Reacting to 'The Beach Boys' Rock & Roll HOF Induction Speech
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- On Jan. 20, 1988 in New York City, 'The Beach Boys' were inducted into the Rock and Roll HOF alongside The Beatles and Bob Dylan. After some words from Brian and Carl, Mike Love took to the microphone and delivered one of the most bizarre speeches I have ever heard, in which he takes shots at numerous fellow musicians.
This is officially the last time we do a video that features Mike Love lol.
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Poor Carl. This was one of his last big moments in front of the public eye before his death....and yet Mike love manages to ruin the day for the rest of the boys, and drives Carl into shame. What a bastard...
Mike Love IS Absolutely VILE & DISGUSTING!!!🤢
I can’t imagine Carl’s face as Mike made it all about him and not the impact The Beach Boys made as musicians.
This event happened a good ten years before Carl’s death.
Carl is rumored to have murmured "There goes our fucking career" during Mike's speech.
@@geoffw1209 still one of his last BIG moments in the public eye.
Compare this to George Harrison's generous speech earlier that evening which dealt with John Lennon and Paul McCartney's absence (for different reasons) with grace. George said that it was a pity Mike had not learnt much from mediation on response to this speech. Al Jardine tells how George Harrison and Ringo Starr hugged him after Mike Love's speech and made it clear they sympathised with him dealling with Mike
That’s right, Mike invited himself to the retreat trip the Beatles went on to see the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram to learn TM. I’m sill baffled why they allowed that tool to come on the trip with them.
That's a really great point. In all the years I've been re-watching this speech, I totally forgot about the meditation angle. So much for deep-breathing away the negativity . . .
George was superficially polite about Paul but you could tell it was a dig.
@@StormyDay No wonder Ringo went home early!
Love ruins things even BEFORE he starts his speech. While poor Brian was in the middle of reading his own speech, Love stepped in and insisted on adjusting his mic 'for' him, which left Brian so flustered he struggled to regain his composure. Anyone watching would've known what a stupid idea that was, but Love was a band mate and he still did it. The man is an idiot.
Your comments about Mike Love are spot on. He is, and always has been, an out of control egomaniac.
In Brian Wilson's book, Carl apparently said, "We're fucked," after Mike's speech. He nearly threw away their whole career, all because of his ego.
I think the people understood it was Mike alone not the rest of the group.
@@StormyDay yeah, but Carl was still right to be concerned
@@davidnissim589 of course. And a good reason to split from him.
He should have hanged on to his ego
To be fair, people are still talking about this speech years later. Who wants a boring speech right? See a thing on here called….. In defence of Mike Love part 2
I can only imagine how Carl felt backstage watching Mike Love's speech...
I feel bad for anyone who had to deal with that asshole.
And now I understand why the Wilson brothers hated Mike so much.
Al Jardine has proven that he can sing everything Mike does/did AND play instruments...
I just watched a Brian Wilson/Al Jardine performance from 2022 where- get this- the musicians on stage play actual instruments and sing actual vocals. And they were still better than Mike Love's 2017 AutoTune travesty.
Al Jardine is a gemtleman
Mike Love is a jerk
@@RJLupin-zu9xv Yeah, it’s just too bad Brian Wilson himself nowadays pretty much just sits in front of a piano (which he never touches), rarely ever sings more than a few words for the whole show, and looks even more utterly miserable and dead inside than he usually does. Nonetheless, it’s still an infinitely better experience than anything the Mike Love Band could ever hope to produce.
It amazes me that Mike was the most fervent TM student of Maharishi. He is the least transcendental person I have ever seen/heard.
Mike Love-s the sound of his own voice!
If it wasn't for Brian Wilson Mike Love would be a "toupee model".
Dennis said in an interview that Brian alone was The Beach Boys
Mike's head is too big to be a toupee model!
HAHAHA!
Or a gas attendant
"...working in dad's sheet metal shop."
steve
You summed it up in 4 words: "Here we fucking go."
everyone has a Mike Love story
None of them good.
steve
You rock, Julian! And Paul Schaffer too! ❤
I’m pretty sure Mike was blackout drunk here. He just rambles on for no reason
Definitely a theory, although he always claimed to be straight edge. Apparently, one rumour suggests that he forgot to “meditate” that morning which is why he was in such a bad mood...
If he was black out drunk (which he wasn't), how do you explain all the other times he's behaved like a spoilt child, and said disparaging remarks about good people?
