Preview: Post-reunion split means two bands are playing Beach Boys songs

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJuly 18--The Beach Boys looked like one big happy family last summer on the band's 50th anniversary tour.迷你倉價錢 Cousins Brian Wilson and Mike Love were on stage together for the first time since 1987, joined by surviving members Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks in an exquisite celebration of one of the best catalogs of American music.When the tour ended they drove the Woodie right into a ditch.Mr. Love, who specializes in the car songs and surf rockers, announced that The Beach Boys, a title he owns, would revert back to the lineup without Mr. Wilson, Mr. Jardine and Mr. Marks for a fall tour. He explained in an open letter to the Los Angeles Times that it was "not feasible, both logistically and economically" for the reunion band to play the smaller markets in which they were booked. He also said, "None of us wanted to do a 50th anniversary tour that lasted 10 years. It was meant to be special."Mr. Wilson didn't take that decision well, noting, "It sort of feels like we're being fired."For the summer of 2013, Mr. Love and Mr. Johnston are playing as The Beach Boys competing with the offshoot tour of "Brian Wilson with Al Jardine + David Marks," backed by the stellar band that has been accompanying Mr. Wilson for years and also played the reunion."It's a pretty darn good band," Mr. Jardine said in a phone interview. "It will primarily be a Beach Boys' library of songs because that's what we do best when we're together. It's ostensibly a continuation of the reunion tour although we don't call it The Beach Boys for obvious reasons. We would love to have Mike and Bruce with us, but they don't want to work with us. So we can't force them to work with us. We are going to do our very best to carry on with the reunion."One recent twist to the story is that Mr. Love said in a July 8 interview that he misses his cousin and would love to work with him again."Well, what a wonderful thought," Mr. Jardine said. "That's very nice of him. I'd like to work with Mahatma Gandhi, too. Maybe that's the wrong [comparison]. I'd like to work with George Gershwin. Those are the things we wish for, but wishing is one thing and actually doing it is another. So if you really mean it, you come out and you work with us. But put your thoughts into 迷你倉庫ction. That's my response to that."With Mr. Love out of the picture, Mr. Wilson's band is without the singer who took the lead on such songs as "Surfin' USA," "I Get Around," "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "Be True to Your School." (Mr. Jardine's shining moment with The Beach Boys was "Help Me, Rhonda.")So what do they do with the Love leads?"We'll probably cut a few of those out, but there's no reason why we can't do 'Little Deuce Coupe' and a couple of those. Why not? It's not about the messenger, it's about the music. I have my own band called Endless Summer Band, and I go out and sing those songs. I love them. They are priceless little gems. It's just how you present them, that's the only difference."Part of the great success of the reunion was creating the first album of new Beach Boys material in 20 years. And it wasn't just shoved aside. "That's Why God Made the Radio" debuted at No. 3, the highest charting Beach Boys record in 37 years, and received positive reviews and a good reaction from fans on the tour."They loved it. They were really receptive," Mr. Jardine said. "I was surprised. Normally, new music doesn't get that kind of reaction. We couched it in the shows in a way that wasn't overwhelming, and got a great reaction to it.""We did a follow-up single that never matriculated called 'Isn't It Time,' which I thought was a great follow-up. We even re-recorded it on the road in Europe, so I was thinking 'follow-up single, fall tour, perfect for spring time the following year,' and then Mike pulls the plug on the whole darn thing ... finished."On a positive note, there is talk that Mr. Wilson has more solo material on the way."We are all writing all the time, that's what we do as musicians. We're constantly coming up with ideas and sharing them with each other. That's what made The Beach Boys so successful. We collaborated with one another and I think we did a pretty good job over the long haul, and to not want to do that to me is crazy. This band is wonderful and I think you'll hear The Beach Boys' repertoire performed in a pretty spectacular way."Scott Mervis: smervis@post-gazette.com; 412-263-2576.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at www.post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存