New Mike Examiner interview

[filledeplage]

If Brian had fulfilled his obligations with the C50 tour and then said "Well, I had a great time, but enough is enough. Now I want to dedicate 2013 to the recording of Pleasure Island, my next rock'n'roll album', I doubt anyone in this board would complain that Brian was letting the rest of the Beach Boys and the fans down.

Why would anymore care? He's not going around calling himself The Beach Boys

The fact is nobody can deny that Mike took his ball and went home when he felt like it. You can say he "fulfilled his obligations" etc, but the point remains, it's not his band.

It's as much his band as anyone's, arguably more so. Certainly he's the only member who never quit the band at one time or another.
But no, "the Beach Boys" belong to Mike, Al, Brian and Carl's estate -- who have agreed to let Mike do what he's doing.
And whoever owns "the Beach Boys", if Mike doesn't want to tour with the rest of them, why should he?

It's more Mike's band than Brian's? That's pretty crazy logic.

Shady - you might try to find the Larry King interview with Brian and Melinda to gain clarity as to why the band "name" went where it did.  It would put to rest this speculation about the band name.  While Brian crafted his band, on some level, Brian's work was focused in large part on "correcting" history, in my view.  

And Brian renewed and revived an interest in Pet Sounds, but, more importantly, with new "eyes" (his band) Brian was able to get the SMiLE in his band's live context, then, later, tackle the SMiLE Sessions. It might not have been his initial goal, but that is where he ended up, and I'm impressed that it was sort of unprecedented in music.  

Brian took a circuitous route, but got where he needed to go.  And, those sessions which became excavated, with the twenty-something voices of the band, sort of made him and the Band, "whole."  

Had Brian gone back on the road with the Boys, and not found a new path, his and the band's work might not have been realized. It honored his brothers, Dennis and Carl as well.  

It reminds me of Robert Frost's poem about "taking the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference."

[AndrewHickey]

Thats been one of my main points for a while. Either they all use it or none at all use it.

Why? They (or a voting majority) are happy with the way things are (or happier as a group than any other alternative would make them). If Mike wasn't touring, they'd all be making less money. Hundreds of thousands of people a year wouldn't get to see a show they enjoy.

Can you name one person who would be better off in any way if Mike's band stopped touring (which is what would happen if he lost the license)? A *lot* of people would be worse off in ways ranging from seeing one less gig this year to losing their jobs. Who would be better off?

And if you can't name anyone who would be better off (not just financially, but in any way) then why on earth do you want something that would make the world just a slightly worse place than it is now?

[Shady]

If Brian had fulfilled his obligations with the C50 tour and then said "Well, I had a great time, but enough is enough. Now I want to dedicate 2013 to the recording of Pleasure Island, my next rock'n'roll album', I doubt anyone in this board would complain that Brian was letting the rest of the Beach Boys and the fans down.

Why would anymore care? He's not going around calling himself The Beach Boys

Oh wait, then if Mike had dropped out and any use of the Beach Boys name discontinued, it would ne alright?

Thats been one of my main points for a while. Either they all use it or none at all use it.

Yeah, your points have become clear thousand times a day. I get it, you're not sorry that there won't be more reunion gigs, what pisses you off is that the bad guy got his way in the end. Mike's touring using the Beach Boys name, like he's been doing for 15 years.

You're just not getting it.

It was fine when the beach boys were gone and there were no signs of a reunion, a M&B show was better than nothing.

The anger now is that Mike actually put an end to the reunion and decided to go out with Bruce. He is actually denying us more shows this summer

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

[AndrewHickey]

You're just not getting it.

It was fine when the beach boys were gone and there were no signs of a reunion, a M&B show was better than nothing.

The anger now is that Mike actually put an end to the reunion and decided to go out with Bruce. He is actually denying us more shows this summer

And now, again, the Beach Boys are gone and there's no sign of a reunion, and a Mike & Bruce show is better than nothing.

[SMiLE Brian]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

Do it.

[Dancing Bear]

You're just not getting it.

It was fine when the beach boys were gone and there were no signs of a reunion, a M&B show was better than nothing.

The anger now is that Mike actually put an end to the reunion and decided to go out with Bruce. He is actually denying us more shows this summer

I get it, but all I'm asking is what if Brian had put an end to the reunion? Would he be denying us more shows this summer? Would you post to complain about his decision?

[Sheriff John Stone]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Somebody on this board recently directed to a YouTube video of the Spanish version of "Kokomo". Brian is on there. You can actually hear him, he is near the top of the harmony stack.

