Is A New Beach Boys Album On The Way?

[Pretty Funky]

In an attempt to bring this thread back on topic.

The Brian/ Beck album is stalled it seems.

Questioning a possible Beach Boys album in its place has its doubters.

Anyone care to....eh....speculate..... WTF is going on?

Any Brian Wilson composed and recorded music can easily become the vehicle for a Beach Boys album. So it can never be out of the realm of possibility.

Pressure from money men perhaps. The number of artists involved make it sound all over the place and another GIOMH.

Calling it a Beach Boys album would make it an easier sell IMO.

[Wirestone]

If this is the case its all happened in the last month then. Matt J was recording Jan 24.

Why AGD's comment about the stars realigning if its bad news. I got a more positive vibe?


(But that would be my positive, sunny disposition!  )

AGD doesn't believe Matt's posts, apparently.

[Shady]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

[Wirestone]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

[Shady]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Mike most likely sent an invite, which means it was turned down by Melinda.

She made the choice for Brian not to attend

[KittyKat]

A lot of us had never heard of the Ella Awards, but we found out what they were. Jeff Foskett attended, as did Al and David, and they're members of Brian's band. His daughters attended, and they no doubt told Dad that they were doing a gig with Cal Saga at an awards event for Mike Love. I would think that Jeff, Al, and David may have informed him, as well. I'm sure he knew it was happening. Whether he was directly invited or directly turned it down, no one knows for sure. And if that was his choice, or his wife's choice, or a combination thereof.

[Pretty Funky]

Here's an idea. Could the Ella comments be redirected to....lets see...the Ella thread?

[Sheriff John Stone]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

[bgas]

Here's an idea. Could the Ella comments be redirected to....lets see...the Ella thread?

Can't be done. The Ella posters have been vanquished by the DLR fans, and forced to come here to post

[Wirestone]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

Have I ever said she didn't / doesn't have influence over her husband? It's also Brian's choice to accept that influence or not, and he's been accepting it for nearly 20 years now.

And the amount of self-righteous bullshit on this board right now about Brian's lack of attendance at a benefit for the man who has spent much of the last year taking passive-aggressive swipes at him in the press is amazing. Christ. Apparently empathy only goes one way these days.

[Jim V.]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

Have I ever said she didn't / doesn't have influence over her husband? It's also Brian's choice to accept that influence or not, and he's been accepting it for nearly 20 years now.

And the amount of self-righteous bullshit on this board right now about Brian's lack of attendance at a benefit for the man who has spent much of the last year taking passive-aggressive swipes at him in the press is amazing. Christ. Apparently empathy only goes one way these days.

Wirestone is amongst the best posters on this board.

[The Shift]

Does anyone know what date the invite to Brian arrived in the mail? And was Brian home that day/morning? Or was Melinda home alone? If she was , she had every opportunity to tear it up without Brian ever seeing it.

It could be that one of their many dogs chewed it up? Was Brian out walking them when the invite arrived? In which case they could be innocent. Or maybe Brian and Melinda were away and the dogs were home alone and chewed up the mail and neither Brian or Melinda were ever aware of the invite…

Does anyone have a list of folk who attended the awards? Perhaps one of their adopted kids opened the mail that day, saw the invite and secreted it away for their own use? A quick look at the attendance list could solve … sh*t - what if Brian's postman was there?? That would have some bad implications…

So we need to know:
What day the invite arrived
Who was home that day
Where were the dogs?
Had the dogs been fed that morning?
Does the postman like pop music?

C'mon, someone here must know this stuff!

[Pretty Funky]

Mail, Postman....What are these things?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Why this talk about the facts of the break-up of the C50 coming out some day? AGD mentions it also. Who is going to spill the beans?

One day, I may wake up and realise how silly this all is and post everything I know. And you will be amazed.












At how little I actually do know 

[mtaber]

If Andrew ever posts everything he knows, it will blot out the sun...  However, my bet is that the tease will be far less informative!

[SMiLE Brian]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

Have I ever said she didn't / doesn't have influence over her husband? It's also Brian's choice to accept that influence or not, and he's been accepting it for nearly 20 years now.

And the amount of self-righteous bullshit on this board right now about Brian's lack of attendance at a benefit for the man who has spent much of the last year taking passive-aggressive swipes at him in the press is amazing. Christ. Apparently empathy only goes one way these days.

Wirestone is amongst the best posters on this board.

Agreed, he summed up my thoughts on the matter perfectly.

[Autotune]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

Have I ever said she didn't / doesn't have influence over her husband? It's also Brian's choice to accept that influence or not, and he's been accepting it for nearly 20 years now.

