You have to laugh when Mike talks about dealing with the "egos" during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame speech. There is no bigger ego in the music business than his.
"Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys, we are his messengers" -- Dennis Wilson (RIP Denny) Mike Love does deserves credit for some lyrics but in many cases of them, not all, he only contributed a small amount or even a just a tag in many cases. But that does not take away that Brian *ALWAYS wrote the music and arranged those legendary vocal harmonies to accompany his musical melodies*. Brian is the brainchild of the Beach Boys and we would not even know who "Dr. Love" if not for Brian's talents. Mike still deserved the credit for lyrics that he was not credited for, but not to the extent he would have you believe. Brian >> Love. Not to mention, Mike played a pretty substantial factor in Brian's unfortunate drug-induced breakdown. He put a lot of pressure on Brian not to "fuck with the formula" and tried denying Brian his artistic creative ambitions for his own selfish reasons. By 1967 an already drug-using person prone to mental illness simply had enough of his ways. Mike Love can talk about meditation and all that fashionable stuff, but overall he is a bad person.
***** The main contributor to Brian's breakdown was the collapse of "Smile ' He lost his confidence after that and if it weren't for "Smile" being assigned to confinement for 4 decades, he could have made some great records. I love the records after "Pet Sounds" but think of what could have been if "Smile would have been released at the time
***** I love how you dumb douchebags who weren't there know who deserves "credit" and who doesn't.Who PAYED to have Brian brought back down to Earth and SAVED his life through psycho therapy and Rehab? THE BEACH BOYS.
***** Smile was spotty... had amazing moments like cabinessence and surf's up but a lot of odd throwaways that could only be described as bizarre glimpses into the psyche of a mentally ill man in the midst of a nervous breakdown. To me, even the lousy tunes are interesting from an almost scientific point of view. Pet sounds was better. SMiLe's bright moments shine as bright as any, however.
***** Good for you... my opinion is mine and yours is yours. There are some masterpieces on Smile and i am not alone in regarding them as such, there are also throwaways like in so many Beach Boys albums after Pet Sounds. Although i thiink the era from Friends to Sunflower/Surf's Up is highly underrated in the Boys' catalog.
Current Beach Boys sound more like Beach Boys than Brian's band...Brian's voice is getting shot...Mike still sounds pretty good, Bruce as well...and Jeff Foskett is with Mike and he sings the high notes perfectly.
I'm a MASSIVE Brian Wilson fan, never cared much for Mike Love, but IMO he's incredibly misunderstood. Notice how he forced several corrections, when Howard was trying to make dirt. Mike is very confident, certainly an arrogant streak, but by no means a major "douche." You haven't watched much footage of ML if you haven't seen him humble himself MANY times and admit BW's rightful place. He's one of those personalities that is unfiltered, not concerned with the delicate niceties. ML is straightforward and honest and unlike so many, he really doesn't care if you like him or not. I admire that in people.
Jake Mitchell I understand why people get irritated by Mike Love's ego -- it gets on my nerves at times as well. What I don't understand is how people can say he was "totally replaceable" or was the least significant member of the band. He was by far their most prolific lyricist, and in their earliest days, he was the frontman (not the leader, but the frontman) and did the majority of the lead vocal duties along with Brian. Yes, Brian was the main creative force behind the Beach Boys, but Mike was the "face" of the band, the one who gave them their most easily-recognized image and voice.
Mike gets WAY too much of the blame for the demise of the SMiLE project. Brian wasn't even certain himself how he wanted it to turn out -- he had written only a few complete songs, the rest was mainly bits of music that he couldn't work into a cohesive whole until 2004. (Remember, the technology in 1967 was very limited; in order to edit multiple bits of music together you had to physically cut the tapes with a razor blade and then splice them together with tape.) So the project was pretty much doomed to fail anyway, and I'm sure the drugs didn't help either. Sure, it's easy to look at SMiLE's reputation now and think Mike was an idiot for not liking it, but put yourself in his shoes. If you were in a band that had had a long string of successful singles for several years and your leader suddenly wanted to do a complete 180 in terms of musical direction -- something that could potentially kill your career -- wouldn't you be at least slightly apprehensive about it? Again, remember this was 1967; there wasn't much of a market for "underground" music then as there is now -- if a major label didn't like you, you were pretty much screwed. Don't get me wrong; I still side with Brian for wanting to push boundaries, but I still find it perfectly understandable where Mike was coming from.
***** Well, maybe Brian would have finished it eventually in 1967 (or a year or two later), but the record company wanted something NOW, and Brian obviously realized at that point that SMiLE wouldn't be it. Mike's reaction to the project was perhaps the final nail in the coffin, but the coffin was being built for a long time before then. I think the SMiLE material is gorgeous as well, but my point is, it was a radical departure for the Beach Boys, so I don't blame Mike for feeling hesitant about going forward with it. He couldn't have had any idea back then that the Beach Boys would still be going strong nearly 50 years later; such a change in direction could have ended their career shortly. (And, considering the relatively poor fan reaction to the "Heroes And Villains" single, he may have had a point.) So, I think his negative reaction was more out of concern for the Beach Boys' future than anything against Brian's musical abilities.
