Looking Back With Love - The 1st solo album of a Beach Boys' member

[The Heartical Don]

And damn, all we have got left is that Unsurpassed Farts compact cassette with the 34 seconds that some neighborhood kids taped outside of Mike's studio... tantalizing and utterly frustrating. What might have been if Brian 'Brain' Wilson had just taken a tab of acid that day instead of visiting Mike? We will never know. Perhaps, someday, a writer will write a novel about it: Glimpse: Eavesdropping With Love, or something.

Unsurpassed Farts...doesn't that have the rare experimental track "George Fell into his Ass Horn" ?

Yep. It also features an out-of-this-world version (in stereo) of 'Let The Wind Blow', some copies have a scratch 'n' sniff cover.

[Aegir]

Here is Abba's version of On and On and On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8G2V6dsVuU

I like Mike's a lot better.

[chris.metcalfe]

The singing, production and, in some cases, the choice of songs make this unlistenable. 

I've been a BB nut since 1964 and I find it less unlistenable than Gettin In Over My Head on all those counts .... it's all subjective, huh?

[chris.metcalfe]

And, actually, "On And On And On" was barely a year old when Mike covered it,

... not something you could say about some of his wives

[Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll]

having listened to pretty much everything beach boys related at this stage even "LBWL" and "unleash the love" should i find "first love" or "country love" and give em a go? I mean really? should i?

still havent listened to "goin public"  or "many moods" either. maybe some day...

[The Heartical Don]

having listened to pretty much everything beach boys related at this stage even "LBWL" and "unleash the love" should i find "first love" or "country love" and give em a go? I mean really? should i?

still havent listened to "goin public"  or "many moods" either. maybe some day...

No. It's that time again, MBW: take two green and three yellow pills with water, and go to bed. You know what those first two albums did to you, don't you?

[SG7]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

[The Heartical Don]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

A. Promo. Copy. Of. A. Mike. Love. Album.

I think I never will be able to top that. Perhaps I should leave this life. The hope for any big prize has been lost just now. Oh, what hast thou done to meek me, Surfer Woman? The trophy is thine, and woe is mine, and ne'er again shall I taste the full richness of this here life again...

[Smilin Ed H]

First Love.

Country Love if you can put up with some corn and the Lovester's Western twang.  Personally, I find it no more offensive than Jagger's. But I really don't like LBWL.  Try the second Celebration album too.  Try Going Public if you want to be disappointed (or pissed off) with most of the tracks - but it's not all bad!

[The Heartical Don]

First Love.

Country Love if you can put up with some corn and the Lovester's Western twang.  Personally, I find it no more offensive than Jagger's. But I really don't like LBWL.  Try the second Celebration album too.  Try Going Public if you want to be disappointed (or pissed off) with most of the tracks - but it's not all bad!

There is one (1) brief moment of joy on 'Going Public', and that is in 'I Write The Songs', when for around 3 seconds suddenly a choir chimes in. The rest is utterly forgettable.

[Shady]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

A. Promo. Copy. Of. A. Mike. Love. Album.

I think I never will be able to top that. Perhaps I should leave this life. The hope for any big prize has been lost just now. Oh, what hast thou done to meek me, Surfer Woman? The trophy is thine, and woe is mine, and ne'er again shall I taste the full richness of this here life again...

Fantastic post, got a good laugh out of that.

[The Heartical Don]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

A. Promo. Copy. Of. A. Mike. Love. Album.

I think I never will be able to top that. Perhaps I should leave this life. The hope for any big prize has been lost just now. Oh, what hast thou done to meek me, Surfer Woman? The trophy is thine, and woe is mine, and ne'er again shall I taste the full richness of this here life again...

Fantastic post, got a good laugh out of that.

Thanks, WHIS! Since this is my last peek of the day here, it is a lovely surprise to read your comment!

[SG7]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

A. Promo. Copy. Of. A. Mike. Love. Album.

I think I never will be able to top that. Perhaps I should leave this life. The hope for any big prize has been lost just now. Oh, what hast thou done to meek me, Surfer Woman? The trophy is thine, and woe is mine, and ne'er again shall I taste the full richness of this here life again...

Hey it doesn't beat drinking alcohol with Brian's band now 

[Dancing Bear]

having listened to pretty much everything beach boys related at this stage even "LBWL" and "unleash the love" should i find "first love" or "country love" and give em a go? I mean really? should i?

still havent listened to "goin public"  or "many moods" either. maybe some day...

If you know LBWL, you already know a good number of "First Love" tracks. First Love is ok/good, Mike can write songs, but when you put 12 of them together it lacks some... musical richness. The rotten quality of the boot doesn't help either. I think if we could listen to them in the same quality as "Brian's Back" in Endless Harmony the material could breath a little. I never spent much time with "Country Love".

Don't forget the first two Celebration albums. "Sad Sad Summer" is a really good song. Mike doesn't sing all the leads in the albums, but they're worth a listen... in a MIU way.

[Smilin Ed H]

If only that choir on I Write the Songs had been the BB...  I also like Thank You Baby and Disney Girls.

None of the First Love songs turn up on LBWL;  however, several are on his latest unreleased opus.

[Dancing Bear]

None of the First Love songs turn up on LBWL;  however, several are on his latest unreleased opus.

Of course. I had the latter in mind.

[Aegir]

There are three Celebration albums, actually. The third one's called Disco Celebration. Mike co-wrote four of the five songs on it but you can only hear him on one track - he sings backing vocals on the mainly-instrumental version of California Girls. The one track he didn't co-write is First Love, which is the same song he covers on the eponymous album.

I have a lot of stuff by Bruce Johnston, but Going Public isn't one of them! I'll pick it up eventually, but I'm in no hurry after hearing that horribly butchered version of Deirdre. He took everything I loved about the song and flushed it down the toilet. Something I've been looking for is an album called Love You So by Ron Holden. Bruce produced it and wrote 9 of the 11 tracks. Here's one of them - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1pSB0MbiCo

[Smilin Ed H]

Yep, the version of  Deidre's horrible!

[MBE]

Bruce's sixties stuff and even the Barry Mann album are quite good, his 77 solo album blows. I think it's the only Beach Boys LP I got rid of and never replaced.

[Andrew G. Doe]

oops.

[The Heartical Don]

On and On and On is hilarious. I love the campy feel of it! Even better I found a promo copy of the album at an antique store for $5 mint!! 

A. Promo. Copy. Of. A. Mike. Love. Album.

I think I never will be able to top that. Perhaps I should leave this life. The hope for any big prize has been lost just now. Oh, what hast thou done to meek me, Surfer Woman? The trophy is thine, and woe is mine, and ne'er again shall I taste the full richness of this here life again...

Hey it doesn't beat drinking alcohol with Brian's band now 

Oh, sweet Surferwoman, thou hast awakened thy servant from those lethal musings... I thank thee for these uplifting words!

*...is quickly running out of Old English words...*

[The Heartical Don]

oops.

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[Smilin Ed H]

His latest unreleased album is way better than LBWL, despite some of the cornball lyrics.

[MBE]

His latest unreleased album is way better than LBWL, despite some of the cornball lyrics.

Agreed, it is a well thought out album with good songs overall. It's easily the best thing Mike did since the 70's.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Is LBWL as bad/good as 15BO?

Concerning Bruce, I think he is the biggest underachiever of all the BBs! He showed at times that he was capable of producing and writing incredable songs. And he could've done so much better then Going Public.

By the way, I think that Mike love circa LBWL looks like the excorsist Bob Larson! Look him up! I don't know how to put pictures on here.