The Beach Boys will headline the Black Tie and Boots inaugural ball

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Washington Post

“The Beach Boys,” that prototypical all-American boy band founded in 1961, will perform at the Texas State Society’s “Black Tie and Boots” inaugural ball on Jan. 19, according to several people close to the planning of the quadrennial bash.

“Everyone loves the Beach Boys, right?” said one individual, adding that the headliners, who it had been previously reported were mulling over an offer to appear in Washington during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities, were a “great act.”

Last December, a representative for the band, which since 2012 officially includes original member Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston, told Billboard magazine that the group had been asked to perform but “no decision has been made at this point as to how or whether they will participate.”

That hesitation has become old hat in regards to this year’s inauguration. So far, the 2017 festivities have been a tough sell for those entertainers seeking to juggle an increasingly, er, opinionated fan base and any perceived political affiliations. Most recently Broadway star Jennifer Holliday backed out of singing at the official welcome concert due to swift backlash from her fans following the announcement that she’d be participating. And the B-Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen cover band, backed out of performing at Thursday’s Garden State Inaugural Gala.

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[2naSalit]

1. Guess whose fan base is going to evaporate...

first three guesses don't count.

[brooklynite]

21. All 10 of them?

[2naSalit]

36. all ten of them...and even

a whole bunch of notfans.

[tavalon]

51. I know a lesbian who used some sperm from one of them to make her kids

I expect she's giving him an earful right now.

[louis-t]

2. Last time I saw this version, Bruce Johnston

was not involved. It was Mike Love and his kid. I can't wait for him to back out at the last minute.

[Miles Archer]

31. Looks like Johnston is in

http://www.beachboysband.net/

Their Website is crap, most of the content that used to be there is gone, it has a real "1998 Site Builder Template" look. No listing of the band members but Johnston is in the logo pic, second from left.

[louis-t]

33. Oops, second from right is Johnston.

Looks like Jeff Foskett in between the two. He has a great Brian/Carl falsetto. I don't see Mike Love's kid in this lineup.

[Miles Archer]

44. Yep. Got my right and left mixed up.

[They_Live]

55. Hey, is that Michael Savage between Love and Johnston?

Probably not, but I crack myself up.

[DK504]

3. Everyone loves the Beach Boys, right? said one individual..."

Ha! They won't be too popular anymore. LOL...bad career move.

[justhanginon]

37. Better make that "loved" the Beach Boys!

I can't believe this, "Help Me Rhonda" please, you are our last hope.

[elmac]

4. they always back fascists

make ameriKa stink again.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. Um, maybe not.

From Surf's Up:

[rsdsharp]

5. I saw the Beach Boys twice

The first time was in 1978 when they really were the Beach Boys: Brian Carl and Dennis Wilson, Al Jardin and Mike Love. Bruce Johnston was also there.

The second time was about ten years ago. It was a few guys and Love and Johnston. Love may have the right to the name, but it's not the Beach Boys, any more than it was Herman's Hermits when I saw them with Peter Noone and some guys who weren't even born when they had their hits.

[BadgerMom]

22. +1000

[CentralMass]

28. I saw them at one of the Summer Fest concerts at the Yale Bowl Bowl circa 1979.

They were really good back then and kept coming out for encore's until a union rep told them they had gone over the time limit they could be on stage.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=latest_threadsP

[Miles Archer]

45. You were LUCKY...I saw "Herman's Hermits" WITHOUT Noone.

It was the 1986 "package tour" for the Monkees (minus Nesmith) tour.

"Grass Roots" (only singer Rob Grill, using the Monkees backing band) plus "Herman's Hermits" (guitarist "Lek" Lekenby from the original band and that was it...son't remember who handled vocals or if any of the Monkees backup band pitched in).

[pinboy3niner]

48. Ha! I remeber when Noone--sans Hermits--seemed to be at EVERY oldies concert I went to.

I saw Beach Boys concerts on the National Mall for Independence Day. When the Interior Secretary shut that down, I got to see the Mamas and the Papas play to an audience of 2 or 3 dozen in the parking lot of RFK Stadium on the 4th. Spanky of Spanky & Our Gang filled in for the late Cass, and Mackenzie Phillips filled in for Michelle. I stayed for two shows. Good times!

[Charles Bukowski]

6. Brian Wilson has nothing to do with this, correct?

He IS the Beach Boys.

[mac56]

11. Brian has stepped away from it at present.

There are two touring groups, but Mike Love holds the rights to the "Beach Boys" name.

[Charles Bukowski]

17. Good to know. I refuse to let a glorified session singer

like Mike Love sully the genius of Brian. The Beach Boys will remain in my record collection.