@@turdferguson7264 good point
@@turdferguson7264 true
@@turdferguson7264, QFT!
(Quoted For Truth.)
Mikey "Love," the original DOUCHE
Coupe!
steve
The band would’ve been way better if the Wilson brothers had taken turns being the frontmen.
He should have left his ego at the door and showed some respect towards his fellow inductees-in my view he not only demeaned them with his behaviour he demeaned himself as well!
As a child of the 60's, I can tell you that Mike Love has been known to be a marginally talented asshat for decades. While Al, Carl and Dennis certainly deserve some credit in the group, the Beach Boys that we all know and love was basically Brian and the Wrecking Crew.
You were quite right when you ascribed the Beach Boys that we all know and love as being Brian and the Wrecking Crew. All their great album's and hits from their hit making years were done with the co-operation of Brian and the Wrecking Crew. There is NO WAY a great album, such as "The Beach Boys Today!", from 1965, could ever have sounded as it did if it were only the 5 guys...even including Brian. It took Brian...AND the Wrecking Crew...to create that magic.
For anyone not knowing...the Wrecking Crew were a group of studio musicians who played on numerous musical recordings from everyone from Frank Sinatra to the Byrd's. Brilliant people such as Hal Blaine (drums), Carol Kaye (base), and a whole host of other people, whose names I can't recall, who added so much to the sounds of so many artists. There was a documentary about the Wrecking Crew...called "The Wrecking Crew", that came out about 3-4 years ago. Quite a brilliant documentary.
@@chrisfreeman9960 Yup, Blaine, Kaye and the others were monsters. And nobody in the Wrecking Crew was bigger than Glen Campbell.
@@news603redux Thank you for reminding me if Glen Campbell. I certainly didn't mean to forget about him. An in demand session player for many years, very adaptable and smart as a whip. He was a very valued player, and he went on to the career he really deserved.
@@chrisfreeman9960 Yup. great vocalist and an absolute monster on guitar.
@@chrisfreeman9960Carol Kaye played the "bass guitar." Yes,
it did play bass notes, and had a base underneath it.
Carl, even in the early days, kept The Beach Boys together.
I still have no idea why Mike "Love" sued his cousins, and
Al Jardine for The Beach Boys name. Murry's sister should
have been on "the pill."
steve
Mike Love is like the uncle at the family reunion whom NO ONE, even the black sheep of the family, likes, but they have to tolerate him because he's family...
This is why alot of old people choose to live alone. They get tired of dealing with family drama.
Mike says he forgot to meditate that day.
Meditate my ass, he meditates to his own ego.
But did he medicate? I think that is the question. Liquid courage.
The problem ia he complains about disharmony and then makes all these "points" in the most aggressive, divisive, ludicrous way possible.
Apparently, when Mike Love was in India with the Maharisha, John Lennon told him to piss off.
Could you imagine how insane this guy would be if he hadn't quit drinking?
Hard to believe that Mike Love went to India with the Beatles to find inner peace. Guess that didn’t work out so much,
He only went to schmooze with them and grab ideas from them. There is not an ounce of spirituality in him. He’s a hillbilly grifter, plain and simple.
If I was there, I would've just grabbed Mike by the collar and dragged him offstage.
Old, old , old news. Yet it still illustrates who Mike Love is.
Nice job with the analysis my man.
That attitude, tone and hat…I think I’ve seen someone running for President doing the same routine.
This has zero to do with politics. Get some help for that TDS before you make an ass out of yourself again.
Did that "speech" cause fans to start hating Mike Love or continue to hate Mike Love?
just watching him and his "flamboyance" makes everyone hate him.
I'd say continue cause this would have been right after Mike Love was one of the only people in the world of Pop and Rock music to actually publicly support the PMRC music censorship movement which is actually really weird when you think about some of the outlandish lyrics of his failed early 80's solo album Looking Back With Love.
Yes.
Continue
Mike Love is very lucky he didnt mention Elton. Elton likely wouldve lamped him
Mike Love is the worst. He's the reason Brian Wilson couldn't pursue his most creative works. Mike's voice is iconic, but he ultimately held them back. He helped bring Brian and Al back in for the 50th anniversary tour, which once it was over promptly kicked them both back out of the Beach Boys for good. It's for all these reasons and more I say fuck mike love.
I didn't know Mike Love was like that. I would not want to try and make music and try to get along with a person like him. He must have added to Bran and Dennis well being and he was a cousin. You can pick your friends but not your relatives.
