and Dennis vocals like "Dancin' the Night Away" and "(Wouldn't It Be Nice) To Live Again", and "Carry Me Home" along with maybe a few others, and that will be a great way to pay tribute to them. I really hope that don't do the "digital reunion" like the Beatles, as there is so much decent stuff featuring Carl and Dennis that is relatively done that they could use.

Also, I'd say maybe that could add some instrumentation or something to Brian's "Where is She?" and "California Feelin''. Actually, I think maybe if they used the '74 version of "CF", added some nice vocals, and closed the album, and thus there recorded career with that, it would really round things out nicely.

Personally, I hope THAT is where Brian is looking in the vaults, for stuff from the 60s and 70s, and not for more lame Landy era stuff, cuz we know how that turned out (GIOMH).

Then we got Mike, and I'm pretty sure we'll probably just end up with a few tracks from the "solo album" he has been working on for the past however many years....which I guess is ok, if they REALLY need solo Mike Love composed tracks.

This record (if it happens) just has so many ways it could be interesting. Hopefully they don't whitewash Dennis and Carl out of the equation, like Mike somewhat seems to as of late, with him not seeming to mention that major parts of the band are no longer here. Actually he just kinda seems to feel that all that is needed for the BB is him and Brian, like Roger and Pete in the Who, and Mick an Keef in the Stones. But hopefully, as I said earlier, they find a respectful and artistic way to include Dennis and Carl. And yes, I hope Al and Bruce get some of the spotlight, but lets not have them more out from then they used to be. Maybe a few leads for Al, and one at most for Brucey.

Then there's Brian of course. If he isn't interested, this could be another GIOMH, with whomever raiding the vaults, finding old tracks which aren't stimulating Brian, and Brian going through the motions, and therefore, not putting something great out.

Anyways, I guess i'll leave it there for now, and I guess I'm the only person that for better or worse is interested to see how this goes.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

I Guess I Can't Remember Those Times
She's Got Arrhythmia
Stroked!
Farmer's Widow
Let's Go Trippin And Can't Get-Uppin!
Catch A Bus
The Rocking Snoozer
South Bay Senior
Our Bingo Club
Ballad Of Old Betsy
No-Go Slowpoke
An Old Man Is Gone
Collapsed In The Parking Lot
Our Favorite Backgammon Sessions
Help Me Up Rhonda

[Runaways]

can we please avoid turning this into a pun-title thread.  i pray to the almighty brian wilson to save this thread.

[Rocker]

can we please avoid turning this into a pun-title thread.  i pray to the almighty brian wilson to save this thread.

Just this one:


Keep an eye intact





Let's be honest, the guys could make a good new album. There is enough very good stuff (just think of the Wilson-Paley songs). But they probably go another way. If there's no way people like us (and I include Alan and Mark) could get some influence on the track selection, it might very well turn out to be lame.

[Myk Luhv]

I thought that "Do It Again" re-recording session ended with some kind of terrible dispute over creative direction? What are the chances of this supposed new album actually happening if that is how their last artistic interaction went down?

[guitarfool2002]

If they can't come up with one entirely new song, I'd say that's pretty lame. This is one of the most successful songwriting teams of the 60's, gold records and BMI awards too numerous to mention, I'd think they could pull one good new tune together. Sure, there is a backlog of songs from the past 35 years or so to work with, but is that *really* what people want to hear in 2011? All of those phases are over: Wilson-Paley, the Don Was era, the MIU/KTSA 70's sound, etc. Start fresh.

The only idea I'd consider from the past is taking a Dennis Wilson or Carl Wilson song, which is unreleased/unfinished, and doing a "Beatles Anthology" take on it. Those Anthology tunes Free As A Bird and Real Love have gotten better with time, and they hold up as good group songs apart from the novelty which existed in 94-95 around using his cassette demos.

[Rocker]

Sure, there is a backlog of songs from the past 35 years or so to work with, but is that *really* what people want to hear in 2011? All of those phases are over: Wilson-Paley, the Don Was era, the MIU/KTSA 70's sound, etc. Start fresh.

Well, if the music is good, I don't care when it was written. That's why I would like to see some songs from Wilson-Paley. Some of them are just too good to not be released. I also hope they will be able to write something new and good. But to take some of the already exsisting songs would be an easy way and wouldn't cost too much time. It would be at least better to take some (and I say "some") old material instead of new Summer In Paradise's, etc. I think "Do you have any regrets" for example has some hit potential.

[donald]

Also, I'd say maybe that could add some instrumentation or something to Brian's "Where is She?" and "California Feelin''. Actually, I think maybe if they used the '74 version of "CF", added some nice vocals, and closed the album, and thus there recorded career with that, it would really round things out nicely.


California Feeling.  Definitely.  There are at least 4 versions of that out there;Carl, Brian, Al and Rocky (anymore?).  They all beg for a full BeachBoys treatment.  Get that one done right once and for all.  That could be the closer if done right.  Spiff up the harmonies, stretch it out a bit at the beginning and end......
I'm thinking of something comparable to EH with that soaring harmony near the end.....

[Rocker]

The next person that has the chance to talk with Mike at a concert should tell him that they really don't need to make any plans because we have it all done on this message board. They only have to follow our plan.

[guitarfool2002]

The next person that has the chance to talk with Mike at a concert should tell him that they really don't need to make any plans because we have it all done on this message board. They only have to follow our plan.

I'm sure Bruce will be relieved to hear that...

[donald]

You have to wonder if they peruse/lurk this site.   There ARE some good ideas here.    Well, at least one or two.

Our luck, they'd take the silly off hand comments and go with those.

[bgas]

You have to wonder if they peruse/lurk this site.   There ARE some good ideas here.    Well, at least one or two.

Our luck, they'd take the silly off hand comments and go with those.

probably where they got the tracklist for Still Cruisin

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Oops, I forgot: Bluebirds Over The Gravemound

[Wylson]

Some of these pun titles are a bit morbid - yes the Beach Boys are old, yes they will die. Not that funny IMO.

[Runaways]

please...no more title puns...they're painful...

[Dunderhead]

please...no more title puns...they're painful...

"Summer In Paradise"