*****g Didn't ML love say "Don't F with the formula" about Pet Sounds, not the Smile stuff (although I'm not suggesting ML liked the Smile tracks)? And, frankly, this conversation has taken a very strange turn for me, because I've never even considered ML a *major* factor in Smile not getting finished, and I've read all the major bios but maybe one. I've always thought ML was much more averse to Pet Sounds. The Smile sessions produced "GV," only their 3rd #1 hit, and ML was certainly on board with hits. And no doubt ML was NOT kind or receptive to VDP, but, it's a bit unfair to apply the appreciation we NOW have for BW's work to those days. VDP's lyrics ARE strange! They ARE inaccessible! They ARE....well...just plain weird. Let's not forget that as hit makers the BB's were vastly more successful before PS, and Mike Love simply isn't an "artist" at heart, so he - and a LOT of other people - simply could not see the potential in much of what was produced during the Smile sessions. And I'm one of those minority in the BW fan club that isn't so sure Smile would have made the massive splash often imagined. And I believe BW was going to bed (checking out) either way. Geniuses are notoriously tortured souls. How long is the list of brilliant minds who just couldn't deal with the realities of business and "normal" interpersonal relationships? I'm just glad BW didn't go the way of so many others and he's still with us.
Jake Mitchell I'm not sure where the "Don't fuck with the formula" comment came from. I've heard some sources say it was actually a record company executive, not Mike. As for Good Vibrations, it was actually completed and became a hit single before the SMiLE sessions began. Mike thought the arrangement was too weird at first, but he eventually came to like it, although he did alter the lyrics (and I'm glad he did; his lyrics are quite a bit better than Asher's on this song.) As for VDP's lyrics, I think they're clever at times (I especially like "Vegetables"), but other times they're rather obscure nonsense. (In the Smile Sessions CD booklet, Brian tries to explain the lyrics to "Surf's Up" but he's obviously not quite sure about them, and VDP himself more or less admitted that the ending to "Cabin Essence" was meaningless.)
Howard "If Brian was a decent guy he'd come forward and give Mike Love credit". Even Mike has to admit Brian has said and given plenty of credit to Mike. I do love Howard but so many of these interviews are him just talking out of his ass and don't even know what he's talking about.
Howard and Robin are terrible with interviews especially with musicians. They kept talking over him and finishing his sentences and a lot of inaccurate crap comes out as a result.
I think saying that you wrote songs but didn't actually write any of the music, only the lyrics, is slightly misleading. Ok, you wrote some lyrics. Fine. But its the melodies and harmonies that make those songs. But that's just me. Personally, I care more about the music then the lyrics.
Mike is a dick, but as to his writing/not wriging songs: a set of words -- lyrics -- written for the purpose of being sung is a "song"; hence, one who writes lyrics is indeed a "songwriter". Mike's songs could be pretty awful -- "Salt Lake City", for example -- but they occasionally were great -- "California Girls", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Good Vibrations". Those songs work as much for the words as they do Brian's music. If anything, Brian used the words as a way to construct his music and make hit songs. Having said that, we shouldn't forget that Mike was and is a major league dick.
beagle123ist The only thing Mike wrote in "Good Vibrations" was the "I'm picking up Good Vibrations / She's giving me excitations" part. Hardly what makes the song great.
Mike Love and Howard Stern in one place? Wow. GREATNESS OVERDOSE. I can't even decide who of them two is better. Mike Love? Best guy ever. He's such a loveable, humble, down to earth man. Without Mike love there would be no Beach Boys. He's the heart and soul of the band, a creative genius and a progressive musical thinker -- and SO VERY humble about his collosal input. And he's so cool to his bandmates, who did not do nearly as much as him. So supportive. And Howard Stern is the most polite interviewer ever. He's just so cool to everyone. Love them both so much!
+Arthur Fonzarelli the Fonz failed to mention that his farts cure cancer and the aboral sun in his colon allows the sun to shine from where the sun doesn't shine on mere mortals! And he shits 24 karat gold! And pisses molten platinum! Asbestos urethra don't you know!?!
It's common knowledge. It has been written about in several books about the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson started writing GV during the Pet Sounds sessions. He and Tony Asher wrote the original lyrics. Mike Love added "im picking up Good Vibrations" and changed a few lines. He did not write all the lyrics.
to be fair apart from the opening line he did write the verse lyrics and they're very good, I'm by no means a Mike defender but gotta give credit where credit is due.
@@joshbaker1581 The problem is his ego won't let him be honest and content with his contributions, he has to embelish and tear down others. Example is his HOF speech, when they are being celebrated, have an event with thousands of people watching for them HE HAS to shit on the beatles and the stones, why?
He wrote the verse lyrics, which are amazing. Brian (or his advisors) deliberately changed them when he released his solo Smile album in order not to credit Love.
Brian Wilson did producing and arranging along and writing. This dude love was good, but come on now, this dude love wants more credit than he deserves.
Mike love saying he cowrote where you wanna go, is like Ringo suggesting to Paul that Father McKenzie should be darning his socks, and then claim he co-wrote the song! Come on Mike!
"The drug experience" aka writing timeless classics that you couldn't ever achieve and experiencing life in full the way you were always too uptight to do.