This is why people are closer to their friends and neighbors amd coworkers than their blood relatives.
What’s particularly hilarious is that whenever he’s questioned about this incident during interviews, all Mike usually has to say is “I forgot to meditate that day”. Like all it took for him to become one of the most unlikable “””musicians””” on the planet in less than ten minutes was not meditating beforehand.
He's almost demonstrating signs of dementia. Lack of a "filter", inability to remember names ("that guitar player") and then when somebody in audience promoted him with the name "Woody" he defensively says "I knew that", irritability, etc. He's not to young for that....even happens to people younger than him.
No. Just ego.
ive been loving the beach boys since i was 8 years old i am now sixty.if mike love wasnt lead and told how to sing by brian wilson he would be still pumping gas he ought to be honnered to have been able to be in the same room as the wilson brothers insted of trying to make people beleve that he was the one that made the band if he wasnt kin to him they would have never let him in the band to begin with he couldnt dance and if you will notice he sang through his nose most of the time he is so jellous of brian he cant stand it
Losing my shit, how Mike’s just pissing in all directions, all serious like Steven Segal 😂
He cut this promo because Muhammad Ali was sitting at their table that night. It was his attempt at an Ali impressions.
I can only hope he was going with the “no such thing as bad publicity” idea.
I'm a. Southern California Native, (not a transplant) so I absolutely must say that I DETEST MIKE LOVE!!! Brian Wilson IS The Beach Boys! And I personally prefer "The Beatles" over "The Beach Boys" full stop...
Brian Wilson is not The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys are The Beach Boys. How dare you exclude Carl Wilson, Al , and Dennis, especially Carl, a real talented member who kept the band together
@@CartersRemasters I've heard this statement alot recently. And it misses the entire point about the beach boys. For me personally, Brian, Carl and Dennis are the true spirit of the beach boys
@@CartersRemasters Dennis Wilson has been quoted in the 70's as saying ""Brian is The Beach Boys. He is the band. We're his f***ing messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything"" while I think the others have all had good songs at various points, particularly Dennis from 68-78 and Carl from 71-73 Brian Wilson is the band in so many years, despite large contributions from others. He did a majority of their songwriting and production in their most popular era of 63-67 for starters as well as composing the harmonies for all tracks to that point.
Despite the fact that you're a southern California native, I still agree with your assessment of Mike Love. No offense by the way, nobody's perfect.
@@breakfastsurreal5650 Lol! That's Cool So I'll Take It! 😂
Drugs, ice, stoned, or something. A manic nasty mood.
He sounds like a politician fishing for votes
Julian and Sean Lennon were in the audience mind you
I don’t hate Mike. They’re my favorite band, why would I hate anyone. I’m sorry.
Cool you don’t get anyone. But why are you sorry?
how can you respect someone who disliked Pet Sounds and penned Kokomo~!
It's not simply about what Mike said but it's also his arrogance to go on an ego fueled rant instead of thanking people and letting the rest of the band shine. He ruined the rest of the Beach Boys entire experience.
What incensed me about this was how he tried to intimidate and upstage Brian numerous times when he was giving his speech.
As Ricky Gervais says as much as - 'as you're not that important just come up, collect your award, thank your God (and in this case your lucky stars)and get off!'. Plan for the next time maybe? 😎😎
No surprise. Love has always been a bizarre character.
I saw The Beach Boys in the 80's with many original members and in the 2000's with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston. I saw Al Jardine's Beach Boys twice in the the last two years and by far except for the first Beach Boys show I saw in the 80's Al Jardine has a far superior show to Mike Love's Beach Boys because Al Jardine has better musicians with his show. He has Brian Wilson's daughters Wendy and Carnie from Wilson Phillips and the bassist from Brian Wilson's Band and Matt Jardine who is a really good singer who nails "Surf's Up" every time. He also has Bobby Figueroa who drummed with the Beach Boys many years. Ironically, Mike Love probably has a better stage presence and patter than Al Jardine who comes off cranky who probably should use his son Matt more to talk the audience (Matt and Carnie Wilson are much more engaging on stage than Al Jardine) but still Al Jardine has a much better Beach Boys show.
"Let's see if Billy Joel can still
tickle the ivories."
Let's see Hateful Mikey play an
instrument. Doesn't much matter
which. Let's see him play!
Mikey's autobiographical song,
Little DOUCHE Coupe!
