The Beach Boys current chaos is the result of Brian and Al not liking the fact that Mike Love supports the BEST PRESIDENT in all of history, one DONALD J TRUMP……pretty simple and very sad…….
@@joshuasimber8588 it is important to remember that Love was essentially the lead singer for years, and he did write. I can't dislike Brian and some of the things Love does and did were not cool in my opinion, but acting like Love was inconsequential to the band is absurd. Imagine "Good Vibrations" without Mike Love. I am no Mike Love apologist but come on folks, he was important to their success and artistic quality.
Mike love talks rubbish by saying stick to formular , you look at Bob Dylan for example he didn't stick the formular he went from Acoustic guitar to Electrical guitar. Well Brian Wilson was doing the same when did Pet sounds classic album that it is. As Frank Zappa says have take chances in music business.
I think if 1/5th of a band is touring, that’s a solo act. “Mike Love from The Beach Boys”!! Not the entire band. Not only is it missing the most integral link of the band, Brian Wilson, but it’s missing Dennis, Carl and Al. Mike Love didn’t like Pet Sounds, and only wanted to chase the money. Pet Sounds is regarded as one of the best albums of all time. That should tell anyone who isn’t convinced on this issue everything you need to know.
If it weren't for Brian's great mind, then they would never have been remembered today. Pet sounds is #2 of the 500 greatest albums of all time on Rolling Stones, and that was ALL Brian Wilson's producing and writing. Even though time can't go back and finish SMiLE, at least Brian is still alive and doing his own thing.
Brian Wilson IS The Beach Boys , flat and simple ! Granted mike love was an integral part , but where would he be without the BB’s . Hell , thinking about it , David Marks was a founder and driving the surf venue .knowing what I know now , love and his band are mute to me ! Have been a Beach Boy fan since ‘62 and have spent a small fortune on concerts and everything recorded, I am dismayed. All in all ,the sound will live forever , that’s all that matters !
You gotta include Al as a beach boy he did all of Brian's falsetto's for many years on the road and some would say that Brian's falsetto's never sounded better than when Al sang them .
The only one I can think of nobody saying a bad thing about is Bruce Johnston. He left amicably, was a kind, gentle guy, and clearly looked up to Brian. _Deeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrdrieeeeeeeeeee~_
Gumshoe, Brian was always in the band, until mike sued to take control AFTER Carl died! Even then Brian was still willing to tour with the "group." Brian is so much sought after these days for the incredible amount of experience he has, producing, writing, mixing and producing.
@@gymshoe8862 ....the band started in '61. By '67, Brian wasn't touring. yes, technically he "wouldn't tour since the 60s" but that doesn't really tell the whole story about his participation in the years he DID tour, does it. He wasn't out of the band, either, He was out of touring.
Harmonies are the key, they were complex, too much sp for love. Carl was the glue that held the band together, not mike. Carl was the music director, not mike. Other than Brian in the early years had the best voice, not mike. Carl played guitars, mike played a tambourine. Carl wrote some awesome tunes, Dennis was better at that than carl.
The Beach Boys without Brian Wilson is nothing but a knock off version. The original group is who I fell in love with. When Denny and Carl died something inside of me died. I followed them from the beginning. To be the Beach Boys you gotta have them work as a team. I am old now too. And wiser. Its time for the hatchet to be buried.Bring Brian back to the fold. Miss them very much.
Mike was the lead vocalist since day one. How can anyone deny that? He has toured in ALL performances since the beginning--Brian took himself out of it for almost the entire time.
I so loved the Beach Boys as a teenager, in the ‘60’s! Best times & listening to the “ORIGINAL BEACH BOYS” was the absolute best! They were one of my favorite groups as a kid & I have seen them preform( I am referring to the original members of this phenomenal group from the 1960’s) in concert, multiple times! Loved them so much! I have seen them numerous times through the yrs. I just saw them only a couple yrs ago, at The Eastern States Exposition ( biggest fair on east coast!) in West Spfld., Ma, Mohegan Sun Casino & various venues in area( Florida too)! Naturally with Carl & Dennis sadly passed THE BEACH BOYS will never ever sound the same, or “BE” the same, as it was in their hey days when all the originals were there! I even saw them play at Symphony Hall in Spfld., Ma when Glenn Campbell had stepped in to play guitar when I was 13 or 14! I loved their music then & still love listening to their music now! The band now w/ only one, possibly two( when I saw them through the yrs.) is great to hear those familiar songs I have always loved. It will never sound the same or be the same without the originals naturally but great hearing those first familiar cords of Fun! Fun! Fun!, SURFING USA, IN MY ROOM, or SLOOP JOHN B. Instantly I am transported back in time to innocent, happy times of my teenage yrs! Wonderful friends & such happy memories come flooding back, as I listen to those favorite songs!!! I will always love The Beach Boys & May Dennis & Carl, REST IN PEACE!❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕
Bands have problems, tension between members, plain and simple. This band has always been mismanaged in spite of itself. But we still are die hard fans.
You obviously haven’t listened to many drummers in your world. I will concur he was amongst the finest pounders and beaters. He didn’t play the drums, he assaulted them and keeping a steady beat often was of secondary concern. Carl once candidly said that in the musicianship chain, he was the weak link and sometimes the band had to tune him out to maintain a song’s consistent rhythm.