[SunSeeker]

23. Correct. nt

[Miles Archer]

46. Love owns the name, and he ditched Wilson, Jardine & Marks after the "reunion" tour

From what I read, there was not a formal "dismissal"...Love just booked a boatload of gigs that did not include the trio of "real" Beach Boys. Wilson went on record as saying that he would have liked to continue, and if he did, the Inauguration gig probably would not have happened (or it would have, without his participation).

[sweetloukillbot]

56. For their 50th Anniversary Brian, Al Jardine and original Guitarist David Marks returned

They made the best album they've done in 40 years. The only dog on the album was Love's tune, and Love fired them once the tour was over. Fuck him.
So now Brian and Al are touring with Blondie Champlin and probably doing a better Beach Boys show than Love is...
Watch Love's acceptance speech at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame to see how much of a monumental asshole he is.

[Bengus81]

7. The Beach boys "group" is so frauctured

Who knows what you get. I think the Beach boys now is just Mike Love. Big whoop.....

[mac56]

10. There are two different touring groups

Mike Love, Bruce Johnstone, and some others make up one.

Al Jardine and others make up the second one.

Brian is doing his own thing.

[Bengus81]

16. Thanks! And Bruce Johnston....n/t

[TeamPooka]

8. Little Douche Coupes

[mac56]

12. "Little Douche Coupe"

Well, I’m not bragging, man, so don’t put me down
But everyone I know thinks I’m a real ass clown
When I get into my car, you know, I don’t even try
If I see you need a lift, I just wave bye-bye
It’s my little douche coupe
You don’t know what I got

Just a little douche coupe, man, as you can see
The stereo plays nothing but Kenny G
When I pull in front of you, man, I become a jerk
I drive super-duper slow to make you late for work
It’s my little douche coupe
You don’t know what I got

It’s got a combination clutch and four-on-the-floor
And late at night I rev the engine right by your front door
And if that ain’t enough to make you flip your lid
There’s one more thing, I got a big sub-woofer

I park in handicapped, though I walk just great
And I always blast my horn when picking up my date
And just in case you think that I’m a caring chump
Bumper sticker on the back says I’m voting for Trump
It’s my little douche coupe
You don’t know what I got

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Brilliant!

[DinahMoeHum]

20. If the DUzys were still around, you'd win the prize.

[TeamPooka]

25. :)

[raccoon]

49. That's great! nt

[wordpix]

66. haha, add a verse if you're inspired

[johnp3907]

9. "Everyone loves the Beach Boys, right?

Wrong! I'm living proof of that.

[dawn frenzy adams]

38. No!

No indeed.

[Cattledog]

13. That's the "Fake" Beach Boys.

[LanternWaste]

18. Ironically enough, in 1986, the Beach Boys were

Ironically enough, in 1986, the Beach Boys were banned from performing at a White House celebratory concert (July 4th? Memorial Day? Can't remember) by Interior Sec. James Watt because they promoted drug use.

I think they still player afterwards, and Watt later went on to resign after his, "I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple on my staff" remark.

[Bengus81]

19. I think Watt considered them "hard rock"

Ronnie came to the rescue probably only because he was from CA.

[mac56]

24. Watt instead recommended Wayne Newton.

[SunSeeker]

26. Yep. I remember he got the 'Shot Himself In the Foot' trophy from Ronald Reagan for that.

[lunasun]

27. I wonder if Brian Wilson will be happy the band name will have a connection to trump

Who knows
Any way the Beatles wrote and sang my favorite beach boys song and it would be very fitting for trump
Back in the USSR
(about all the Russian girls ... Nod to BB's California Girls hit)

[Bengus81]

29. Yep..."Come and keep your Comrade warm!" n/t

[wordpix]

65. great song for the Trumpist ascendance to the Russia-backed throne

[Lochloosa]

30. That would be like seeing the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band now....just another bad cover band.

And yes, I have seen the original and the 2014 version.

[OriginalGeek]

32. THe first real concert I ever saw was the Beach Boys

Delbert McClinton was the opening act. I say "real" because it was the first concert I purposely bought a ticket to go see in a big arena. I don't count all the elementary school field trips to see orchestras or church-sponsored events that I had to go to.

it was 1981, I was 17, had already graduated high school and had a 10:00pm curfew. I happily lied to my step-asshole as I left for the show knowing I'd break curfew. The BBs hadn't even gotten on stage by 10. I looked at my watch and laughed as 10 sailed by.

I thought the show was great, they played everything I wanted to hear. I didn't know about new members/old members/real members etc...I just wanted to hear the Beach Boys.

Got home and was met at the door by step-asshole. Grounded for life again lol. "The point," he said, "is if you don't come home on time I have to get up out of bed to let you in."

Not "we worry about your safety out alone late at night" or "Our religious convictions prohibit entertainment after a certain hour" Just "It's a pain in my ass for you little bastards to be actual people. Conform better!"

