Grammy Press Release - 2/8/12

[Howie Edelson]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-beach-boys-to-reunite-on-the-grammy-stage-and-join-with-grammy-nominees-foster-the-people-and-maroon-5-for-a-special-performance-138937319.html

[Rocker]

What does that mean they will join with Maroon 5 and that other band ?

[LostArt]

What does that mean they will join with Maroon 5 and that other band ?

It means they will join with Maroon 5 and Foster the People for a song or medley.  Typical Grammy cheese.








I'll still watch it.  I'm from Wisconsin.  I love cheese.

[drbeachboy]

Foster The People, are they from Foster's Freeze, maybe?

[SMiLE Brian]

Foster the people actually aren't too bad a band to be squeezed into a grammy cheese event.
Their hit song from last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oLzX0RPquk

[LostArt]

It'll be interesting to see what they're going to do together.  Will it be a medley of Beach Boys hits performed by all three bands (individually? together?)?  Will it be each band doing their own songs in some sort of Frankenstein medley?  As usual, I can't make too much sense of these three particular groups performing together.  Is it because all three groups are 'pop' groups?  Who thinks up stuff like this?

[Shady]

Oh no

[jardine (no relation]

just a wee flutter by of butterflies, with a side dish of oh my. In other words, a wee bit more worried than before. Luckily I've had no TV connection since last September, so I can hear about it first and optionally Youtube it later. on the face of it, this doesn't sound good to me

[LetHimRun]

Oh no, I despise Maroon 5. I hope they are off in the back in the shadows. I don't get them being in this pairing.

The pairing with Foster the People ("that other band" with a song that has 64,000,000+ views on youtube which got to #3 on the Billboard top 100 with a #8 top 200 debut album) will be interesting. They are an indie band who uses a lot of electronics, but have turned their songs into acoustics also. Mark Foster is a huge fan of Brian and Pet Sounds, so I can see them bowing to whatever the Boys want to do.

Maroon 5, though? Ugh. I'm sickened.

[Roger Ryan]

If it's like last year's show (which teamed Bob Dylan with Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers), the newer bands will each get a song and the Beach Boys will join everyone for a classic hit.

[hypehat]

Oh well, it was always a possibility. At least someone has confirmed the group.....

*resists urge to howl 'MAROON 5? ARE YOU JOKING?' at the moon*

[Summertime Blooz]

This can't come as a big surprise. Pairing old over-the-hill acts with newer more relevant acts is what the Grammys usually does, i.e. their modus operandi.  Foster the People are a very good modern pop band and Maroon 5 does some OK stuff too, e.g. Little Of Your Time and Sunday Morning. I think Adam Levine is a great singer and performer though I confess I don't like everything Maroon 5 does. All three groups were formed in the Los Angeles area. I say, if their point is to introduce the Beach Boys to a new generation, then this pairing does more to help The Beach Boys image than hurt it.

[Mike's Beard]

As much as I HATE Maroon 5, I could die a happy man if they were to perform "Moves Like Jagger" with Mike doing his cod Mick Jagger dance moves on stage.

[STE]

Aaah...  crap.

[pixletwin]

Seeing Maroon 5 and Foster the People as performing with the BB, I can only say that I closed my eyes and I have already seen how this predictable and lame performance is going to sound... Watch out for a bland performance of (probably) "Surfing U.S.A.". 

[Melt Away]

This kind of ruins it for me. Please leave the mediocre bands in the audience NOT on stage with the legends.

[roll plymouth rock]

This kind of ruins it for me. Please leave the mediocre bands in the audience NOT on stage with the legends.

Me too man. Maybe Mike Love will do some dance moves during moves like Jagger in a Turban 

[SonoraDick]

There's at least one more perfect example of pairing the old with the new this year with Glen Campbell appearing with Blake Shelton and The Band Perry.

Sure wish the old-timers could get their few moments of recognition by themselves, but it's clear that the Grammys, the Super Bowl show, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
are all geared toward the younger viewers. Guess we have to be content with getting to see them at all.