And the amount of self-righteous bullshit on this board right now about Brian's lack of attendance at a benefit for the man who has spent much of the last year taking passive-aggressive swipes at him in the press is amazing. Christ. Apparently empathy only goes one way these days.

Wirestone, we don't know if Mike's swipes at Brian were a reason or not for his no-show. Apparently bitter public statements did not keep Al from being invited, attending and performing. We don't know how Brian and Mike get along these days, nor how better or worse his back problems got.

As for the C50 breakup, the reason -until a knowledgeable person corrects me- is this: Jaquie's shirts.

[lee]

Of course we speculate. Its what we unwashed do, and I don't mind one dot!

I just believe put downs on those of us who can ONLY speculate is pretty damn rude to be honest. If anyone is unwilling to expand on their reasoning due to some sort of confidentiality, don't even join in the thread to begin with.

I agree completely!

[drbeachboy]

I hate to say it, but this place is becoming nothing more than a gossip column. It seems that if information is too slow to come out, we make up stuff as to why things happen. The problem is, is that we start believing it.

[bgas]

Of course we speculate. Its what we unwashed do, and I don't mind one dot!

I just believe put downs on those of us who can ONLY speculate is pretty damn rude to be honest. If anyone is unwilling to expand on their reasoning due to some sort of confidentiality, don't even join in the thread to begin with.

I agree completely!

Obviously the two of you need to wash before you come on here and post again

[joshferrell]

Melinda: Would you like to go to the Ella awards to see Mike?
Brian: Hell no!!! Heeeeeeeeeeell Nooooooooooo!!!!!



lol..

[The Shift]

I hate to say it, but this place is becoming nothing more than I gossip column. It seems that if information is too slow to come out, we make up stuff as to why things happen. The problem is, is that we start believing it.

This.

[SonoraDick]

We all know Brian would have been at the Ella awards if it was up to him, it's all down to the wives of Mike and Brian keeping them apart, I also believe it's them stopping Mike and Brian getting together anytime soon, meaning..no new BB's album.

Pretty simple.

I doubt Brian has ever heard of the Ella awards, or gives two figs about them. I also doubt Melinda went out of her way to tell her husband about them ...

Yes, but the point isn't if Brian had prior knowledge of the Ella Awards or if Melinda told him about them. How many other people who attended the award ceremony for Mike had prior knowledge about the Ella Awards? About 1%?

The point is, when he WAS notified about the award ceremony, and that he was invited by Mike, what did he CHOOSE to do? If Melinda received the invitation in the mail and kept it a secret from Brian, well....Do you believe she did that? If you do, remember it the next time the debate comes up regarding Melinda's influence over Brian.

Have I ever said she didn't / doesn't have influence over her husband? It's also Brian's choice to accept that influence or not, and he's been accepting it for nearly 20 years now.

And the amount of self-righteous bullshit on this board right now about Brian's lack of attendance at a benefit for the man who has spent much of the last year taking passive-aggressive swipes at him in the press is amazing. Christ. Apparently empathy only goes one way these days.

Wirestone, we don't know if Mike's swipes at Brian were a reason or not for his no-show. Apparently bitter public statements did not keep Al from being invited, attending and performing. We don't know how Brian and Mike get along these days, nor how better or worse his back problems got.

As for the C50 breakup, the reason -until a knowledgeable person corrects me- is this: Jaquie's shirts.

I agree with those who say Brian's non-attendance is a non-issue.

However, if Brian goes within three miles of a recording studio, it's on his Facebook page. Seems to me that somebody could have taken ten seconds to write a two-sentence congratulatory statement for him.

[urbanite]

I don't think it's too much to ask for a group of seventy year old men, who have spent most of their lives together, to put the slights of the past aside for one night, in a tribute to Mike Love.  

[the captain]

I don't think it's too much to ask for a group of seventy year old men, who have spent most of their lives together, to put the slights of the past aside for one night, in a tribute to Mike Love.  

I don't think it's too much to ask for a group of 70-year-old men to live out their lives however they see fit, without feeling the need to accommodate the diverse wishes (and demands) of the public whose (admittedly encyclopedic) knowledge of their music and (occasionally disturbingly detailed) knowledge of their personal lives does not actually in any way grant them a vote in the matter. They're under no obligation to close off the public's version of their story with a feelgood coda.

One of the more perverse parts of me--will skip the most perverse parts, this is a family forum--hopes the guys say they find this uber-fandom really creepy and wish everyone would get a life and let music just be music. I'd take some pleasure in that.