What Happened to Mike Love?

[ogami]

Mike Love is one of the luckiest schmucks in showbusiness. Talk about just being in the right place at the right time.

[rman]

I have been to many Beach Boys concerts over the years. But none where ahole Mike did not insult Brian or his contributions. He also fired Brian and Al before the 50th aniversery concert series ended to show him who's the boss. He thinks that his high school level lyrics are more important than Brian's music He is a petty, nasty little boy.

[itsOnMARS]

Mike Love is that kind of person that would never admit that pretty much all of his success is down to ONE man Brian Wilson and his decision to expand its musical catalogue to Pet Sounds which goes down as one of if not the best Rock album of all time, unlike Dennis Wilson who credits all of his success to Brian Wilson. A bit of humility goes such a long way. Whether he admits or not he is extremely lucky to have been related to Brian Wilson.

[thomasrobinson]

Still floating in an ocean of self-love.

[KRAZEEIZATION]

What happened to him? He fought tooth and nail to keep The Beach Boys going for over 50 years especially when Brian Wilson was suffering from anxiety and stayed off the road to write his brilliant music. Love always preferred the surf/cars hits era. He was just happy with being a touring jukebox playing the hits. Only for Brian Wilson he’d never have had the fame and fortune he has.

[pamhoosier]

When i look back at all the Beach Boys performances on TV in black and white, and there's Mike trying to dance along looking like a nerd, I just roll my eyes. He thinks he's God's gift.

[robertmaynard]

He wants all the credit, everyone knows it's Brian who was the genius.

[MIKELIN]

Mike "Came up with the title of Pet Sounds" . Yeah. The story is that Mike listened to Brian's music ans said something like 'only dogs will be able to hear and enjoy that' so Brian called the project Pet Sounds.

[hungfao]

When Mike put out 'Looking Back With Love' eons ago, my first response was to groan the use of his name in the title as both a pun and a way to get his name visible. I predicted that he would likely be using the same ploy with any future albums he put out. But then he didn't put out any others. Of the tracks I'd heard, they were unremarkable and I thought he'd learned his lesson. But he did eventually put out some more recent albums. Yes, he punned off his name yet again. And, again, the material is unremarkable and frequently very subpar.

For a man who has struggled all these decades to make sure everyone knows all of his magnificent contributions to the Beach Boys, he certainly seems to show none of that genius on his solo material.

[richardwalmsley]

Mike Love has always been a legend in his own mind. His ego is larger than the national debt which is why he and Stamos get along so well.

[mikeregan]

He wrote all the Beatles song and invented the saxophone.

[joycejean-baptiste]

To me Mike Love always looked like he was middle aged in comparison to the other guys when they first started out.

[jfeast]

Mike Love is a cringeworthy old man and a bad apple.
He'll probably sue me for saying that.

[gerrynightingale]

*What Happened To Mike Love?* *He got old* *Just that simple*
( *The day Dennis died was 'The End' for the 'Beach Boys'...they had their 'time in the sun' and with Carl and Dennis gone there is not and can never be 'The Beach Boys' again* )
*'All their best' is still with us...and sometimes it's better that way...Brian knows that better than anyone*

[pardyhardly]

That narration reminds of a kid giving a book report.

[steveskouson]

The 3 worst people, in the Wilson boys' life,
are Murry, his sister's son, Mikey, and, in Brian's
case, that "doctor, " Landy. In Dennis and Carl's
history, smoking and partying..

steve

[samdorsey]

Love your information but listening to you stumble with the narration is rough to listen to!

[karenbrakefield]

Mike Love sounds like Murray Wilson in personality and self esteem. Guess apple does not fall too far from the tree after all.

[marcgoldmanfacebbo]

The lawsuit against Brian over the publishing was understandable. Murry Wilson sold the publishing out from under Brian which Brian hated. But Murry was dead and Love's only recourse was to sue Brian Wilson because had owned the publishing with Murry. All the lawsuits after that were IMO just dark-hearted money grabs and little surprise that Jardine was given relief in appeal and the suit against Brian over Smile was dismissed for lack of merit. It can be spun in different ways but Love did sever ties with Jardine, Wilson, and Marks after raking in some serious cash for the 50th Anniversary album and tour. Initially explained as the expenses were too high with the three other original Beach Boys included, Love switched gears to blame the split on Brian's wife Melinda. The difference between Brian and Mike was that Brian saw the Beach Boys as the catalyst for making music, and Mike has always seen the Beach Boys as a business. Among other artists, Brian Wilson is seen as an all-time master musician, and Mike Love at best as the frontman who wrote lyrics about surfing, cars, and girls and by many as an all-time a-hole.

[ceesklumper]

Mike Love does not seem to have learned anything from TM