Well despite the inter-band squabbles, they did manage to release a lot of music over the years... of course we were robbed of Smile and a semi-great album from '77 called 'Adult/Child'... at least they were recorded and you can hear them today. But really, even if Mike and Brian had stayed songwriting partners, it's unlikely they would've been popping Good Vibrations-quality songs into the 80s and 90s.
Mike of absolutely did not write all the lyrics for Good Vibrations. He is the Antonin Salieri to Brian Wilson's Mozart. He ad-lib one thing at the end of Good Vibrations and now he's saying he wrote the whole song
"Interview?" "...blah, blah, and of course, more 'blah'. (what the hell is this?)I can understand Love being severely pissed...but without Brian, Love has nothing! He can't seem to see this, or just doesn't want to see it.
+Rob Hendrick You could probably say the same for all of us who were post WW2 kids growing up in the '60's.The Beach Boys from 1963-67 were really cool.BUT, personally loved the '70's & 80's but by the 90's the 'roof fell in'. Since then I've taken care of parents,loved ones, and may be out of the loop.
He's not being straight about the divorce scenario- If I'm not mistaken, a wife is entitled to half of the IMPROVED value of the partnership, while they are married. A woman would not get half of what you had coming into the marriage.
Summer in Paradise could've been so great if they would've just played their damn instruments and brought Brian into the writer's room for a minute. Wilson-Love is a great team.
Wow, Stern is really irritating, to me (obviously). Interrupting & idiocy. Although the penis & boob questions were actually pretty cool. Not many music-folks get asked that kind of thing & not many would answer so coolly! I like Mike more & more. He seems genuine (or as genuine as someone in The Spotlight can be!)
To the best of my knowledge Mike hasn't been on Howard's show since. And he sure wouldn't go on now because he knows Howard would ask about the Reunion aftermath. I believe Brian also went on Howard around the time his Imagination album was released.
Although Howard just talks and talks and barely lets people get a word in, it just goes to show how great Mike Love is in handling this type of comic interview With all kinds of sexual innuendos at every turn. Howard’s interview with Brian Wilson was along the same lines but Brian was a fish out of water and it was hard to listen to… Brian was very uncomfortable.
As a long time Howard listener, I think it should be noted that this interview is from 1992!!! I think Howard has become a better interviewer since then, and would be more aware of the Brian Wilson story. Also, Howard would know how much of an asshole Mike Love was and still is - especially the night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speech - I don't think Mike would go on Howard these days.....I don't think Brian would either, but I wish he would - These days, Howard really gets to the truth, and does or has others do the HOMEWORK before interviewing a guest - He's had some great people on the past year, including Neil Young and Bill Murray, who normally don't do interviews....Also interviewed David Crosby, who was able to to apologize to Neil Young on the air for what Neil was angry with him about - IMHO, Howard is still the King of All Media, and definitely the best interviewer - though not in this one, unfortunately, though in '92, Howard was going more for laughs than for the TRUTH - I don't think Howard knew the TRUTH about Mike Love - also Howard is good friends with John Stamos, which is probably why Mike came on in the first place, and partly why he was treated lightly. Fuck Mike Love - Brian and brothers were the Beach Boys - Mike Love and whoever he tours with now and still charges regular prices are no better than a great Beach Boys cover band. Brian's touring band is better than The Beach Boys, and much more worth the money to see, imho - Peace
Once heard Love described as "the lead singer in a 5 member band, who had the 4th best voice" The only reason he was a Beach Boys in the first place was because of his pushy mother who happened to be Murry Wilson's sister.
Brother Records MEANT the THREE BROTHERS!!! Howard, I'm again disappointed by you. I wont watch when you're on, Howie Mandell blows you AWAY. Pretty wife with plastic surgery and that's about it Howeird. Done with you at 18:41 .
Please don't live to 190 Mike, the world has suffered enough as is. You sure couldn't wait to plug John Stamos could you? Saying Dennis was the "original" drummer? How about he was THE Beach Boys Drummer!!! And he still is in my eyes and a few other million people. You wanted to quit in '71? I really wish you would've. The band might have escaped the oldies stereotyping that you kept pushing. Truth is you stayed because of the $ and because you couldn't hack it solo. Tried and BOMBED.
Carl Wilson was the most musically gifted BEACH BOY all around. He was both a good guitarist and good singer. Like his brother Brian he could hit those high notes very well.
If Mike Love was such a good writer why didnt his solo album MIKE LOVE NOT WAR eclipse Sgt Pepper? This guy is the most delusional human being who ever lived
He wants credit for songs Brian Wilson's songs..he sued Brian Wilson..and won ..and wants inclusion on Kokamo..the beach boy band put the music together..no backing band or musicians for John Phillips...all's well Mike Love got his way...
This interview is very disappointing. I was hoping they would talk about the speech but no. Howard was just rambling on about stupid things. Mike is a mindless ego. Even Brian hates him. Mike is nothing. Without Brian where would he be? Brian is the true genius of The Beach Boys.
stern is a terrible interviewer, talking over his guests, changing the subject in the middle of a story,,,and robin piping in doing the same thing, talking over the guest while they're answering a question that you want to hear
Very hard interview to listen to because Howard just runs his mouth never letting Mike finish answering not one question. I would have to think Howard is on Coke to be honest during this interview.
