Show 3: New Orleans Jazz Fest- New Orleans, LA 4/27/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS)

[Rocker]

And there are these huge audiences, and they're playing songs he doesn't play with his band.

Well, most of the songs were played by Brian and his band. "Cottonfields" and "All this is that" weren't. I don't have the setlists in front of me but I think everything else was done by Brian solo. Am I right ?

Brian's band does not play:

Don't Back Down
Surfin Safari
Why do Fools Fall in Love
Cottonfields
Be True to your School
Disney Girls
Little Honda
All this is that
California Dreaming
Rock n Roll Music
That's Why God Made the Radio
Kokomo

That's more than a quarter of the setlist. None of those songs, as far as I know, have ever been played by Brian's band.

You're right. I didn't have those in mind.
But I think that they might've done "Be true to your school" for a short periode.

[tpesky]

I'm worried about getting the stripped down setlist in 2 weeks at Mohegan Sun because it's a larger arena...

[Wirestone]

I'm worried about getting the stripped down setlist in 2 weeks at Mohegan Sun because it's a larger arena...

I don't think you'll get stripped-down shows just because of arena size. I would think you get them if you're in a festival setting. (90 minute time limit.)

[Rocker]

I'm worried about getting the stripped down setlist in 2 weeks at Mohegan Sun because it's a larger arena...

The stripped down setlist has some goodies as well....

[Autotune]

Brian is over at the side of the stage, and even though he's using this new technology that will make him on-pitch all the time, it sounds a little strange.

Don't know what, if any, technology he used at Jazz Fest. But he was not on-pitch all the time. And there was noting funny in his voice to be detected.

I think, also, that what we normally see is a public persona, Brian built over the years, that won't interact directly unless he really wants to, is oblivious to social etiquette, and won't get socially punished for acting in a bizarre way.

[Bicyclerider]

With my review I was never suggesting Brian wasn't enjoying the studio reunion and working again with mike - just that the frankly hectic tour pace without substantial breaks may be too much for Brian, whose solo tours are more leisurely.  Then again it may have just been an off day for him.  That's what we all hope. When he performed at Jazzfest a couple of years ago, he was sick with a cold and kept wiping his running nose on his sleeve as he sang - and his demeanor was way more animated and his singing better than yesterday.

For the fan though the real reason to see this tour is Al and David Marks.  Both were great!

[Tord]

California Girls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2FJ2vHZ7gM

[Justin]

Excellent video...good sound.  That'd be a great show to have on DVD...

[Autotune]

Review (sort of)
http://theadvocate.com/home/2667666-125/beach-boys-open-jazz-fest

[Justin]

In the few clips I've seen it seems that the band (or just Cowsill) is having trouble ending songs...either they've changed how they end songs and are confusing the new way with how they "used" to end song or it's just nerves making them forget...I'm not sure.

[Nicko1234]

In my opinion they should drop Sail on Sailor from the setlist. Brian has admitted that he doesn`t like it and especially dislikes the words. This is presumably why he gave it to somebody else to sing during his own shows. Plus he doesn`t tend to sing it well at all. There are plenty of other songs that would suit his current voice more.

[PongHit]

they should drop Sail on Sailor from the setlist.

Or have Al sing it.

[hypehat]

Or go FULL B-PAIN and have them drop the bass at every conceivable opportunity.

[SMiLE Brian]

Or go FULL B-PAIN and have them drop the bass at every conceivable opportunity.

B-PAIN, Brian's dubstep side project.

[Autotune]

In the few clips I've seen it seems that the band (or just Cowsill) is having trouble ending songs...either they've changed how they end songs and are confusing the new way with how they "used" to end song or it's just nerves making them forget...I'm not sure.

They have a couple of months to get used to each other. They're all great musicians so I wouldn't worry. I saw Cowsill and the percussionist carefully complement each other. There was a funny moment yesterday show during BTTYS when, after the intro, someone (Al?) counted to four like in the old days, but then this arrangement seems to have one extra bar. Or maybe Stamos did not know they'd do it differently.

