Beach Boys singer also discuss current relationship with his cousin/band cofounder Brian Wilson.
Would you rather be known as a singer or songwriter? A solid interview question for a wide spectrum of musicians, but one that takes on some complexity when posed to
“I guess I have been known as a singer more than a songwriter,” Love says during our recent phone interview. He believes there’s a bigger reason besides Brian’s mastermind rep. “My cousin Brian,” Love says, “when asked, ‘What is the success of The Beach Boys due to?’ He says, ‘Mike Love’s lead with our harmonies behind him.’ And that was pretty neat.” The studio musician collective known asThe best music is magic and eternal. The magic of Beach Boys music is transportation and elevation. A song like 1964′s “I Get Around” distills youth experience into three minutes of sun-kissed radio perfection still right-on nearly 60 years later.
Like most half-century-plus endeavors, the Beach Boys lineup has seen changes over the years. On the current tour, including concerts atThursday, the lineup features: Love, longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Brian Eichenberger, Love’s son Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer.
And Chuck Berry was a tremendous influence with his hooks and alliteration and the way he wrote the wrote his lyrics and sang them. He did these little stories which got us thinking about, well, let’s do our stories about you know, the Beach in California and surfing and all that kind of the environmental stuff that gave rise to their first subject matter.
We miss him. I was hopeful that we do some touring – that would’ve been phenomenal. He once did our song “Sail On, Sailor.” So, we really had a great rapport with him. Cosmologically speaking, we’re in this similar zone, you know, with creating good vibrations and an upbeat look at life through our music.
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