Why do you hate Mike Love?

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

How does one hate someone they've never met beyond the usual autograph and maybe minute-long small talk? Well, unless their wives or girlfriends took a liking to the Lovester, that is.

They dont call him the Lovester for nothing. Id hit it

[Douchepool]

See, even LGBT folks want to hop on the Love train. Sing it with me, people.

"People all over the world..."

[SMiLE Brian]

TRBB train.

[Alan Smith]

The article should be in the first issue of Record Collector of 2016.

I may stay offline for the next 8 years or so...

Thanks for the news, Iain - looking forward to it (the article that is, not the staying offline bit)

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

How does one hate someone they've never met beyond the usual autograph and maybe minute-long small talk? Well, unless their wives or girlfriends took a liking to the Lovester, that is.

Took a liking to the luHvster??? That's rich.  You've gotta be kidding! How (with the exception of 5) women with anything between their ears would want anything to do with him is in fact, beyond belief.

[Douchepool]

Women like money.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Women like money.

Any woman worth their salt would take one look into those beady, greedy eyes and do a record breaking mile long run away from that creep.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Women like money.

Who doesn't?

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Women like money.

Who doesn't?

We all need money and most of us would like more than we have now, but when it becomes one's deity, like myKe luHv for instance, it turns into pure unadulterated greed or "a grasping desire for possession". It fits him to a tee. A look at the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous( )" featuring luHv along with the ludicrous touring schedule says volumes, not to mention the lawsuits.

[Myra]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

[KDS]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

[filledeplage]

Women like money.

Who doesn't?

We all need money and most of us would like more than we have now, but when it becomes one's deity, like myKe luHv for instance, it turns into pure unadulterated greed or "a grasping desire for possession". It fits him to a tee. A look at the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous( )" featuring luHv along with the ludicrous touring schedule says volumes, not to mention the lawsuits.

OSD - I cannot believe that you think Murry was in the right by defrauding lyrics that Mike legit wrote. He didn't do it to non-family.

Everyone has a right to be attributed with their work-product and benefit from it. 

And, by the same token, I think that Murry pulled the wool over Brian's eyes (with lots of very corrupt industry help and cooperation - for this and the sale of SOT) to let Brian think he was an equal partner, when he was scamming his own kid/s.   Just sayin.'   

[JK]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

It is indeed.

[HeyJude]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

I guess we can presume it's a positive story since the moment was treasured, but it would be interesting to hear what was actually discussed.

That being said, I've very, very rarely heard of an in-person random fan meeting with Mike where Mike comes off poorly. Especially these days when there isn't tumult backstage before gigs like there was in, say, 1979 or something.

I've actually heard far more negative stories about Bruce before/during/after gigs than negative stories of Mike (or Brian or Al or certainly David Marks for that matter).

However justified people feel the criticism of Mike happens to be, it comes mostly from his comments and actions concerning the band and band mates (and sometimes journalists I suppose) as opposed to one-on-one interactions with fans, especially fans attending his concerts.

[Lee Marshall]

At NO time have I ever hated Mike Love.  But for many of these past 50 years my level of respect for him has wavered somewhere between a little bit of respect to virtually none at all.  And he's always brought my reaction UP in terms of the amount of negativity I have in that regard.  Every time I've decided to cut him a break and only look at the good side of his ledger he drops another poo-poo bomb on it.

The guy upped the game of the touring 'Beach Boys'.  They do a good job...a really good job...live on stage.  I wouldn't give him all of  the credit though.  Except for the fact that he hired Scott and John...it couldn't and wouldn't have happened.   But in spirit of that the lineup has improved in recent years to the point where they honour the music instead of just pumpin' out substandard, off-key noise for bucks.

What irritates me to NO END is the fact that all he does any of 'it' for ... is dough.  He is willing and glad to put the legacy of the group, most of us here love, directly into the shitter just to sell some books.  He is willing to bitch, moan and complain about issues which have gone through the courts and were long ago settled.  [Then there are the frivolous law suits.    That's a whole other ball of wax and stupidity. ]  And he is always willing to overlook reality in order to substantiate his talking points.  He's like a broken record/broken man.  No wait... ... ...he IS a broken record/broken man who chooses not to celebrate the good things in life he's been ever-so fortunate to be showered with.  Instead he cries incessantly about his dreams not being fulfilled.  Because, after all, it is ONLY in his 'dreams' that he will ever be considered the equal of Brian Wilson....or hundreds upon hundreds of other TALENTED and CREATIVE people over the long haul that has been his time in the music biz.

Unfortunately those pipe dreams of his are nightmares for folks living in the real world who give's a rat's ass about the group and it's creative place in the annals of rock 'n' roll/Rock history.  The king of Hall of Fame speech makers is a wart on the ass of most things Beach Boys way too often.

[Myra]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

Mike seemed like a cool guy when I met him. At almost 75, he seemed very spunky. And he wore lots of rings on his fingers like Sammy Davis, Jr.

[Seaside Woman]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

Mike seemed like a cool guy when I met him. At almost 75, he seemed very spunky. And he wore lots of rings on his fingers like Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sammy Davis, Jr?

The guy oozes Liberace!

[AndrewHickey]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

Mike seemed like a cool guy when I met him. At almost 75, he seemed very spunky. And he wore lots of rings on his fingers like Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sammy Davis, Jr?

The guy oozes Liberace!

Mike's said in the past that his rings are to do with his religion -- they're something to do with Vedic astrology.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

I met Mike Love after the Beach Boys concert in Brooklyn last month. I never thought in my wildest dream that I would be face to face with him and talking to him. I was glad I waited on a cold night considering I had to travel back to the Bronx and go to work the next day. It was the moment I will treasure.

It's refreshing to hear a positive story about Mike Love. 

Mike seemed like a cool guy when I met him. At almost 75, he seemed very spunky. And he wore lots of rings on his fingers like Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sammy Davis, Jr?

The guy oozes Liberace!

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   Just more phony baloney mahagarbage from the greedster  who only has one true idol-cashola. 

[wilsonart1]

Can we get out of here by lunch?

[filledeplage]

Thread bump.  A chance to review what transpired.

IIRC - I was not happy with the provocative nature of the thread title. 

Peter Reum had some words of wisdom toward the end of the thread. 

Happy Labor Day weekend - especially to those who support union workers.