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Post by newbbfan on Apr 9, 2023 21:44:20 GMT -5
MIUfan,
Do you mean they simply stopped in the middle of heroes and villains?
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Post by M.I.U. Fan on Apr 9, 2023 21:49:05 GMT -5
MIUfan, Do you mean they simply stopped in the middle of heroes and villains? No, they cut first chorus and the "stand or fall...".
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 9, 2023 21:50:39 GMT -5
Sorry about the heroes and villains and I can at least say I had the pleasure of hearing them do it twice cuz there was a glitch in the first one. Wonderful performance and I'm sure the full thing is on YouTube
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Post by Paul JB on Apr 9, 2023 22:05:27 GMT -5
I was looking forward to Pentatonix the most and of course they edited out half of their performance. Grrr. Even so, that was actually done really well. That performance and the woman and man after that (sorry don’t know them and too lazy to review while typing) singing Surfin’ USA and Fun Fun Fun were two of the surprisingly very entertaining performances. I wasn’t even going to watch the special but turned out I had the time. Overall pretty much what I expected. Ok for what it was and some nice performances and some sort of just ok. I didn’t think Lady A or Hanson sounded bad so maybe they re-recorded their songs …? Certainly didn’t stand out as being worse than average. One thing that stood out was that I remember thinking Darius Rucker singing SOS at Brian’s tribute 20 years … ish.. ago was better than tonight’s by John Legend. His voice suited the material better for me anyway.
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 9, 2023 22:13:03 GMT -5
Well I haven't gotten to that part of the show yet but I'll tell you this if Lady a were able to convey either the melody or the harmonies for surfer girl then they probably recorded later because it was a real cringe when done live.... unless the mix up in the balcony was just off so I'm looking forward to hearing that seeing if they fixed it in production or whether it was better than I had remembered
By way of spoiler alert did Brian wind up getting interviewed and say something?
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Apr 9, 2023 22:23:34 GMT -5
I was looking forward to Pentatonix the most and of course they edited out half of their performance. Grrr. Even so, that was actually done really well. That performance and the woman and man after that (sorry don’t know them and too lazy to review while typing) singing Surfin’ USA and Fun Fun Fun were two of the surprisingly very entertaining performances. I wasn’t even going to watch the special but turned out I had the time. Overall pretty much what I expected. Ok for what it was and some nice performances and some sort of just ok. I didn’t think Lady A or Hanson sounded bad so maybe they re-recorded their songs …? Certainly didn’t stand out as being worse than average. One thing that stood out was that I remember thinking Darius Rucker singing SOS at Brian’s tribute 20 years … ish.. ago was better than tonight’s by John Legend. His voice suited the material better for me anyway. Legend did a much better job on I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, which he performed for the Music Cares show, I think. I was not impressed with either Sail On Sailor or God Only Knows.
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Post by Paul JB on Apr 9, 2023 22:28:18 GMT -5
Well I haven't gotten to that part of the show yet but I'll tell you this if Lady a were able to convey either the melody or the harmonies for surfer girl then they probably recorded later because it was a real cringe when done live.... unless the mix up in the balcony was just off so I'm looking forward to hearing that seeing if they fixed it in production or whether it was better than I had remembered By way of spoiler alert did Brian wind up getting interviewed and say something? Not even close to cringy so it had to be sweetened or something., There was some Brian voice over talking but no on camera interview that I saw. I stepped away only a couple times and missed a snippet or so. Commercials were insufferable….probably an hour show without them.
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 9, 2023 22:34:42 GMT -5
I thought it on the night and I'll say it again that Weezer is was just absolutely terrible in California girls.
I'll tell you it was just really a dud. Just a terrible college band arrangement.
If I ever earlier reported that it was okay or anything less than dreadful then I regret that but I'm not sure.
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Post by Awesoman on Apr 9, 2023 22:39:14 GMT -5
I actually tuned out around the time they got to "I Get Around" (will finish later) but the show was just...fine. Pretty much what I expected it to be. Was largely indifferent to the whole thing since I didn't know who the hell at least half of these performers were and was mostly lukewarm towards the artists I was familiar with. Still there were some decent performances here. I still think LeAnn Rimes was the highlight here with "Caroline, No". The 2001 tribute concert to Brian Wilson is still the MVP of Beach Boy-related tribute performances though.