Amazing, You never know anyone until you live with them, and sometimes not. I have most all of the original 45 RPM records including Good Vibrations. Great songs. My favorite is Don't worry Baby. I have the 1965 Beach Boys Christmas Album which my sister bought new for my birthday in 1965.
Brian is definitely not "livid" about Mike Love using the Beach Boys name....Brian knows his name alone will sell more tickets by himself than Mike Love's Beach Boys would. Also he gets a nice paycheck on royalties or back ends...any my point is that I HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt that Brian even gives a shit about Mike keeping the name...it's such a common tale...a band breaks up, one of them tours as a solo act playing the songs they wrote in their former bands...then there's the other band member who keeps the name and almost always has a new roster if not the only original member and those kinda bands are always worse than the solo artist who broke off from said band
Not exactly accurate. I've seen many comments on different posts talking about Mike Love owning The Beach Boys’ name. Actually, he doesn't own it. The company formed by the band "Brother Records Incorporated", which is owned equally by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and the estate of Carl Wilson, own The Beach Boys name, and trademark. (Dennis Wilson's share was bought out by the other four after his death to pay outstanding debts left behind.) However, since Al Jardine once quit the band, and was a salary employee when he came back in the early 1960s, even though he owns the name equally with Brian, and Mike he's not allowed to use The Beach Boys likeness himself, if Brian or Mike is using it at the same time. Also Mike and Al had begun a pretty bad fued over Al wanting to do some symphonic shows using The Beach Boys name in Carl's very last days. Mike vowed not to include him in his band because of that. Only Brian Wilson, and Mike Love can tour together, or separately under "The Beach Boys" name, not at the same time though. Once Carl died Brian had already begun to establish himself as a profitable touring act on his own. So it was decided (by majority vote, Brian and Carl's estate voted yes, Al voted no, and would sue Mike to be able to use the name himself but would lose the lawsuit,) that Mike would use the trademark Beach Boys name to continue touring, bringing back Bruce Johnston, and David Marks. Since that time in the late 1990s, many fans have had an issue with Mike going on the road as The Beach Boys, especially with not one Wilson brother in the band. What many people don't realize though, is the fact that every time Mike tours he has to pay money from the revenue, (17% total,) to Al, Carl's estate, and Brian who makes out the best of all, because all the money he makes on his own doesn't have to be paid to anyone, (other than musicians and touring costs.) With Mike keeping his version of the band on the road, this has made substantial money for not only Brian, and Al, but also for Carl's estate. So even if as fans we complain about it, the fact is Brian, Al, and especially Carl's estate want Mike to stay out in the road as long as he can, because once it ends they will all lose hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Just something to think about next time you think Mike Love is a greedy opportunist milking The Beach Boys name.
Well Mike was an asshole regardless of the Beach Boys trademark rights. For example, jumping Dennis with his goons and causing permanent damn. Mike Love was a thug and opourtunist end of.
I wouldn’t be happy either if my cousin decided to keep going almost immediately there after my brother died. The very person who kept the band together in the darkest of times.
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Brian is the Boys. But on the road if it was true about Brian. The group would of lasted 3 years. Now lasted 60 years of 2021. Thanx Mike for being a rock n roll road dog.
Yeah as if Brian cared THAT much about Mike Love's opinion that he would shelve his greatest work for 37 years based on one comment alone. Mike's criticism didn't help, but Brian was addicted to drugs and having a mental breakdown regardless of what the other Beach Boys said.
Personally, I don't think it's the Beach Boys unless both Brian and Al are on stage with Mike and Bruce. But Mike does have the legal right to use the Beach Boys name, and Brian, Al and Carl's estate are paid from each current Beach Boys concert, even though they aren't physically participating in the concerts. There's a hope that next year for their 60th anniversary, Brian Mike, Al, Bruce and David will reunite once again for concerts and possibly a new studio album. Hope this happens!
I think Mike Love is an insecure, defensive egoist. But credit where it's due: I'd say that for a long time, Love was the lead singer. He does have the distinctive voice in many songs too. And when Love said "even the happy songs are sad" he did have a point. What Love couldn't see past was that the band had to reinvent itself, as they were becoming less and less successful. Brian Wilson was working to change that and it seems Love was in favor of keeping the formula. In 1966, it seems absurd to think that Mike Love could look at the pop music landscape and think the Beach Boys were capturing fans' imaginations like they could in 1963. But at the same time, Love was also calculating and opportunist when it came to other members of the group too, particularly later on like when he fired Al. I can see how Brian was and is pissed off about Love. Sometimes it seems like Jardine was more family than Love was.
I am a great Beach Boys fan, I grew up listening to them, Brian, and Mike need to settle there differences and get back to what is important, playing Beach Boys music...
Mike has ALWAYS wanted to play--he's the one who has been behind ALL the tours, he is the vocalist who is most recognized due to his persistent performance. many just dislike his perceived personality--they believe all the rumors, innuendo.
