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marianna
It will be interesting to see if he will still do the Zombies tour in a few months. The tour that he cancelled had not sold well, at least in some places. The tour was also "Pet Sounds" yet again, which he has not performed well in years. He was in a wheel chair at his last concert.
The band always gets good reviews, while Brian himself has declined in recent years. Maybe they can eventually perform without Brian. They have Al and Blondie. Call it the Brian Wilson Band and perform all the Beach Boys classics, with some select shows where they perform albums that are preferred by Brian fans. Brian can turn up if and when he feels up to it.
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marianna
It will be interesting to see if he will still do the Zombies tour in a few months. The tour that he cancelled had not sold well, at least in some places. The tour was also "Pet Sounds" yet again, which he has not performed well in years. He was in a wheel chair at his last concert.
The band always gets good reviews, while Brian himself has declined in recent years. Maybe they can eventually perform without Brian. They have Al and Blondie. Call it the Brian Wilson Band and perform all the Beach Boys classics, with some select shows where they perform albums that are preferred by Brian fans. Brian can turn up if and when he feels up to it.
Yeah that’s a lot of sense . Go see Brian Wilson’s band without Brian Wilson
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marianna
It will be interesting to see if he will still do the Zombies tour in a few months. The tour that he cancelled had not sold well, at least in some places. The tour was also "Pet Sounds" yet again, which he has not performed well in years. He was in a wheel chair at his last concert.
The band always gets good reviews, while Brian himself has declined in recent years. Maybe they can eventually perform without Brian. They have Al and Blondie. Call it the Brian Wilson Band and perform all the Beach Boys classics, with some select shows where they perform albums that are preferred by Brian fans. Brian can turn up if and when he feels up to it.
Yeah that’s a lot of sense . Go see Brian Wilson’s band without Brian Wilson
Lots of people go to see that very band each and every night. They're called The Beach Boys.
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marianna
It will be interesting to see if he will still do the Zombies tour in a few months. The tour that he cancelled had not sold well, at least in some places. The tour was also "Pet Sounds" yet again, which he has not performed well in years. He was in a wheel chair at his last concert.
The band always gets good reviews, while Brian himself has declined in recent years. Maybe they can eventually perform without Brian. They have Al and Blondie. Call it the Brian Wilson Band and perform all the Beach Boys classics, with some select shows where they perform albums that are preferred by Brian fans. Brian can turn up if and when he feels up to it.
Yeah that’s a lot of sense . Go see Brian Wilson’s band without Brian Wilson
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I grew up in Southern California in the '60's and the Beach Boys' music defined my existence like the air I breathed. Cars, girls, the beach, one's hopes and fears, finding your place in the world...the world of those lyrics was right before my eyes. My heart goes out to the man responsible for those songs, a gentle, fragile soul.
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pmk251
I grew up in Southern California in the '60's and the Beach Boys' music defined my existence like the air I breathed. Cars, girls, the beach, one's hopes and fears, finding your place in the world...the world of those lyrics was right before my eyes. My heart goes out to the man responsible for those songs, a gentle, fragile soul.
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and felt the same wave dude.
that stuff was National. we had a beach too!...
This is going to sound like one upmanship, but I do not mean it that way AT ALL. When I say this world was right outside my door, I meant it literally. Our high school played Hawthorne High in football. The cruising route (from the A&W in Torrance to The Wich Stand on Slauson to the north) went right through Inglewood. The Beach Boys knew the route and those spots. The hot car guys were very noticeable on the streets and hanging out in their cars at those places. Look up The Wich Stand to see some fantastic Southern Calif coffee shop/car hop architecture. The mile long separate double lane on ramp to the San Diego Freeway was a frequent street racing site. At the end, after the overpass (which marked the one mile distance) the lanes split, one to the freeway, the other to side streets toward LAX. If the police gave chase one of the cars would get away. That area was a hot spot for the '60's American car culture covered in so many of those songs. I was never a part of that. I could not afford it. I drove a VW Bug.
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pmk251
I grew up in Southern California in the '60's and the Beach Boys' music defined my existence like the air I breathed. Cars, girls, the beach, one's hopes and fears, finding your place in the world...the world of those lyrics was right before my eyes. My heart goes out to the man responsible for those songs, a gentle, fragile soul.
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and felt the same wave dude.
that stuff was National. we had a beach too!...
This is going to sound like one upmanship, but I do not mean it that way AT ALL. When I say this world was right outside my door, I meant it literally. Our high school played Hawthorne High in football. The cruising route (from the A&W in Torrance to The Wich Stand on Slauson to the north) went right through Inglewood. The Beach Boys knew the route and those spots. The hot car guys were very noticeable on the streets and hanging out in their cars at those places. Look up The Wich Stand to see some fantastic Southern Calif coffee shop/car hop architecture. The mile long separate double lane on ramp to the San Diego Freeway was a frequent street racing site. At the end, after the overpass (which marked the one mile distance) the lanes split, one to the freeway, the other to side streets toward LAX. If the police gave chase one of the cars would get away. That area was a hot spot for the '60's American car culture covered in so many of those songs. I was never a part of that. I could not afford it. I drove a VW Bug.
That is so cool; i only now that area since the 80's and only a very small part of it, visiting or working and based in l.a. in those years.
Are you the same generation as those guys? I was 10 in '61;
the surf thing hit so hard; but i didn't have any actual familiarity or
connection to anything California; and wouldn't for years, I mean in person.
I was just cresting into buying single 45's and I'm a huge fan of the
60's music prior to, and contemporary with, the UK beat Invasion.
I still listen to Hey Little Cobra and a lot of the hot rod stuff too.
I don't have your depth of familiarity and feel for the area and times...
and really appreciate you sharing it.
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Sort of puzzling - while I saw articles of the cancellations, I still see ads for his upcoming shows, which is it?