Mike, Al and Bruce

[melissalynn]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hv1fRVEa6y0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gVleVKhvdR4&mode=related&search=

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[the captain]

Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

[pendletone]

Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

Naah, shoot Mr. S. for ruining one of the most beautiful Dennis songs

[shelter]

I don't know. Maybe somebody could check that for us. I know that somehow 'Forever' is a farely well know song, even to casual BB fans. Didn't Stamos play it on Full House?

John Stamos's character on the show was a musician and "Forever" was his big breakthrough hit, but that was of course all fictional.

[shelter]

Naah, shoot Mr. S. for ruining one of the most beautiful Dennis songs

I like the SIP version. Of course it's not nearly as good as the original, but for a cover song (which it is of course) I think it's very decent.

[the captain]

I have said many times and will again, I dont' hold any negative feelings toward Stamos. He was lucky enough to do what most of us wish we could--join (to some extent) the Beach Boys. And the cheese he (or someone) created with that version of "Forever" isn't worse than most of the other cheese they and others were doing in the same era. I would have done the exact same thing, given the chance.

Especially in terms of marrying Rebecca Romijn.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hv1fRVEa6y0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gVleVKhvdR4&mode=related&search=

LOL These versions are full of more cheese then Al Jardine ever dreamed of having!

[Sheriff John Stone]

Naah, shoot Mr. S. for ruining one of the most beautiful Dennis songs

Shoot him? If you're a Dennis Wilson/Beach Boys fan you oughta be thanking him.

By John Stamos performing that song on national TV, he gave "Forever" and Dennis Wilson and Sunflower and The Beach Boys more exposure in one night than they could've gotten in ten years.

[Chris Brown]

Naah, shoot Mr. S. for ruining one of the most beautiful Dennis songs

Shoot him? If you're a Dennis Wilson/Beach Boys fan you oughta be thanking him.

By John Stamos performing that song on national TV, he gave "Forever" and Dennis Wilson and Sunflower and The Beach Boys more exposure in one night than they could've gotten in ten years.

True, but at the time most people didn't realize that "Forever" was a Beach Boys song.  Sadly there are probably people out there who still don't.  And although I agree that any exposure is good to a point, that doesn't make his version suck any less.

[Wilsonista]

"Forever" has now become like "Girl" (the song  Davy Jones sang on the Brady Bunch).

[MBE]

Dennis' Forever was always great. A crappy John Stamos cover doesn't make it any less so.

[Dancing Bear]

In John Stamos video, Carl Wilson is about the only Beach Boy who's visible in the final edit.

Now, what if it was Michael Edwards Love in his place, sharing a mike with Uncle Jesse? THE HORROR, THE HORROR...

[pixletwin]

Bach had more to do with Lady Lynda than Al.  Where was that a hit?

I believe only the intro is from Bach's work, the rest of the song is original.

The melody of the song is definitely a derivative of the Bach work though.

[Wilsonista]

Dennis' Forever was always great. A crappy John Stamos cover doesn't make it any less so.

I certainly wasn't kncoking Forever, Stamos' version or its current pop culture status. Just making an observstion. I loved Davy's guest role on the Brady Bunch and Girl is one of my favorite performances of his.

[Wilsonista]

Bach had more to do with Lady Lynda than Al.  Where was that a hit?

I believe only the intro is from Bach's work, the rest of the song is original.

The melody of the song is definitely a derivative of the Bach work though.

It's Bach's melody retooled as a pop song.

[Beach Boy]

In John Stamos video, Carl Wilson is about the only Beach Boy who's visible in the final edit.

Now, what if it was Michael Edwards Love in his place, sharing a mike with Uncle Jesse? THE HORROR, THE HORROR...

Actually you see Carl, Bruce AND MIKE.   

I like the Stamos version, but just because Carl's voice is awesome there! Makes me almost cry. I wonder if the song could have been well as a single.

[mikeyj]

Naah, shoot Mr. S. for ruining one of the most beautiful Dennis songs

Shoot him? If you're a Dennis Wilson/Beach Boys fan you oughta be thanking him.

By John Stamos performing that song on national TV, he gave "Forever" and Dennis Wilson and Sunflower and The Beach Boys more exposure in one night than they could've gotten in ten years.

I dont see why we should be thanking him.. I mean now there is people out there who think that John Stamos wrote Forever, I mean that aint exactly a good thing.

[Emdeeh]

I wonder if the song could have been well as a single.

Since it was released as a promo single, apparently not. Although one could bring the whole notion of what was really a single in the '90s into question...

I'm not sure how much this reflects on the popularity of Stamos' version or its influence, but my husband, who sometimes works deejay gigs, had a bride request "Forever" for the couple's first dance after hearing Stamos' version on the show. She knew I was a big BB fan, and asked me about the song. She was cool with my hubby playing the BB version for her dance, which he did.

[mikeyj]

I wonder if the song could have been well as a single.

Wasn't it released in Australia as a single? According to the Mt. Vernon website it was anyway and it charted at #100... If thats true Im ashamed