What shall we expect from the GRAMMY performance?

[drbeachboy]

It's officially official.

http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-at-54th-grammy-awards

Just what I was afraid of....yikes! A band like The Beach Boys don't even deserve 2 to 3 minutes to themselves for 50 years worth of work?

[LetHimRun]

It's officially official.

http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-at-54th-grammy-awards

Just what I was afraid of....yikes! A band like The Beach Boys don't even deserve 2 to 3 minutes to themselves for 50 years worth of work?

It'd be nice if they gave the BBs at least one song by themselves and then the other two came in on something else. I hope it isn't the three bands for the whole performance.

[Roger Ryan]

It's officially official.

http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-at-54th-grammy-awards

Just what I was afraid of....yikes! A band like The Beach Boys don't even deserve 2 to 3 minutes to themselves for 50 years worth of work?

To be fair, Bob Dylan had to share the stage with Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers last year - it's just part of the high-concept presentation to try and appeal to all demographics at all times.

I don't mind Foster The People joining them, but Maroon 5? Nah, not so much.

[Austin]

Meh. File me under cautiously optimistic. Collaborations like this don't inherently bother me -- that they're performing at all should be great news. I'll whine after I've given it a chance.

[LostArt]

I'll whine after I've given it a chance.

I think you'll find that a little whine goes well with Grammy cheese.

[Shady]

To calm myself down I googled both bands..

Maroon 5 and Foster the people are both big Beach Boys fans, name dropping them in interviews long before any Grammy's performance, take solace in the fact this isn't just The Grammy's pairing a current pop act with a classic act, these guys are actually fans

Could be good, could be terrible

[b00ts]

I am going to try not to be pessimistic about this, even though it pisses me off...

The best thing in the world was when the Grammys got almost all the original members of Family Stone (Rustee Allen replaced Larry Graham at the last second) to appear onstage with Sly, playing music together for the first time in God knows how long...

And then they covered up the members of the Family Stone with people like Steven Tyler, John Legend, and... Yes, Maroon 5. These people were literally stood in front of the original members so you could barely see them.

...and then, Sly just boogied off stage because that sh*t was far too jive for him. Of course, he was largely a wreck anyway, but that particular act of defiance really heartened me that this guy has integrity. Maybe now that he is newly sober, he will restart his career.

Anyway, f*** tha Grammies. I love how the Simpsons always rip on them, but I will tune in just to see the Beach Boys with a dozen extra unnecessary members of other bands. For Chrissakes, how will we see Al with all these big people onstage?? Maybe they will bring his shoebox...

[CarlTheVoice]

Well, I was reading too much into that tweet earlier, but it seems the idea was right. I don't like Maroon 5 so I'm not sure about this one. I just think it might be a lost opportunity to make sure the Beach Boys legacy is golden. I don't even think it will appeal to the young generation much, not like Kings of Leon would have done. To me this isn't a great choice but one, I may be wrong and two, there's nothing we can do about it anyway! Let's just hope it's a great performance!

[Shady]

I can't get over this, I'm truly disappointed, worst possible scenario

I'll still be watching and chatting live with all of you

[Rocker]

Guys, it doesn't necessarily mean that Maroon 5 and Foster the people will join the Beach Boys on their number. All three bands could be part of a big medley where each band plays a song. The Beach Boys could still have a nice entrance when after the two bands the curtain goes up and all of a sudden the guys are standing there and going into Good Vibrations

[Pretty Funky]

Worse still!

All the performances will take place away from the ceremony itself, in a tented space that will hold up to 1,000 fans.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beach-boys/61926



....sorry if it was mentioned on another grammy thread.

[hypehat]

Let's all take a moment and reflect on this,

' Foo Fighters will perform a remixed version of their song 'Rope' with Deadmau5 at the ceremony. '

and say to ourselves, 'It could be worse.' 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Guys, it doesn't necessarily mean that Maroon 5 and Foster the people will join the Beach Boys on their number.

Hello ?  Hard of seeing, are we ? This is the sub-heading of the official Grammys press release:

"Legendary act will team with nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for special performance"

Care to explain to me precisely how "will team with" doesn't mean "join" but does mean "sing alone" ?

[SMiLE Brian]

Hoping Mike Love being Mike Love circa 1988 makes the other groups leave the stage so the BBs can play alone.

[Shady]

The real tragedy of all this is we now know who "Foster the People" are

I was blissfully unaware until now

[CosmicDancer]

Well sh*t!  That is disappointing.  I don't like Maroon 5 at all and I've only heard that "Pumped Up Kicks" song by Foster the People and it may be the worst thing I've heard in the last 15 years.  Damn Grammy awards!!    

