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[Les P]

It's Pleasure Island, it has to be.

Back to the subject topic, for anyone who remembers....  I can't find it now, but wasn't there once found a partial list of songs believed to be for Pleasure Island, and they were all covers?

[GoodToMyBaby]

Given Brian's quick recording habits these days, is it possible an entire album is in the can by now?

[Shady]

It's Pleasure Island, it has to be.

Back to the subject topic, for anyone who remembers....  I can't find it now, but wasn't there once found a partial list of songs believed to be for Pleasure Island, and they were all covers?

Not sure about that, maybe you're talking about the picture of Brian at the piano where you can see "Pleasure Island" on the sheet music. If we could just zoom in a little further.

[Les P]

It's Pleasure Island, it has to be.

Back to the subject topic, for anyone who remembers....  I can't find it now, but wasn't there once found a partial list of songs believed to be for Pleasure Island, and they were all covers?

Not sure about that, maybe you're talking about the picture of Brian at the piano where you can see "Pleasure Island" on the sheet music. If we could just zoom in a little further.

Thanks, Shady; I did see this photo and I seem to remember someone zoomed in enough on this or another photo to make out a list of songs.

[Shady]

It's Pleasure Island, it has to be.

Back to the subject topic, for anyone who remembers....  I can't find it now, but wasn't there once found a partial list of songs believed to be for Pleasure Island, and they were all covers?

Not sure about that, maybe you're talking about the picture of Brian at the piano where you can see "Pleasure Island" on the sheet music. If we could just zoom in a little further.

Thanks, Shady; I did see this photo and I seem to remember someone zoomed in enough on this or another photo to make out a list of songs.

I recall that too.

If anyone's interested in attempting to do that you can find a pretty high-res version of the picture here

http://regularrecord.blogspot.ie/2011/07/this-lucky-old-son-gets-to-see-brian.html

[EgoHanger1966]

Given Brian's quick recording habits these days, is it possible an entire album is in the can by now?

Let's say he started in February - at least the basic laying down of demos and things - maybe he'll be done in around a month? And then another half year to get it out or something....

[EgoHanger1966]

It's hand written (a.k.a Brian's chicken scratch!), but the first thing under Pleasure Island looks to be "Narrative".....TLOS part 2?

[Shady]

Yeah, apart from narrative I can't make out anything else.

And I'm zooming in pretty far. Damn Brian's doctors writing.

[Les P]

Yeah, apart from narrative I can't make out anything else.

And I'm zooming in pretty far. Damn Brian's doctors writing.

Me either, other than P.I. (something) near the bottom.

[SMiLE Brian]

I think I remember somebody saying "proud mary" was on that sheet...

[Les P]

I think I remember somebody saying "proud mary" was on that sheet...

2nd item under "Pleasure Island" could well be "Proud Mary."

3rd item is "Narrative 3 (something)"

[Les P]

Given Brian's quick recording habits these days, is it possible an entire album is in the can by now?

Let's say he started in February - at least the basic laying down of demos and things - maybe he'll be done in around a month? And then another half year to get it out or something....

Maybe BAD will be premiering some new material this summer!

[leggo of my ego]

'Bashing' means criticizing. Which fits some of the posts in the thread obviously.

Especially when one of the posts said Mike had no talent.

You tire of User Names rather quickly, dont you?

Can I change mine just as often, please?

[SMiLE Brian]

'Bashing' means criticizing. Which fits some of the posts in the thread obviously.

Especially when one of the posts said Mike had no talent.

You tired of User Names rather quickly, dont you?

Can I change mine just as often, please?

Billy's trademark is changing names...

[Les P]

I think I remember somebody saying "proud mary" was on that sheet...

2nd item under "Pleasure Island" could well be "Proud Mary."

3rd item is "Narrative 3 (something)"

Last song on the list is "At the Hop"!  That sounds familiar.

[drbeachboy]

Not really. When it comes to Mike the truth hurts in come cases.

You know, I don't think Mike is reading the thread to be hurt by it. 

Reading it ? No.  Being appraised of the content and overall tenor ? Yes.

In A. N. Other thread, the question was posed, what makes BB fans so crabby ? The torrent of utter bilge vomited forth here by the likes of Bossaroo, is a succinct answer. Uninformed bile masquerading as fact and contributing precisely nothing to the topic in hand except to once more underscore that some folk don't like Mike, and just HAVE to keep telling us about it, ad nauseum.

