Setlist from Brian's first Australian show

[Andrew G. Doe]

Bear in mind, he only had an hour-long slot:

California Girls
Dance Dance Dance
Shut Down
Little Deuce Coupe
Do It Again
Don't Worry Baby
Surfer Girl
I Get Around
Darlin'
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Do You Wanna Dance
Sloop John B.
Wouldn't It Be Nice
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
Help Me, Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Surfin' USA
Fun Fun Fun

Wasn't someone saying something about 'Mike's oldies band' ?    Most recent composition is about 43 years old.

[drbeachboy]

Exactly, Andrew. Though I see nothing wrong with either of the bands performing that setlist, especially if it is a 60 mins. show. Having too many hits to perform at a concert is a very good problem to have.

[Fall Breaks]

All top 40 hits, except for TCTTAFM, right?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Exactly, Andrew. Though I see nothing wrong with either of the bands performing that setlist, especially if it is a 60 mins. show. Having too many hits to perform at a concert is a very good problem to have.

Nope, nothing wrong with doing the catalog (though I wish with every fiber of my being that everyone would drop "Barbara-fucking-Ann"...), it's just that when Mike & Bruce do it they're vilified, yet it's perfectly OK by the same people casting stones when Brian does a nearly identical setlist. All I ask for is a little more consistency and a lot less knee-jerk reflex.

[GoogaMooga]

I think it's a great setlist, only a little odd to place the Gershwin number  in between two uptempo numbers, but maybe there's a break there?

[GoogaMooga]

Exactly, Andrew. Though I see nothing wrong with either of the bands performing that setlist, especially if it is a 60 mins. show. Having too many hits to perform at a concert is a very good problem to have.

Nope, nothing wrong with doing the catalog (though I wish with every fiber of my being that everyone would drop "Barbara-friggin'-Ann"...), it's just that when Mike & Bruce do it they're vilified, yet it's perfectly OK by the same people casting stones when Brian does a nearly identical setlist. All I ask for is a little more consistency and a lot less knee-jerk reflex.

But Barbara-Ann gets audiences on their feet and Brian plays bass.

[Emdeeh]

What, no one accused him of lip-synching again? 

[ReggieDunbar]

What a unique setlist!! California Girls as opener and Fun Fun Fun as a closer after Rhonda, Barbara Ann and USA!

The line "Well everybody say yeee-e-ah" at the opening of Barbara Ann plays a special part in the Brian Wilson legacy and is featured on
his critically aclaimed SMiLE album.... NOT!

Did Brian hope the audience had a lot of Fun Fun Fun before the last song?

At least Brians voice was in such terrible shape that no one at his senses could accuse him of lipsyncing.

Innovative!

//Cynical RD

[filledeplage]

Exactly, Andrew. Though I see nothing wrong with either of the bands performing that setlist, especially if it is a 60 mins. show. Having too many hits to perform at a concert is a very good problem to have.

Nope, nothing wrong with doing the catalog (though I wish with every fiber of my being that everyone would drop "Barbara-friggin'-Ann"...), it's just that when Mike & Bruce do it they're vilified, yet it's perfectly OK by the same people casting stones when Brian does a nearly identical setlist. All I ask for is a little more consistency and a lot less knee-jerk reflex.

Be gentle, Andrew, Barbara Ann is for the folks who don't know the words to the rest of the songs!  It gives the rest of us a rest~! 
 

[drbeachboy]

Boy, not here in Philly. Everyone knows the lyrics to the songs. Most of the time it was hard to hear the band singing from the crowd singing along, especially during the "Home stretch".

[Curtis Leon]

So wait, only ONE track from the Gershwin album? And NONE from the previous two? It's like Brian's purposefully ignoring his solo career.

[Andrew G. Doe]

So wait, only ONE track from the Gershwin album? And NONE from the previous two? It's like Brian's purposefully ignoring his solo career.

He was headlining a multi-act show, he had 60 minutes. I'm surprised he did even that.

[bgas]

So wait, only ONE track from the Gershwin album? And NONE from the previous two? It's like Brian's purposefully ignoring his solo career.

He was headlining a multi-act show, he had 60 minutes. I'm surprised he did even that.

Gee, I don't know. Seems to me if he's the headliner, he could play what he wants, and try to bring the audience with him.
60 minutes means he could play a chunk of Gershwin numbers, swing into Barbara Ann, and head off the stage with FFF

[ReggieDunbar]

Brian was more of a second choice after one of the main acts cancelled...

[bgas]

Brian was more of a second choice after one of the main acts cancelled...

Even better then. If he's just filling in for a cancelled act,there aren't all the same expectations that people  bought their tickets becasuse they thought they were going to see " the Beach Boys",  so he had the chance to WOW audiences with his new Gershwin material, pull em up by their bootstraps, and initiate them into the real world of Brian.