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on Apr 9, 2023 22:39:50 GMT -5
I thought it on the night and I'll say it again that Weezer is was just absolutely terrible in California girls. I'll tell you it was just really a dud. Just a terrible college band arrangement. If I ever earlier reported that it was okay or anything less than dreadful then I regret that but I'm not sure. Did they even do the intro to the song? I don’t remember hearing it. And whoever it was that did Do You Wanna Dance did more of a tribute to the Ramones than to The Beach Boys on it.
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 9, 2023 22:48:25 GMT -5
Weezer did not do the grand Aaron Copland opening to California Girls no. And what's going on with Foster the People at the top of do it again? was there some glitch there or did my TV just fade out?
Lots of clear winners and losers upon this second listen after having seen it filmed.
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Post by patsy6 on Apr 9, 2023 22:50:59 GMT -5
Yeah I really wonder just what happened that amplified his decline. I mean he was starting to look a little worse for wear in that documentary that came out but at least still demonstrated he had a personality. But even that was nowhere to be found during his last tour. Perhaps the whole lockdown/pandemic/downtime really did a number on him...? Well something bad happened at the end of 2019 (?), when a tour was cancelled and a first-person statement said he was behaving in a weird way. It’d be rare if years of mental issues, extreme back pain with its unsuccessful operations and treatment and overweight did not take their toll by the age of 80. A slight correction. The 2019 cancelled tour was in June and July, not at the end of the year. Once that unscheduled break was over, Brian and his band went back at it full force, though, even after lead guitarist Nick Walusko died on August 7, the first day back on tour. That was a brief tour, with only four performances, but in September they did a tour with the Zombies. Then I believe they had another tour later in the year.
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Post by Emdeeh on Apr 9, 2023 23:29:55 GMT -5
That performance and the woman and man after that (sorry don’t know them and too lazy to review while typing) singing Surfin’ USA and Fun Fun Fun were two of the surprisingly very entertaining performances. Interesting -- my hubby and I both felt that those two were not a good match of voices to material. Overall, we really enjoyed the show.
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 10, 2023 0:55:16 GMT -5
Oh my god there were so many commercials that the show never seems to settle in and had no core. Why was Tom Hanks at the beginning? Cuz he was in a movie about a band like 30 years ago and because he inducted the Dave Clark Five into the Rock and Roll Hall Of fame? I find him inauthentic.
It was way more fun to be there and see the show filmed and unfold than to watch what they came up with for the program. Didn't seem to have a home or a core.
The performances I was skeptical about originally, even though I may have thought they were pretty good and exciting and fun to see live, turned out to really be some duds. So Weezer in particular was a disaster and Beck's voice is just too too weak for the songs he was asked to sing. I believe that lady a must have added a Melody vocal track from the lead singer in post production because it sounded pretty good in fact, whereas in the house on the night fans were looking at each other shaking their heads and saying oh my God what was that.
My commentary will resume soon after a commercial break
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Post by monolithic on Apr 10, 2023 6:06:26 GMT -5
Oh my god there were so many commercials that the show never seems to settle in and had no core. Why was Tom Hanks at the beginning? Cuz he was in a movie about a band like 30 years ago and because he inducted the Dave Clark Five into the Rock and Roll Hall Of fame? I find him inauthentic. It was way more fun to be there and see the show filmed and unfold than to watch what they came up with for the program. Didn't seem to have a home or a core. The performances I was skeptical about originally, even though I may have thought they were pretty good and exciting and fun to see live, turned out to really be some duds. So Weezer in particular was a disaster and Beck's voice is just too too weak for the songs he was asked to sing. I believe that lady a must have added a Melody vocal track from the lead singer in post production because it sounded pretty good in fact, whereas in the house on the night fans were looking at each other shaking their heads and saying oh my God what was that. My commentary will resume soon after a commercial break Probably simply because he's Tom Hanks. But Rita Wilson is certainly a true fan. She attended Mike's ELLA awards (and I think Tom attended, too) and some live shows.
