Show 10: Beacon Theatre - New York, NY 5/9/12 (SETLIST/PICS/REVIEWS)

[stack-o-tracks]

I"ll post my video if no other clips are posted by others by Friday. 

But I want it noooooooooooooooowwwww.

[Aegir]

Fuck, Marcella and Add Some Music. And I went the day friggin' before. darantjldkfsgndsgnSD

[Justin]

Before Marcella began, Brian began playing the chords and humming the melody all by himself as the others looked on.  Brian has really, really perked up on these two Beacon shows.  It honestly looks like he's doing his own solo show over there in his corner, he's that more animated now than he was earlier in the tour.  He played a little piano bit during a moment in between songs and it made Mike laugh by the randomness of it.  Brian got another ovation after "I Just Wasn't Made..." (as he did last night) and he took in the applause and then said: "Okay, that's enough!"  Everyone on stage broke up.  The energy between Mike and Brian is intense...such...here it comes: good vibrations between those two.  It is SO obvious on stage.  Mike gave Brian several thumbs up and smiles throughout the show, as signs of support--all of which Brian accepted and responded back with either a nod or a big smile back.  In fact, EVERYONE on stage was showing their support of Brian.  David would just turn and smile to Brian, as if asking if he was okay.  Al would make eye contact and smile at Brian.  It was such a team effort.  Brian, I can, tell feeds off it.  There's nice interplay between Mike and Brian when Brian gets up to play the bass....Mike's up there smiling at him.  During the bows, Mike and Brian give each other pats on the back and both night whisper something to each other.  Such a great sight to see those two cousins together on stage.  I couldn't get enough of Brian standing there right next to Mike.  I took as many pictures as I could of those two.  I'll post later. 

[Wirestone]

Before Marcella began, Brian began playing the chords and humming the melody all by himself as the others looked on.  Brian has really, really perked up on these two Beacon shows.  It honestly looks like he's doing his own solo show over there in his corner, he's that more animated now than he was earlier in the tour.  He played a little piano bit during a moment in between songs and it made Mike laugh by the randomness of it.  Brian got another ovation after "I Just Wasn't Made..." (as he did last night) and he took in the applause and then said: "Okay, that's enough!"  Everyone on stage broke up.  The energy between Mike and Brian is intense...such...here it comes: good vibrations between those two.  It is SO obvious on stage.  Mike gave Brian several thumbs up and smiles throughout the show, as signs of support--all of which Brian accepted and responded back with either a nod or a big smile back.  In fact, EVERYONE on stage was showing their support of Brian.  David would just turn and smile to Brian, as if asking if he was okay.  Al would make eye contact and smile at Brian.  It was such a team effort.  Brian, I can, tell feeds off it.  There's nice interplay between Mike and Brian when Brian gets up to play the bass....Mike's up there smiling at him.  During the bows, Mike and Brian give each other pats on the back and both night whisper something to each other.  Such a great sight to see those two cousins together on stage.  I couldn't get enough of Brian standing there right next to Brian.  I took as many pictures as I could of those two.  I'll post later. 

Awesome. I think this was always the hope for the tour, that Brian would at a certain point relax and groove along with the show. Sounds like it has happened, and not a bit too soon!

[Justin]

I"ll post my video if no other clips are posted by others by Friday. 

But I want it noooooooooooooooowwwww.

ha! I hear ya...I wanna share it with everyone too.  Unfortunately the free internet where I"m staying is ridiculously slow.  Because of that I still haven't been able to watch any of the performances/interviews from Fallon the other night and I"ve been dying to see that considering all the great comments on the board about it.  I'll be catching up on that and uploading pics/videos of these two shows when I get back very late tomorrow night.  

[Jay]

I was just looking at the set of songs from Forever to I Just Wasn't Made For These Times. Jesus, what a set!! And that's leaving out a ton of other great songs too!  

[Pretty Funky]

'Add Some Music' around the piano sounds great. I think after the Fallon show and 'In My Room" they are starting to see the posibilities that the goup of 5 have and they are getting confident. More the better!

[Jay]

I'd love for them to add Good Timin' and Honkin' Down The Highway. It would also be very cool if they did something really odd, like You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone. 

[Justin]

I also gotta say that "That's Why God Made The Radio" performed live is fucking intense.  It's just a wall of harmonies and voices coming full throttle at you..it really is moving to witness.  It made me respect the song so much more.  You can tell they're proud of it just by how much they give themselves to the song when they do it live. 

[Pretty Funky]

I'd love for them to add Good Timin' and Honkin' Down The Highway. It would also be very cool if they did something really odd, like You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone.  

Remember this?

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

How about a group of 70 year olds doing this? Works for me!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Somebody must be reading the requests on this board!! 

Ya think ? 

[Jay]

I'd love for them to add Good Timin' and Honkin' Down The Highway. It would also be very cool if they did something really odd, like You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone.  

Remember this?

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

How about a group of 70 year olds doing this? Works for me!

Check out the version of Please Let Me Wonder at that show. It would be interesting if Brian played around with the melody like that again(albeit, slightly less "shouty").