In Brian Wilson's interview on Larry King, he implicitly states that the Wilson family (or company they own) sold the rights to the Beach Boys name to Mike Love. Whether or not you are in the Brian Wilson camp or Mike Love camp, you can't hold it against Love for touring as the Beach Boys when it was the Wilsons themselves that sold the name to him.
The license is used by The Touring Band with conditions precedent. This is misleading information. There is a Larry King interview from about 20 years ago that dispels this one. Most of what is here is not accurate. The board members awarded Mike with the license since he fulfilled the conditions the board required and they get money from Mike touring. So long as he meets the conditions he can tour. The reunion was a separate entity created for the tour and had nothing to do with the license. It was a special event.
What a way of destroying a legacy to misuse the name Beach Boys, and perform for tRump Makes me wanna throw up Can this man at least change his last name?
@@frankpas3963 - They worked for Trump before he went into politics. They had a business relationship. That money filtered back to BRI as per the agreement. So whatever shows he performed, all benefitted. It is a slippery slope when people cross music into politics. Where does it end?
If Brian can't/won't tour or perform, why blame that on Mike? Brian has taken himself out of it since 1966. The Wilsons have collected millions even without performing--is that Mike's "fault"?
@@gymshoe8862 Nothing wrong with Mike Love touring singing Beach Boys songs but not calling it the Beach Boys . Mike Love and friend s would be more accurate.
As regards millions Brian wrote composed all those hits sales of music. Without Brian ,Mike Love would not be able tour. His claims of composing rights . A bit dubious after decades
@@johnwhat5398 Mike love wrote alot too, also everytime he tours money goes to all of the band members including the deceased estates. He's literally carrying and making them all money. Go check the facts before listening to a random youtuber and believing them lol
@@joshuasimber8588 No way do l want to fall out over this, but Mike famously stopped Al from using the groups name. Even Paul and Ringo couldn't call themselves the Beatles now. Mike could call it the Mike Love Band which in reality that's it
I got to watch the beach boys perform in the parade in California a few years back. At least they said they were the Beach boys and they did not have any vocal harmony from before
Mike Love is NOT The Beach Boys. This all goes to show how important contractual details (and good lawyers) are to business and maintaining integrity and reputation. This video also missed out how Murry Wilson screwed the band over by selling their catalog out from under them for far less than it was worth.
The Beach Boys should start calling themselves the Beach Dudes or Beach Senior Citizens, and they should no longer sing Wouldn't it be Nice because the lyrics say wouldn't it be nice if we were older, and I'd like to know how much older are they hoping to get if they are.
Everybody that keeps saying Brian Brian Brian….give it a rest. Brian was the a big force during the first 5 or 6 years of the band but after that he spent most of his time debilitated because of drug abuse and mental illness. Mike’s lyrics made Brian’s eccentricity marketable in the early days. And he kept the band going through all the massive problems the Wilson Brothers had. The Wilson’s were messed up, unpractical people. Through most of the BB’s touring years Brian wasn’t there. So how can you say, it isn’t a concert without Brian. He hardly toured with them and the other brothers are now dead. It’s got to be hard hitching your career into a “genius” that’s unstable.
A judge ruled that Mike Love has a right to use the name... do I agree with all rulings from judges? No, although it is what it is and I like the fact that Mike Love played for and supported President Trump and am very disappointed in Brian Wilson on that note, but whatever... Brian Wilson is beyond genius and I respect him a great deal for what he and the rest gave us in their music.
I thought I heard that. Although it’s a relatively minor mistake, it’s a mistake nonetheless. It shocks me that people put out content for the whole world to see and don’t even care to run it by spellcheck, an editor, or even a friend with basic grammar skills. It’s even funnier when people call you a “grammar nazi” for pointing out their lack of basic language skills. “This is ‘merica, by gawd, and I have the right to look as dumb and uneducated as I want to!”
there is noooooooooo beach boys without brian wilson!!mike love is just a singer!!!at best!!!!hes not rich without brian and he dont like and cant get over it all these years later!!!
"Of course, Love was less than compassionate" to his poor suffering drug addicted cousin. You get a drug addicted cousin and see how compassionate you are.
Not long after the Beach Boys made it big, an interviewer asked Mike Love about Brian Wilson. Love said, "Brian Wilson IS the Beach Boys." Many of us didn't know that at the time, but Mike Love was being honest. Brian WAS the Beach Boys. Take away Brian Wilson and there never would have been a 'Beach Boys' band. Take away Mike Love and you have a void that could have been filled by any number of singers. Glenn Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys in 1964-'65.
Sounds like Love is a sniveling little brat who rode the coattails of Brian Wilson. Guy is out for himself and try’s to make himself seem just as important as Brian, which is not true
Brian Wilson is my hero! That said, if Mike Love wants to carry on the Beach Boys, I think that's fine. Still, I imagine it might make BW feel sad and hurt his feelings, because he loved his brothers, and his relationship with them, so very much. But BW has so much amazing work of his own going on, to me it seems like a natural progression. Sure the Beach Boys wouldn't be TBB without BW. That's a given. They wouldn't have existed without him. But ML was a critical member of TBB too. Go Brian Wilson!
Please kiss and make up, put all your differances behind. We are all getting older and should be able to rise above. Everyone is different, we just need to except the difference. We love y'all soooo much!
