Thank You Mike Love

[cant wait]

all of these beautiful testaments will now form my bedtime prayers.

Thank You Mike Love for the Oceans

[JK]

all of these beautiful testaments will now form my bedtime prayers.

Thank You Mike Love for the Oceans

 

[petsoundsnola]

Thank you Mike Love for Turbans and Gold Sequin Vests.

[undercover-m]

We desperately need Brian Wilson today. We need his guidance, his vision and his voice. He speaks for an entire generation of human beings. We need songs that we can pray with, songs that make us feel our humanity. 

You realize that it's because of statements like that that Brian got scared and started to feel the pressure in the first place, right? It's because of this quasi-religious faith in the talent of artists that they don't even want to work anymore. Bob Dylan is the perfect example. He was called a Messiah and a prophet and he understood that he had to get away from it all, for a few years... We don't NEED Brian's vision or his voice, we're just PRIVILEGED and LUCKY to have them in our lives. Brian doesn't speak for an entire nation of human beings, don't ever tell him that! It's the best way to make him freak out!... Brian's just a musician who happens to have been blessed with genius. But he's not a piece of you or a spiritual leader. Let the man do whatever it is he wants to do. If he wants to sing "Smart Girls" in concert or be a coach potato for the rest of his life, that's okay with me. Brian doesn't owe the world anything!... And if good old Mike Love is happy to put on a good show that reminds him of the past and make tons of money doing so, let him...  

Feeling the need to meet high expectations really does take a toll on people. If fame doesn't cause anxiety, it certainly perpetuates it. Obviously his songs speak to a wide variety of individuals and indeed, his music has been an inspiration to me throughout my life. But when you're labeled a genius or a hero, the pressure you feel that everything you do must meet that standard is enormous. Anyway, I'm deviating from the main topic, so...

Thank you Mike Love for leading me not into evil 

[Komera]

Thank you, Mike Love, for writing lyrics to "Good Vibrations" which doesn't make me feel like I'm getting smacked on the head with the concept stick.

[orange22]

In all of the hullabaloo, has anyone stopped to thank Lana?

Lana, Lana, oh Lana dear. Indeed.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

In all of the hullabaloo, has anyone stopped to thank Lana?

Lana, Lana, oh Lana dear. Indeed.

Good one! I also wonder if this board is the snobbiest. We have run off some excellent posters such as Ghost, Nobody, Dennischild and now possibly Lana!

[Moon Dawg]

 Sometimes, I would like to thank Mike Love for bringing the Endless Summer far and wide these past 53 years. So, thanks Mike Love, for all you have done as frontman for The Beach Boys all these years. You bug me at times, but thanks.

[cant wait]

Thank you Mike Love for the Pluto fly-by

[bgas]

In all of the hullabaloo, has anyone stopped to thank Lana?

Lana, Lana, oh Lana dear. Indeed.

Good one! I also wonder if this board is the snobbiest. We have run off some excellent posters such as Ghost, Nobody, Dennischild and now possibly Lana!

Whatever you're on today, I definitely need some

[Mujan, 8@$+@Rc| of a Blue Wizard]

Thanks Mike, for the weirdest pictures thread.

[Lee Marshall]

Thank you Mike for making me think that I still might have a chance with the 'chicks'.  That chrome-dome of yours' gives me hope.  Thank you too for making me think that IF I can at least be honest and decent with people that I'll have a snowball's chance in HELL of being respected.  [and that THAT respect will be earned deserved.]

Thank you for being an ass SO frequently that most of us think what we're simply pretty reasonable people...by comparison  Thanks too for playing Brian's music SO often live and in colour that many are fooled into thinking that YOU are important too.  Thanks for being so generally "douchey" that even folks writing about YOU...on your behalf...refer to you as being "douchey".

Sorry Mike.  You have a book coming out.  [and I'm sorry about that too but...]  YOU have work to do...re:  credibility.  It ain't artificial.  YOU made your bed.  Wake up and live.

Oh...Sorry.  It's WAY too fuckin' late for THAT.

I try Cam.  I fail.

[drbeachboy]

Talk about douchey? Can you say "Pot calling the kettle black".

[Lee Marshall]

I try my best.  Sometimes I fail.

[drbeachboy]

I try my best.  Sometimes I fail.

Yep, failed miserably.