It was awesome seeing Carl Dean,
talking about Dennis Carl!
steve
HEY! Mike Love badly honked a couple sax notes on Shut Down...
@@msoileau83 he’s awful. I played with people in High School who played better than he did.
"I know how my farts smell!"
No, the Beatles will always be #1 cause they’re awesome. The Stones are awesome. Why Is he all piss!
The gggrrreatest Rock N Roll speech! xoxo The Clarences
George Harrison is a class act and even though Paul wasn’t there he gave him love. Mike Love has no class and they should have shut his microphone. What a disgrace
Poor man he got no more coattails to hang onto!
to be honest, people kinda know mike love is mad, so i don t take him seriously, most people don t. i don t think mick j or elton or dylan didn t.
Singin' all your bummer life the fantastic Brian Wilson songs
Mike Love sure created some crap for himself, no doubt, thankfully, to me, what matters most is the present moment, and from the videos I have seen of the 83 year old man he is today, he’s mellowed out to someone quite pleasant.
Always dismaying to see how Mike Love’s sheer awfulness continues to shock generations that didn’t experience The Beach Boys in real time. I was a little kid, living five miles west, when our local heroes first got famous; I’ve met Mike Love. (I’m happy to note that I seemed to make him very nervous.)
If there's a bigger horse's butt in music than Mike Love I'm not aware of who that person is. I remember at Farm Aid when ML announced he was gonna show David Lee Roth how California Girls really went and promptly choked. I laughed so hard so long my wife almost called an ambulance.
You edited out the part where Mike Love says the Beach Boys had there own fights. Im not saying that this was a good speech but you cut parts of it out.
Have any words for us Al?
I EAT THUMBTACKS
thanks Al.
"I like the Kingston Trio!"
I never should have quit dental school.
This performance by Mike strikes me as someone who is either extremely insecure or someone who feels threatened by the other artists he tries to place himself above. Such a shame he was able to take The Beach Boys name & years of incredible music & ruin it in a single speech. Can you imagine showing up for the next rehearsal with the other band members? I bet they all wished they could have fired him right then & there.
Disgraceful comments by Love but Brian and Al can relax the legacy is safe,everybody knows what a piece of work Love is and sui 8:02 ng Brian to stop him performing Smile. Smile has little to do with Love it's Brian's masterpiece, and no way did he contribute writing credits for all those songs
You are really cool and you know your history 🙏💚
This may be the reason:: Springsteen, who was born and raised in Southern New Jersey, was so enamored with Woody Guthrie, he developed a South Central Plains accent which he maintains to this day. So basically, Mike was pointing out, in his f’d up way, that he lacks individuality and basically called him a copycat, phony, etc.
What an embarrassment
Mike Love is a jerk This speech if his is such a perfect display of the real Mike Love. He is no Jagger or Mercury. Without the Wilson Brothers Love would be nothing
Mike Love can’t play a single instrument yet calls out some of the most talented musicians in show business??? That’s actually nuts to me. Mike Love can’t dance either, yet calls out Mick Jagger? Mike straight up drops his tambourine during the jam thing and ironically has to pick it up at Mick Jagger’s feet while Mick Jagger is absolutely ruling the stage only minutes after Mike Love called him out. Mike doesn’t understand that he is NOTHING without the Wilson’s. He just happened to be their cousin. Sure he can sing (back in the day at least) I’ll give him that, but outside of that he has very little talent. He wrote some fine enough lyrics, can sing a good song, and that’s where it ends for him. The rest was up to the Wilson’s.
He had some damn good nerve calling out musical giants like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel. He can’t hold a candle to any of them, never has and never will.
So you are looking back nearly 40 years to judge someone who keeps the music going around the globe? Maybe he did knock those bands but neither the Stones nor the Beatles were ever as accessible globally, as the BBs by touring. He didn't lie because they didn't tour. The Stones do 180 shows? The Beatles stopped over 50 years ago. And look up the reason for the lawsuit. It originated with Landy who was trying to take over Brian's estate including the royalties to the music. Should any of us have to go back 35 or 40 years for comments? Hope that no one calls you out for stuff you said a lifetime ago. He does have respect, enough to get an Ella (Fitzgerald) award, and others, so maybe take the long view. You were likely not even born when that even took place. He's 83 and still touring.
Not that it's of any consequence or particular interest to anyone other than me but I reckon it's the best speech at an awards ceremony that I've seen and easily the most rock n' roll. I loved it!
