The Beach Boys' 50th anniversary thread

The Beach Boys' new single:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6HGSZDsNYQg#t=165s

The Beach Boys' new single:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6HGSZDsNYQg#t=165s

Video was removed

The Beach Boys' new single:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6HGSZDsNYQg#t=165s

Video was removed

Should've been faster

The trailer video obviously was a leak. I guess the official one will be released soon. It really sounded good. Can't wait to hear the whole thing

Here it is again:

Sounds like Keep an eye on summer.
Gee, I expected something of "That lucky old sun" type of quality but I better don't get my hopes up.

Today the first concert of the tour will happen. Here some infos about the single, album and tour.


From Facebook:
“That’s Why God Made The Radio” makes its national radio premiere Wednesday 4-25 on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike In the Morning” on ESPN Radio & ESPN2. (6AM-10AM ET/PT, check local stations).


About the album:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2012-04-23/beach-boys-album/54494556/1


About the tour (Carl and Dennis will be tehre ETC-style !):
http://atlanta.metromix.com/entertainment/3047287

Today the first concert of the tour will take place. Here some infos about the single, album and tour.


From Facebook:
“That’s Why God Made The Radio” makes its national radio premiere Wednesday 4-25 on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike In the Morning” on ESPN Radio & ESPN2. (6AM-10AM ET/PT, check local stations).


About the album:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2012-04-23/beach-boys-album/54494556/1


About the tour (Carl and Dennis will be tehre ETC-style !):
http://atlanta.metromix.com/entertainment/3047287

Today the first concert of the tour will take place. Here some infos about the single, album and tour.


From Facebook:
“That’s Why God Made The Radio” makes its national radio premiere Wednesday 4-25 on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike In the Morning” on ESPN Radio & ESPN2. (6AM-10AM ET/PT, check local stations).


About the album:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2012-04-23/beach-boys-album/54494556/1


About the tour (Carl and Dennis will be there ETC-style !):
http://atlanta.metromix.com/entertainment/3047287

The show seems to have been great !


"Do It Again"
"Catch A Wave"
"Don't Back Down"
"Surfin' Safari"
"Surfer Girl"
"The Little Girl I Once Knew"
"Wendy"
"Then He Kissed Me"
"This Whole World"
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
"You're So Good to Me"
"Cottonfields"
"Be True to Your School"
"Disney Girls"
"Please Let Me Wonder"
"Don't Worry Baby"
"Little Honda"
"Little Deuce Coupe"
"409"
"Shut Down"
"I Get Around"
"Sloop John B"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
"Forever"
"Sail On Sailor"
"Heroes and Villains"
"In My Room"
"All This Is That"
"God Only Knows"
"That's Why God Made the Radio"
"California Dreaming"
"California Girls"
"Dance Dance Dance"
"All Summer Long"
"Help Me Rhonda"
"Rock and Roll Music"
"Barbara Ann"
"Surfin' U.S.A."

Encore:
"Kokomo"
"Good Vibrations"
"Fun Fun Fun"







Article from Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-kick-off-50th-anniversary-tour-in-tucson-20120425


Check out thebeachboys.com for official press release regarding album and single.


The whole song:

The single isn't bad.

Some first reviews of the new single (copied from the SmileySmileMessageBoard):



http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/ ... n-40-years

Bob Boilen of NPR's All Songs Considered calls it their "Best New Song in 40 Years"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songr ... o-20120425
3/5 from Rolling Stone - "Kinda cosmic, sorta corny, undeniably beautiful."

http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/04/25/beac ... the-radio/
Entertainment Weekly - "“That’s Why God Made the Radio” certainly has everything a vintage Beach Boys tune needs: Breezy harmonies, references to cars, and an almost exhausting sense of sweetness."

I like it,,can't wait for the whole cd..

Setlist, pictures and videos from last night:


First half:

Do It Again
Catch a Wave
Don't back Down
Surfin Safari
Surfer Girl
Little Girl I Once Knew
Wendy
Then I Kissed Her
You're So Good To Me
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
When I grow up to be a man
Cottonfields
Be True to Your School
Disney Girls
Please Let Me Wonder
Don't Worry Baby
Little Honda
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I get around

INTERMISSION

2nd half:
Sloop John B.
Wouldnt It Be Nice
California Dreamin'
Forever
Sail On Sailor
Heroes and Villains
In My Room
All This Is That
God Only Knows
That's Why God Made the Radio
California Girls
Dance Dance Dance
Help Me Rhonda
Rock & Roll Music
Do You Wanna Dance
Barbara Ann
Surfin' USA
Kokomo
Good Vibrations

More about the PBS-special:

http://staugustine.com/entertainment/arts/2012-04-26/beach-boys-tour-be-filmed-here-pbs-program#.T5rVd3ipGtk

And the cover for the new album:

http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/richmedia/images/cover.gif

From April 26th, Bruce doing "Disney girls (1957)". Fanastic:

I won't post each and every setlist but to let you know what an open air concert by the Beach Boys probably will look like (no Dennis and Carl videos), here's the set for the Jazz Fest yesterday (taken from the SmileySmileMessageBoard):


