Mike and Bruce Tour 2015

[Mike's Beard]

No, he was advertised before everything could be finalized. And, most importantly, the invite didn't come from Mike, it came from a third party.

Advertised on his own website after telling the promoter 'yes' so clearly at one point he was due to play, but yes Mike should have spoken to him directly in the interim to confirm.

[Robbie Mac]

No, he was advertised before everything could be finalized. And, most importantly, the invite didn't come from Mike, it came from a third party.

Advertised on his own website after telling the promoter 'yes' so clearly at one point he was due to play, but yes Mike should have spoken to him directly in the interim to confirm.

Or extended the invitation himself.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Did the invitation have a set end date?



*crickets*


Sorry...just so irritated with the arguing that I had to make light of it

[Mayoman]

Isn't It Time from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszuII8tPX4

[Gohi]

Isn't It Time from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszuII8tPX4

Dang this is really, really bad.

[Stegibo]

Was the guy at the mixing desk drunk?! Why not just keep all mics open?

[Autotune]

Strange mix or sound or recording. The sound comes in and out and sounds too spaced and empty. Doesn't look like Bruce is singing his orig. vocal. Mike sounds cool though.

[DC310]

Watching some of these recent videos, Scott is singing lead on some like Let Him Run Wild and The Warmth of the Sun.  I wonder if they are starting to divide the falsettos now?  3 very strong falsettos in the band now. 

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Holy sh*t!! All I Wanna Do was completely destroyed by these guys and just when I thought I'd heard the worst of it, they come along and lay this gigantic egg that's even worse!! They're all flatting like there's no tomorrow, false starts everywhere and myKe luHv is worst in the bunch. Isn't It Time was totally beyong being  butchered. And people wonder why I won't waste money or time with this abomination. Awful...just awful.

[tpesky]

Cool to hear that song.  It is crying out for Al Jardine on those harmonies , but admirable job. As awesome as the set lists are, Mike does not sound that great on the clips I've heard.  They are youtube clips of course, wondering what those that were there thought?

[Sam_BFC]

Half time here at RAH.

Not sure John's voice works for Al's part of Isn't It Time (sorry lad, found the transition a bit jarring :/).  But Scott T sounded cool on Brian's part (also gave an awesome The Warmth of the Sun and Let Him Run Wild and Betsy), Bruce was pretty good on his part for that song tonight too.

John did however offer a superb version of Cottonfields, and a rather decent Sail On Sailor.

I think Mike is sounding strong on the early 60s material and rockers.

[mikeddonn]

I have followed all the goings onion this thread and it depresses me that some people can be so hateful onwards people they don't know and have never met in person.

My take on The touring Beach Boys is that the set list is commendable. BUT reading reviews and watching clips doesn't make me feel I'm missing The Beach Boys in concert.  I have gone to Mike and Bruce every time they have played in Scotland sine Carl passed and I would have loved them to be up here on this tour.  However, I have never felt like I had to travel and incur the expense to see them in England (I would have liked to have gone).  But I was at C50 at Wembley and various Brian gigs over the years in England.  I just don't feel it is the 'real' deal, worthy of paying big money to see (including travel costs).  In the interests of balance (not taking sides) I think it's unfair to beat Mike and Bruce's band over the head because the arrangements don't do justice to the originals justice because they're a smaller band.  The Beach Boys had 2 keyboards trying to play all the additional sounds back in the 80s and 90s and that organ never did sound like a French Horn on God Only Knows! 

[Gohi]

Was the guy at the mixing desk drunk?! Why not just keep all mics open?

I think what you're referring to is a band full of people missing cues.

[lastofmykind]

With out having watched the RAH video of Isn't It Time, it sounds like bad performance of the song.  I would say having heard it with my own ears both in the C50 band configuration and the 2013 Beach Boys configuration, the C50 band was better equipped for the task.  Scott and Mike should retire this song from the set list.  Bruce sounded awful in 2013 on this song, and would have sounded awful had it not been for the sheer size and vocal capability of the C50 band.   

[STE]

Another great show at the RAH tonight. 60 songs.
Cowsill nearly singing more leads than Love.

[Pretty Funky]

Wow. Ike (and group)does a great job here.

You Still Believe In Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uT-jQ_BwQ8

[filledeplage]

Wow. Ike (and group)does a great job here.

You Still Believe In Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uT-jQ_BwQ8

Brilliant! Hope it stays in the setlist!

Excellent percussion, lead, and chorus!

Thanks for the link!

To the band! 

[lee]

Damn Ike sounds good. I wonder why the heck Brian let him go so fast. 

[wantsomecorn]

Wow, is Bruce actually playing his keyboard throughout the entire song there?

[Gohi]

Damn Ike sounds good. I wonder why the heck Brian let him go so fast. 

I doubt it's Brian letting him go as much as it's Mike poaching him.

[Marty Castillo]

Damn Ike sounds good. I wonder why the heck Brian let him go so fast. 

I doubt it's Brian letting him go as much as it's Mike poaching him.

Complete conjecture...unless you can provide some evidence to the contrary.

[donald]

There is potential here but the frequent recent personnel changes would without doubt take some time to settle out in the mix.   Christian and Randell were nicely integrated into the mix ,   Then , JF, then Ike, now the BW songs added.    These guys have been rehearsing ON THE ROAD!     Hope they get the bugs out soon

[Autotune]

YSBIM is extraordinary. A true highlight.

[tpesky]

Nice You Still Believe, kind of mix between Brian and Al on it.  I believe Bruce does play the whole time!

[RubberSoul13]

Isn't It Time from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszuII8tPX4

I haven't listened to any clips of the "classic" recordings yet, as I'd like to give them a fair shot to my live ears should I get the opportunity this summer live.

But, I gave this one a listen...yikes.


Scott's lead sounds great, and as always, the band is playing nice and tight.

...but that chorus is dreadful. Foskett's falsetto is dead. With Brian E. in the band, he should not be singing ANY falsetto. I'm surprised they performed the song in this low of a quality. The chorus was just completely scatter-brained. I like Cowsill's vocal on Alan's line but...Al really put a beautiful stamp on this song that is hard to ignore after hearing it live originally that way. On C50, Brian botched his entrance on the verse and was pretty wobbly...I don't mind having Scott singing instead...but Alan and Bruce both had crucial signature spots on the chorus that are missed...not sure why Bruce isn't singing his original line.

Mike sounded OK. Not his best, but not bad...



And mods.....I've intentionally been avoiding posting here because there is NOT discussion of the quality of the Mike and Bruce tour by the fans. It's simply bashing. Very few here are actually critiquing what they are doing or even accepting it...so why isn't anything being done to ensure intelligent discussion of the musical quality instead of watching B.S. pissing matches?...