So I said, "well let me have a key and you can sleep in peace and I'll let myself in" but that would be giving up way too much control so his reply was "Fuck you! You're not getting a fucking key!" (he swore a lot when he wasn't around the church people. They never had a clue) to which I said "You'd like that huh?" and he slammed me against a brick wall and held me there, choking me with his forearm and then mom came out and pulled him away.

I left home a few days later and never went back. Still fucking hate that guy.

But the Beach Boys were cool.

[argyl]

40. If you'd have been older you'd have probably been there to see Delbert.

[OriginalGeek]

42. Oh I did see Delbert

we got there in time - I just knew the show would go way later than my curfew.

He had a hit at the time with Givin it up for Your Love and he did that but that was the only song of his I had ever heard before. I thoroughly enjoyed his set though.

[raccoon]

52. Stepfather sounds like an abusive asshole. Glad you got away from there. nt

[OriginalGeek]

63. Ohysically and mentally, yes he was. I'm glad too

but until I see his name in the obituaries I feel like I'll never truly be away.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

35. James Watt and the Beach Boys

James G. Watt

....
Other controversies

From 1980 through 1982, The Beach Boys and The Grass Roots separately performed at Independence Day concerts at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., attracting large crowds. In April 1983, Watt banned the concerts, on the grounds that the "rock bands" that had performed on the Mall on Independence Day in 1981 and 1982 had encouraged drug use and alcoholism, and had attracted "the wrong element", who would subsequently rob attendees of similar events. Watt then announced that Las Vegas singer Wayne Newton, a friend and an endorser of President Reagan and a contributor to the Republican Party, would perform at the Independence Day celebration at the mall in 1983. During the ensuing controversy, Rob Grill, lead singer of The Grass Roots, stated that he felt "highly insulted" by Watt's remarks, which he termed "nothing but un-American."

The Beach Boys stated that the Soviet Union, which had invited them to perform in Leningrad in 1978, "obviously... did not feel that the group attracted the wrong element." Vice President George H. W. Bush said of The Beach Boys, "They're my friends, and I like their music." Watt apologized to The Beach Boys after learning that President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan were fans of the band. Nancy Reagan apologized for Watt. The White House staff gave Watt a plaster foot with a hole for his "having shot himself in the foot."

At the 1983 event, Newton was booed by the audience when he came on stage. The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson poked fun at Watt's last name, saying "James What? What?"

[emulatorloo]

39. Mike Love is a big ole jerk. Huge fan of the original Beach Boys/Wilson Brothers but

never liked asshole cousin Mike.

[Blue Idaho]

43. Mike always was a real PIA.

Maybe he can do a special duet with Chachi.

[stuffmatters]

41. Without any Wilson(Dennis, Carl or Brian) this is essentially a Beach Boys "Cover Band."

Nobody ever went to a Beach Boys concert because of Mike Love. He might have bought the brand/name but never the spirit or talent of the 3 brothers, IMHO The essential Beach Boys...the Wilson Brothers.

But then Trump specializes in brands that don't deliver. This is just another Trump empty shell promotion.

I hope Brian issues a statement on behalf of himself and the memory of this two brothers emphasizing noninvolvement.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

59. I agree

without Brian they are not the Beach Boys.

[YOHABLO]

47. I mean they've been playing the cruise ship circuit, does anyone care?

[catbyte]

50. Awesome. Has Beens entertaining a Never Was. I wonder if Ivanka will bump & grind on daddy's crotch

like she did when she was a teen & they played a private gig at Mar-a-whatever the fuck it is.

[brewens]

53. I saw The Beach Boys twice. I think '77 and '80. Both time right in the middle of

winter at Washington State University. Hawaiian shirt, 2L bota bag, and ready to party! The perfect break from winter! Those guys were a lot of fun. I wouldn't bother now.

[llmart]

54. "Black Tie and Boots Inaugural"...

is all I need to know about how awful this so-called "ball" is going to be.

[mobeau69]

57. Maybe McCain will join them onstage for Bomb Iran.

[Norbert]

58. If Al Jardine and especially Brian Wilson isn't in the band...

then I'm not interested.

Don't, and I mean don't confuse the genius behind the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, with the Beach Boys lineup that is playing at this event.

[Cha]

60. Not me.. liked them when I was younger and they had the

originals.. now if I think of them I will think "dump"

[Coventina]

61. "Someone played a Beach Boys song, on the jukebox"

"It was 'California Dreaming' so we started screaming, on such a winter's dayyyyyyyyy"



Congrats, Trump, and Beach Boys, on being so relevant!

[HughBeaumont]

62. Bruce Johnston is a wingnut Red Baiter.

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POS.

[wordpix]

64. Thanks to entertainers refusing Trumpist coronations by Putin & billionaire class

I applaud you

Beach Boys, I hope you'll come around