Beach Boys Reunite

[Neutral Milk Hotel]

http://www.thebeachboys.com/reunion/index.html

Not holding my breath for a great new Beach Boys album, but seeing Brian and the Boys pull out the Sloop John B's and the Heroes and Villains etc etc could be very special indeed.

[cutterbutter]

DREAMS OF HAPPINESS

This is wonderful news.

[suprefan]

Beach Boys for The Grammys 2012!

[captncrzy]

Ugh.

[Neutral Milk Hotel]

Beach Boys for The Grammys 2012!

Beach Boys IN THA TENT

[Miroir Noir]

Will John Stamos be filling in for Dennis Wilson on this tour?

[Spooks]

I do have to say recently released Smile Sessions deluxe package is pretty sweet...

It’s official: The Beach Boys will reunite for what’s being billed as “a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012.” This includes the previously reported new studio album, commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI, and a 50-date international tour that begins on April 27th at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

[ivankay]

This is seriously happy news. Sweet.

[Phantasma Del Mar]

I'm all for a Beach Boys reunion but that clip on their website sounds fucking awful.

[Grant]

Beach Boys, No Doubt, Foo Fighters for Coache12a

[dine with a cannibal]

Will John Stamos be filling in for Dennis Wilson on this tour?

Uncle Jesse will be touring Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue next year.

[rage patton]

I know Brian Wilson isn't all there mentally, and Ive seen videos of him live lately and although his voice still sounds decent, he does look extremely bored on stage... yet I cant help but be extremely excited by this. I will be going to one of these shows. No question. No band can put a smile on my face like The Beach Boys.

[sonnyboy11]

One of the single greatest performances I've seen was Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds at the Hollywood Bowl w/ Wondermints backing him up. But I farkin hate Mike Love. And without Carl it isn't exactly a full on Beach Boys reunion (don't throw Dennis in there either). And Brian Wilson's Smile tour was awesome too. He's not all there mentally- ran into him at a Sav-On in Sherman Oaks once and tried to say hello... hoo boy- but musically, he's a legend and author of some of the very greatest American songs ever written. I'll see him anytime I have the chance.

[wstsidela]

Ancientchella

[buddy]

First show on the tour. 42 songs.

Tucson, AZ

Setlist
"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" (Phil Spector/The Crystals)
"This Whole World"
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
"You're So Good to Me"
"In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home"
"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" (The Mamas and the Papas)
"California Girls"
"Dance Dance Dance"
"All Summer Long"
"Help Me Rhonda"
"Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry)
"Barbara Ann"
"Surfin' U.S.A."

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

[cutterbutter]

Epic setlist sure, but what about some reviews?

[BlackSwan]

Internet: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/musi...in-tucson.html

[Miroir Noir]

I heard the new single yesterday. Surprisingly not terrible.

[rage patton]

Not enough Pet Sounds in that 42 song setlist. Mike Love is such an asshole.

[LickTheLizzard]

I was at the Tucson show. They sounded great, especially on the limited number of Pet Sounds songs they played. I went with a group of friends and we all had a blast.

[bmack86]

Or Smile, considering it's their last release (right?)

[Footsteps86]

I went to the show in Tucson and had a great time. It really was a fantastic show. Just wish the people on the lawn would've stood up instead of sitting down the entire time.

[BlackSwan]

I have tickets for the show at the Greek in Berkeley. Sounds like I won't regret the decision to go.

[sonnyboy11]

Not enough Pet Sounds in that 42 song setlist. Mike Love is such an asshole.

Seconded.

Although it's nice to see Sail On Sailor in there. And so long as I get Don't Worry Baby and God Only Knows, we'll be good.

I have tickets for Irvine already. If anyone has a spare to dump for the Hollywood Bowl, let me know.

[Footsteps86]

Don't Worry Baby and God Only Knows were definitely the highlights of the show for me.

[buddy]

Not enough Pet Sounds in that 42 song setlist. Mike Love is such an asshole.

Or Smile, considering it's their last release (right?)

I think Mike Love said before the tour that they would focus more on their hits, rather than a majority of Pet Sounds or Smile songs. He's on record not being the biggest fan of Smile, so the set list will probably be something close to the first show, a kind of career spanning set list.

[Miroir Noir]

Let's be honest, the people most likely to attend these shows do not give a fuck about Pet Sounds or especially Smile, apart from "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," and "Good Vibrations."

[Miroir Noir]

Minor fucks given for "Sloop John B" and "Heroes and Villains." But for the most part, geezers and people with disposable income want to hear all of the "me-and-my-baby" and car and surf songs.

[buddy]

I'm just glad to see the remaining members together on a stage, and hearing "God Only Knows" and "In My Room" would be nice.

[Riggins33]

I would love to here '' That's not me ", and '' I'm waiting for the day", when I see them in May.