This is where youre wrong. Getting older isnt always a self evufent virtue. Also, the Beach Boys stayed together for too long. They shouldve went into solo careers.
By now the entire sun' n' surf thing is nostalgia-becoming-history, and all "surf music" played live is by way of tributes like the Beach Boys and "ghost bands" like The Ventures and The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anyone performing it therefore is required to get it as period-correct as possible, without obvious anachronism. Mike's Beach Boys do a reasonably good job, but I'm sorry to say Brian Wilson is so damaged by his excesses he has to be led onstage with a walker, and can't sing more than a few words without drifting into incoherent mumbling. There has to be a soundalike singer onstage with him to pick up the vocals instantly and often. A cringeworthy embarrassment, with no dignity whatever.
@@neonfroot Indeed! And a further funny thing is that the essential "surf sound" was invented by The Fireballs, who never got on the surf bandwagon (or is that "woody wagon?) and who went pop-rock later on with singer Jimmy Gilmer. But that entire muted-Strat-mixed-clean thing was first done by Fireballs lead guitarist George Tomsco.
I think their promo posters should read. "THE BAND THATS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CALL THEMSELVES THE BEACH BOYS" The Love Johnston concerts really aren't bad but they simply arent the Beach Boys. The blends are far inferior and both Loves and Johnstons voices are failing. I really Love Brian but it we're honest with ourselves, he should have stopped touring years ago. The last 2 shows I saw were embarrasments. Not the band but Brians performance. They were pitiful. So glad I got to see the Pet Sounds 1st tour and Smile. Those were amazing shows !!!! But after that things just went to hell.
Brian is the reason The Beach Boys are iconic. Sit down Mike.
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Yes Brian provided the genius, but Mike was the provider of the vocals and without him there would have been 99% less performances since 1966.
@@gymshoe8862 and Mike brought alot of the lyrics too and hooks
The Beach Boys current chaos is the result of Brian and Al not liking the fact that Mike Love supports the BEST PRESIDENT in all of history, one DONALD J TRUMP……pretty simple and very sad…….
Mike doesn't earn much love but you have to give him credit for keeping the band alive.
The beach boys are not the beach boys without Brian Wilson.
Agreed.
Agreed.!!
Have you heard their early 70s albums?
@@flashiereagle2213 I heard beachboys early 70's albums they very good too.
@@flashiereagle2213 not nearly as great as 60's bud
As Denny said of Brian "We're just his messengers."
The Wilson brothers were the Beach Boys. Mike Love was an interloper who took advantage of Carl's death to make the band his own. Pretty clear cut.
Yeah okay, Mike love did alot of the writing and was literally the lead lol
Amen.....Think about it, Paul doesn't tour as Beatles.
@@joshuasimber8588 it is important to remember that Love was essentially the lead singer for years, and he did write. I can't dislike Brian and some of the things Love does and did were not cool in my opinion, but acting like Love was inconsequential to the band is absurd. Imagine "Good Vibrations" without Mike Love. I am no Mike Love apologist but come on folks, he was important to their success and artistic quality.
@@bbb462cid Agreed
I put it this way: A Beach Boys without a Wilson---is like a Bee Gees without a Gibb!
Beach Boys aren't the Beach Boys without Brian Wilson.
Then there would have been virtually no performances since 1966.
It's not the Beach Boys without Brian Wilson ! Pet Sounds is a great album!
Listen to the albums they made in the early 70s please.
Mike love talks rubbish by saying stick to formular , you look at Bob Dylan for example he didn't stick the formular he went from Acoustic guitar to Electrical guitar. Well Brian Wilson was doing the same when did Pet sounds classic album that it is. As Frank Zappa says have take chances in music business.
Exactly!
Julia Simmons the making of pet sounds is amazing
I think if 1/5th of a band is touring, that’s a solo act. “Mike Love from The Beach Boys”!! Not the entire band. Not only is it missing the most integral link of the band, Brian Wilson, but it’s missing Dennis, Carl and Al. Mike Love didn’t like Pet Sounds, and only wanted to chase the money. Pet Sounds is regarded as one of the best albums of all time. That should tell anyone who isn’t convinced on this issue everything you need to know.
If it weren't for Brian's great mind, then they would never have been remembered today. Pet sounds is #2 of the 500 greatest albums of all time on Rolling Stones, and that was ALL Brian Wilson's producing and writing. Even though time can't go back and finish SMiLE, at least Brian is still alive and doing his own thing.
Brian Wilson IS The Beach Boys , flat and simple ! Granted mike love was an integral part , but where would he be without the BB’s . Hell , thinking about it , David Marks was a founder and driving the surf venue .knowing what I know now , love and his band are mute to me ! Have been a Beach Boy fan since ‘62 and have spent a small fortune on concerts and everything recorded, I am dismayed. All in all ,the sound will live forever , that’s all that matters !
Mike made up a large part of that sound--he was the main vocalist.
Al Jardine is my favorite of the bunch.
Al is by far the most accesible and fan friendly of the lot. And I might add, the most noble of the lot.
You gotta include Al as a beach boy he did all of Brian's falsetto's for many years on the road and some would say that Brian's falsetto's never sounded better than when Al sang them .
