Dreaming of Love You Live

[Synth Wash]

With the fall "Hits" tour over, I suppose that BW and his camp are getting down to work on the Gerswin album, so the next tour, if there is one, would mostly likely feature this album.

If I could pick a tour I would like to see though, it would be to do a live version of the Love You album. Each time I listen to it, I wonder what it would sound like with Brian's current band. Not that I don't appreciate it as is, but I think this album, more than any other in the BB or BW catalog could really get a whole new lease on life if given an updated sound, and possibly new arrangements from Brian.

I would envision something similar to BWPS, where Brian might even revisit the album's sequencing, write new lyrics, or "finish" and incorporate some unreleased songs from that era and then release it as an album. Hey, even the Beatles (well mostly Paul) did this with "Let it Be Naked", though not in a live context.

I've heard Brian is loathe to revisit old projects so the chances of it happening are next to zero, but I'm curious if this idea appeals to any other fans on the board, or if you all think it's sacrilegious to even suggest the thought.  

[Paulos]

It would certainly be interestin, imagine Taylor and Brian dueting on Let's Put Our Hearts Together! I would love to hear Brian's band performing The Night Was So young as this is a great song anyway but I beleive Brian's band would make it sound awesome.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Ain't gonna happen as long as Jeff is in the band. He hates that album.

[Synth Wash]

At least Jeff wouldn't have to sing any high parts for Brian, except maybe for '60s Brian on "Good Time". 

[The Shift]

Maybe Jeff could take a well-deserved break?

[Jason]

Ahhhhh, it's finally getting out about Foskett and his "love" for Love You. Of all the members in Brian's band, he is by far the most dead weight. And it's starting to come out about how much of a jerk he is (read the blueboard). Of course, Carl was hip to it back in 1990.

[phirnis]

Personally, I'd love to see BW's band perform "Johnny Carson", "I'll Bet He's Nice", and "Let's Put Our Hearts Together". In fact I think it could work out real fine. No need to write new lyrics to any of these songs, however. They're perfect the way they are.

[Matt H]

It would certainly be interestin, imagine Taylor and Brian dueting on Let's Put Our Hearts Together! I would love to hear Brian's band performing The Night Was So young as this is a great song anyway but I beleive Brian's band would make it sound awesome.

They have performed "The Night Was So Young," before, and it sounded great!

[oldsurferdude]

Ahhhhh, it's finally getting out about Foskett and his "love" for Love You. Of all the members in Brian's band, he is by far the most dead weight. And it's starting to come out about how much of a jerk he is (read the blueboard). Of course, Carl was hip to it back in 1990.
[/quote Oh, so then he's Mike's counterpart in Brian's band.

[Wirestone]

"Jerk" is one word.

There are others.

[runnersdialzero]

I keep finding more and more reasons to dislike Jeff, and this is just one more. It's ridiculous that one guys dislike of an album can make it not played by an entire band.

Not a fan of his voice, either - his falsetto is meh, his alteration to the falsetto part of the chorus of "California Girls" is God awful and straight up ruins it every single time, and his leads on "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" and "Don't Worry Baby" aren't any good. Who has the balls to agree to sing those tracks at a Brian Wilson show, anyway, even if offered? I came to hear Brian Wilson sing at a Brian Wilson show, just change the key - the live at the Roxy version of the latter sounds just fine. He had no business doubling Brian's lead on "Wonderful" and parts of "Surf's Up" on BWPS, either.

I'm wondering how much say Brian even has in his own setlists - I know he's probably not fighting to the death over inclusion of Love You tracks or anything of the sort, but it does make me wonder.

[TdHabib]

You know, I don't know the ins-and-outs of Foskett's personality, but I think he is essential to Brian's band in that he not only sings the falsetto parts (which, admittedly other band members could do) but I'm pretty sure he is a large part of the comfort factor and why Brian is on stage in the first place. It seems to me hangs with Brian the most and is closest of all of them. I think his voice is great personally.

If Brian had his way with the setlist, it would probably be something near this:
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
Hello to audience.
Be My Baby.
Then I Kissed Her (Jeff/Brian on lead)
Cigarette lighter joke
Do It Again.
Boogie woogie piano riff with band on backing vocals.
Shortenin' Bread in full.
Darlin (Darian on lead)
California Girls
Row Row Row Your Boat
Ding Dang
This Could Be the Night
Add Some Music to Your Day
Boogie woogie piano riff with band on backing vocals.
Don't Worry Baby (Jeff on lead)
Row Row Row Your Boat
Their Hearts with the band singing
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
Keep-a-Knocking (Darian/Scott/Taylor & Jeff as per this summer's arrangment, which was awesome btw)
The Night was So Young
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
I'll Bet He's Nice
Ding Dang
Marcella

Encore:
Cool Cool Water
Mount Vernon and Fairway (with Von Mertens narrating, Brian on Pied Piper voice)
Surfin' USA/Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun
Love and Mercy

It ain't gonna happen, as probably 100 people would stay for the entire show And I would have front row seats for each engagement.