He and the Wilson brothers are first cousins. They started to develop the iconic sound of The Beach Boys as youngsters. We know what happened to Brian, so, maybe if not for Mike Love, The Beach Boys may have disbanded in the mid 1960s. imo.
He did not write every word of G.V. so that alone creates doubt about anything else he states. He contradicts himself on the other songs he credits himself for. Adding words or changing verses gets you co writer credit credit, Mike the opportunist knew this, most of his lyrics are easy to spot and frankly suck.
Doesn't matter how much you wrote of a song, you should get songwriting credit if you made an important contribution. Nobody can refute that Mike came up with the chorus for GV and frankly that part makes the whole song, aside from Carl's heavenly vocals. Lennon and McCartney shared credits even though except in the early days, they hardly ever wrote any songs together. It's always obvious which is a John song and which is a Paul song. Why shouldn't Mike get credit for whatever it is he put in? Listen, I get that he rubs people the wrong way, but he has a right to get credit.
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Holy shite. He almost quit in ‘71. The Beach Boys would have taken a turn for the best.
If only. I wish I wish wish. Oh please bring back 1971.
@@dalehood1846 you no nothing about the Beach boys. Mike Love wrote almost every single beach boys hit.
@@sallybrown4947 you left off the "s"
1971 - coincidentally the year he makes one of his very few BB appearance that I actually enjoy: the baritone under the coda for the song "Surf's Up."
Doc, fire up the DeLorean for 1971!
You have to laugh when Mike talks about dealing with the "egos" during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame speech. There is no bigger ego in the music business than his.
Sting. =)
Not even close.
John Moeller Bono
steveziv Not even Bono ... Maybe Kanye.
And no less talent. Mike Love was and is worthless.
"Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys, we are his messengers"
-- Dennis Wilson (RIP Denny)
Mike Love does deserves credit for some lyrics but in many cases of them, not all, he only contributed a small amount or even a just a tag in many cases. But that does not take away that Brian *ALWAYS wrote the music and arranged those legendary vocal harmonies to accompany his musical melodies*. Brian is the brainchild of the Beach Boys and we would not even know who "Dr. Love" if not for Brian's talents.
Mike still deserved the credit for lyrics that he was not credited for, but not to the extent he would have you believe. Brian >> Love. Not to mention, Mike played a pretty substantial factor in Brian's unfortunate drug-induced breakdown. He put a lot of pressure on Brian not to "fuck with the formula" and tried denying Brian his artistic creative ambitions for his own selfish reasons.
By 1967 an already drug-using person prone to mental illness simply had enough of his ways. Mike Love can talk about meditation and all that fashionable stuff, but overall he is a bad person.
The main contributor that lead to Brian's breakdown was the albums. They all did poorly after Pet Sounds and I am sad because of that.
***** The main contributor to Brian's breakdown was the collapse of "Smile ' He lost his confidence after that and if it weren't for "Smile" being assigned to confinement for 4 decades, he could have made some great records. I love the records after "Pet Sounds" but think of what could have been if "Smile would have been released at the time
***** I love how you dumb douchebags who weren't there know who deserves "credit" and who doesn't.Who PAYED to have Brian brought back down to Earth and SAVED his life through psycho therapy and Rehab? THE BEACH BOYS.
*****
Smile was spotty... had amazing moments like cabinessence and surf's up but a lot of odd throwaways that could only be described as bizarre glimpses into the psyche of a mentally ill man in the midst of a nervous breakdown. To me, even the lousy tunes are interesting from an almost scientific point of view. Pet sounds was better. SMiLe's bright moments shine as bright as any, however.
***** Good for you... my opinion is mine and yours is yours. There are some masterpieces on Smile and i am not alone in regarding them as such, there are also throwaways like in so many Beach Boys albums after Pet Sounds. Although i thiink the era from Friends to Sunflower/Surf's Up is highly underrated in the Boys' catalog.
"Mike Love is a great guy!"
- Mike Love
lol
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Four out of five Mike Loves recommend Mike Love…
Brian was the MAJOR writer, so far as Mike getting credit, Brian doesn't like confrontation and just let it go.
agreed
Bullshite........
This guy is touring as the beach boys today and the "real" talent is touring separately as Brian Wilson and Al Jardine across the USA today.
Current Beach Boys sound more like Beach Boys than Brian's band...Brian's voice is getting shot...Mike still sounds pretty good, Bruce as well...and Jeff Foskett is with Mike and he sings the high notes perfectly.
@@1thenatural1 Thank you! The ML band sounds amazing
I'm a MASSIVE Brian Wilson fan, never cared much for Mike Love, but IMO he's incredibly misunderstood. Notice how he forced several corrections, when Howard was trying to make dirt. Mike is very confident, certainly an arrogant streak, but by no means a major "douche." You haven't watched much footage of ML if you haven't seen him humble himself MANY times and admit BW's rightful place. He's one of those personalities that is unfiltered, not concerned with the delicate niceties. ML is straightforward and honest and unlike so many, he really doesn't care if you like him or not. I admire that in people.
