When was Brian at his lowest ebb??, !976?, 1982?, 1991?. And why discuss...

[Amy B.]

At first I thought I read "I'm going to the park and take a NAP" which would be so Brian.

"I took a walk and sat down in a park..."

[Dave in KC]

I'm not sure who you're trying to insult with that one, but I'm going to cover it with 'f*ck you and the horse you rode in on'.

Also, learn to quote.  

I was actually paying you a compliment, but you blew it. You must have some sort of personality disorder to read it any other way. Also, learn to curb your tongue. And what kind of name is hypehat anyway? After your 'interpretation" of my post it should be asshat.

[Heysaboda]

This 2010 interview with Peter Ames Carlin is the most fun latter-day Brian interview I've ever read:

http://www.peteramescarlin.com/node/194

Thanks for posting this, Austin.  It's a great interview w/ Peter.

I love that Peter gives a shout out for the clarinet section in the middle of "She Says That She Needs Me".  That's an extraordinary piece of music.

[hypehat]

I'm not sure who you're trying to insult with that one, but I'm going to cover it with 'f*ck you and the horse you rode in on'.

Also, learn to quote.  

I was actually paying you a compliment, but you blew it. You must have some sort of personality disorder to read it any other way. Also, learn to curb your tongue. And what kind of name is hypehat anyway? After your 'interpretation" of my post it should be asshat.

Sorry, I misinterpreted it. I was very tired/a little inebriated and I thought you were being extremely sarcastic....  

Olive branch?

[letsmakeit31]

Yes, Dennis obviously wasn't always an easy guy to get along with.
Sometimes the nicest guy, sometimes the biggest ...
Brian seems to have very mixed feelings about him.
I mean, this isn't the first recent interview where he expressed negative sentiments against Dennis.

I argee with this totally, I mean it's very easy for us fans to say Dennis is great etc, And he was great as well as having in the words of Brian "A big heart".
Everyone who met him loved him for that reason even Mike, BUT without being disrespectful to Dennis & his music, sometimes it must of been very tough & more importantly heartbreaking for his friends & family to see the demons in Dennis's life take over and eventally kill him esp I think Carl & Brian.
I'm sure we all know people in our lives or even ourselves who was/our battling the demons that threaten to take over our lives, And no matter what we do to help nothing could/can be right for them.
It's happened to me personally I was that person who was very close to losing everything friends, family, work, home, Last year.
Thankfully I pulled back and took a good look at myself I didn't like what I had become. I started to change my life for the better & thank God still had the love & support of my friends & family.
I believe Dennis did want to sort himself out towards the end but it just proved too hard.
All his family and friends did EVERYTHING possible to help him.
Towards the end his family and The Beach Boys HAD to give Dennis some tough love e.g. throw him out of the band several times etc.
It must of been awful & heartbreaking during the last few years of Dennis's life for himself & his family & friends.
I hope that Dennis has found some peace and will be in the new tour in spirt as well as Carl.
RIP Dennis xx

[Lonely Summer]

No doubt Dennis was a great guy, albeit a great guy with some serious demons. And there are probably some days when it seriously bums out Brian to think of what happened to him. Who would have ever dreamed that Brian would outlive BOTH of his brothers?

[Dave in KC]

I'm not sure who you're trying to insult with that one, but I'm going to cover it with 'f*ck you and the horse you rode in on'.

Also, learn to quote.  

I was actually paying you a compliment, but you blew it. You must have some sort of personality disorder to read it any other way. Also, learn to curb your tongue. And what kind of name is hypehat anyway? After your 'interpretation" of my post it should be asshat.

Sorry, I misinterpreted it. I was very tired/a little inebriated and I thought you were being extremely sarcastic....  

Olive branch?

Yes, olive branch accepted. I could have been clearer but was also impaired. The main point still stands. Brian has found a way to ease the pain when somebody brings up Dennis in an interview.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

I'm not sure who you're trying to insult with that one, but I'm going to cover it with 'f*ck you and the horse you rode in on'.

Also, learn to quote.  

I was actually paying you a compliment, but you blew it. You must have some sort of personality disorder to read it any other way. Also, learn to curb your tongue. And what kind of name is hypehat anyway? After your 'interpretation" of my post it should be asshat.

Sorry, I misinterpreted it. I was very tired/a little inebriated and I thought you were being extremely sarcastic....  

Olive branch?

Yes, olive branch accepted. I could have been clearer but was also impaired. The main point still stands. Brian has found a way to ease the pain when somebody brings up Dennis in an interview.