No Brian, no Beach Boys plain and simple
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The only one I can think of nobody saying a bad thing about is Bruce Johnston.
He left amicably, was a kind, gentle guy, and clearly looked up to Brian.
_Deeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrdrieeeeeeeeeee~_
Dennis said it right years ago."none of us would be here without Brian."
But Brian wouldn't tour since the 60's! Brian's life with drugs and psychoses kept him out of the band. Pretty clear cut.
Gumshoe, Brian was always in the band, until mike sued to take control AFTER Carl died! Even then Brian was still willing to tour with the "group." Brian is so much sought after these days for the incredible amount of experience he has, producing, writing, mixing and producing.
@@gymshoe8862 ....the band started in '61. By '67, Brian wasn't touring. yes, technically he "wouldn't tour since the 60s" but that doesn't really tell the whole story about his participation in the years he DID tour, does it. He wasn't out of the band, either, He was out of touring.
Harmonies are the key, they were complex, too much sp for love. Carl was the glue that held the band together, not mike. Carl was the music director, not mike. Other than Brian in the early years had the best voice, not mike. Carl played guitars, mike played a tambourine. Carl wrote some awesome tunes, Dennis was better at that than carl.
@@jackflack4253 I think Mike also strangled a saxophone
The Beach Boys without Brian Wilson is nothing but a knock off version. The original group is who I fell in love with. When Denny and Carl died something inside of me died. I followed them from the beginning. To be the Beach Boys you gotta have them work as a team. I am old now too. And wiser. Its time for the hatchet to be buried.Bring Brian back to the fold. Miss them very much.
Egos ruin everything
Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. Mike Love is a wanna be
Merry Williams well said
So-say Brian is down-to-earth, and Mike is arrogant.
Mike was the lead vocalist since day one. How can anyone deny that? He has toured in ALL performances since the beginning--Brian took himself out of it for almost the entire time.
Brian was the genius behind the music. Mike just tagged along.
RIP Dennis & Carl Wilson
I so loved the Beach Boys as a teenager, in the ‘60’s! Best times & listening to the “ORIGINAL BEACH BOYS” was the absolute best! They were one of my favorite groups as a kid & I have seen them preform( I am referring to the original members of this phenomenal group from the 1960’s) in concert, multiple times! Loved them so much! I have seen them numerous times through the yrs. I just saw them only a couple yrs ago, at The Eastern States Exposition ( biggest fair on east coast!) in West Spfld., Ma, Mohegan Sun Casino & various venues in area( Florida too)! Naturally with Carl & Dennis sadly passed THE BEACH BOYS will never ever sound the same, or “BE” the same, as it was in their hey days when all the originals were there! I even saw them play at Symphony Hall in Spfld., Ma when Glenn Campbell had stepped in to play guitar when I was 13 or 14! I loved their music then & still love listening to their music now! The band now w/ only one, possibly two( when I saw them through the yrs.) is great to hear those familiar songs I have always loved. It will never sound the same or be the same without the originals naturally but great hearing those first familiar cords of Fun! Fun! Fun!, SURFING USA, IN MY ROOM, or SLOOP JOHN B. Instantly I am transported back in time to innocent, happy times of my teenage yrs! Wonderful friends & such happy memories come flooding back, as I listen to those favorite songs!!! I will always love The Beach Boys & May Dennis & Carl, REST IN PEACE!❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕
Bands have problems, tension between members, plain and simple. This band has always been mismanaged in spite of itself. But we still are die hard fans.
Dennis Wilson was the finest drummer to grace the planet. Gorgeous Man.
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You obviously haven’t listened to many drummers in your world. I will concur he was amongst the finest pounders and beaters. He didn’t play the drums, he assaulted them and keeping a steady beat often was of secondary concern. Carl once candidly said that in the musicianship chain, he was the weak link and sometimes the band had to tune him out to maintain a song’s consistent rhythm.
@@billdesinger8604 I don't think they are referring to his talent as a drummer. I think they're saying 'Finest' as in the best looking drummer.
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Just as George Harrison was my favorite Beatle Carl Wilson was my favorite Beach Boy. They both died of the same thing.
The Beach Boys is the only band I know of to have a "villain" and unfortunately have that villain win.
They called it Pet Sounds because Mike Love said that Brian’s songs & recordings were like his “pet sounds”
Amazing, You never know anyone until you live with them, and sometimes not. I have most all of the original 45 RPM records including Good Vibrations. Great songs. My favorite is Don't worry Baby. I have the 1965 Beach Boys Christmas Album which my sister bought new for my birthday in 1965.
Brian is definitely not "livid" about Mike Love using the Beach Boys name....Brian knows his name alone will sell more tickets by himself than Mike Love's Beach Boys would. Also he gets a nice paycheck on royalties or back ends...any my point is that I HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt that Brian even gives a shit about Mike keeping the name...it's such a common tale...a band breaks up, one of them tours as a solo act playing the songs they wrote in their former bands...then there's the other band member who keeps the name and almost always has a new roster if not the only original member and those kinda bands are always worse than the solo artist who broke off from said band
Mike Love was a PO.S. Brian was the genius that made the band.
Without Mike there would have been no BB's since 1966.