Jake Mitchell I understand why people get irritated by Mike Love's ego -- it gets on my nerves at times as well. What I don't understand is how people can say he was "totally replaceable" or was the least significant member of the band. He was by far their most prolific lyricist, and in their earliest days, he was the frontman (not the leader, but the frontman) and did the majority of the lead vocal duties along with Brian. Yes, Brian was the main creative force behind the Beach Boys, but Mike was the "face" of the band, the one who gave them their most easily-recognized image and voice.
Mike gets WAY too much of the blame for the demise of the SMiLE project. Brian wasn't even certain himself how he wanted it to turn out -- he had written only a few complete songs, the rest was mainly bits of music that he couldn't work into a cohesive whole until 2004. (Remember, the technology in 1967 was very limited; in order to edit multiple bits of music together you had to physically cut the tapes with a razor blade and then splice them together with tape.) So the project was pretty much doomed to fail anyway, and I'm sure the drugs didn't help either.
Sure, it's easy to look at SMiLE's reputation now and think Mike was an idiot for not liking it, but put yourself in his shoes. If you were in a band that had had a long string of successful singles for several years and your leader suddenly wanted to do a complete 180 in terms of musical direction -- something that could potentially kill your career -- wouldn't you be at least slightly apprehensive about it? Again, remember this was 1967; there wasn't much of a market for "underground" music then as there is now -- if a major label didn't like you, you were pretty much screwed. Don't get me wrong; I still side with Brian for wanting to push boundaries, but I still find it perfectly understandable where Mike was coming from.
***** Well, maybe Brian would have finished it eventually in 1967 (or a year or two later), but the record company wanted something NOW, and Brian obviously realized at that point that SMiLE wouldn't be it. Mike's reaction to the project was perhaps the final nail in the coffin, but the coffin was being built for a long time before then.
I think the SMiLE material is gorgeous as well, but my point is, it was a radical departure for the Beach Boys, so I don't blame Mike for feeling hesitant about going forward with it. He couldn't have had any idea back then that the Beach Boys would still be going strong nearly 50 years later; such a change in direction could have ended their career shortly. (And, considering the relatively poor fan reaction to the "Heroes And Villains" single, he may have had a point.) So, I think his negative reaction was more out of concern for the Beach Boys' future than anything against Brian's musical abilities.
*****g Didn't ML love say "Don't F with the formula" about Pet Sounds, not the Smile stuff (although I'm not suggesting ML liked the Smile tracks)? And, frankly, this conversation has taken a very strange turn for me, because I've never even considered ML a *major* factor in Smile not getting finished, and I've read all the major bios but maybe one. I've always thought ML was much more averse to Pet Sounds. The Smile sessions produced "GV," only their 3rd #1 hit, and ML was certainly on board with hits. And no doubt ML was NOT kind or receptive to VDP, but, it's a bit unfair to apply the appreciation we NOW have for BW's work to those days. VDP's lyrics ARE strange! They ARE inaccessible! They ARE....well...just plain weird. Let's not forget that as hit makers the BB's were vastly more successful before PS, and Mike Love simply isn't an "artist" at heart, so he - and a LOT of other people - simply could not see the potential in much of what was produced during the Smile sessions. And I'm one of those minority in the BW fan club that isn't so sure Smile would have made the massive splash often imagined. And I believe BW was going to bed (checking out) either way. Geniuses are notoriously tortured souls. How long is the list of brilliant minds who just couldn't deal with the realities of business and "normal" interpersonal relationships? I'm just glad BW didn't go the way of so many others and he's still with us.
Jake Mitchell I'm not sure where the "Don't fuck with the formula" comment came from. I've heard some sources say it was actually a record company executive, not Mike. As for Good Vibrations, it was actually completed and became a hit single before the SMiLE sessions began. Mike thought the arrangement was too weird at first, but he eventually came to like it, although he did alter the lyrics (and I'm glad he did; his lyrics are quite a bit better than Asher's on this song.) As for VDP's lyrics, I think they're clever at times (I especially like "Vegetables"), but other times they're rather obscure nonsense. (In the Smile Sessions CD booklet, Brian tries to explain the lyrics to "Surf's Up" but he's obviously not quite sure about them, and VDP himself more or less admitted that the ending to "Cabin Essence" was meaningless.)
I gotta say this interview is freaking hilarious
I could listen to Mike all day… he’s so knowledgeable and fascinating! 👊🇺🇸
Howard "If Brian was a decent guy he'd come forward and give Mike Love credit". Even Mike has to admit Brian has said and given plenty of credit to Mike. I do love Howard but so many of these interviews are him just talking out of his ass and don't even know what he's talking about.
I think he is just being an instigator. I love Howard as well but sometimes he is full of shit.
Howard and Robin are terrible with interviews especially with musicians. They kept talking over him and finishing his sentences and a lot of inaccurate crap comes out as a result.
Robin & Howard SUCK
seriously, Dennis picked up the Manson girls hitchicking, not Charles manson. that's the story I read.
That's what I heard,then Manson moved into Dennis's mansion after Dennis went to the studio.he snuck his dirty people in his house.