[Jay]

Ahhhhh, it's finally getting out about Foskett and his "love" for Love You. Of all the members in Brian's band, he is by far the most dead weight. And it's starting to come out about how much of a jerk he is (read the blueboard). Of course, Carl was hip to it back in 1990.

Ooooo, do tell more, if you can.  Personally, I think Jeff is a terrific singer. I think he sounded great singing Don't Worry Baby with Carl. His version of Warmth Of The Sun was the highlight of the 1983 Seattle show. I think Jeff would have been a great "replacment" for Carl, from 1997-ish, and on till today.

[The Heartical Don]

You know, I don't know the ins-and-outs of Foskett's personality, but I think he is essential to Brian's band in that he not only sings the falsetto parts (which, admittedly other band members could do) but I'm pretty sure he is a large part of the comfort factor and why Brian is on stage in the first place. It seems to me hangs with Brian the most and is closest of all of them. I think his voice is great personally.

If Brian had his way with the setlist, it would probably be something near this:
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
Hello to audience.
Be My Baby.
Then I Kissed Her (Jeff/Brian on lead)
Cigarette lighter joke
Do It Again.
Boogie woogie piano riff with band on backing vocals.
Shortenin' Bread in full.
Darlin (Darian on lead)
California Girls
Row Row Row Your Boat
Ding Dang
This Could Be the Night
Add Some Music to Your Day
Boogie woogie piano riff with band on backing vocals.
Don't Worry Baby (Jeff on lead)
Row Row Row Your Boat
Their Hearts with the band singing
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
Keep-a-Knocking (Darian/Scott/Taylor & Jeff as per this summer's arrangment, which was awesome btw)
The Night was So Young
Shortenin' Bread piano riff
I'll Bet He's Nice
Ding Dang
Marcella

Encore:
Cool Cool Water
Mount Vernon and Fairway (with Von Mertens narrating, Brian on Pied Piper voice)
Surfin' USA/Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun
Love and Mercy

It ain't gonna happen, as probably 100 people would stay for the entire show And I would have front row seats for each engagement.

The best post ever was mine, about me being the 'Summer In Paradise Monster'.

But this is a very close second. It is so spot on that I can't improve it.

[The Heartical Don]

With the fall "Hits" tour over, I suppose that BW and his camp are getting down to work on the Gerswin album, so the next tour, if there is one, would mostly likely feature this album.

If I could pick a tour I would like to see though, it would be to do a live version of the Love You album. Each time I listen to it, I wonder what it would sound like with Brian's current band. Not that I don't appreciate it as is, but I think this album, more than any other in the BB or BW catalog could really get a whole new lease on life if given an updated sound, and possibly new arrangements from Brian.

I would envision something similar to BWPS, where Brian might even revisit the album's sequencing, write new lyrics, or "finish" and incorporate some unreleased songs from that era and then release it as an album. Hey, even the Beatles (well mostly Paul) did this with "Let it Be Naked", though not in a live context.

I've heard Brian is loathe to revisit old projects so the chances of it happening are next to zero, but I'm curious if this idea appeals to any other fans on the board, or if you all think it's sacrilegious to even suggest the thought.  

Dear Synth Wash -

you can buy this piece of garbage from me for $ 0.99

Then your nightmares are over.

[MBE]

Hell all the Stones live albums since then are worse.

[Rob Dean]

Hey its already been done - Just ask AGD !!!!!
A bunch of Musicians (and Members of Beach Boys Britain) did two shows with the whole album live , and in the correct order (at a couple of BBB Fan Conventions).........Including Moog and Farty Synths (and AGD doing a guest lead vocal :-) )
There are some rather good results to these shows , just might have to dig them out sometime

[phirnis]

This Could Be the Night
...
The Night was So Young
...
I'll Bet He's Nice
Ding Dang
...

Encore:
Cool Cool Water
Mount Vernon and Fairway (with Von Mertens narrating, Brian on Pied Piper voice)
...