Not exactly accurate. I've seen many comments on different posts talking about Mike Love owning The Beach Boys’ name. Actually, he doesn't own it. The company formed by the band "Brother Records Incorporated", which is owned equally by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and the estate of Carl Wilson, own The Beach Boys name, and trademark. (Dennis Wilson's share was bought out by the other four after his death to pay outstanding debts left behind.) However, since Al Jardine once quit the band, and was a salary employee when he came back in the early 1960s, even though he owns the name equally with Brian, and Mike he's not allowed to use The Beach Boys likeness himself, if Brian or Mike is using it at the same time. Also Mike and Al had begun a pretty bad fued over Al wanting to do some symphonic shows using The Beach Boys name in Carl's very last days. Mike vowed not to include him in his band because of that. Only Brian Wilson, and Mike Love can tour together, or separately under "The Beach Boys" name, not at the same time though. Once Carl died Brian had already begun to establish himself as a profitable touring act on his own. So it was decided (by majority vote, Brian and Carl's estate voted yes, Al voted no, and would sue Mike to be able to use the name himself but would lose the lawsuit,) that Mike would use the trademark Beach Boys name to continue touring, bringing back Bruce Johnston, and David Marks.
Since that time in the late 1990s, many fans have had an issue with Mike going on the road as The Beach Boys, especially with not one Wilson brother in the band. What many people don't realize though, is the fact that every time Mike tours he has to pay money from the revenue, (17% total,) to Al, Carl's estate, and Brian who makes out the best of all, because all the money he makes on his own doesn't have to be paid to anyone, (other than musicians and touring costs.) With Mike keeping his version of the band on the road, this has made substantial money for not only Brian, and Al, but also for Carl's estate. So even if as fans we complain about it, the fact is Brian, Al, and especially Carl's estate want Mike to stay out in the road as long as he can, because once it ends they will all lose hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Just something to think about next time you think Mike Love is a greedy opportunist milking The Beach Boys name.
Thanks for sharing this!
Wow.. this is great.. I would love to fact check this.. where is your source ?
Well Mike was an asshole regardless of the Beach Boys trademark rights. For example, jumping Dennis with his goons and causing permanent damn. Mike Love was a thug and opourtunist end of.
Mike loved being a working musician and is the most lively, long-lived of the band--would anyone prefer no further performances?
Thanks I learned alot
Carls song Carl's big chance is underated
I call them The Mike Love Experience. Brian is The Beach Boys.
I wouldn’t be happy either if my cousin decided to keep going almost immediately there after my brother died. The very person who kept the band together in the darkest of times.
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Brian Wilson WAS The Beach Boys!
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Brian was the brains, behind this band. Mike Love should enjoy the popularity and sit back and ride it out.
Brian is the Boys. But on the road if it was true about Brian. The group would of lasted 3 years. Now lasted 60 years of 2021. Thanx Mike for being a rock n roll road dog.
If Brian's not on stage, what's the point of seeing them live?
Yeah as if Brian cared THAT much about Mike Love's opinion that he would shelve his greatest work for 37 years based on one comment alone. Mike's criticism didn't help, but Brian was addicted to drugs and having a mental breakdown regardless of what the other Beach Boys said.
There is no Beach Boys without The Wilson Brothers😊
Time 5:37 "love had the "legal" freedom to tell Wilson to kick rocks." All beach boy fans told love to pound sand.
Personally, I don't think it's the Beach Boys unless both Brian and Al are on stage with Mike and Bruce. But Mike does have the legal right to use the Beach Boys name, and Brian, Al and Carl's estate are paid from each current Beach Boys concert, even though they aren't physically participating in the concerts. There's a hope that next year for their 60th anniversary, Brian Mike, Al, Bruce and David will reunite once again for concerts and possibly a new studio album. Hope this happens!
2:27! Just had to show Carl taking a drag,
on his coffin nail! Without that STINKING
WEED, Carl Dean would still be here, with
us!
steve
maybe george harrison as well. so sad to think about it.
alcohol does far more damage
It's kind of sad. Hope they can patch things up some day.
I think Mike Love is an insecure, defensive egoist. But credit where it's due: I'd say that for a long time, Love was the lead singer. He does have the distinctive voice in many songs too. And when Love said "even the happy songs are sad" he did have a point. What Love couldn't see past was that the band had to reinvent itself, as they were becoming less and less successful. Brian Wilson was working to change that and it seems Love was in favor of keeping the formula. In 1966, it seems absurd to think that Mike Love could look at the pop music landscape and think the Beach Boys were capturing fans' imaginations like they could in 1963. But at the same time, Love was also calculating and opportunist when it came to other members of the group too, particularly later on like when he fired Al. I can see how Brian was and is pissed off about Love. Sometimes it seems like Jardine was more family than Love was.
Mike Love's ego is almost as huge as Brian Wilson's genius.
I am a great Beach Boys fan, I grew up listening to them, Brian, and Mike need to settle there differences and get back to what is important, playing Beach Boys music...
Mike has ALWAYS wanted to play--he's the one who has been behind ALL the tours, he is the vocalist who is most recognized due to his persistent performance. many just dislike his perceived personality--they believe all the rumors, innuendo.