I didn't post that! Jack Daniels did.

Oh you guys..............

[hypehat]

I'm not sure who you're trying to insult with that one, but I'm going to cover it with 'f*ck you and the horse you rode in on'.

Also, learn to quote.  

I was actually paying you a compliment, but you blew it. You must have some sort of personality disorder to read it any other way. Also, learn to curb your tongue. And what kind of name is hypehat anyway? After your 'interpretation" of my post it should be asshat.

Sorry, I misinterpreted it. I was very tired/a little inebriated and I thought you were being extremely sarcastic....  

Olive branch?

Yes, olive branch accepted. I could have been clearer but was also impaired. The main point still stands. Brian has found a way to ease the pain when somebody brings up Dennis in an interview.

I think we're now....



 

[cablegeddon]

Yes, Dennis obviously wasn't always an easy guy to get along with.
Sometimes the nicest guy, sometimes the biggest ...
Brian seems to have very mixed feelings about him.
I mean, this isn't the first recent interview where he expressed negative sentiments against Dennis.

I argee with this totally, I mean it's very easy for us fans to say Dennis is great etc, And he was great as well as having in the words of Brian "A big heart".
Everyone who met him loved him for that reason even Mike, BUT without being disrespectful to Dennis & his music, sometimes it must of been very tough & more importantly heartbreaking for his friends & family to see the demons in Dennis's life take over and eventally kill him esp I think Carl & Brian.
I'm sure we all know people in our lives or even ourselves who was/our battling the demons that threaten to take over our lives, And no matter what we do to help nothing could/can be right for them.
It's happened to me personally I was that person who was very close to losing everything friends, family, work, home, Last year.
Thankfully I pulled back and took a good look at myself I didn't like what I had become. I started to change my life for the better & thank God still had the love & support of my friends & family.
I believe Dennis did want to sort himself out towards the end but it just proved too hard.
All his family and friends did EVERYTHING possible to help him.
Towards the end his family and The Beach Boys HAD to give Dennis some tough love e.g. throw him out of the band several times etc.
It must of been awful & heartbreaking during the last few years of Dennis's life for himself & his family & friends.
I hope that Dennis has found some peace and will be in the new tour in spirt as well as Carl.
RIP Dennis xx

When I see people here just hate on Rocky and the other guy who beat up Dennis. I wanted to say why is that so bad at least they didn't hit a *****.

[Paulos]

Yes, Dennis obviously wasn't always an easy guy to get along with.
Sometimes the nicest guy, sometimes the biggest ...
Brian seems to have very mixed feelings about him.
I mean, this isn't the first recent interview where he expressed negative sentiments against Dennis.

I argee with this totally, I mean it's very easy for us fans to say Dennis is great etc, And he was great as well as having in the words of Brian "A big heart".
Everyone who met him loved him for that reason even Mike, BUT without being disrespectful to Dennis & his music, sometimes it must of been very tough & more importantly heartbreaking for his friends & family to see the demons in Dennis's life take over and eventally kill him esp I think Carl & Brian.
I'm sure we all know people in our lives or even ourselves who was/our battling the demons that threaten to take over our lives, And no matter what we do to help nothing could/can be right for them.
It's happened to me personally I was that person who was very close to losing everything friends, family, work, home, Last year.
Thankfully I pulled back and took a good look at myself I didn't like what I had become. I started to change my life for the better & thank God still had the love & support of my friends & family.
I believe Dennis did want to sort himself out towards the end but it just proved too hard.
All his family and friends did EVERYTHING possible to help him.
Towards the end his family and The Beach Boys HAD to give Dennis some tough love e.g. throw him out of the band several times etc.
It must of been awful & heartbreaking during the last few years of Dennis's life for himself & his family & friends.
I hope that Dennis has found some peace and will be in the new tour in spirt as well as Carl.
RIP Dennis xx

When I see people here just hate on Rocky and the other guy who beat up Dennis. I wanted to say why is that so bad at least they didn't hit a *****.

Didn't hit a what? A sequence of stars? From your above comment it seems you are glad that Dennis was beaten up by Rocky and 'the other guy', which makes you a tool.

[cablegeddon]

Yes, Dennis obviously wasn't always an easy guy to get along with.
Sometimes the nicest guy, sometimes the biggest ...
Brian seems to have very mixed feelings about him.
I mean, this isn't the first recent interview where he expressed negative sentiments against Dennis.