Oh, how I'd love to live in that particular parallel universe...

[Synth Wash]

With the fall "Hits" tour over, I suppose that BW and his camp are getting down to work on the Gerswin album, so the next tour, if there is one, would mostly likely feature this album.

If I could pick a tour I would like to see though, it would be to do a live version of the Love You album. Each time I listen to it, I wonder what it would sound like with Brian's current band. Not that I don't appreciate it as is, but I think this album, more than any other in the BB or BW catalog could really get a whole new lease on life if given an updated sound, and possibly new arrangements from Brian.

I would envision something similar to BWPS, where Brian might even revisit the album's sequencing, write new lyrics, or "finish" and incorporate some unreleased songs from that era and then release it as an album. Hey, even the Beatles (well mostly Paul) did this with "Let it Be Naked", though not in a live context.

I've heard Brian is loathe to revisit old projects so the chances of it happening are next to zero, but I'm curious if this idea appeals to any other fans on the board, or if you all think it's sacrilegious to even suggest the thought.  

Dear Synth Wash -

you can buy this piece of garbage from me for $ 0.99

Then your nightmares are over.

Yikes, that is one scary cover. I don't even want to know how it sounds! 

[Synth Wash]

Forgive me, but I'm going to further fantasize on how I would tell the greatest pop composer of our time  how to make an album and run his tour....

Since "Love You" was originally going to be called "Brian Loves You", why not release this "new" album with the original title now that he's flying solo? If I had enough time on my hands, I would do a CGI version of the cross-stitch look of the album cover.

Since Brian is so dead set against a Beach Boys reunion according to the most recent interviews, he could release the album during the BB's 50th anniversary year as a giant Eff You to Mike and Bruce, and be sure to mention again how much better his new band sounds than the BBs did on the original "Love You". That would keep with the punk spirit of the original.

This could also be a great "farewell" tour. If we believe Brian when he says "Love You" is his favorite album, this could be his final farewell. Like the SMiLE tour, he could also do some hits after playing the new BLY song cycle. It would be less of a commercial tour, but if it's your last one, who cares?

I'd also like to see him interject a few lines about the current Late-Night shakeup into "Johnny Carson".

[Andrew G. Doe]

Hey its already been done - Just ask AGD !!!!!
A bunch of Musicians (and Members of Beach Boys Britain) did two shows with the whole album live , and in the correct order (at a couple of BBB Fan Conventions).........Including Moog and Farty Synths (and AGD doing a guest lead vocal :-) )
There are some rather good results to these shows , just might have to dig them out sometime

Not forgetting the 'bonus track' - an outstanding rendition of "Just Once In My Life" by the amazing Sean MacCreavy.

Yeah, those were two great gigs... and Rob's modestly not mentioned that he contributed excellent drums and vocals. Before you ask, I did "Solar System". In a bathrobe. 

[The infamous Baldwin Organ]

In a bathrobe. 

+1

[The Heartical Don]

Hey its already been done - Just ask AGD !!!!!
A bunch of Musicians (and Members of Beach Boys Britain) did two shows with the whole album live , and in the correct order (at a couple of BBB Fan Conventions).........Including Moog and Farty Synths (and AGD doing a guest lead vocal :-) )
There are some rather good results to these shows , just might have to dig them out sometime

Not forgetting the 'bonus track' - an outstanding rendition of "Just Once In My Life" by the amazing Sean MacCreavy.

Yeah, those were two great gigs... and Rob's modestly not mentioned that he contributed excellent drums and vocals. Before you ask, I did "Solar System". In a bathrobe. 

Is there, um, photographic evidence? I mean, everyone could claim such a feat... 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Hey its already been done - Just ask AGD !!!!!
A bunch of Musicians (and Members of Beach Boys Britain) did two shows with the whole album live , and in the correct order (at a couple of BBB Fan Conventions).........Including Moog and Farty Synths (and AGD doing a guest lead vocal :-) )
There are some rather good results to these shows , just might have to dig them out sometime

Not forgetting the 'bonus track' - an outstanding rendition of "Just Once In My Life" by the amazing Sean MacCreavy.

Yeah, those were two great gigs... and Rob's modestly not mentioned that he contributed excellent drums and vocals. Before you ask, I did "Solar System". In a bathrobe. 

Is there, um, photographic evidence? I mean, everyone could claim such a feat... 

Better than that - there's a DVD. 

[Paulos]

I want to see this, it sounds like the best thing ever!

I can just picture Andrew now..... 'Mercury's close to the suuu-uun'!