[Rocker]

("that other band" with a song that has 64,000,000+ views on youtube which got to #3 on the Billboard top 100 with a #8 top 200 debut album)

Never heard of them. I don't care for Youtube-stats but if they are good, then I mght check them out.

I like much of Maroon 5's stuff. I hate "Move like Jagger". But something like "Won't go home without you" has a certain Beach Boy-vibe to it imo.
I hope that this is the only collaboration kind of thing for the 50h ann. celebration. I could live with that.

Maybe the bands will do an opening medley. Foster the people play a song, then Maroon 5 and then the Beach Boys come on or something to that effect. Of course our boys have to be the headliner so to speak.




EDIT:
Just youtubed Foster The People and I have heard "Pump...." before. Kinda liked it's "old" sound but I thought the singing was not harmonious enough.

[LetHimRun]

("that other band" with a song that has 64,000,000+ views on youtube which got to #3 on the Billboard top 100 with a #8 top 200 debut album)

Never heard of them. I don't care for Youtube-stats but if they are good, then I mght check them out.

I like much of Maroon 5's stuff. I hate "Move like Jagger". But something like "Won't go home without you" has a certain Beach Boy-vibe to it imo.
I hope that this is the only collaboration kind of thing for the 50h ann. celebration. I could live with that.

Maybe the bands will do an opening medley. Foster the people play a song, then Maroon 5 and then the Beach Boys come on or something to that effect. Of course our boys have to be the headliner so to speak.




EDIT:
Just youtubed Foster The People and I have heard "Pump...." before. Kinda liked it's "old" sound but I thought the singing was not harmonious enough.

I just think FTP will be a good compliment being as their leader and song writer is a Beach Boy fanboy.

I, like you, don't care for youtube stats either, just thought it was mentionable that it had 64M hits. #3 Billboard top 100 song and #8 Billboard top 200 album means something, though, especially for the debut of an indie band.

This is their best three song stretch on the album for me, give it a listen (or not ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEVzpdOlVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIfNyBmZ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHXXZP2L7w

[Ron]

Adam Levine has the potential to sing, competently, any Beach Boys song. 


Just sayin'. 

[Rocker]

("that other band" with a song that has 64,000,000+ views on youtube which got to #3 on the Billboard top 100 with a #8 top 200 debut album)

Never heard of them. I don't care for Youtube-stats but if they are good, then I mght check them out.

I like much of Maroon 5's stuff. I hate "Move like Jagger". But something like "Won't go home without you" has a certain Beach Boy-vibe to it imo.
I hope that this is the only collaboration kind of thing for the 50h ann. celebration. I could live with that.

Maybe the bands will do an opening medley. Foster the people play a song, then Maroon 5 and then the Beach Boys come on or something to that effect. Of course our boys have to be the headliner so to speak.




EDIT:
Just youtubed Foster The People and I have heard "Pump...." before. Kinda liked it's "old" sound but I thought the singing was not harmonious enough.

I just think FTP will be a good compliment being as their leader and song writer is a Beach Boy fanboy.

I, like you, don't care for youtube stats either, just thought it was mentionable that it had 64M hits. #3 Billboard top 100 song and #8 Billboard top 200 album means something, though, especially for the debut of an indie band.

This is their best three song stretch on the album for me, give it a listen (or not ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEVzpdOlVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIfNyBmZ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHXXZP2L7w

I'd like to, but youtube won't let me watch it here in Germany. I'll keep my ears open though for Foster the people.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I'm gonna be childish here and say this ruins the entire purpose of the reunion.

IT'S A FREAKING REUNION OF A BAND. NOT BAND(S)

[DonnyL]

alright

[Wirestone]

This is what the Grammys are like, folks. Has nothing to do with the band's decisions -- BOB DYLAN had to appear with younger acts to perform live at the show last year. Wrap your head around that. An undeniable icon like Dylan was still forced to perform as part of a larger group.

I had imagined the group wearing suits and tastefully performing a tasteful version of 'Good Vibrations' to prime-time America.

Heh.