October 2012
3 posts
The Los Angeles Times: 'It kinda feels like...
By Brian Wilson
October 9, 2012, 7:01 a.m.
The Beach Boys recent 50th anniversary tour reunited original members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and longtime member Bruce Johnston for the first time in almost two decades.
Near the end of the tour in London, and the day before the band was saluted with a new 50th anniversary exhibition at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, Love...
Beach Boys "Greatest Hits," "50 Big Ones" and...
“The Beach Boys Greatest Hits” The Beach Boys’ new 50th Anniversary Greatest Hits collection features 20 of the band’s most popular songs, including “California Girls,” “Good Vibrations,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” “Kokomo,” their latest single...
September 2012
19 posts
To everyone from Brian
Hi all,
I’ve been reading the posts where some of you are concerned about my health in general.
I want to let you know that before the Beach Boys 50th tour started I was having some lower back issues right around the time we performed on the Grammys in February. This is the same type of problem that Carl used to suffer from, it’s hereditary. But being able to tour with the Boys...
Watch50 years of teen bliss: Serenaded by the Beach Boys
A pre-teen me once learned how to slow dance to “Surfer Girl.”
Picture a middle school auditorium circa 1987. I was that retainer-wearing girl at the school dance, clumsily shuffling along to the Beach Boys classic with a nervous boy about a full arms-length away from me.
It was an awkward moment, yet my heart still flutters when I...
The Beach Boys return to Los Angeles Tuesday,...
Capitol/EMI to Present Triple-Platinum Awards to The Beach Boys at GRAMMY Museum for ‘Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys’
WHO:
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, celebrating the legendary California band’s 50th Anniversary with the launch of a special GRAMMY Museum exhibit.
WHERE:
The GRAMMY Museum
714...
August 2012
15 posts
The Beach Boys in Singapore
Good Vibrations reverberated through the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night as the Beach Boys turned this patch of sand into Surfin’ USA.
It was the Sixties again and I must have been all of 15 (Radio Singapore was kinda conservative) when I first heard the Beach Boys ask Do you love me, Surfer Girl? and fell in love with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Al...
The Beach Boys Continue 50th Anniversary...
Legendary Band’s 50th Anniversary Tour Rolls On with International Dates
Hollywood, California – August 8, 2012 – Celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year, The Beach Boys have performed more than 50 concerts since April and had their highest-ever debut on Billboard’s albums chart in June with their critically acclaimed new studio release, That’s Why God Made The Radio. The Beach Boys’...
July 2012
28 posts
Rolling Stone "10 Coolest Summer Albums of...
Brian Wilson and crew specialized in summer concept albums – All Summer Long in 1964, Today and Summer Days in 1965, the decidedly more downbeat Pet Sounds in 1966. But Wild Honey is where the Beach Boys really capture the grimy feel of beer-soaked California sand under your feet, even if they released it in December 1967. It cruises through the yearning Carl Wilson soul of “Aren’t...
The complete Rolling Stone recent Beach Boys... →
‘Hey, Wilson’ says Mike Love, placing his hand gently on Brian Wilson’s forearm. “Hey, Love,” says Wilson, brightly, as his cousin slides into the booth next to him. “You were great last night,” Love says. “Animated. Ani-fuckin’-mated.” Wilson beams. “Gracias, amigo. Our harmonies – we sound good together.”
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Rolling Stone Playlist: The Beach Boys "Pacific...
Brian Wilson performs in Chicago, Illinois
“Sunlight’s fading, and there’s not much left to say,” Brian Wilson sings on this perfectly melancholy, Smile-ish ditty – part of the seriously moving medley that closes out the Beach Boys’ new LP, That’s Why God Made The Radio. Listen to “Pacific Coast Highway”:
The Beach Boys: Back catching another wave
Brian and the ‘Boys featured on CBS Sunday Morning:
(CBS News) For at least two generations now, the musical sound track to summer fun has been provided by The Beach Boys. Their good vibrations have survived many a pop music trend, and they’ve even triumphed over some bad vibes among the band members themselves.
A few notes and you know immediately: It’s a sound as...
"That's Why God Made The Radio" vinyl now...
It’s the Beach Boys highest album debut ever on Billboard (#3) and the vinyl version is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Release date is August 14, 2012.
Vinyl LP pressing. 2012 studio album from the reunited California Pop outfit led by Brian Wilson, their first new studio material in over two decades. Celebrating their 50th Anniversary, all surviving members came together to...