[18thofMay]

 My kids like moves like Jagger and pumped up kicks...They love The Beach Boys
They will be happy!

[Pretty Funky]

So I make a total of 13 combined band members plus the playing musicians of around 8. Over 21 on a stage in a tent holding less than a thousand.


Convince me somebody!

[Zach95]

What's with this weird tent thing?

[SamMcK]

The couldn't even let them play bloody Good Vibrations for 3 minutes on their own? I'm pretty sure most fans would rather see the Beach Boys on there own this time round, especially with Brian back in the band and I doubt the fans of the other bands would care too much about the BB's either. I wouldn't mind so much if this wasn't the first appearance with all the surviving original members for many years of one of the greatest bands of all time!!

[Pretty Funky]

What's with this weird tent thing?

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beach-boys/61926

[Rocker]

Guys, it doesn't necessarily mean that Maroon 5 and Foster the people will join the Beach Boys on their number.

Hello ?  Hard of seeing, are we ? This is the sub-heading of the official Grammys press release:

"Legendary act will team with nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for special performance"

Care to explain to me precisely how "will team with" doesn't mean "join" but does mean "sing alone" ?
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Easy, but you might as well have quoted my whole post as the answer's right in there.
I believe it was a Shindig christmas show from '64. Marvin Gaye (I believe it was him) was doing a song on his own which then went into the Beach Boys singing "We three kings....". Both acts were part of a medley but doing their songs on their own. It's not that hard to imagine, is it ?

I don't know if this is what will be the case at the Grammies but it's a possibility. Do we know who opens the show ? Maybe it'll be that medley I just philosophied about. Good Vibrations would be a nice finale and a great way to start the show

[CarCrazyCutie]

REALLY?!?!?! They're gonna share a stage with that total nimrod Adam Levine?!?!?! & Foster The People( ) Neither deserve to be said in the same breath as the BBs. Why would they put someone who apparently admires Mick Jagger (if I have to hear Moves Like Jagger one more time my head will explode, not to mention who in their right mind aspires to have any of Jagger's characteristics?) with the BEACH BOYS?!  Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Adam Levine the same person who not 3 days ago told someone "why would you wanna be JUST a Country star, wouldn't you wanna be bigger than that? You're more than that."? So he wants to be like Jagger, yet thinks he's better than Hank Williams? What a winner! No matter there is no excuse for any act (esp one of the current pop tart bands) to take up precious Beach Boy time. These kind of acts are on the Grammy's every year, when was the last time the BBs where on (or will be on again)? Sorry for ranting, but (imho) this totally sucks

Hoping Mike Love being Mike Love circa 1988 makes the other groups leave the stage so the BBs can play alone.

  I'm totally with you on that!!!

[Shady]

REALLY?!?!?! They're gonna share a stage with that total nimrod Adam Levine?!?!?! & Foster The People( ) Neither deserve to be said in the same breath as the BBs. Why would they put someone who apparently admires Mick Jagger (if I have to hear Moves Like Jagger one more time my head will explode, not to mention who in their right mind aspires to have any of Jagger's characteristics?) with the BEACH BOYS?!  Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Adam Levine the same person who not 3 days ago told someone "why would you wanna be JUST a Country star, wouldn't you wanna be bigger than that? You're more than that."? So he wants to be like Jagger, yet thinks he's better than Hank Williams? What a winner! No matter there is no excuse for any act (esp one of the current pop tart bands) to take up precious Beach Boy time. These kind of acts are on the Grammy's every year, when was the last time the BBs where on (or will be on again)? Sorry for ranting, but (imho) this totally sucks

Hoping Mike Love being Mike Love circa 1988 makes the other groups leave the stage so the BBs can play alone.

  I'm totally with you on that!!!

Nice rant, saved me the time

[Pretty Funky]

Love it. Hits the nail on the head.


http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/08/grammy-performers-2012-beach-boys/


Beach Boys added to the Grammys, which now features 957 performers and will last four years
by Kyle Anderson




The Grammys really want you to watch their show on Sunday. And they’re doing it by throwing as many performers as humanly possible onstage — many of them at the same time.

This afternoon, the producers announced that the long-dormant, recently reconstituted surviving members of the Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks — would be making their return to the stage at the show for their first performance together in roughly two decades.

In a confounding bit of casting, they’ll join “Pumped Up Kicks” hitmakers Foster the People and “Moves Like Jagger” juggernaut Maroon 5 for a never-before, never-again collaboration that has the potential to be both a blissfully memorable celebration of great music or a complete and utter train wreck. (On a side note: This is totally the performance the Grammys wanted Bon Iver to be a part of, right?)