For a band that has been around for nearly 50 years, the Beach Boys have had quite a year. It was announced yesterday that the remaining Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston were going to reunite at the Grammys next year. Not the same without the late Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson but I am nevertheless looking forward to it. Their Smile Sessions box set was picked by Rolling Stone as reissue of the year, just beating out U2. It was also their highest charting release in decades.
In 1969, the 5 touring Beach Boys (meaning no Brian) hit Europe for a tour of the British Isles and the continent. Backed by a crackling horn session, the Beach Boys committed about half of their live show to vinyl. At times sloppy, with sophomoric humor by ringleader Mike Love, the Beach Boys 69 album nevertheless is a welcome document of a time when All You Needed was Love and "Good Vibrations" were going to rule the world. The biggest single release of the BB's career, number 6 on the Rolling Stone top 500 our song of the day is the live-in-69 "Good Vibrations." This version is used in the game Rock Band 3!
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