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2023 6:35:16 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Apr 10, 2023 7:40:14 GMT -5
Weezer did not do the grand Aaron Copland opening to California Girls no. And what's going on with Foster the People at the top of do it again? was there some glitch there or did my TV just fade out? I like that! I love Copland's Appalachian Spring.
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Post by filledeplage on Apr 10, 2023 7:58:38 GMT -5
It was an interesting performance. And a few thoughts, still evolving...
No one does Beach Boys' music better than The Beach Boys. Not the side guys, not the guests; the only exception would be Christian Love, whose vocal genes not-so-mysteriously, and with some kind of serendipity, carry an essence of Carl Wilson's voice. These artists were hopelessly disadvantaged.
Once that is established, the show was more about aspirational talent. An imitation for appreciation, which is decades overdue.
Having gone through the ups-and-downs as a diehard fan since I heard The Little Girl I Once Knew, on am radio, it was a hopeless individual who tried to sway my position. This, coming from when the "no more surf music" became a narrative. My fandom comes from their lean years.
And, I probably could not name half those artists. But, I recognized Abe, Macca's drummer, and knew he would keep the young-uns moving mostly in the correct tempo. A few songs were a little too fast, such as GV. Of course I recognized Brandi, Hanson, John Legend and Michael MacDonald who toured with the band at some point.
Given the above, not really knowing most of the young artists, it was their unbridled deference, wild, almost uncontainable enthusiasm and respect for the music I could only have dreamed of in the late 60s and early 70s, when they were on a touring merry-go-round, exiled in their native country, as a result of spinning narratives. The artists, shamelessly gushing over their idols, and hopelessly nervous, while performing. I loved it!
What mattered most to me is that these kids in the audience were jumping up and down for what has evolved as 60 year old compositional technique, of Brian, and the synergy from the lyrics, from Mike, a perfect fusion. That was crystal clear last night. It means that the music will endure, and the overdue respect owed, with the deferential respect paid last night with Dennis and Carl along for the ride, and not treated as "the dead guys" but the living part of the music standing on its own. Mission Accomplished, and executed, with enormous love and esteem! I wonder no longer about its legacy or whether the story will be retold. Bravo!
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Post by Paul JB on Apr 10, 2023 8:04:15 GMT -5
That performance and the woman and man after that (sorry don’t know them and too lazy to review while typing) singing Surfin’ USA and Fun Fun Fun were two of the surprisingly very entertaining performances. Interesting -- my hubby and I both felt that those two were not a good match of voices to material. Overall, we really enjoyed the show. It is funny the way we all see it differently. I thought those two were genuinely having fun and the woman’s punky attitude matched the lyrics of a defiant girl lying to her dad…. Kind of like Dirk’s comment about the Ramones version of DYWD … I agreed on that too but I thought that made more sense than many other Ho hum performers trying to sound like The Beach Boys because it’s a lost cause. Sounds like I’m in the minority but I thought Leann Rhimes was far too dramatic and reminded me of an American idol contestant. One other thing I liked was Drew Carey’s commentary on Dennis … spot on and funny.