You got so many things wrong in this video
Mike Love a 'musical heavyweight'? Oh wait, he plays a mean tambourine and can blow two notes on a saxophone.
And likes to wear hats.
Thats okay,smile proved brians genius
Anyone who sucks up to #45 doesn’t deserve any credit. They’re just horrible human beings.
You want to know the common denominator between both factions? It starts with a Z.
what is it?
That is so sad that these two cannot get along the best group In my lifetime
I've heard Mike Love's solo albums. None of the genius is there.
In Brian Wilson's interview on Larry King, he implicitly states that the Wilson family (or company they own) sold the rights to the Beach Boys name to Mike Love. Whether or not you are in the Brian Wilson camp or Mike Love camp, you can't hold it against Love for touring as the Beach Boys when it was the Wilsons themselves that sold the name to him.
The license is used by The Touring Band with conditions precedent. This is misleading information. There is a Larry King interview from about 20 years ago that dispels this one. Most of what is here is not accurate. The board members awarded Mike with the license since he fulfilled the conditions the board required and they get money from Mike touring. So long as he meets the conditions he can tour. The reunion was a separate entity created for the tour and had nothing to do with the license. It was a special event.
What a way of destroying a legacy to misuse the name Beach Boys, and perform for tRump
Makes me wanna throw up
Can this man at least change his last name?
@@frankpas3963 - They worked for Trump before he went into politics. They had a business relationship. That money filtered back to BRI as per the agreement. So whatever shows he performed, all benefitted. It is a slippery slope when people cross music into politics. Where does it end?
In 1961 David Marks was in The Beach Boys not Al Jardine
Not the Beachboys the new band is not even close to a tribute band
Mike is The Beach Boys. He was the front man and the main voice. Not Brian
Love as no right to use the name Beach Boys without Brian there
It's nothing more than a tribute band without Brian
If Brian can't/won't tour or perform, why blame that on Mike? Brian has taken himself out of it since 1966. The Wilsons have collected millions even without performing--is that Mike's "fault"?
@@gymshoe8862 Nothing wrong with Mike Love touring singing Beach Boys songs but not calling it the Beach Boys . Mike Love and friend s would be more accurate.
As regards millions Brian wrote composed all those hits sales of music. Without Brian ,Mike Love would not be able tour. His claims of composing rights . A bit dubious after decades
@@johnwhat5398 Mike love wrote alot too, also everytime he tours money goes to all of the band members including the deceased estates. He's literally carrying and making them all money. Go check the facts before listening to a random youtuber and believing them lol
@@joshuasimber8588 No way do l want to fall out over this, but Mike famously stopped Al from using the groups name. Even Paul and Ringo couldn't call themselves the Beatles now. Mike could call it the Mike Love Band which in reality that's it
The Aren't the Beach boys without Brian Wilson. And Mike should not keep the Name Beach Boys
I can't stand Mike Love and all his lies about skipping school to go surfing when we ALL know he was never a surfer. Dennis was the surfer.
I got to watch the beach boys perform in the parade in California a few years back. At least they said they were the Beach boys and they did not have any vocal harmony from before
Mike Love is NOT The Beach Boys. This all goes to show how important contractual details (and good lawyers) are to business and maintaining integrity and reputation. This video also missed out how Murry Wilson screwed the band over by selling their catalog out from under them for far less than it was worth.
Good to know because when i saw them live in Hawaii,they were bad,really bad, i had seen them long ago in Florida, back then they were AMAZING
This is a 14 year olds rushed last minute wikipedia copy and paste report lol
The Beach Boys should start calling themselves the Beach Dudes or Beach Senior Citizens, and they should no longer sing Wouldn't it be Nice because the lyrics say wouldn't it be nice if we were older, and I'd like to know how much older are they hoping to get if they are.
People stop living in current after age 35.
It's not the Beach Boys without everyone but mostly, Brian.
The beach boys is my favorite band
Mine too!
Fantastic video! 👍
It is indeed! He always does an extraordinary job on “all” his videos! ❤️
mike l is not the beach boys
In no way shape or form is Mike Love a musical heavy weight.
Brian is the main ingredient. Anyone who supports Trump or Santos must have a screw loose.
Brian ever was the genius within the band.
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Mike Love was nicest most kind
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Everybody that keeps saying Brian Brian Brian….give it a rest. Brian was the a big force during the first 5 or 6 years of the band but after that he spent most of his time debilitated because of drug abuse and mental illness.
Mike’s lyrics made Brian’s eccentricity marketable in the early days. And he kept the band going through all the massive problems the Wilson Brothers had. The Wilson’s were messed up, unpractical people. Through most of the BB’s touring years Brian wasn’t there. So how can you say, it isn’t a concert without Brian. He hardly toured with them and the other brothers are now dead.
It’s got to be hard hitching your career into a “genius” that’s unstable.
Mike Love got it wrong. Several times. Big time.
Mike Love has always been jealous of the more talented Wilson brothers. I can't stand him. No Wilson = no Beach Boys.
They haven't been the Beach Boys since Carl Wilson passed away.
Mike Love is the man!
