Thibodeaux, Jourdan
English A
Professor Reyes
March 3, 2016
The Beach Boys Last Wave: Abstract
The last three original band members from The Beach Boys are Brian Wilson, his cousin Mike love, and their mutual friend Al Jardine. Brian’s brothers had passed away before the 2000’s. His brother Carl, passed away from cancer. Dennis passed away in the 80’s as the result of drowning. In 2012, Mike Love and Brian Wilson sit down to discuss a new tour for The Beach Boys. Brian and Mike are both in their seventies.
Although they now seem close in friendship and agree that family comes first, this is their first dinner together since the year 1999. Mike Love and Brian Wilson were estranged, like all The Beach Boys were. The band broke up over arguments about what direction to take the music in. Brian and Love could not be more different. In the days when they were still a band, Mike would have rather had their original surfer music while Brian preferred to branch out. They spent most of their time together in court, disputing over song credits and petty financial problems.
Despite the issues and disagreements, in 2012 they are in the middle of their 50th anniversary tour. Touring fourteen countries in seventy three days. A month before this dinner, Brian Wilson and the remaining Beach Boys had been at Capitol Studios in the hope to re-record the song “Do It Again.” In the midst of that, Brian also convinced them to record a new track called “Think About The Days.”
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