[startBBtoday]

Thank you Mike for helping to write All This Is That, Be Here In The Mornin, Dance Dance Dance, Add Some Music, All I Wanna Do, All Summer Long, Aren't You Glad, Be True To Your School, California Girls, Catch a Wave, Cool Cool Water, Country Air, Custom Machine, Darlin, Do It Again, Don't Back Down, Don't Hurt My Little Sister, Fun Fun Fun, Good To My Baby, Good Vibrations, Hawaii, Help Me Rhonda, Here Comes The Night, I Get Around, I'm Waiting For The Day, In The Back Of My Mind, It's OK, Kiss Me Baby, Let Him Run Wild, Let The Wind Blow, Let Us Go on This Way, Little Honda, Little Saint Nick, Meant For You, Please Let Me Wonder, She Knows Me Too Well, Surfin, Surfin Safari, That Same Song, The Warmth Of The Sun, Wendy, When I Grow Up, Wild Honey, You're So Good To Me, 409, Funky Pretty, I Know There's An Answer, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Somewhere Near Japan, Only With You, Sounds Of Free, Big Sur, Don't Go Near The Water, It's A Beautiful Day, Make It Big, Getcha Back, Lahaina Aloha, Still Surfin, Leaving This Town, and many other wonderful songs.

Thanks also for writing Summer Of Love, because it makes me laugh pretty hard every summer.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Thank you Mike for making me think that I still might have a chance with the 'chicks'.  That chrome-dome of yours' gives me hope.  Thank you too for making me think that IF I can at least be honest and decent with people that I'll have a snowball's chance in HELL of being respected.  [and that THAT respect will be earned deserved.]

Thank you for being an ass SO frequently that most of us think what we're simply pretty reasonable people...by comparison  Thanks too for playing Brian's music SO often live and in colour that many are fooled into thinking that YOU are important too.  Thanks for being so generally "douchey" that even folks writing about YOU...on your behalf...refer to you as being "douchey".

Sorry Mike.  You have a book coming out.  [and I'm sorry about that too but...]  YOU have work to do...re:  credibility.  It ain't artificial.  YOU made your bed.  Wake up and live.

Oh...Sorry.  It's WAY too fuckin' late for THAT.

I try Cam.  I fail.

  .  Good one, Lee.

[Lee Marshall]

Thank you Mike for helping to write All This Is That, Be Here In The Mornin, Dance Dance Dance, Add Some Music, All I Wanna Do, All Summer Long, Aren't You Glad, Be True To Your School, California Girls, Catch a Wave, Cool Cool Water, Country Air, Custom Machine, Darlin, Do It Again, Don't Back Down, Don't Hurt My Little Sister, Fun Fun Fun, Good To My Baby, Good Vibrations, Hawaii, Help Me Rhonda, Here Comes The Night, I Get Around, I'm Waiting For The Day, In The Back Of My Mind, It's OK, Kiss Me Baby, Let Him Run Wild, Let The Wind Blow, Let Us Go on This Way, Little Honda, Little Saint Nick, Meant For You, Please Let Me Wonder, She Knows Me Too Well, Surfin, Surfin Safari, That Same Song, The Warmth Of The Sun, Wendy, When I Grow Up, Wild Honey, You're So Good To Me, 409, Funky Pretty, I Know There's An Answer, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Somewhere Near Japan, Only With You, Sounds Of Free, Big Sur, Don't Go Near The Water, It's A Beautiful Day, Make It Big, Getcha Back, Lahaina Aloha, Still Surfin, Leaving This Town, and many other wonderful songs.

Thanks also for writing Summer Of Love, because it makes me laugh pretty hard every summer.

Yep...Thanks for THAT too.

[there is the PLUS side]

[Cam Mott]

Thank you Mike for making me think that I still might have a chance with the 'chicks'.  That chrome-dome of yours' gives me hope.  Thank you too for making me think that IF I can at least be honest and decent with people that I'll have a snowball's chance in HELL of being respected.  [and that THAT respect will be earned deserved.]

Thank you for being an ass SO frequently that most of us think what we're simply pretty reasonable people...by comparison  Thanks too for playing Brian's music SO often live and in colour that many are fooled into thinking that YOU are important too.  Thanks for being so generally "douchey" that even folks writing about YOU...on your behalf...refer to you as being "douchey".

Sorry Mike.  You have a book coming out.  [and I'm sorry about that too but...]  YOU have work to do...re:  credibility.  It ain't artificial.  YOU made your bed.  Wake up and live.

Oh...Sorry.  It's WAY too fuckin' late for THAT.

I try Cam.  I fail.

Your heart's in the right place though, pal o' mine.

[NickandthePassions]

Anyone else think Lana is really Mike Love? 

[Mujan, 8@$+@Rc| of a Blue Wizard]

Anyone else think Lana is really Mike Love? 

Ive suspected a few posters of that by now...

[Doo Dah]

Thank you Mike Love for free range chicken and salted caramel gelato.

[Pacific Ocean Blue]

There is so much hate for Mike on this forum, the guy is a bit of a dick but I can't understand the genuine hatred for him.

[cant wait]

Thank You Mike Love for Mike Love

[KDS]

There is so much hate for Mike on this forum, the guy is a bit of a dick but I can't understand the genuine hatred for him.

AMEN!!! 

I've never seen a member of a beloved band so hated by its core fans.........well maybe Sammy Hagar by some Van Halen fans.