They'll have fun fun fun until their daughters take the T-Bird away.

I guess John Stamos is out, then...

David Marks? That's a trip. And Bruce Johnston wasn't a founder.
I have a sinking feeling this is just a huge cash grab.

Mugato: No.

AdolfOliverPanties: Mike Love is a stain upon the Earth. What a greedy, violent untalented piece of shiat douche.

I am stunned that Brian agreed to this. Whatever the reason, God bless you Brian. You deserved better from this life than the personal torment you have experienced.

There is not a single sentence here that I disagree with.

Mike_LowELL: Singers are bigger, faster, and stronger than they were fifty years ago. That's how come The Beach Boys aren't on the radio today. They can't compete with Ke$ha™ or Katy Perry™, two of the cornerstones of the Beasley Broadcasting™ and Clear-Channel Radio™ music lineups. The Beat™ only plays the best hit music with the kind of variety that suits my mainstream tastes. SHAWTY LIEK A MELODY IN MY HED THAT I CAN'T KEEP OUT GOT ME SIGNING LIEK NA NA NA NA EVERYDAY LIEK MY IPOD'S STUCK ON REPLAY, REPLAY

Hey Mike,

you should really scale back on the win in your posts. I've noticed that the total win quotient in your "serious" posts has become a leeetle too large of late, and figured I'd clue you in before the damage is irreversible.

AdolfOliverPanties: Mike Love is a stain upon the Earth. What a greedy, violent untalented piece of shiat douche.

I am stunned that Brian agreed to this. Whatever the reason, God bless you Brian. You deserved better from this life than the personal torment you have experienced.

Why is it just him that is greedy? All parties had to agree to the tour, not just one guy, unless hes holding their families hostage.

That being said I dont think its a good idea, I saw Brian sing the other day in a video and it was terrible.

Tr0mBoNe: Ha. THey wait for Jobs to die so he won't profit off this. Nice.

Ok I am missing something, did Jobs buy the rights to their songs?

Don't fark with the formula!

Bruce Johnston is awesome, but he wasn't a founding member.

Hoopy Frood: Bruce Johnston is awesome, but he wasn't a founding member.

D'oh... looks like that was already covered. Sorry to step on your toes, Nina_Hartley's_Ass.

Fark Mike Love. That is all.

I saw Brian Wilson this year. He doesn't need those guys. The singers he had doing the old Beach Boys songs nailed it. Even though he sounds like that Bill Murray character when he talks, when he sang he sounded great. And the band was incredible.

The first hour of the Show were Beach Boys songs and the second hour...Gershwin, given the Brian Wilson treatment. Totally amazing.

He is the Beach Boys

I saw Brian tour with his own band, a year or so back. It was way tighter and more authentic-sounding than the actual beach men, they nailed it. I think I've seen the Beach Boys live about 12 times over the years, mostly in the 80's. The last time I saw them, Love was a huge douche, and everybody was off key. So this may be a case where the replacement band is better than the "original". So now I'm torn about if I should go see the tour or not. It's like: do I wanna remember grandpa in his good days, vital, funny, personable, or as an unresponsive flesh lump full of tubes in a hospital bead, as my last memory of him?"

steamingpile: Tr0mBoNe: Ha. THey wait for Jobs to die so he won't profit off this. Nice.

Ok I am missing something, did Jobs buy the rights to their songs?

Yeah, what? The Beach Boys have been on iTunes at least since 2006 and even had exclusive releases there.

The only reason to catch these old farts is for nostalgia - if you're over 50. The "music" was always a novelty. Now it is a sad parody.

I wonder if Paris will be part of the tour? Maybe Sarkozy will show up since his office likes them.

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cygnusx13: The "music" was always a novelty. Now it is a sad parody.

Not familiar with Pet Sounds are you? It's widely considered the best album released in the 60's (and one of the best albums in the history of modern music). It led the Beatles to completely change the way they approached recording (and also led to Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band)

It also has "God Only Knows" which is quite possibly the greatest pop song ever written.

/Under 50 - not a fan of the surf pop stuff but Brian Wilson's work from 66 until he had his breakdown was genius.

Mugato: No.

Snapper Carr: cygnusx13: The "music" was always a novelty. Now it is a sad parody.

Not familiar with Pet Sounds are you? It's widely considered the best album released in the 60's (and one of the best albums in the history of modern music). It led the Beatles to completely change the way they approached recording (and also led to Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band)

It also has "God Only Knows" which is quite possibly the greatest pop song ever written.

/Under 50 - not a fan of the surf pop stuff but Brian Wilson's work from 66 until he had his breakdown was genius.

I'm a fan of all the stuff, including the surf pop. And I agree about God Only Knows. Wilson said that Paul McCartney told him it was his favorite song, and then qualified it with a smirk, saying "I don't know if that's true or not."

/Over 50

Such a weird group -- the happy surf image, the tortured artist image, the sellout image, the Eugene Landy era, the casino-touring zombies edition who disavow anything after Pet Sounds...

/Sunflower is depressingly overlooked
//that said, still don't know what a "columnated ruins domino" is.

Snapper Carr: AdolfOliverPanties: Mike Love is a stain upon the Earth. What a greedy, violent untalented piece of shiat douche.

I am stunned that Brian agreed to this. Whatever the reason, God bless you Brian. You deserved better from this life than the personal torment you have experienced.

There is not a single sentence here that I disagree with.

I'm third in line with this.

FirstNationalBastard: cybernia:

/Under 50 - not a fan of the surf pop stuff but Brian Wilson's work from 66 until he had his breakdown was genius.

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So... Pet Sounds.

And portions of Smile.

Surf's Up is unreal. Look it up.

cygnusx13: The only reason to catch these old farts is for nostalgia - if you're over 50. The "music" was always a novelty. Now it is a sad parody.

Nobody loves Mike Love.

Sure, as long as Mike Love got hit by a bus first.

DKinMN: Surf's Up is unreal. Look it up.

This. I never imagined that Brian Wilson's best song would be one with "surf" in the title.

cybernia: I saw Brian Wilson this year. He doesn't need those guys. The singers he had doing the old Beach Boys songs nailed it. Even though he sounds like that Bill Murray character when he talks, when he sang he sounded great. And the band was incredible.

Plus that one chick is ridiculously hot.

I guess I just wasn't made for these times, not interested at all, much as I love Pet Sounds and the singles created around that time. I heard Brian do the SMiLE show at Disney Hall in 2004, that was enough for me.