Mike Love's version of history.
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The one without drug and alcoholism so it's most likely 100% true!
I think saying that you wrote songs but didn't actually write any of the music, only the lyrics, is slightly misleading. Ok, you wrote some lyrics. Fine. But its the melodies and harmonies that make those songs. But that's just me. Personally, I care more about the music then the lyrics.
but to be fair, he should get credit for writing lyrics.
Mike is a dick, but as to his writing/not wriging songs: a set of words -- lyrics -- written for the purpose of being sung is a "song"; hence, one who writes lyrics is indeed a "songwriter". Mike's songs could be pretty awful -- "Salt Lake City", for example -- but they occasionally were great -- "California Girls", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Good Vibrations". Those songs work as much for the words as they do Brian's music. If anything, Brian used the words as a way to construct his music and make hit songs. Having said that, we shouldn't forget that Mike was and is a major league dick.
beagle123ist The only thing Mike wrote in "Good Vibrations" was the "I'm picking up Good Vibrations / She's giving me excitations" part. Hardly what makes the song great.
beagle123ist and released an album that even calling godawful is being nice'Looking Back with Love" I believe that piece of shit was called???
Mike Love and Howard Stern in one place? Wow. GREATNESS OVERDOSE. I can't even decide who of them two is better. Mike Love? Best guy ever. He's such a loveable, humble, down to earth man. Without Mike love there would be no Beach Boys. He's the heart and soul of the band, a creative genius and a progressive musical thinker -- and SO VERY humble about his collosal input. And he's so cool to his bandmates, who did not do nearly as much as him. So supportive. And Howard Stern is the most polite interviewer ever. He's just so cool to everyone. Love them both so much!
I agree! But you forgot to mention that Mike Love saved the world from nuclear annihilation with his magical transcendental aura.
+Arthur Fonzarelli the Fonz failed to mention that his farts cure cancer and the aboral sun in his colon allows the sun to shine from where the sun doesn't shine on mere mortals! And he shits 24 karat gold! And pisses molten platinum! Asbestos urethra don't you know!?!
Bernie Bandicoot 10/10 troll effort
It’s OK.
It's common knowledge. It has been written about in several books about the Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson started writing GV during the Pet Sounds sessions. He and Tony Asher wrote the original lyrics. Mike Love added "im picking up Good Vibrations" and changed a few lines. He did not write all the lyrics.
to be fair apart from the opening line he did write the verse lyrics and they're very good, I'm by no means a Mike defender but gotta give credit where credit is due.
@@joshbaker1581 The problem is his ego won't let him be honest and content with his contributions, he has to embelish and tear down others. Example is his HOF speech, when they are being celebrated, have an event with thousands of people watching for them HE HAS to shit on the beatles and the stones, why?
He wrote the verse lyrics, which are amazing. Brian (or his advisors) deliberately changed them when he released his solo Smile album in order not to credit Love.
@@JoeDiego I agree. Brian's 'Good Vibrations' lyrics on the solo Smile album are very weak and not up to par with Mike's lyrics.
@@hokahey7236 agreed, although I learned after this comment that they are Tony Asher's original lyrics before Mike rewrote them.
Brian Wilson did producing and arranging along and writing. This dude love was good, but come on now, this dude love wants more credit than he deserves.
Mike love saying he cowrote where you wanna go, is like Ringo suggesting to Paul that Father McKenzie should be darning his socks, and then claim he co-wrote the song! Come on Mike!
Stern is a very badgering type of interviewer...Mike starts to answer and Stern steams in with something else!
+Colsoloact He's like the anti Charlie Rose
Yep. He's rubbish.
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Howard is pretty funny, I like the wit, but I do wish I could hear Mike actually talk for a bit without being interrupted.
Thats what Stern does to everyone.
"The drug experience" aka writing timeless classics that you couldn't ever achieve and experiencing life in full the way you were always too uptight to do.
Pretty much.
If no Brian wilson, no beach boys. Brian wilson is a living geniuses. Mike love is along for the ride
Well despite the inter-band squabbles, they did manage to release a lot of music over the years... of course we were robbed of Smile and a semi-great album from '77 called 'Adult/Child'... at least they were recorded and you can hear them today. But really, even if Mike and Brian had stayed songwriting partners, it's unlikely they would've been popping Good Vibrations-quality songs into the 80s and 90s.
Thank you kpackard!
He makes his children proud
19:38 Howard gets Mike good🤣🤣
GREAT TNTERVIEW ! SATURDAY 3/25/23 MARCH 25, 2023
And what can you say about Dennis Wilson he was the nicest looking all of them he was absolutely gorgeous.
Amazing how far off Love is on the Wilson/Manson thing...Wilson didn't discover Manson hitchhiking nor did he see Manson shoot any black man.
Jim Richards Hery stupid the shooting is the ONE CRIME Manson admitted to.
One of Carl's early influences was Dick Dale. In some of the earlier stuff the Beach Boys did he emulated that style quite well.
my brother met him and taught him how to meditate. Check out the book - Symphony of Silence on Amazon.
Without Brian there would be no Beach Boys at all. Without Mike Love there would be no Beach Boys after 1967.