[Justin]

Very interesting thing happened tonight:  after Stamos filled in for "Be True To Your School" on drums...he left the kit almost immediately.  Cowsill didn't come up to sit back down.  So the drum set remained empty while everyone else was ready to start the next song.  Stamos made it down to where Foskett was, chatting a bit with him when it became obvious that Stamos forgot toalso  play on this next song coming up here.  Instead of waiting for Stamos to run all the way up the riser to the drums...Scott Bennett rushes over from his keyboard and jumps on the drums and proceeds to NAIL IT on "Don't Worry Baby."  WTF?  I have never see Scott play drums before and didn't know he could sub like that.  But he took care of business like he was the one playing it all this time on the tour.  He knew all the changes, knew all the right fills....totally impressed by that.  Way to go Scott!

[Wirestone]

Very interesting thing happened tonight:  after Stamos filled in for "Be True To Your School" on drums...he left the kit almost immediately.  Cowsill didn't come up to sit back down.  So the drum set remained empty while everyone else was ready to start the next song.  Stamos made it down to where Foskett was, chatting a bit with him when it became obvious that Stamos forgot toalso  play on this next song coming up here.  Instead of waiting for Stamos to run all the way up the riser to the drums...Scott Bennett rushes over from his keyboard and jumps on the drums and proceeds to NAIL IT on "Don't Worry Baby."  WTF?  I have never see Scott play drums before and didn't know he could sub like that.  But he took care of business like he was the one playing it all this time on the tour.  He knew all the changes, knew all the right fills....totally impressed by that.  Way to go Scott!

Yep. Scott has toured with Brian on drums before. In the summer of 2008, Brian did a string of hits shows with a stripped-down, six-piece backing band. IIRC, this was the lineup:

Brian -- Lead vocals (no keys, really)
Foskett -- Guitar
Walusko -- Guitar
Gary Griffin -- Keys
Probyn -- Bass
Scott -- Drums
Nelson -- Percussion

A strange series of shows, but Scott was quite good. Probyn is playing bass again this tour, by the way ... when Mikey is behind the drumset, that is.

[Doo Dah]

Saw that tour! Two shows @ a Vancouver, BC casino. Stripped down acoustic style, but great energy. Brian was particularly loose those shows, performing w/o a teleprompter and genuinely in good spirits.

[DonnyL]

To the powers that be: PLEASE play this set in Berkeley and if you guys add 'Aren't You Glad' and 'Break Away', I will WEEP !

[The Heartical Don]

Before Marcella began, Brian began playing the chords and humming the melody all by himself as the others looked on.  Brian has really, really perked up on these two Beacon shows.  It honestly looks like he's doing his own solo show over there in his corner, he's that more animated now than he was earlier in the tour.  He played a little piano bit during a moment in between songs and it made Mike laugh by the randomness of it.  Brian got another ovation after "I Just Wasn't Made..." (as he did last night) and he took in the applause and then said: "Okay, that's enough!"  Everyone on stage broke up.  The energy between Mike and Brian is intense...such...here it comes: good vibrations between those two.  It is SO obvious on stage.  Mike gave Brian several thumbs up and smiles throughout the show, as signs of support--all of which Brian accepted and responded back with either a nod or a big smile back.  In fact, EVERYONE on stage was showing their support of Brian.  David would just turn and smile to Brian, as if asking if he was okay.  Al would make eye contact and smile at Brian.  It was such a team effort.  Brian, I can, tell feeds off it.  There's nice interplay between Mike and Brian when Brian gets up to play the bass....Mike's up there smiling at him.  During the bows, Mike and Brian give each other pats on the back and both night whisper something to each other.  Such a great sight to see those two cousins together on stage.  I couldn't get enough of Brian standing there right next to Mike.  I took as many pictures as I could of those two.  I'll post later. 

Every day again I have to convince myself that all of this is actually true. Rub my eyes. Tell myself that that whole internet thing is not some delusional invention of my feverish mind. That the Boys actually are together again, and doing this, with a killer band, and all in the best of spirits.

There is a benevolent God, and this is proof.

[MBE]

Awsome set!

[18thofMay]

I love this place. WHAT A TIME TO BE A BEACH BOYS FAN\LOVER

[Eric Aniversario]

Wow, this is by far the best setlist yet during this tour!  I'm really hoping to hear all this at the 3 shows I plan to go to!!!  As much as I love it, I think that dropping The Little Girl I Once Knew in favor of Marcella was a great move...it's much easier for people who are unfamiliar with Marcella to get into that than into TLGIOK.

Man, I really wanna hear Marcella 2012 with Mike doing Mike's part!!! 

[Kirk]

hat "That's Why God Made The Radio" performed live is f*cking intense.

Agree totally, Justin. When they soundchecked the song in Atlanta it hit me how spiritual and dynamic the chorus is live ... as silly as it sounds, my soul got that same shivery lift on the vibe break that the a capella ending of "This Whole World" has always given me. Seeing it performed---feeling it performed---really made me fall in love with it.

[Zander]

Wow - that is an amazing setlist!

On a secondary note, have any live recordings been, ahem,  "leaked" in soundboard quality yet?

[Rocker]

Fantastic !! Thank you Beach Boys !!

[hypehat]

Hell yeah!

[EgoHanger1966]

I'm a little bummed they dropped The Little Girl I Once Knew.
Add it back for the Bethlehem show next week, puh-lease? That's a fantastic song, one of my favorites.