Mike Love memoir due 2016

[Autotune]

With Mike love writing a book, I would have hoped that he would collaborate up with AGD as a historian to help him with it,  since they do know each other...and AGD possibly knows more than he does 

or maybe this is already a truth
can we have any hints?

You're onto something. To begin with, AGD actually likes LBWL, whereas Hirsch wasn't aware of its existence.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

I know it's nitpicky, but for such a confident guy why does Mike always have to bill himself as "of The Beach Boys"? Mick Jagger doesn't need to. Paul McCartney doesn't either? Nor does Brian Wilson. Kinda reeks of insecurity for such a "legend".

A legend in his mind only. 

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

I found some intriguing footage showing Mike Love with Filledeplage, AGD, Pinder Goes to Kokomo and Sheriff John Stone around him.

Ok, it's time to throw out all the other nominees, this is the one and only, never to be duplicated

                                                                         

                                                                                     POST OF THE CENTURY


  

[tpesky]

I'm curious to see how he works "love" into the title so it's a play on words. It can't be a Mike project without it! Looking Back  With Love would have been a great title to actually use now, sadly he used it 30 years too soon. Good Vibrations and Assassinations should be a chapter title at least.

[Mr. Cohen]

MIKE LOVE: "We're all crying here because we realized it had been two years since Brian's last truly dynamic production. About two decades later I'd write 'Kokomo' without Brian, which brought the group back to the stature it enjoyed before Brian had permanently stepped back from his leadership position."

[Mr. Cohen]

MIKE LOVE: "This was Mick two months after I called him chickenshit. It'd be another year before he'd feel safe from me."

[ontor pertawst]

from Chapter 252: The Case Against Alan Jardine (Continued)

Alan Jardine can't let things go. He professes to follow the teachings of the Maharashi Mahesh Yogi, but his true guru seems to be bitterness... and the "Man from Monterey" sure knows how to nurse a decades-long grudge instead of letting the good vibrations flow. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get along? God only knows why he persists in saying terrible things about me in interviews, always painting the Beach Boys as heroes and villains. Guess who he calls the villain! All I want to do is spread positivity all summer long.  It pains me deeply as a bandmember and lifelong friend to say this, but he just can't let things go.

Take for example 1998. Carl Wilson had  passed on after a brave struggle. Zeppo Wilson was moving heaven and earth to keep things afloat, the family really came together and I was an entertaining an offer to play the Super Bowl without Al Jardine. But where others saw reasons to come together, Al Jardine saw an opportunity: in his twisted mind he figured they could continue being the Beach Boys without me! I didn't even know who Peter Cetera was but he thought he and Cousin Brian would somehow make up for the lack of Mike Love. He didn't understand that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts, and how we each make such wonderful, endless harmony together. So I had no choice but to remove him from the band to preserve the wonderful group we maintain to this day playing shows from coast to coast, country to country, paying tribute every night to the talents of Carl, Dennis, and Brian.

There isn't a tribute to Al Jardine, and it's not just because my band can do a much better "Help Me Rhonda" or an even sweeter "Then I Kissed Her," and it's not even because he warned us not to use his likeness on the video projections -- it's because I still can't believe how he tried to arrange some sort of symphonic "Beach Boys" Pet Sounds tour without me! Without I, Mike Love... who penned the immortal words "good night baby, sleep tight baby." That hook that everybody remembers and helped put our track in every romantic comedy and car commercial we rented it to. How could you possibly perform Pet Sounds without that?

Jardine thinks we are somehow "cheapening the legacy," just like he does when my good friend John Stamos from television's hit series "Full House" would join us on stage to play a hot guitar solo or show us he knows how to play the drums. Alan would make a face, a sour face that was totally against our fun in the sun image... but that's just because he can't let go. Can't move on from the past, can't embrace the future and "do it again." What he did to me in the 90s I will never forget, they say betrayal comes in many forms but it's most upsetting form has got to be a small man with orange hair in a white suit.

Alan Jardine just can't let things go. 

[Shady]

 

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

I know it's nitpicky, but for such a confident guy why does Mike always have to bill himself as "of The Beach Boys"? Mick Jagger doesn't need to. Paul McCartney doesn't either? Nor does Brian Wilson. Kinda reeks of insecurity for such a "legend".

A legend in his mind only.  

What's with the nitpicking? The guy is simply not a household name like the other guys you mentioned or has had a lengthy solo career like McCartney, so why shouldn't he include "Of The Beach Boys?" .... And if you really think anyone would be flocking to see Brian or buying his albums if he wasn't "of The Beach Boys" ..... Er...

[alf wiedersehen]

Some predictions:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/21/mike-love-what-to-expect-from-his-autobiography

[The Shift]

Some predictions:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/21/mike-love-what-to-expect-from-his-autobiography

That's a piss-poor piece for The Guardian - expected better than a load of semi-informed smart-arse speculation akin to what some fourth-former halfway through puberty might concoct. Surprised an editor let it through.

Anyone else miss Smile 2001?