Mike of absolutely did not write all the lyrics for Good Vibrations. He is the Antonin Salieri to Brian Wilson's Mozart. He ad-lib one thing at the end of Good Vibrations and now he's saying he wrote the whole song
Mike wrote the chorus to Good Vibrations, ie the only part of the song most people know. Don't sleep on his contributions.
Please Brian Wilson was out there for so long that Mike Love can take credit for songs that he “wrote “.
"Interview?" "...blah, blah, and of course, more 'blah'. (what the hell is this?)I can understand Love being severely pissed...but without Brian, Love has nothing! He can't seem to see this, or just doesn't want to see it.
+Rob Hendrick Yes, you are right. BUt without Brian, he'snobody. They had their time and were 60's major hitsbut that's all over over for both them.
+Rob Hendrick You could probably say the same for all of us who were post WW2 kids growing up in the '60's.The Beach Boys from 1963-67 were really cool.BUT, personally loved the '70's & 80's but by the 90's the 'roof fell in'. Since then I've taken care of parents,loved ones, and may be out of the loop.
Shut the fuck up robin you add nothing
Mike write some lyrics, Brian wrote/produced them
He's not being straight about the divorce scenario- If I'm not mistaken, a wife is entitled to half of the IMPROVED value of the partnership, while they are married. A woman would not get half of what you had coming into the marriage.
Summer in paradise… the single most embarrassing album ever put out. All you Mike.
Summer in Paradise could've been so great if they would've just played their damn instruments and brought Brian into the writer's room for a minute.
Wilson-Love is a great team.
Dylan gave him the middle finger in his subtle speech same year.
Wow, Stern is really irritating, to me (obviously).
Interrupting & idiocy.
Although the penis & boob questions were actually pretty cool. Not many music-folks get asked that kind of thing & not many would answer so coolly!
I like Mike more & more. He seems genuine (or as genuine as someone in The Spotlight can be!)
This is pure chaos! Ciao !
1992. I saw the Beach Boys that year, Jones Beach NY, with David Cassidy opening. Good time!
If mike left in 71 , Al Jardin could have sang all of his songs, and better. End of story
7:00 lolol "Summer in Paradise" did not do ANY good for the world, and didn't even do any good for the Beach Boys...
Mike's laugh sounds kind of funny and unique @23:00 !! Sterns forced laugh @32:30, lol!! Robbin copy-cat Sterns laugh right after him.
It's no wonder Mike Love never came back. Jeez, but what a sport he was on the show. All respects to Mike. He showed me something.
To the best of my knowledge Mike hasn't been on Howard's show since. And he sure wouldn't go on now because he knows Howard would ask about the Reunion aftermath. I believe Brian also went on Howard around the time his Imagination album was released.
I absolutely love Mike Love and the love that Mike Love has for Mike Love. Almost as much as Mike Love loves Mike Love.
Although Howard just talks and talks and barely lets people get a word in, it just goes to show how great Mike Love is in handling this type of comic interview With all kinds of sexual innuendos at every turn. Howard’s interview with Brian Wilson was along the same lines but Brian was a fish out of water and it was hard to listen to… Brian was very uncomfortable.
howard is such a lousy interviewer...I was waiting for the question about the rock and roll hall of fame speech
Always been in love with Mike.....i saw them when they were new.
Love Mike Love. Love the RRHF speech.
Mike Love keep it real!Love him about that!
doo doo doo doo LIAR!!!
If i may quote Brian thats just Mike being Mike you know what i mean 😄
God dam howard let someone answer the queston
What a goober...
much political lunacy
This name is either restricted, too long, or contains too many invalid characters. He's a big Goomer !
No, Howard is a goo-gobbler. You know, a spitting jizz catcher.
As a long time Howard listener, I think it should be noted that this interview is from 1992!!! I think Howard has become a better interviewer since then, and would be more aware of the Brian Wilson story. Also, Howard would know how much of an asshole Mike Love was and still is - especially the night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speech - I don't think Mike would go on Howard these days.....I don't think Brian would either, but I wish he would - These days, Howard really gets to the truth, and does or has others do the HOMEWORK before interviewing a guest - He's had some great people on the past year, including Neil Young and Bill Murray, who normally don't do interviews....Also interviewed David Crosby, who was able to to apologize to Neil Young on the air for what Neil was angry with him about - IMHO, Howard is still the King of All Media, and definitely the best interviewer - though not in this one, unfortunately, though in '92, Howard was going more for laughs than for the TRUTH - I don't think Howard knew the TRUTH about Mike Love - also Howard is good friends with John Stamos, which is probably why Mike came on in the first place, and partly why he was treated lightly. Fuck Mike Love - Brian and brothers were the Beach Boys - Mike Love and whoever he tours with now and still charges regular prices are no better than a great Beach Boys cover band. Brian's touring band is better than The Beach Boys, and much more worth the money to see, imho - Peace
Once heard Love described as "the lead singer in a 5 member band, who had the 4th best voice"
The only reason he was a Beach Boys in the first place was because of his pushy mother who happened to be Murry Wilson's sister.
Mike has the right to speak his mind but there's a time and place for such pontifications but your induction into the R&R Hall of Fame ain't it......
