Update from Bruce: Reagan Tribute

[Alex]

Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a huge argument...regardless of who the Boys were playing for, the show itself wasn't half bad.

[The Real Barnyard]

Here is a video from the day after the Reagan show, with The Beach Boys singing Happy Birthday!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5n7-OqUno

[Fall Breaks]

Isn't it slightly macabre to sing Happy Birthday to a dead man?

[Wylson]

Thanks for posting the vid. I thought Mike's speech was nice, and the three Boys look great in suits - Al has aged so well, and Bruce looks so much better without the hat!

[hypehat]

Nice to know that they're working together again...but Reagan? Really?  

Why the eye-rolling ?  The BB have an historical association with the Reagan administration (and Dennis had a somewhat more personal connection with the family), so their being invited wasn't exactly a shocker.

I'm aware of the historical association...I wasn't surprised, I just think Reagan was an evil corporate merdahead beholden to the interests of the wealthy elite (same goes for Maggie Thatcher and Lyin' Brian Mulroney).

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, my opinion is you're wrong.  Reagan.  REALLY.

People like you are really a piece of work.  The man has his 100th birthday celebration, has been dead for years, has a wife who's there who's ancient as well, and their favorite band  happened to be the Beach Boys.  It's not enough for you to just let a dead guy have it for one night, you have to start talking merda.  I'd hate to be such an butthole that I have to be a jerk at a friggin' FUNERAL. 

Go rally against capitalism at a Rage against the Machine concert, the Beach Boys are all about some capitalism and Ronald Reagan.  Sorry.  I know it sucks, but thems the breaks.  At least yall have U2. 

What an ass. 

To be fair, nobody is being a jerk "at a friggin' FUNERAL." Reagan has been dead for years. And for people with memories, it is somewhere between awkward and hilarious how he is being inaccurately lionized in recent years as a Tea Party styled reformer, when in fact he was without question a compromiser who, while apparently theoretically in favor of shrinking government, grew it consistently and never balanced a single budget, and after cutting taxes significantly early on, reversed that shortly thereafter. The man was charismatic, no doubt about it. But he didn't actually do a lot of what his current legend says or hints that he did. And finding fault either with the reality of what he did (or didn't do) or with what he's credited with doing doesn't make one an ass. Or an anti-capitalistic rager (against the machiner ... thank you, thank you ... I thought of that myself). Anyway, this is begging to become Sandboxed, so I'll shut up. Except first I'll say, I have no qualms with the Beach Boys performing at a Reagan memorial party, regardless of my disagreements with the politics. And I think all presidents deserve a certain amount of respect, also regardless of my disagreements with their politics. So go for it, Mssrs. Love, Johnston, Jardine, & Co. If you needed my blessing--which you don't--you have it.

This sprang to mind....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/embarrassed-republicans-admit-theyve-been-thinking,19248/?utm_source=recentnews

[Pretty Funky]

Got to give Mike some credit. While everyone is just singing a standard Happy Birthday, Mike adds his bass near the end and it 'Beach Boys' the song.

[Ron]

Yeah, but he was singing it to a REPUBLICAN.  So I can't like it.  Man made politics that control people are more important to me than god given music.  So lets not talk about the beauty of the stuff god gave us, lets first talk about the negativity that man gave us. 









HE WAS A REPULICAANNNN OH THE HORRRORRRR

[Pretty Funky]

I'll keep my music and politics seperate thanks.

[Shady]

Thanks for posting the vid. I thought Mike's speech was nice, and the three Boys look great in suits - Al has aged so well, and Bruce looks so much better without the hat!

Awesome to see them all looking great.

Especially Al, guess he was right to keep it clean 

[tpesky]

Stamos there unnecessarily again....

[Custom Machine]

This sprang to mind....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/embarrassed-republicans-admit-theyve-been-thinking,19248/?utm_source=recentnews

Great and absolutely hilarious article from The Onion!  Thanks for the link!  Regardless of anyone's political persuasions, this is satire at its best.

[ESQ Editor]

i think inviting brian was nice of mike.  But i think he knew brian couldn't make it.  It was a nice gesture more than anything.

You keep on thinking Butch, that's what you're good at. 

Yes, it was a nice gesture.