As for dropping SOS, I must say that -as long as he could sing the words- Brian's current voice sounds suited to it. One more note: Brian's voicd is extraordinarily healthy these days. He does not overuse it, and seems to have improved in tone and delivery. No wonder the number of great vocals on record of recent vintage.

[Justin]

In the few clips I've seen it seems that the band (or just Cowsill) is having trouble ending songs...either they've changed how they end songs and are confusing the new way with how they "used" to end song or it's just nerves making them forget...I'm not sure.

They have a couple of months to get used to each other. They're all great musicians so I wouldn't worry. I saw Cowsill and the percussionist carefully complement each other.

I have full confidence they'll fix that little flub...this is a great band! I wonder how Mike Love feels up there to have a mini-orchestra behind him rather than his smaller group?  The proof is in the pudding for how much fuller the sound is with this larger group. 

[Justin]

Then I Kissed Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIUE08FBDwk

[tpesky]

I would think Breakaway would be a logical choice for the set. Brian and Al shared lead, they did it together in '06 and Brian's band has done it since then.

[Zach95]

Check out BTTYS. Darian looks miserable during Mike's stupid skit. He really is so above that, as is the rest of Brian's band.

[Tord]

God Only Knows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfRDhA9o8Y&list=UUXgLfER521jCAn6YJGA-pEw&index=7&feature=plcp

[Justin]

Sloop/ Wouldn't it Be NIce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvIGXFGAE4c&feature=BFa&list=UUXgLfER521jCAn6YJGA-pEw

Then I Kissed Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIUE08FBDwk&feature=relmfu

Kokomo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcUpwv4aj8&feature=relmfu

Barbara Ann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg6bPiaOZH8&feature=relmfu

I Get Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFRhPXpFh0&feature=channel&list=UL

Don't Worry Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJ5KgfxtgY&feature=channel&list=UL

Be True To your School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQCsGyNjuE&feature=channel&list=UL

Surfin Safari/Surfer Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Nt4UEOvv4&feature=channel&list=UL

HelDo I really wanna get banned?e Rhonda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVab32M7uBs&feature=channel&list=UL

Good Vibrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4uWfELN6_U&feature=channel&list=UL

GV and Fun Fun Fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGbldDQMe5I&feature=channel&list=UL

Surfin USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SObPLpDNuc&feature=channel&list=UL

[Justin]

That clip of Barbara Ann is hilarious:

A) Jeff Foskett forgets one more verse before the guitar solo...throws off part of the band
B)  Mike, Bruce and Al do the line dance during the solo (yes, and Darian seems to enjoy it)
C) Mike's Charleston poses
D) Bass player, either Mikey or Probyn think there's another verse after the solo...you can hear him emphasis the stop..a MINOR scuffle but they move on wihtout missing a beat. 

What I"m noticing now is that both bands kinda get confused regarding arrangements and endings because one group is more familiar with how their group does it compared to the other.  In the Barbara Ann clip, Jeff is used to saving the last verse of the song for after the guitar solo but Mike and Bruce's group like to do all three verses before the guitar solo.  See Jeff do an "Alright!" only to find out that they're off doing one more verse...he rushes back to the mic.  Later as I wrote above, either Mikey or Probyn on bass mistakenly thinks that they're going to do that third verse after the solo (much like Jeff thought earlier) so you hear him stop to prepare for the "Danced with Mary Lou..." but the Mike and Bruce group just outro with "Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann"  so it seems that two groups are still finding their footing on each other's arrangements.  Pretty cool to see it unfold, at least  I think so.

[Zach95]

God Only Knows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfRDhA9o8Y&list=UUXgLfER521jCAn6YJGA-pEw&index=7&feature=plcp

Well I thought this sounded fantastic! Very nice performance by Brian, really.

[tpesky]

Why Mike makes such a big over BTTYS I will never have any idea! Just sing the damn song!

[Zach95]

Why Mike makes such a big over BTTYS I will never have any idea! Just sing the damn song!

No idea, but he won't just sing it, which is why it needs to be dropped. It's obnoxious. It's really a very mediocre song anyway.