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Post by northcoast on Apr 10, 2023 8:30:27 GMT -5
I had a friend who upon leaving a Beach Boys show with me forty years ago said in some form the Beach Boys will go on forever as the shows they were doing then were rather half baked but the crowd was still uproarius in its response. Combine that with what Mike Love said in a 1979 press release that people will still be listening to our music in 200 years then top it off with last night's tribute with songs sung by artists, some of whom two generations removed, then comments that appeared at the time to be extreme exaggerations may be the truth after all.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 10, 2023 8:58:38 GMT -5
It was an interesting performance. And a few thoughts, still evolving... No one does Beach Boys' music better than The Beach Boys. Not the side guys, not the guests; the only exception would be Christian Love, whose vocal genes not-so-mysteriously, and with some kind of serendipity, carry an essence of Carl Wilson's voice. These artists were hopelessly disadvantaged. Once that is established, the show was more about aspirational talent. An imitation for appreciation, which is decades overdue. Having gone through the ups-and-downs as a diehard fan since I heard The Little Girl I Once Knew, on am radio, it was a hopeless individual who tried to sway my position. This, coming from when the "no more surf music" became a narrative. My fandom comes from their lean years. And, I probably could not name half those artists. But, I recognized Abe, Macca's drummer, and knew he would keep the young-uns moving mostly in the correct tempo. A few songs were a little too fast, such as GV. Of course I recognized Brandi, Hanson, John Legend and Michael MacDonald who toured with the band at some point. Given the above, not really knowing most of the young artists, it was their unbridled deference, wild, almost uncontainable enthusiasm and respect for the music I could only have dreamed of in the late 60s and early 70s, when they were on a touring merry-go-round, exiled in their native country, as a result of spinning narratives. The artists, shamelessly gushing over their idols, and hopelessly nervous, while performing. I loved it! What mattered most to me is that these kids in the audience were jumping up and down for what has evolved as 60 year old compositional technique, of Brian, and the synergy from the lyrics, from Mike. That was crystal clear last night. It means that the music will endure, and the overdue respect owed, with the deferential respect paid last night with Dennis and Carl along for the ride, and not treated as "the dead guys" but the living part of the music standing on its own. Mission Accomplished, and executed, with enormous love and esteem! I wonder no longer about its legacy or whether the story will be retold. Bravo! That brought a tear to the eye. Beautifully said and written. Thankyou.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 10, 2023 9:24:21 GMT -5
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Post by filledeplage on Apr 10, 2023 9:27:43 GMT -5
It was wonderful - and so overdue. Tastes sweeter if you wait a long time.
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Post by filledeplage on Apr 10, 2023 9:29:57 GMT -5
It was an interesting performance. And a few thoughts, still evolving... No one does Beach Boys' music better than The Beach Boys. Not the side guys, not the guests; the only exception would be Christian Love, whose vocal genes not-so-mysteriously, and with some kind of serendipity, carry an essence of Carl Wilson's voice. These artists were hopelessly disadvantaged. Once that is established, the show was more about aspirational talent. An imitation for appreciation, which is decades overdue. Having gone through the ups-and-downs as a diehard fan since I heard The Little Girl I Once Knew, on am radio, it was a hopeless individual who tried to sway my position. This, coming from when the "no more surf music" became a narrative. My fandom comes from their lean years. And, I probably could not name half those artists. But, I recognized Abe, Macca's drummer, and knew he would keep the young-uns moving mostly in the correct tempo. A few songs were a little too fast, such as GV. Of course I recognized Brandi, Hanson, John Legend and Michael MacDonald who toured with the band at some point. Given the above, not really knowing most of the young artists, it was their unbridled deference, wild, almost uncontainable enthusiasm and respect for the music I could only have dreamed of in the late 60s and early 70s, when they were on a touring merry-go-round, exiled in their native country, as a result of spinning narratives. The artists, shamelessly gushing over their idols, and hopelessly nervous, while performing. I loved it! What mattered most to me is that these kids in the audience were jumping up and down for what has evolved as 60 year old compositional technique, of Brian, and the synergy from the lyrics, from Mike. That was crystal clear last night. It means that the music will endure, and the overdue respect owed, with the deferential respect paid last night with Dennis and Carl along for the ride, and not treated as "the dead guys" but the living part of the music standing on its own. Mission Accomplished, and executed, with enormous love and esteem! I wonder no longer about its legacy or whether the story will be retold. Bravo! That brought a tear to the eye. Beautifully said and written. Thankyou. Thank you for those kind words - that was my teenage self jumping up-and-down - so happy there was respect paid in the industry. Those artists were terrified of messing up while performing in front of these guys. I SO loved it!
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Post by newbbfan on Apr 10, 2023 9:39:04 GMT -5
Rick where does that photo come from? I saw it being taken from the other side and wondered when it would ever get posted and it really is wonderful. Thank you. Filledpledge mirrors my current reaction so admiration and gratitude for that eloquent statement.
Bottom line is I'm glad I went and I'll be happy to watch it a couple times though few performances I'll just leave in the background or won't focus on. If It Means A Lot To The Beach Boys themselves then it means a lot to me, and it was really piece of living history to be there and to hear all the commentary by the scholars and fans here.
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