[Lonely Summer]

Since the Beach Boys are now Mike and Bruce, they should make an album this way. Just Mike, his sidekick, and their backup band.

[bonnevillemariner]

Since the Beach Boys are now Mike and Bruce, they should make an album this way. Just Mike, his sidekick, and their backup band.

Frankly I'd take that over nothing. 

[SMiLE Brian]

I don't think the lisence agreement allows them to do that. If Mike released it under "celebration", that would be a different story.

[hypehat]

Mike seems to hate the recording studio - doesn't he mention in this very interview it was boring or something?

Which, given that the best way to cement the Beach Boys legacy would be studio records, is another painful irony.

[SMiLE Brian]

Mike seems to hate the recording studio - doesn't he mention in this very interview it was boring or something?

Which, given that the best way to cement the Beach Boys legacy would be studio records, is another painful irony.

Didn't one of the TWGMTR videos say he wrote lyrics in five minutes?

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

Do it.

I'd probably be banned instantly 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Why? They (or a voting majority) are happy with the way things are (or happier as a group than any other alternative would make them). If Mike wasn't touring, they'd all be making less money. Hundreds of thousands of people a year wouldn't get to see a show they enjoy.

Can you name one person who would be better off in any way if Mike's band stopped touring (which is what would happen if he lost the license)? A *lot* of people would be worse off in ways ranging from seeing one less gig this year to losing their jobs. Who would be better off?

And if you can't name anyone who would be better off (not just financially, but in any way) then why on earth do you want something that would make the world just a slightly worse place than it is now?

Exactly. If they had an issue with M&B using the name, they would have said or done something about it. If they don't have a problem with it, why should we? It'd be foolish to put it to a vote now, when that is a good part of Brian's income. Record sales aren't what they were. Royalties are way down. Brian's not hurting for cash, but why would he want to cut and/or kill his income in this day and age?

Also, do any of you really think Brian can handle the touring schedule M&B have?He did it last year despite having back issues, but to do it again (pardon the pun) immediately after? Notice that Brian only has two shows scheduled this year (so far)?

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

Do it.

I'd probably be banned instantly 

Trust me, you DON'T want to hear the stories

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Since the Beach Boys are now Mike and Bruce, they should make an album this way. Just Mike, his sidekick, and their backup band.

Frankly I'd take that over nothing. 

Why not? Bruce is a professional, Grammy winning songwriter, right? I'll bet him and Mike could bang out 10 tunes at least and with that backing band, it would at least sound good! .... Frankly, a Mike/Bruce album with things like "Cool Head, Warm Heart" on it would be pretty dang cool... I'll even bet the other Beach Boys would show up for guest spots and it could be killer.

[SMiLE Brian]

Get Steven Gaines on this!

"Heroes and Villains Part Two: The M&B Years"  

[Gertie J.]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

Do it.

I'd probably be banned instantly  

yes. so please don't do it, k?

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Hell, he is still sad he couldn't sing on Kokomo.

Come to think of it: just what WOULD Brian's part on Kokomo have been had he participated???

Oh, and can we please start a Mike/Bruce "groupies" thread. I would love to hear the stories....

Do it.

I'd probably be banned instantly  

yes. so please don't do it, k?

It just might be worth it

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Get Steven Gaines on this!

"Heroes and Villains Part Two: The M&B Years"  

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SMiLE Brian]

He could get plenty of women to talk about M&B's womanizing ways.......

[drbeachboy]

I don't think the lisence agreement allows them to do that. If Mike released it under "celebration", that would be a different story.

Oh, so now you're worried about violating the agreement. But Mike following the agreement to tour can be overlooked or taken away?

[SMiLE Brian]

I don't think the lisence agreement allows them to do that. If Mike released it under "celebration", that would be a different story.

Oh, so now you're worried about violating the agreement. But Mike following the agreement to tour can be overlooked or taken away?

I am not worried about, I just know that one of the conditions of the agreement was that the use of the BBs name was for touring only.

[drbeachboy]

I don't think the lisence agreement allows them to do that. If Mike released it under "celebration", that would be a different story.

Oh, so now you're worried about violating the agreement. But Mike following the agreement to tour can be overlooked or taken away?

I am not worried about, I just know that one of the conditions of the agreement was that the use of the BBs name was for touring only.

I am not sure either, but since Mike has rights to use the name to tour, there are probably exceptions in it where the name can't be used to record. Such as a live album and such.