I argee with this totally, I mean it's very easy for us fans to say Dennis is great etc, And he was great as well as having in the words of Brian "A big heart".
Everyone who met him loved him for that reason even Mike, BUT without being disrespectful to Dennis & his music, sometimes it must of been very tough & more importantly heartbreaking for his friends & family to see the demons in Dennis's life take over and eventally kill him esp I think Carl & Brian.
I'm sure we all know people in our lives or even ourselves who was/our battling the demons that threaten to take over our lives, And no matter what we do to help nothing could/can be right for them.
It's happened to me personally I was that person who was very close to losing everything friends, family, work, home, Last year.
Thankfully I pulled back and took a good look at myself I didn't like what I had become. I started to change my life for the better & thank God still had the love & support of my friends & family.
I believe Dennis did want to sort himself out towards the end but it just proved too hard.
All his family and friends did EVERYTHING possible to help him.
Towards the end his family and The Beach Boys HAD to give Dennis some tough love e.g. throw him out of the band several times etc.
It must of been awful & heartbreaking during the last few years of Dennis's life for himself & his family & friends.
I hope that Dennis has found some peace and will be in the new tour in spirt as well as Carl.
RIP Dennis xx

When I see people here just hate on Rocky and the other guy who beat up Dennis. I wanted to say why is that so bad at least they didn't hit a *****.

Didn't hit a what? A sequence of stars? From your above comment it seems you are glad that Dennis was beaten up by Rocky and 'the other guy', which makes you a tool.

I didn't say anything. It's your imagination running wild.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Yes, Dennis obviously wasn't always an easy guy to get along with.
Sometimes the nicest guy, sometimes the biggest ...
Brian seems to have very mixed feelings about him.
I mean, this isn't the first recent interview where he expressed negative sentiments against Dennis.

I argee with this totally, I mean it's very easy for us fans to say Dennis is great etc, And he was great as well as having in the words of Brian "A big heart".
Everyone who met him loved him for that reason even Mike, BUT without being disrespectful to Dennis & his music, sometimes it must of been very tough & more importantly heartbreaking for his friends & family to see the demons in Dennis's life take over and eventally kill him esp I think Carl & Brian.
I'm sure we all know people in our lives or even ourselves who was/our battling the demons that threaten to take over our lives, And no matter what we do to help nothing could/can be right for them.
It's happened to me personally I was that person who was very close to losing everything friends, family, work, home, Last year.
Thankfully I pulled back and took a good look at myself I didn't like what I had become. I started to change my life for the better & thank God still had the love & support of my friends & family.
I believe Dennis did want to sort himself out towards the end but it just proved too hard.
All his family and friends did EVERYTHING possible to help him.
Towards the end his family and The Beach Boys HAD to give Dennis some tough love e.g. throw him out of the band several times etc.
It must of been awful & heartbreaking during the last few years of Dennis's life for himself & his family & friends.
I hope that Dennis has found some peace and will be in the new tour in spirt as well as Carl.
RIP Dennis xx

When I see people here just hate on Rocky and the other guy who beat up Dennis. I wanted to say why is that so bad at least they didn't hit a *****.

Didn't hit a what? A sequence of stars? From your above comment it seems you are glad that Dennis was beaten up by Rocky and 'the other guy', which makes you a tool.

I didn't say anything. It's your imagination running wild.

What the hell is that supposed to even mean? Didn't hit a what? What was the ****** meant to represent? If you're going to make a statement, then be prepared to back it up and/or explain it. Writing vague non-commital confusing things is just annoying and liable to **** everyone off.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

When I see people here just hate on Rocky and the other guy who beat up Dennis.

Yes?

I wanted to say why is that so bad at least they didn't hit a *****.

Pardon?

Neither of these sentences make sense grammatically. This may add to the general ****ing confusion

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Maybe the ***** is a reference to the story in the Wouldnt It Be Nice 'autobiography' in which Dennis is recounted as having hit a woman. If that is indeed the case, can i just say what a scumbag Carl was and how much i hate Al for being a racist...

[Lonely Summer]

Maybe the ***** is a reference to the story in the Wouldnt It Be Nice 'autobiography' in which Dennis is recounted as having hit a woman. If that is indeed the case, can i just say what a scumbag Carl was and how much i hate Al for being a racist...

Every word in WIBN is true 

[MBE]

Sept '88. Greenford, London. STOMP Convention. When he saw the T-Shirt I was wearing.
I think I was the only one wearing one that day.. which is surprising.

What was the shirt and what did he do.
The park thing was 1978 I think.