Stern and Love......death by creepyness.
Mike Love is the greatest!
Cannot believe Mike Love is tolerated? I don't dislike anyone - but if I did - I would hate him as much as Rolling Stone does
Brother Records MEANT the THREE BROTHERS!!! Howard, I'm again disappointed by you. I wont watch when you're on, Howie Mandell blows you AWAY. Pretty wife with plastic surgery and that's about it Howeird. Done with you at 18:41 .
Oy Vey you are SO critical of your own tribe member
Please don't live to 190 Mike, the world has suffered enough as is. You sure couldn't wait to plug John Stamos could you? Saying Dennis was the "original" drummer? How about he was THE Beach Boys Drummer!!! And he still is in my eyes and a few other million people. You wanted to quit in '71? I really wish you would've. The band might have escaped the oldies stereotyping that you kept pushing. Truth is you stayed because of the $ and because you couldn't hack it solo. Tried and BOMBED.
@DWF You are someone who I TOTALLY agree with!
I think it was more of Carl and Dennis legally trying to throw him out, unfortunately they lost.
Doesn't take anything away from Brian that Mike contributed to the songs. The BB were a group not one person.
cuz brian was the genious
generous genius hybrid
mike and brian were the writing duo thats just common knowledge...also the formula was all of them and thats history THEY ROCKED**********
30 years later... " oh yea, remember how I actually co-wrote those songs?" Why didn't Mike care 20 years later? Or 10? Because he's fucking lying.
Cause Dennis was still alive and Carls health wasn’t failing.
“…and he’s a nice guy but he’s also messed up and…” -Love on Brian Wilson
Carl Wilson was the most musically gifted BEACH BOY all around. He was both a good guitarist and good singer. Like his brother Brian he could hit those high notes very well.
So could Al Jardine, man. Dude is the Beach Boys' secret weapon.
@@phantomtennisasmr al jardine is the goat
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If Mike Love was such a good writer why didnt his solo album MIKE LOVE NOT WAR eclipse Sgt Pepper? This guy is the most delusional human being who ever lived
Dennis was my favorite beach boy
He was mine too but I can’t decide between him and his brothers I love them all . He was the coolest though that’s for sure
Screw HS and Robyn.... Let the guests finish their sentences
Gerry, read your own previous comments and make up you mind about how you really feel about him.
Mike Love
Was
Against Pet Sounds
He wants credit for songs Brian Wilson's songs..he sued Brian Wilson..and won ..and wants inclusion on Kokamo..the beach boy band put the music together..no backing band or musicians for John Phillips...all's well Mike Love got his way...
I cant believe Love got injured before the championship series. Great jump shot shooter.
Howard: I had you pegged as a guy into big jugs.
which is what?
Fucking hell
Proof?
This interview is very disappointing. I was hoping they would talk about the speech but no. Howard was just rambling on about stupid things. Mike is a mindless ego. Even Brian hates him. Mike is nothing. Without Brian where would he be? Brian is the true genius of The Beach Boys.
Mike who ?
Re: Mike’s then current wife- “she steals razors to shave her mustache”… I miss old school Howard!
I liked him till I saw thins
20:48 lol Howard rules
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TM hadn’t helped him being at peace with other people.
“Certain stones vibrate at certain frequencies....”
Oh my fuck...
Yep. Pseudoscience at its best.
Would have been nice to hear Mike Love instead of Howard talking over him.
His ego is so big he doesn't even realize how much he gets on Brian Wilson's nerves when they are together.
stern is a terrible interviewer, talking over his guests, changing the subject in the middle of a story,,,and robin piping in doing the same thing, talking over the guest while they're answering a question that you want to hear
brainpanheadeadork should shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down!
Very hard interview to listen to because Howard just runs his mouth never letting Mike finish answering not one question. I would have to think Howard is on Coke to be honest during this interview.
The dude with the hat looks like Terence Hill?!? So..The dude on the right is most likely Mike Love??
Tori Spelling livin in a trailer now!😂
He and the Wilson brothers are first cousins. They started to develop the iconic sound of The Beach Boys as youngsters. We know what happened to Brian, so, maybe if not for Mike Love, The Beach Boys may have disbanded in the mid 1960s. imo.
He did not write every word of G.V. so that alone creates doubt about anything else he states. He contradicts himself on the other songs he credits himself for. Adding words or changing verses gets you co writer credit credit, Mike the opportunist knew this, most of his lyrics are easy to spot and frankly suck.
Doesn't matter how much you wrote of a song, you should get songwriting credit if you made an important contribution. Nobody can refute that Mike came up with the chorus for GV and frankly that part makes the whole song, aside from Carl's heavenly vocals. Lennon and McCartney shared credits even though except in the early days, they hardly ever wrote any songs together. It's always obvious which is a John song and which is a Paul song. Why shouldn't Mike get credit for whatever it is he put in? Listen, I get that he rubs people the wrong way, but he has a right to get credit.
I am picking up good vibrations…. Brian. She’s giving me the x citations… Mike. The second verse so cheesy it takes away from the song.
if Mike ever had any charisma at all, in this band, with those hits, he woulda been Mick Jagger
Howard Stern is a genius.