[halblaineisgood]

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[Shady]

I'm starting to truly hate music "journalism"

[Vernon Surfer]

Personally, I could care less. It will be the gospel according to Mike and probably full of Maharishi crud. The best are the biographies rather than the autobiographies. That being said, it would be great if Zeppo Wilson would write a book. He is the only one of the bunch that is well centered and without issues or baggage.

[The Shift]

Aye but the Gospel According to Mike will at least be Mike's Yang to Love & Mercy's Ying. While both might have their shares of perhaps misremembered history, they ought at least to relate history as their nominal authors claim to have experienced it. Somewhere in the middle, with a little help from Stebbins, Doe, Carlin, Dempsey, Reum and a few others, we'll eventually have something approximating a real timeline, accompanied by the main participants' interpretation of that.

Still hoping Bruce will put pen to paper and tell us what he really thinks…

[Nicko1234]

Personally, I could care less. It will be the gospel according to Mike and probably full of Maharishi crud. The best are the biographies rather than the autobiographies. That being said, it would be great if Zeppo Wilson would write a book. He is the only one of the bunch that is well centered and without issues or baggage.

That depends I guess...

The interesting thing about any autobiography I suppose is to hear one person`s perception (sometimes false) of their own life. I doubt anyone will be buying the book with expectations of getting `the truth`.

[Andrew G. Doe]

One thing I will confidently predict: Mike's book won't plagiarise other previous publications, any more than Brian's  upcoming volume will.

[The Shift]

The interesting thing about any autobiography I suppose is to hear one person`s perception (sometimes false) of their own life. I doubt anyone will be buying the book with expectations of getting `the truth`.

You put that so much better than I did

[Mendota Heights]

One thing I will confidently predict: Mike's book won't plagiarise other previous publications, any more than Brian's  upcoming volume will.

Is there a chapter on the Country Love album in this book and/or has it already been covered elsewhere? That album is an intriguing project.

[phirnis]

One entire chapter dedicated to cutlery, another one dedicated to how he came up with the idea for Rockin' the Man in the Boat.

Also, lots of new details regarding the making of Disco Celebration. Can't wait!

[Sheriff John Stone]

Personally, I could care less. It will be the gospel according to Mike and probably full of Maharishi crud. The best are the biographies rather than the autobiographies. That being said, it would be great if Zeppo Wilson would write a book. He is the only one of the bunch that is well centered and without issues or baggage.

That depends I guess...

The interesting thing about any autobiography I suppose is to hear one person`s perception (sometimes false) of their own life. I doubt anyone will be buying the book with expectations of getting `the truth`.

I think you at least have a shot at the truth with Mike's book. He's allowed to tell the truth, nobody tells him what to say, and I don't think anybody will demand to have things taken out or added.

[Rocker]

I know it's nitpicky, but for such a confident guy why does Mike always have to bill himself as "of The Beach Boys"? Mick Jagger doesn't need to. Paul McCartney doesn't either?

I don't think any of them was in the band

Some predictions:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/21/mike-love-what-to-expect-from-his-autobiography

Surely the book will get lots of promotion. But unfortunately most of it will probably be like this. Though it's the same stuff that we predict on this board, it's all in fun and not too serious. Yet when written e.g. by the Guardian it's just stupid if they don't happen to have an advance copy.

[Nicko1234]

I think you at least have a shot at the truth with Mike's book. He's allowed to tell the truth, nobody tells him what to say, and I don't think anybody will demand to have things taken out or added.

No autobiography is going to be `the truth` though because we are all unreliable witnesses in our own lives.

[Jim V.]

I know it's nitpicky, but for such a confident guy why does Mike always have to bill himself as "of The Beach Boys"? Mick Jagger doesn't need to. Paul McCartney doesn't either?

I don't think any of them was in the band

Okay, let me rephrase. For such a confident "legendary" singer why can't Mike release a new song or a book without having to bill himself as "of The Beach Boys"? Mick Jagger doesn't need to point out that he's "OF THE ROLLING STONES" nor does Paul McCartney need to add an "OF THE BEATLES" to his name.

I also find it kinda sad that he never has the guts to go out publicly without his hat. Or that he always needs to wear a hat with the logo of The Beach Boys. He must be very insecure. It's sad. He's done quite a lot of awesome work. Too bad he doesn't seem to think that he himself is good enough.

[rab2591]

Personally, I could care less. It will be the gospel according to Mike and probably full of Maharishi crud. The best are the biographies rather than the autobiographies. That being said, it would be great if Zeppo Wilson would write a book. He is the only one of the bunch that is well centered and without issues or baggage.

That depends I guess...

The interesting thing about any autobiography I suppose is to hear one person`s perception (sometimes false) of their own life. I doubt anyone will be buying the book with expectations of getting `the truth`.

I think you at least have a shot at the truth with Mike's book. He's allowed to tell the truth, nobody tells him what to say, and I don't think anybody will demand to have things taken out or added.

Agreed. That's why I'm looking forward to Brian's book as well. With Brian unhindered by any strings of Landy or the like, and Mike probably wanting to set the record straight on a few things...It'll be great to see things from these guys' perspectives..