M & B Tour 2013

[ontor pertawst]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

[Don't Back Down]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

[RubberSoul13]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

That was better than I expected! I like Cowsill's voice. But instrumentally it was very bare. The harmonies sounded nice...Bruce really cut through.

To me, this is like when Brian & company do "I Get Around"...it's not bad, but something is REALLY missing!

[Phoenix]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

That was painful.

[filledeplage]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

And sunny down snuff, that's alright! 

Thanks for that! And a  for you! 

[RubberSoul13]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

That was painful.

Why?

[Nicko1234]

Thanks for posting that. They do a nice job on H&V. Particularly vocally.

[Eric Aniversario]

That was really good! I was especially impressed with Christian's take on Carl's part.

[Michael Edwards Love]

That was really good! I was especially impressed with Christian's take on Carl's part.

Agreed.  Christian nailed it.

[Wah Wah Wah Ooooo]

Christian always, without fail, looks bored out of his mind on stage. Does he dislike performing or something?

[tpesky]

Normally I love Cowsill's voice, he's great. That song doesn't sound right, I can't put my finger on it. His phrasings just don't do it for me, and Christian's part either. Just kinda flat.

[RubberSoul13]

Christian always, without fail, looks bored out of his mind on stage. Does he dislike performing or something?

Christian has the stage presence of a tooth pick...but he always sings wonderfully!

[Custom Machine]

Christian always, without fail, looks bored out of his mind on stage. Does he dislike performing or something?

Yeah, but that's better than having two Alpha Mike Love personalities, and old one and a younger one, competing with each other on stage. 

[SurfRiderHawaii]

That was really good! I was especially impressed with Christian's take on Carl's part.

Agreed.  Christian nailed it.

Nailed what? Proficient but really sounds nothing like the Beach Boys. Christian sounds nothing like Carl.

[Cowsii]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

That was painful.

Well I have to agree Rocky. I never heard me do it. One reason it sounds weird is I'm singin it like it's a fkn country song. OY!!! hahahah I have a bad habit of not rounding my vowels. I notice it when I heard  me singing Cotton fields for the  first time. sung as  Cat in fields... Im noticing the same problem on this little gem. We rarely do heros and villians. And the arrangement is from a live version that The Beach Boys did with AL singing lead and Ricky is on drums so it was 1070's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQGzRNYcKuY   Yes  ROCKY  I know Al sounds great on it!!!!  And I'm choppin the hell out of the words. "Calm down Cowsii" OY!

[Jonathan Blum]

Well I have to agree Rocky. I never heard me do it. One reason it sounds weird is I'm singin it like it's a fkn country song. OY!!! hahahah I have a bad habit of not rounding my vowels. I notice it when I heard  me singing Cotton fields for the  first time. sung as  Cat in fields... Im noticing the same problem on this little gem. We rarely do heros and villians. And the arrangement is from a live version that The Beach Boys did with AL singing lead and Ricky is on drums so it was 1070's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQGzRNYcKuY   Yes  ROCKY  I know Al sounds great on it!!!!  And I'm choppin the hell out of the words. "Calm down Cowsii" OY!

For what it's worth, John?  I saw you do both Heroes and Cottonfields at the Sydney Opera House with the orchestra a few years back, and I thought you frickin' nailed 'em both!

Cheers,
Jon Blum

[drbeachboy]

I hear they might even play Kokomo in it's entirety!

Curious to see Cowsill's take on Heroes and Villains, that around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkljiQy2Ho

That was painful.

Well I have to agree Rocky. I never heard me do it. One reason it sounds weird is I'm singin it like it's a fkn country song. OY!!! hahahah I have a bad habit of not rounding my vowels. I notice it when I heard  me singing Cotton fields for the  first time. sung as  Cat in fields... Im noticing the same problem on this little gem. We rarely do heros and villians. And the arrangement is from a live version that The Beach Boys did with AL singing lead and Ricky is on drums so it was 1070's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQGzRNYcKuY   Yes  ROCKY  I know Al sounds great on it!!!!  And I'm choppin the hell out of the words. "Calm down Cowsii" OY!

John, I didn't find it painful to listen to at all. Must be tough doing a vocal like that while playing the drums. Thems a lot of words to sing while also pounding a beat. Yea, I thought I heard that arrangement before. Honestly, that arrangement is the only one that makes Heroes & Villains rock.

[Niko]

While John's voice might sound strange to some from just a recording, you'd never think so hearing him live.

[Niko]

Christian always, without fail, looks bored out of his mind on stage. Does he dislike performing or something?

Yeah, but that's better than having two Alpha Mike Love personalities, and old one and a younger one, competing with each other on stage. 

That would be so bizarre to watch

[relx]

Sounds like a bar band doing a cover of the song. Even if the arrangements are the same as ones from the 1970s--and I know and like the version that is being talked about--the way it is done here eliminates all the subtle nuisances that makes the song great. Hence, my bar band comment.

[drbeachboy]

Sounds like a bar band doing a cover of the song. Even if the arrangements are the same as ones from the 1970s--and I know and like the version that is being talked about--the way it is done here eliminates all the subtle nuisances that makes the song great. Hence, my bar band comment.

It sounds very much like the In Concert arrangement. Is the In Concert version bar band too? This song live never sounded like the recording until Brian's band started performing it.

[relx]

No, the In Concert version sounds infinitely better. Better vocals, fatter sound.

[Autotune]

Christian always, without fail, looks bored out of his mind on stage. Does he dislike performing or something?

His style, I think. He looks just as wery on his solo stuff on youtube -don't know if it's still there-.

[drbeachboy]

No, the In Concert version sounds infinitely better. Better vocals, fatter sound.

It's still a very similar arrangement. You do know you can have the same arrangement with different vocalists and and different number of instruments, right?