A judge ruled that Mike Love has a right to use the name... do I agree with all rulings from judges? No, although it is what it is and I like the fact that Mike Love played for and supported President Trump and am very disappointed in Brian Wilson on that note, but whatever...
Brian Wilson is beyond genius and I respect him a great deal for what he and the rest gave us in their music.
0:43 - Pet Sounds is *widely* considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time, not “wildly”.
I thought I heard that. Although it’s a relatively minor mistake, it’s a mistake nonetheless. It shocks me that people put out content for the whole world to see and don’t even care to run it by spellcheck, an editor, or even a friend with basic grammar skills. It’s even funnier when people call you a “grammar nazi” for pointing out their lack of basic language skills. “This is ‘merica, by gawd, and I have the right to look as dumb and uneducated as I want to!”
The Beach Boys do not exist anymore..
No they are Beach Senior Citizens now, Just kidding !
Brian is the Beach Boys! Mikes jealous!
No I don’t feel this is the Beach Boys. There is only one original member in this band. No offense to Bruce Johnston
Brian Wilson is the beach boys
Hint: Never take sides with feuding millionaires. They could care less about your opinion.
😂😂😂😂😂
Hint: People enjoying rich people's beefs do not think that their opinion matters to them. It's fun to pick a side.
there is noooooooooo beach boys without brian wilson!!mike love is just a singer!!!at best!!!!hes not rich without brian and he dont like and cant get over it all these years later!!!
No Wilsons= No Beach Boys...End of
"Of course, Love was less than compassionate" to his poor suffering drug addicted cousin. You get a drug addicted cousin and see how compassionate you are.
Mike Love Hated Pet Sounds? Who Knew. 😆
Brian Wilson is the beach boys xx
In the movie about Brian's life, Love And Mercy, Mike Love is portrayed as unsympathetic and, well, a jerk.
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Not long after the Beach Boys made it big, an interviewer asked Mike Love about Brian Wilson. Love said, "Brian Wilson IS the Beach Boys." Many of us didn't know that at the time, but Mike Love was being honest. Brian WAS the Beach Boys. Take away Brian Wilson and there never would have been a 'Beach Boys' band. Take away Mike Love and you have a void that could have been filled by any number of singers. Glenn Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys in 1964-'65.
I guess it will go the way of Eddie, Sam and Dave.
Even considering the two on anything close to even ground, is losing ground for Wilson. "Two musical heavyweights?" No, just one. This one's not hard.
In performances it's 99% Mike--Brian quit performing in the 60's--that's not hard.either.
@@gymshoe8862 Brian came back in 1976.
Sounds like Love is a sniveling little brat who rode the coattails of Brian Wilson. Guy is out for himself and try’s to make himself seem just as important as Brian, which is not true
I don't think this is totally correct.
Brian Wilson is my hero! That said, if Mike Love wants to carry on the Beach Boys, I think that's fine. Still, I imagine it might make BW feel sad and hurt his feelings, because he loved his brothers, and his relationship with them, so very much. But BW has so much amazing work of his own going on, to me it seems like a natural progression. Sure the Beach Boys wouldn't be TBB without BW. That's a given. They wouldn't have existed without him. But ML was a critical member of TBB too. Go Brian Wilson!
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Mike needs to Realize he's not As great as he thinks he is
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Please kiss and make up, put all your differances behind. We are all getting older and should be able to rise above. Everyone is different, we just need to except the difference. We love y'all soooo much!
So true!
This is where youre wrong. Getting older isnt always a self evufent virtue.
Also, the Beach Boys stayed together for too long. They shouldve went into solo careers.
By now the entire sun' n' surf thing is nostalgia-becoming-history, and all "surf music" played live is by way of tributes like the Beach Boys and "ghost bands" like The Ventures and The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anyone performing it therefore is required to get it as period-correct as possible, without obvious anachronism. Mike's Beach Boys do a reasonably good job, but I'm sorry to say Brian Wilson is so damaged by his excesses he has to be led onstage with a walker, and can't sing more than a few words without drifting into incoherent mumbling. There has to be a soundalike singer onstage with him to pick up the vocals instantly and often.
A cringeworthy embarrassment, with no dignity whatever.
Funny thing is the Beach Boys didnt even do surf music for long. They were more doo wop with rock n roll tha actual surf rock music.
@@neonfroot Indeed! And a further funny thing is that the essential "surf sound" was invented by The Fireballs, who never got on the surf bandwagon (or is that "woody wagon?) and who went pop-rock later on with singer Jimmy Gilmer. But that entire muted-Strat-mixed-clean thing was first done by Fireballs lead guitarist George Tomsco.
Brian Wilson it's a genius and Mike Love... Well he was lucky in been Brian's cousin!!!
I think their promo posters should read. "THE BAND THATS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CALL THEMSELVES THE BEACH BOYS" The Love Johnston concerts really aren't bad but they simply arent the Beach Boys. The blends are far inferior and both Loves and Johnstons voices are failing. I really Love Brian but it we're honest with ourselves, he should have stopped touring years ago. The last 2 shows I saw were embarrasments. Not the band but Brians performance. They were pitiful. So glad I got to see the Pet Sounds 1st tour and Smile. Those were amazing shows !!!! But after that things just went to hell.