[ReggieDunbar]

Brian was more of a second choice after one of the main acts cancelled...

Even better then. If he's just filling in for a cancelled act,there aren't all the same expectations that people  bought their tickets becasuse they thought they were going to see " the Beach Boys",  so he had the chance to WOW audiences with his new Gershwin material, pull em up by their bootstraps, and initiate them into the real world of Brian.

Well, in my humble opinion... that setlist...IS THE REAL WORLD OF BRIAN.... without a doubt a selection of the very best songs ever written, produced, composed by Brian. There's no track to be found on any of my bootlegs that can top Dance, Dance, Dance, Do It Again or Darlin'

I love that setlist... there's just a couple of weak tracks.... and the Gershwin track is one of them...
If I was to select ONE hour of the prime works of Brian Wilson... probably nothing from Gershwin or TLOS would show up....
And especially not Barbara Ann or Johnny B Goode...

//RD
feeling cynical tonight... sorry for any inconvenience

[TdHabib]

Did Darian sing lead on "Darlin"? If so, the Aussies got a real treat!

[A Million Units In Jan!]

He couldn't even muster up 'Heroes and Villains'? Geez, Brian!

[phirnis]

Not even Marcella or Love and Mercy? This guy used to sing both This Whole World and 'Til I Die in concert...

He could add so many interesting songs to the setlist while still ending the concert with Fun Fun Fun (I don't mind, it's a great song). What about introducing a medley consisting of He Come Down/That Same Song/Walking Down the Path of Life? What about Mona? Funky Pretty? Male Ego? The list goes on and on...

[absinthe_boy]

GIven that the event in question was a multi act event, the audience didn't book specifically to see Brian. They would have been a broad audience, probably familiar with the bulk of the material presented and many would not have heard any of Brian's solo work.

So in such a set, you throw one curve ball...which was TCCTAFM.

I am sure that when Mike & Bruce play, their audience is somewhat similar. And they throw the occasional curve ball too.

For a Brian Wilson show, the audience is made up of Brian Wilson geeks like us lot on this board. We are more familiar with the less well known material. We wet our pants when he sings something obscure from the canon. The audience in Australia would probably have gone for another beer if he'd played Love & Mercy.

[Rocker]

Easy guys. New songs means rehearsing and rehearsing and rehearsing. Brian was quite busy recording and then promoting the new album. They probably didn't have that much time. And since it's not a BW solo-event, it is totally logical to use the songs that go over great with an audience looking for some fun. Wait for the RFH-concerts for new material (both, Gershwin and Wilson compositions)

[Andrew G. Doe]

Let's see what his non-package in Adelaide 11/3 looks like. To give you a notion of how the package shows are structured, here's the running order for the Melbourne show:

5:00pm - doors open
5:20pm - 5:35pm - Danielle Spencer
5:50pm - 6:50pm - All Stars
7:05pm - 7:35pm - Peter Frampton
7:50pm - 8:20pm - America
8:35pm - 9:05pm - Chicago
9:25pm - 10:25pm - Brian Wilson

[A Million Units In Jan!]

Let's see what his non-package in Adelaide 11/3 looks like. To give you a notion of how the package shows are structured, here's the running order for the Melbourne show:

5:00pm - doors open
5:20pm - 5:35pm - Danielle Spencer
5:50pm - 6:50pm - All Stars
7:05pm - 7:35pm - Peter Frampton
7:50pm - 8:20pm - America
8:35pm - 9:05pm - Chicago
9:25pm - 10:25pm - Brian Wilson

Who exactly are the 'All Stars'?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Let's see what his non-package in Adelaide 11/3 looks like. To give you a notion of how the package shows are structured, here's the running order for the Melbourne show:

5:00pm - doors open
5:20pm - 5:35pm - Danielle Spencer
5:50pm - 6:50pm - All Stars
7:05pm - 7:35pm - Peter Frampton
7:50pm - 8:20pm - America
8:35pm - 9:05pm - Chicago
9:25pm - 10:25pm - Brian Wilson

Who exactly are the 'All Stars'?

Mike, Bruce, Alan, David & Stamos. I think Dean Torrence too.

[bgas]

Let's see what his non-package in Adelaide 11/3 looks like. To give you a notion of how the package shows are structured, here's the running order for the Melbourne show:

5:00pm - doors open
5:20pm - 5:35pm - Danielle Spencer
5:50pm - 6:50pm - All Stars
7:05pm - 7:35pm - Peter Frampton
7:50pm - 8:20pm - America
8:35pm - 9:05pm - Chicago
9:25pm - 10:25pm - Brian Wilson

Who exactly are the 'All Stars'?

Mike, Bruce, Alan, David & Stamos. I think Dean Torrence too.

So you're saying that Mike, Bruce, Alan, David, Stamos & Dean Torrence  were on the bill already, and then Brian was added at a late date to replace one  of the other headliners?