He's a good lad. 🙂
Mike Love is not defendable, he was lucky. I wish Dennis would have been able to have been there. He would have knocked him out like he did Charlie Manson.
Great 👍
TM did not help his anger issues there did it?
He’s taking the piss
I've posted it before, and I'll most likely
post it again. Except for the spelling,
and the link, Little Douche Coupe! Brian's
balding cousin!
Brian, you have done SO MUCH for America's
band, except you let your weak cousin in.Your
brothers, well, I'm glad we could still have their
recordings. Everyone says your writing skills
are simply amazing. I DO agree! But, Carl's
voice!
Brian wrote songs about Dennis's life, for Carl
to sing.
We still have Brain, Alan, and his son Matt.
Now, just get the name back from Little
Douche Coupe!
steve
Always been a beach boy fan but i didnt know much about history of the individuals but man mike love was so the weak link of that band.
Anyone who thinks that he should own the name 'Beach Boys' has a huge ego problem. And he has the audacity to tour with that name with a bunch of average fill-in musicians. A sad moment in the history of the band.
He licenses the name to tour. They all get a cut of the proceeds.
@@BeachGirlLaw ... that is correct. But he owns the name.
@@hansgordy - He does not own the name. He never did. At one point anyone could have the name so long as they fulfilled the conditions precedent - contract terms. They did not all abide by the terms, and BRI (the then, parent company) awarded the license to Mike. He leases the name. He has the touring rights to the band, so long as he adheres to "conditions precedent" for the contract terms.
@@BeachGirlLaw ... he has the license. Not true about anyone being able to have the name.
@@hansgordy - there is a youtube with Melinda and Brian with Larry King which details the particulars.
J O K E !😑
Do u not like him
Mike Love is toxic. Imagine if he was just as cool as his cousins personality-wise. If he supported Brian's vision to take the boys in a different direction musically (starting with Pet Sounds) the Smile! album would have been made, and who knows what music would have been made after that. Mike Love is a perfect example of a narcissist whose ego grew with his fame and became delusional with his own abilities and contributions to the group. Brian Wilson made the Beach Boys - not Mike Love. Period.
wtf happened with mike love that day? .... lot of demons......
Why is Elton John so damn entertaining
Cause he's the opposite of Mike Love, talented and has natural charisma.
Even though we know the man can be embarassing, I think he had had a few drinks. Perhaps he was no longer used to alcohol. He seemed to be just rambling. At least, this was some fun, not the usual political correctness.
Levels of Beach Boys fans:
Newbie: “I like Mike Love. He seems like a pretty cool guy” (clueless)
Average fan: “I HATE MIKE LOVE WUAHEGYEJS MiKe lUhv SUCKSS!!!!1!1!!1!!!” (normie)
Real fans: **listening to summer in paradise while sipping apple juice in a white robe in big sur**
React to The Beach Boys lost concert, you only react to videos that there’s negative light in for Mike Love
Because that's basically all that Mike Love does & it's hard to ignore the obvious!! Plus it's very entertaining as well so.....
Granted, Mike can be an a-hole, BUT, this happened over 30 years ago! Why in the hell are you talking and acting like it happened recently, like within the past week?
Because it was that disgraceful.
Because, it is STILL happening!
steve
Robert Zastrow - Maybe some people have just seen it for the first time. Is that too hard a concept for you to grasp?
Because not everyone is a old douche like you... Some of us are still under 30 lolol
Well he's still a clown, so...
I can forgive him for the remarks he made. He was an important part of a great band.Okay he was barking! But so what! In some ways it’s better than the Boring politeness that is so common. Don’t know why you’re taking it so seriously! Lighten up!
I Hate Elton John
Why? While I'm not sold on his sexual
choice, I have enjoyed his music for
quite a few decades now. Candle in the
Wind, whether for Marilyn, or Princess
Diana, will still bring tears to me.
steve
@@steveskouson9620 I appreciate you defending Elton John - being but gay is not anything to be ashamed of and is not a choice
Elton John's music is boring as hell. Sorry not sorry.
@@soulfoodie1 Sorry, not going
to sleep with Sir Elton! But, his
music has been STELLAR, my
whole life.
I'm not planning on "sleeping"
with Sir Elton. I just like his
music.
steve
@ Bob's Big Boy. I 'm sure he doesn't care.
Bummer?
If it wasn't for Mike Love the 'Beach Boys' may have become a druggy band like the 'Beatles'.