Vomit? Bossaroo is a great poster and expressing the honest thoughts of a big segment of BBs fans.

Not all us think like you guys, so speak for yourself.

[Nicko1234]

I take issue with people calling out AGD on his Beach Boys knowledge. He might get the odd fact wrong but even if you dislike his personality you need to respect the extent of knowledge he has on our favorite band.

His website is basically Websters for Beach Boys fans.

100% agreed.

[AndrewHickey]

There's also a PI Theme on that sheet, and at least one more Narrative...

[AndrewHickey]

I take issue with people calling out AGD on his Beach Boys knowledge. He might get the odd fact wrong but even if you dislike his personality you need to respect the extent of knowledge he has on our favorite band.

His website is basically Websters for Beach Boys fans.

100% agreed.

Webster's? Surely the OED?

[leggo of my ego]

I'll take it -- whatever BW dishes out along with whomever he chooses as contributors to his music.

Like Dennis said, and its hard to argue the point, Brian IS the Beach Boys.

[Pretty Funky]

Bombs Away!

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/20130415beach-boys-mike-love-interview-arizona.html?nclick_check=1

Q: So you would like to get together with Brian and work on new material?
 
Mike: If that could be done. Just Brian. Yeah. I would be open to that.

[Autotune]

It looks like a pack of smokes with a Bic mini lighter resting on top. Or a deck of cards. Whether it is or not, it looks that way. 

I guess humor or an attempt at humor or lightening the mood a bit isn't as welcome with some folks here. Too bad. I'll f*** off next time, okay?

Should I have scrolled through hundreds of posts in that thread, searched "pack of cigarettes on console", made sure no one else before me mentioned it, and double-fact-checked everything before posting? No thanks.

Hey, at least we got the facts now about the thing that looks like a cigarette pack, never mind a little dash of humor to try lightening things up this week of weeks. Back to the 5 decade old Mike Love versus Brian Wilson debates. Enjoy.

I did not mean to offend you, Sir, and I meant a serious amswer that -admittedly- sounds rude when read. I erased my original message already. Enough bitterness going on at this time on this board.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I take issue with people calling out AGD on his Beach Boys knowledge. He might get the odd fact wrong but even if you dislike his personality you need to respect the extent of knowledge he has on our favorite band.

His website is basically Websters for Beach Boys fans.

100% agreed.

Webster's? Surely the OED?

I see what you did there... 

[SMiLE Brian]

Typical "cousin Brian has people that keep him away from me" talk from Mike Love. I don't have a problem with ML doing a song with Brian but it sounds like he wants total input with Brian. Call me a "brianista" but Mike Love has an agenda with Brian.

[AndrewHickey]

Bombs Away!

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/20130415beach-boys-mike-love-interview-arizona.html?nclick_check=1

Q: So you would like to get together with Brian and work on new material?
 
Mike: If that could be done. Just Brian. Yeah. I would be open to that.

Sounds from that interview that Mike wasn't at all impressed with That's Why God Made The Radio:

A: Well, I wasn’t consulted very much with that album. Brian and I had spoken about a year before we even got started with that album. He wanted to do some re-records of some of our favorite songs. And I was up for that. We mentioned a couple of songs to each other. But that never happened. Nor was I able to actually get in a room and write with Brian like I did back in the ’60s. So that was, to me, unfortunate.

On the other hand, he had some songs he had been working on for several years. Brian has done a lot of things as a solo artist over the past 10 or 15 years, but it was nice to get together and do something in the studio together for the first time in many years. It sounded great, reminded me of 1965 again. And Brian said that, too.

Q: So you would like to get together with Brian and work on new material?

A: If that could be done. Just Brian. Yeah. I would be open to that.

Q: “That’s Why God Made the Radio” sounds more like a Beach Boys album than a Brian solo album.

A: That’s because Alan is singing and I’m singing, and Bruce came up with his parts. So yeah, it does. Because it is (laughs). Anyway, it sounds like you’re hung up on that album. Or that tour.

Q: Well, it’s recent history.

A: Well, it debuted at No. 3. That’s not bad. But it didn’t stay up there very long. To have sustained success, like we’ve been known to do, you need a single that will chart and stay in the Top 20 or the Top 10 for three months. And that didn’t happen with this album.