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ascrodin

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85. As a die hard BBs fan, the ignorance bugs me...but I'm used to it.

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 05:16 AM

Nov 2012

THANK YOU for giving props to Dave Marks. He and (guess who???) Bruce Johnston are the only two BBs that are classically trained musicians. The difference being Bruce was a rich kid who got the classical training as just another aspect of his privileged upbringing, and Dave, after being out of the Beach Boys for 8 years and struggling in several bands that went nowhere (Dave and the Marksmen, Band Without a Name, the Moon, a VERY brief, 2 weeks at most, stint with Delaney and Bonnie before being replaced by none other than Eric Clapton-Marks also turned down an offer to join Paul Revere and the Raiders), had to figuratively beg the Berklee School of Music and later the Boston Conservatory to let him in.

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Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston says you're "fucked" if "asshole" Obama gets a second term. Fun Fun Fun! [View all] Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 OP

It's a free country. bigwillq May 2012 #1

Didn't say he wasn't. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #2

+1 nt DevonRex May 2012 #4

I didn't. bigwillq May 2012 #5

Yes you did Cali_Democrat May 2012 #7

OK, you're right, I admit it. Here is the hidden subliminal text I planted in my original post. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #13

ROFL!!! Cali_Democrat May 2012 #16

Hahaha. nt DevonRex May 2012 #19

Aaahh ha ha! Arugula Latte May 2012 #22

I can read that, and have to say I'm proud of you for fessing up Voice for Peace May 2012 #23

See. I knew it!! bigwillq May 2012 #24

... DevonRex May 2012 #33

I'm man enough to admit when I've been caught red-handed. Well played, sir. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #39

Secret hidden 'red' script; admits to being caught 'red-handed'.... Ikonoklast May 2012 #54

I NEVER go into cooking and baking. DevonRex May 2012 #56

They'll CUT you over there... Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #59

This is classic DU. Mika May 2012 #27

Nicely done HarveyDarkey May 2012 #28

Where can I get me some of those glasses... zeemike May 2012 #38

Ha! JustAnotherGen May 2012 #44

LOL hifiguy May 2012 #48

LMAO! redqueen May 2012 #57

Where do I get the glasses? tinymontgomery May 2012 #66

Super. They've GOT to be SUPER. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #67

DU Super Secret Subliminal Goggles?!? Serve The Servants May 2012 #80

!!!!!!!! special DU Super Secret Subliminal Goggles© !!!!!!! this is what DUers wear when they read Tuesday Afternoon May 2012 #81

LOL. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #83

Even though he has the right to say what he wants he still lost me as a fan. It was southernyankeebelle May 2012 #14

Dementia, Delirium, and willful political ignorance, also contribute greatly. ChairmanAgnostic May 2012 #3

I'm not listening to anybody wearing a leather jacket with a Hawaiian shirt CreekDog May 2012 #55

Bitch Boys Politicalboi May 2012 #6

Actually Mutiny In Heaven May 2012 #9

Indeed. Brian Wilson was the single greatest talent of hifiguy May 2012 #12

Johnston was hired because Brian "wasn't available" to tour. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #18

Good Lord, not even close. Just because sufrommich May 2012 #10

They were one of my favorite bands way back when. But they have lost that touch. Time southernyankeebelle May 2012 #20

They did retire. This is their obligatory 50th anniversary reunion tour. Zambero May 2012 #31

Be still rug May 2012 #8

One of Dennis Wilson's first compositions Zambero May 2012 #32

News? Capt. Obvious May 2012 #11

Bruce the beach boy (Small "b's" emphasized) Zambero May 2012 #15

He's a Beach BOY among Beach MEN...LMAO! n/t Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #26

Johnston and Love touring as the "Beach Boys" hifiguy May 2012 #49

Ringo's too honest to attempt that Zambero May 2012 #52

True - which is why it's "Ringo's All-Starr Band" hifiguy May 2012 #53

That's funny LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #17

I tired of the beach boy sound after about the third time I heard it. zeemike May 2012 #21

The Beach Boys were the first surfer band to leave surfer sufrommich May 2012 #68

I am just telling you what I thought as a consumer. zeemike May 2012 #69

"It was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water. sufrommich May 2012 #71

I went to youtube and listen to both of them again zeemike May 2012 #73

I was never a big fan of the Beach Boys. I went to high school in Honolulu (class of '68) panader0 May 2012 #74

Yep...and the Gidget ones. zeemike May 2012 #75

He's a damned poseur. Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine ARE hlthe2b May 2012 #25

I look at the "reunion" a few different ways. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #34

How Carl Wilson got into guitar, etc. Zambero May 2012 #47

As is David Marks Zambero May 2012 #40

As a die hard BBs fan, the ignorance bugs me...but I'm used to it. ascrodin Nov 2012 #85

The Beach Boys were never known for their intellect. Greybnk48 May 2012 #29

Dennis "made friends" with Charlie Manson... Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #35

Wow! You know I remember that there was some connection Greybnk48 May 2012 #76

If my memory serves me right vankuria May 2012 #78

Correction... ascrodin Nov 2012 #84

Yes, thank-you! vankuria Nov 2012 #86

Anyone who is 70 years old and still calls themselves a boy can't be taken seriously liberal N proud May 2012 #30

What's his DU name?...nt SidDithers May 2012 #36

I think it might be RucebayOhnsonjay Arugula Latte May 2012 #43

Another entertainer who wants to keep every penny he's got. lpbk2713 May 2012 #37

I was about to say, another rich guy without enough Solomon May 2012 #65

Hey, asshole... GoCubsGo May 2012 #41

and yet I've made more money under Obama than any other president Johonny May 2012 #42

it's NOT the beach boys if there are no Wilson brothers in it. btw Johnston is the talentless one nt msongs May 2012 #45

Brian Wilson is indeed part of the reunion Zambero May 2012 #50

Oh dear God, Bruce. So what ARE we going to be if that slappy fuck Romney gets elected? HughBeaumont May 2012 #46

Jesus, did Nick Nolte get busted for DUI again? hatrack May 2012 #51

the funny stuff is they all say he's socialist but they okieinpain May 2012 #58

More selfish and greedy then ignorant....imo. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #77

Well I wanted to see the Beach Boys reunion this year. Initech May 2012 #60

shouldn't this asshole be getting ready for his next state fair or post-baseball game gig? frylock May 2012 #61

Well the irony is that he created Barry's Manilow's biggest hit CreekDog May 2012 #62

On TMZ, he said Reagan was a great man Great Caesars Ghost May 2012 #63

Who? Solly Mack May 2012 #64

+100 G_j May 2012 #82

I'm picking up bad vibrations. mac56 May 2012 #70

johnston wasn't an original member to begin with....and fuck you bruce spanone May 2012 #72

He wrote the songs donheld May 2012 #79