Do It Again - no soundcheck, so there were problems hearing the vocals early in the concert. Mike's first line or so was completely inaudible.
Catch a Wave
Don't back Down
Surfin safari
Surfer Girl - as Brian sang the bridge Mike started dancing with some woman... kinda cheezy and distracting
Then I Kissed Her - Al sounds like the record... in very fine voice
You're So Good To Me
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
When I grow up to be a man - this went over really well
Cottonfields
Be True to Your School - w/ Stamos
Don't Worry Baby - Jeff
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I get around
Sloop John B
Wouldnt It Be Nice
Sail On Sailor
Heroes and Villains
God Only Knows: no Carl video, sung by Brian who did fine on it
That's Why God Made the Radio: sounded good but Brian kept missing his cues on the verses
California Girls
Help Me Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Surfin' USA
Kokomo - Stamos on bongos
Good Vibes
Fun Fun Fun - Stamos returns again

From April 26th, Bruce doing "Disney girls (1957)". Fanastic:

I won't post each and every setlist but to let you know what an open air concert by the Beach Boys probably will look like (no Dennis and Carl videos), here's the set for the Jazz Fest yesterday (taken from the SmileySmileMessageBoard):


Do It Again - no soundcheck, so there were problems hearing the vocals early in the concert. Mike's first line or so was completely inaudible.
Catch a Wave
Don't back Down
Surfin safari
Surfer Girl - as Brian sang the bridge Mike started dancing with some woman... kinda cheezy and distracting
Then I Kissed Her - Al sounds like the record... in very fine voice
You're So Good To Me
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
When I grow up to be a man - this went over really well
Cottonfields
Be True to Your School - w/ Stamos
Don't Worry Baby - Jeff
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I get around
Sloop John B
Wouldnt It Be Nice
Sail On Sailor
Heroes and Villains
God Only Knows: no Carl video, sung by Brian who did fine on it
That's Why God Made the Radio: sounded good but Brian kept missing his cues on the verses
California Girls
Help Me Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Surfin' USA
Kokomo - Stamos on bongos
Good Vibes
Fun Fun Fun - Stamos returns again

Nice set list - some of those songs I never saw the group do live, and I saw them a bunch of times in the 80's and 90's. U

An interview with Mike and Brian:

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/04/brian_wilson_and_mike_love_peo.html


You can see a lot of videos of the Jazz Fest performance on this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SoCalMusicLover?feature=watch


And this aired today:

This is the tracklist for the new album:


1. Think About The Days
2. That's Why God Made The Radio
3. Isn't It Time
4. Spring Vacation
5. The Private Life Of Bill And Sue
6. Shelter
7. Daybreak Over The Ocean
8. Beaches In Mind
9. Strange World
10. From There To Back Again
11. Pacific Coast Highway
12. Summer's Gone

Thanks. No familiar titles to me there, although the Kinks had a song called Summer's Gone.

Wanted to get a review in from The Beach Boys in Atlanta last weekend! http://rockabillynblues.blogspot.com/20 ... -4-28.html

Wanted to get a review in from The Beach Boys in Atlanta last weekend! http://rockabillynblues.blogspot.com/20 ... -4-28.html

Thank you !



From the SmileySmileMessageBoard:

According to the BB 'ZinePak on sale today at WalMart...

"The live performance will be broadcast on a special YouTube channel - Bonaroo365 - which will allow you to watch the Beach Boys performance no matter where you are!" (page 27)

The concert on May 2nd was filmed for the PBS-Special "Summer's gone". Here's the setlist (wow !!):


Do it again
Catch a wave
Don't back down
Surfin safari
Surfer girl
The Little girl I once knew
Wendy
Then I kissed her
You're so good to me
Why do fools fall in love
When I grow up
Cotton fields
Be true to your school
Disney girls
Please let me wonder
Don't worry baby
Little Honda
Little deuce coupe
409
Shut down
I get around

Intermission

California dreamin
Sloop John b
Wouldn't it be nice
In my room
This whole world
Forever
Heroes & villains
All this is that
Sail on sailor
I just wasn't made for these times
God only knows
That's why God made the radio
California girls
All summer long
Help me Rhonda
Rock n roll music
Do you wanna dance
Barbara Ann
Surfin USA

Kokomo
Good vibrations
Fun fun fun

On monday the Beach Boys will be on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon


BTW two new concert dates for Spain were announced. They'll be there on june 21st & 23rd

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon !


In my room


That's why God made the radio


Wouldn't it be nice






Interview Brian Mike 1

Interview Brian Mike 2

Last night saw one of the greatest setlists the Beach Boys ever performed, thanks in no small part to the inclusion of two songs that hadn't been performed befor on this tour, "Marcella" and "Add some music to your day"


Do It Again
Catch a Wave
Hawaii
Don't Back Down
Surfin Safari
Surfer Girl
Please Let Me Wonder
You're So Good to Me
Wendy
Then I Kissed Her
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
When I Grow Up
Cottonfields
Marcella
Be True to Your School
Disney Girls
Don't Worry Baby
Little Honda
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I Get Around

Second Set

Add Some Music To Your Day
California Dreamin
Sloop John B.
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Forever
Sail On Sailor
Heroes and Villains
In My Room
All This Is That
This Whole World
I Wasn't Made for These Times
God Only Knows
That's Why God Made The Radio (dedicated to Pete Fornatle)
California Girls
All Summer Long
Help Me Rhonda
Rock and Roll Music
Do You Wanna Dance
Barbara Ann
Surfin USA

Encore
Kokomo
Good Vibrations
Fun Fun Fun




And it seems there'll be a Roling Stone session featuring the Beach Boys shown in the future.



“.@TheBeachBoys visited our office today and taped an RS Live performance filled with endless harmonies:”


http://instagr.am/p/KbB3SaNK3B/



And from 8th here's "Tis whole world":